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Katharina Kovacs Burns

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Alberta

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Katharina Kovacs Burns

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Community Care Disabilities Health Services Delivery Mixed Methods Study Patient Care Patient Centred Outcomes Provincial System Of Care Spinal Cord Injury

Latest papers

Exploring patients' perceptions of their vaccine conversations with care providers: a staged approach to developing a patient evaluation survey.
BMC health services research · 2026 · first author
Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury, their family members, and health care providers during transitions in care in Alberta: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2025
Exploring a Co-Designed Approach for Healthcare Quality Improvement-Learning Through Developmental Evaluation.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025 · first author

All 26 publications

Latest funding

Implementing the Provincial Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation Framework for Screening & Transitions in Alberta: A Pragmatic Evaluation
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$499,883
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$20,000
CONnecting and Coordinating an Enhanced Network for TRansitions In Care (CONCENTRIC): A New Model for Spinal Cord Injury Care in Alberta
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$697,421

All 8 grants and awards

26 publications.

Exploring patients' perceptions of their vaccine conversations with care providers: a staged approach to developing a patient evaluation survey.

Kovacs Burns K, Chan N, Léveillé T, MacKay M, McCormack B, Chaudhuri R, Jadavji T, Mudry J, Constantinescu C

BMC health services research2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13862-8 PMID: 41761208

Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury, their family members, and health care providers during transitions in care in Alberta: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.

Kamran R, Ho C, Kovacs Burns K, Pelaez Ballestas I, Olayinka O, Bakal J, Raha S, Charbonneau R, Rame A, MacIsaac R, Henderson R, Sanchez AL

Disability and rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2509791 PMID: 40454898

Exploring a Co-Designed Approach for Healthcare Quality Improvement-Learning Through Developmental Evaluation.

Kovacs Burns K, George M

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13030311 PMID: 39942500

Implementation of a Provincial Long COVID Care Pathway in Alberta, Canada: Provider Perceptions.

Manhas KP, Horlick S, Krysa J, Kovacs Burns K, Brehon K, Laur C, Papathanassoglou E, Ho C

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12070730 PMID: 38610152

Measures for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury to Monitor Their Transitions in Care, Health, Function, and Quality of Life Experiences and Needs: A Protocol for Co-Developing a Self-Evaluation Tool.

Kovacs Burns K, Bhatia Z, Gill B, van der Nest D, Knox J, Mouneimne M, Buck T, Charbonneau R, Aiello K, Loyola Sanchez A, Kamran R, Olayinka O, Ho C

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024First author

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12050527 PMID: 38470643

Perspectives on Communication Technology Use for Alleviating the Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitalized Patients' Well-Being and Transitions in Care.

Archibald A, Spronk E, Potvin S, Kovacs Burns K, Moran M, Peng HJ, Raso J, Bahari H, Khan S, Cruz AM, Sia W

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2024

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980824000060 PMID: 38372162

Co-designing Healthcare Quality Improvement: The Kovacs Burns & George Orientation Guide.

George M, Kovacs Burns K

Journal of patient experience2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/23743735231223854 PMID: 38348412

Exploring Rehabilitation Provider Experiences of Providing Health Services for People Living with Long COVID in Alberta.

Horlick S, Krysa JA, Brehon K, Pohar Manhas K, Kovacs Burns K, Russell K, Papathanassoglou E, Gross DP, Ho C

International journal of environmental research and public health2023

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20247176 PMID: 38131727

Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in vasculitis patients.

Butt IN, van Eeden C, Kovacs Burns K, Saxinger L, Clifford A, Redmond D, Cohen Tervaert JW, Yacyshyn E

Frontiers in public health2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1301492 PMID: 38111485

Novel Application of the World Health Organization Community-Based Rehabilitation Matrix to Understand Services' Contributions to Community Participation for Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Raha SS, Yip S, Ho C, Olayinka O, Peláez-Ballestas I, Rame-Montiel AK, MacIsaac R, Henderson R, Kovacs Burns K, Bakal J, Charbonneau R, Kamran R, Loyola-Sanchez A

American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000002220 PMID: 36917031

Implementing the Provincial Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation Framework for Screening & Transitions in Alberta: A Pragmatic Evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Ho, Chester; O'Connell, Petra; Zilkie, Tracey A

Keywords: Care Pathway; Health Services; Implementation Science; Post Covid-19 Condition; Rehabilitation

$499,883

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: homelessness prevention; research; policy; knowledge mobilization; Indigenous homelessness; promising practices; youth

$20,000

CONnecting and Coordinating an Enhanced Network for TRansitions In Care (CONCENTRIC): A New Model for Spinal Cord Injury Care in Alberta

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: TiC - Stream 1 - PHSI solutions for transitions in care gaps

Principal investigators: Ho, Chester; Aiello, Kasey; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Charbonneau, Rebecca; Coulombe, Guy; Healy, Bonnie A; Kovacs Burns, Katharina A; Loyola-Sanchez, Adalberto; Santoni, Denise

Keywords: Community Care; Disabilities; Health Services Delivery; Mixed Methods Study; Patient Care; Patient Centred Outcomes; Provincial System Of Care; Spinal Cord Injury; System Co-Design; Transitions In Care

$697,421

Canadian observatory on homelessness: creating policy impact

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: homelessness; research; policy; knowledge mobilization; youth; Aboriginal; prevention; promising practices; criminal justice

$2,502,967

Research Planning and Grant writing for Global Poverty and Homelessness Policies and Service researc

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Richter, Magdalena S; Greeff, Minrie

Keywords: Building A Research Framework; Global Advisory Team Building; Grant Writing; Homelessness; International Collaborative Research

$23,694

KT to Support and Continue the Shift of Death and Palliative/End-of-life Care Out of Hospital

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Translation Supplement

Principal investigators: Wilson, Donna M

Keywords: Community-Based Care; End-Of-Life Care; Location Of Death; Palliative Care; Place Of Death

$15,000

A systematic review of knowledge translation strategies used in the allied health professions

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Scott, Shannon D; Kovacs Burns, Katharina A

Keywords: Allied Health Professions; Evidence-Based Practice; Knowledge Translation; Systematic Review

$97,072

Meeting to Disseminate Research and Plan Rural Palliative and End-of-Life Care Services

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Health Services and Policy Research

Principal investigators: Wilson, Donna M

Keywords: End-Of-Life; Palliative; Remote; Rural; Service Development

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Katharina Kovacs Burns

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exploring patients' perceptions of their vaccine conversations with care providers: a staged approach to developing a patient evaluation survey.

Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury, their family members, and health care providers during transitions in care in Alberta: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.

Exploring a Co-Designed Approach for Healthcare Quality Improvement-Learning Through Developmental Evaluation.

Implementation of a Provincial Long COVID Care Pathway in Alberta, Canada: Provider Perceptions.

Measures for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury to Monitor Their Transitions in Care, Health, Function, and Quality of Life Experiences and Needs: A Protocol for Co-Developing a Self-Evaluation Tool.

Perspectives on Communication Technology Use for Alleviating the Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitalized Patients' Well-Being and Transitions in Care.

Co-designing Healthcare Quality Improvement: The Kovacs Burns & George Orientation Guide.

Exploring Rehabilitation Provider Experiences of Providing Health Services for People Living with Long COVID in Alberta.

Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in vasculitis patients.

Novel Application of the World Health Organization Community-Based Rehabilitation Matrix to Understand Services' Contributions to Community Participation for Persons With Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Mixed-Methods Study.

Implementing the Provincial Post COVID-19 Rehabilitation Framework for Screening & Transitions in Alberta: A Pragmatic Evaluation

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

CONnecting and Coordinating an Enhanced Network for TRansitions In Care (CONCENTRIC): A New Model for Spinal Cord Injury Care in Alberta

Canadian observatory on homelessness: creating policy impact

Research Planning and Grant writing for Global Poverty and Homelessness Policies and Service researc

KT to Support and Continue the Shift of Death and Palliative/End-of-life Care Out of Hospital

A systematic review of knowledge translation strategies used in the allied health professions

Meeting to Disseminate Research and Plan Rural Palliative and End-of-Life Care Services

Frequent collaborators

Chester Ho

Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez

Cora Constantinescu

Rebecca Charbonneau

Rita Henderson

Leah Gramlich

Karin Olson

Jia Hu

Celia Laur

Rita Henderson

Paul Oh

Jeffrey Bakal

Chantal Backman

Raynell Lang

Lisa Hartling

Gail Mackean

Wendy Gifford

Sharon Johnston

Jeffrey Bakal