Faculty profile
Richard Oster
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Research
Latest papers
Voices beyond the margins: a protocol for a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of Indigenous patients' experiences accessing mainstream healthcare services in Canada.
BMJ open · 2026
Nehiyawak (Cree) women's strategies for aging well: community-based participatory research in Maskwacîs, Alberta, Canada, by the Sohkitehew (Strong Heart) group.
BMC women's health · 2023
Healthy food prescription incentive programme for adults with type 2 diabetes who are experiencing food insecurity: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, modelling and implementation studies.
BMJ open · 2022
Latest funding
- $623,474
Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $579,720
Closing the Gap in Perinatal Health Disparities in Rural, Remote and Northern Indigenous Communities: Implementation of a Community-Led Mobile Perinatal Health Clinic Model
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $531,675
Understanding the effectiveness of the Metis Settlements Primary Care Initiative from a community-based perspective
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
4 publications.
Voices beyond the margins: a protocol for a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis of Indigenous patients' experiences accessing mainstream healthcare services in Canada.
Damag S, Villanueva E, Damag N, Plante M, Steinke C, Middha S, Oster R, Chatsis A, Awosoga OA
Nehiyawak (Cree) women's strategies for aging well: community-based participatory research in Maskwacîs, Alberta, Canada, by the Sohkitehew (Strong Heart) group.
Listener L, Ross S, Oster R, Graham B, Heckman S, Voyageur C
Healthy food prescription incentive programme for adults with type 2 diabetes who are experiencing food insecurity: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, modelling and implementation studies.
Olstad DL, Beall R, Spackman E, Dunn S, Lipscombe LL, Williams K, Oster R, Scott S, Zimmermann GL, McBrien KA, Steer KJD, Chan CB, Tyminski S, Berkowitz S, Edwards AL, Saunders-Smith T, Tariq S, Popeski N, White L, Williamson T, L'Abbé M, Raine KD, Nejatinamini S, Naser A, Basualdo-Hammond C, Norris C, O'Connell P, Seidel J, Lewanczuk R, Cabaj J, Campbell DJT
Strategies for Promoting Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Among Young Children: Priorities of Two Indigenous Communities in Canada
Wahi G, Wilson J, Oster R, Rain P, Jack SM, Gittelsohn J, Kandasamy S, de Souza RJ, Martin CL, Toth E
Co-creating Understandings of Métis Peoples' Experiences in the ICU
Principal investigators: Deschenes, Sadie; James, Ashton; Tate, Kaitlyn
Keywords: Caregivers; Community-Based Care; Critical Care; Indigenous Peoples; Mixed Methods; Métis Nation Within Alberta; Métis Peoples; Participatory Action Research
Closing the Gap in Perinatal Health Disparities in Rural, Remote and Northern Indigenous Communities: Implementation of a Community-Led Mobile Perinatal Health Clinic Model
Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Bradley, Sheena C; Edgecombe, Madelaine; Mcneil, Deborah A; Roach, Pamela Marie
Keywords: Evaluation; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Indigenous Women; Maternity Care; Mobile Clinic Interventions; Northern, Rural, And Remote; Perinatal Health
Understanding the effectiveness of the Metis Settlements Primary Care Initiative from a community-based perspective
Principal investigators: Oster, Richard T
Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Research Methods; Metis Settlements Health; Primary Care; Qualitative Methods
Improving equity and access to a universal newborn screening tool for hip dysplasia in rural, remote and Indigenous communities
Principal investigators: Jaremko, Jacob L; Dulai, Sukhdeep
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Developmental Hip Dysplasia; Implementation; Indigenous Health; Ultrasound; Women And Children'S Health
Improving the clinical care of Indigenous patients with complexity using a Hub-and-Spoke Model of Care in Alberta Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Austen Wiebe, Valerie J; Tailfeathers, Esther; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Roach, Pamela Marie
Keywords: Capacity-Building; Indigenous Models Of Care; Indigenous Primary Health Care; Integrated Health And Social Care; Patient Complexity; Primary Care
ilhenaylhs chet s7elji: Nourishing Our Ancestors' Dreams The 2nd International Indigenous Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Gathering
Principal investigators: Bell, Rhonda C
Keywords: Community Engagement; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Wellness; Intergenerational Health; Maternal Health; Self-Determination In Health
Building the Infrastructure for Indigenous Primary Healthcare: A Comparative Policy Research Study in Alberta and Ontario
Principal investigators: Montesanti, Stephanie R; Tailfeathers, Esther; Bharwani, Aleem; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Green, Michael E; Roach, Pamela Marie
Keywords: Funding; Indigenous Models Of Care; Indigenous Primary Healthcare; Indigenous Primary Healthcare Infrastructure; Indigenous Primary Healthcare Workforce; Payment/Remuneration Models
Advancing Anti-Racist and Equity-Oriented Care in the Emergency Department with First Nations Partners
Principal investigators: McLane, Patrick; Austen Wiebe, Valerie J; Bill, Lea; Kashuba, Sherri; Tailfeathers, Esther
Keywords: Anti-Racism; Cultural Safety; Emergency Care; Equity; Indigenous Health; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Intervention Research; Transitions In Care
Developing and Testing Educational Materials and Simulation Training Scenarios to support Indigenous directed Anti-Racism Efforts in Emergency Departments
Principal investigators: McLane, Patrick; Austen Wiebe, Valerie J; Altabbaa, Ghazwan; Bill, Lea; Roach, Pamela Marie
Keywords: Anti-Racism; Clinical Education; Cultural Safety; Emergency Department; Equity; Indigenous Peoples' Health; Participatory Research; Simulation
Developing a community-academic research network based in Maskwacis, Alberta to improve Indigenous gender-related health and wellness
Principal investigators: Ross, Susan J
Keywords: Gender And Health; Health And Wellness; Indigenous People'S Health
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Community Health Sciences
- Medicine
- Pediatrics
- Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
- Medicine/Nephrology
- Sociology
- Family Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Russell de Souza
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Gita Wahi
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Susan Jack
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Sonia Anand
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Sujane Kandasamy
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Ellen Toth
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Tyler Williamson
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Eldon Spackman
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Richard Lewanczuk
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Cora Voyageur
Sociology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Colleen Norris
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Colleen Norris
Medicine/Nephrology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Judy Seidel
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Luwana Listener
Obstetrics and Gynecology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Reed Beall
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Kienan Williams
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Petra O'Connell
Medicine/Endocrinology/Metabolism
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Petra O'Connell
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jason Cabaj
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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