Sharon Straus

MD, FRCPC, MSc, HBSc

Scientist

Research Programs

Biography

Sharon E. Straus is a geriatrician and clinical epidemiologist who trained at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford.  She is the Director of the Knowledge Translation Program and Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital and Professor in Department of Medicine, University of Toronto.  She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and Quality of Care and has authored more than 500 peer-reviewed publications and 3 textbooks in evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and mentorship.  Since 2015, she has consistently been in the top 1% of highly cited clinical researchers as per Web of Science and has an H-index of 103. She has held more than $60 million in peer-reviewed research grants as a principal investigator.  She has received national awards for mentorship, research and education.

 

Recent Publications

  1. L'Hotta, AJ, Jacob, RR, Mazzucca-Ragan, S, Glasgow, RE, Straus, SE, Norton, WE et al.. Building capacity in dissemination and implementation research: the presence and impact of advice networks. Implement Sci. 2024;19 (1):78. doi: 10.1186/s13012-024-01408-1. PubMed PMID:39614389 PubMed Central PMC11605852.
  2. Rodrigues, IB, Ioannidis, G, Kane, LL, Hillier, LM, Adachi, J, Heckman, G et al.. Assessing the feasibility of an integrated collection of education modules for fall and fracture prevention (iCARE) for healthcare providers in long term care: A longitudinal study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024;4 (11):e0003096. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003096. PubMed PMID:39585819 PubMed Central PMC11588276.
  3. Fahim, C, Hassan, AT, Togo, E, Ross, H, Straus, SE, Lee, DS et al.. Implementation of the Comparison of Outcomes and Access to Care for Heart Failure (COACH) Trial. CJC Open. 2024;6 (11):1307-1319. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.07.012. PubMed PMID:39582702 PubMed Central PMC11583862.
  4. Wong, EKC, Hoang, PM, Kouri, A, Gill, S, Huang, YQ, Lee, JC et al.. Effectiveness of geriatric rehabilitation in inpatient and day hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2024;22 (1):551. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03764-7. PubMed PMID:39578865 PubMed Central PMC11583748.
  5. Cooper, J, Pratt, J, Park, J, Fahim, C, Lovnicki, JM, Groeneweg, GSS et al.. Implementation of pharmacogenetic testing in pediatric oncology: barriers and facilitators assessment at eight Canadian academic health centres. Pharmacogenomics J. 2024;24 (6):36. doi: 10.1038/s41397-024-00356-9. PubMed PMID:39562543 .
  6. Colacci, M, Huang, YQ, Postill, G, Zhelnov, P, Fennelly, O, Verma, A et al.. Sociodemographic bias in clinical machine learning models: A scoping review of algorithmic bias instances and mechanisms. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024; :111606. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111606. PubMed PMID:39532254 .
  7. Stratton, C, Taylor, A, Konstantinidis, M, McNiven, V, Kannu, P, Gill, P et al.. Barriers and facilitators to designing, maintaining, and utilizing rare disease patient registries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2024; :. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-24-00091. PubMed PMID:39428992 .
  8. Stephenson, S, Eid, W, Wong, CH, Mercier, E, D'Aoust, PM, Kabir, MP et al.. Urban wastewater contains a functional human antibody repertoire of mucosal origin. Water Res. 2024;267 :122532. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122532. PubMed PMID:39369505 .
  9. Veroniki, AA, Florez, I, Hutton, B, Straus, SE, Tricco, AC. Two decades of network meta-analysis: Roadmap to their applications and challenges. Res Synth Methods. 2024;15 (5):741-746. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1744. PubMed PMID:39082581 .
  10. Alston, J, Baral, S, Orkin, A, Straus, S. [Not Available]. CMAJ. 2024;196 (26):E918-E922. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.231493-f. PubMed PMID:39074858 PubMed Central PMC11286181.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Professor (status only), Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
  • Principal Investigator, Knowledge Translation Program, University of Toronto
  • Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary