ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ

Dr Sara Ahmed

Dr Sara Ahmed
Position: 
Principal Investigator and Director of PCHI lab
Degree(s): 

BSc (PT, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ); MSc (Rehabilitation Medicine, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ); PhD (Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ), Post-doctoral Studies (Clinical and Health Informatics, Medicine, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ)

Ìý

Appointments

ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Professor
Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,

ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Associate Member
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health

ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
Associate Member
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Health Centre
Researcher
Division of Clinical Epidemiology & Clinical and Health Informatics

Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptationÌý (CRIR)
Regular Member

ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ RUIS Center of Expertise in Chronic Pain
Faculty of Medicine representative on the Executive and Steering Committee at the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ RUIS of the Chronic Pain Continuum (clinical networks of care)

Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Executive Committee
Knowledge Mobilization Network

Réseau Québécois de recherche sur le vieillissement
Research Member

Areas of expertise: 

Sara Ahmed, PhD, is a physical therapist andÌýProfessor in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, and Associate Member in Epidemiology and Family Medicine. She runs a research program and health informatics lab located at the Lethbridge Layton Mackey.Ìý

She is the scientific director of the Biomedical Research & Informatics Living Laboratory for Innovative Advances of New Technologies in Rehabilitation (BRILLIANT) () project that aims to develop transformative methods and technologies for interdisciplinary rehabilitation health professionals to tailor medical and psychosocial interventions to the needs of individuals with chronic conditions.Ìý

She received FRSQ junior I and II, and senior research scholar awards and also holds an appointment in the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation and the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Health Center CORE, clinical epidemiology. Her research program strives to improve individuals’ function and health-related quality of life in two themes: Theme 1) addressing the challenges of using patient reported outcome measures (e.g. health-related quality of life, self-efficacy) and the use of advanced psychometric approaches for improving the precision and efficiency of outcome evaluations. She also works with clinical teams to implement ePROM toolkits in patient centered-chronic disease management to support clinical decision making, and Theme 2) the development and implementation of digital health solutions and decision support interventions to deliver individualised rehabilitation care and self-management support.

Areas of interest: 

Chronic disease management
Clinical epidemiology
Health informatics
Health outcome assessment,
Health services research
Health technology assessment
Population and public health
Preventive Medicine

Courses: 

POTH 401 Research Methods (3 credits)
/study/2014-2015/courses/poth-401

POTH 624 Master's Project (6 credits)
/study/2014-2015/courses/poth-624

POTH 630 Measurement: Rehabilitation 2 (3 credits)
/study/2014-2015/courses/poth-630

Back to top