Scott Garrison, University of Alberta

Research

Deprescribing Electronic Usual Care Health Data Learning Healthcare System Novel Pragmatic Trial Methodology Patient Partners Polypharmacy Primary Care Provincial Health Data Custodian

Latest papers

Blood pressure measurement techniques.
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026 · senior author
AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion.
JMIR formative research · 2026 · senior author
Does the format of the adult ADHD self-report scale influence screen-positive rates? A randomized controlled trial in primary care.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025

All 42 publications

Latest funding

MinMed: partnering with data custodians to transform pragmatic trials, and improve prescribing in older adults
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$753,525
MinMed: partnering with data custodians to transform pragmatic trials, and improve prescribing for older adults
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$100,000
The BedMed Initiative - Making better use of existing therapeutics
CIHR · 2016 · Nominated PI
$1,420,736

All 3 grants and awards

42 publications.

01

Blood pressure measurement techniques.

Nickonchuk T, Lindblad AJ, Perry D, Garrison S

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2026Senior author

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7209554 PMID: 42728063

02

AI-Assisted Systematic Review: Humans Still Need to Review All Abstracts for Inclusion.

Sung H, Altahsh D, Garrison S

JMIR formative research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/82896 PMID: 41855478

03

Does the format of the adult ADHD self-report scale influence screen-positive rates? A randomized controlled trial in primary care.

Kraut RY, Ono C, Garrison S, Kamal O, Doroshuk ML, Vandermeer B, Amanna G, Babenko O

Frontiers in psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1646293 PMID: 41551194

04

Who provides chronic disease management? Population-based retrospective cohort study in Alberta.

Kirkwood J, Ton J, Korownyk CS, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Garrison S

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2023Senior author

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6906e127 PMID: 37315964

05

The value of family medicine: An impossible job, done impossibly well.

Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Young J, Garrison S, Kirkwood J, Allan GM

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2023

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6904269 PMID: 37072193

06

Public reporting of clinical trial findings as an ethical responsibility to participants: a qualitative study.

Morrow RL, Mintzes B, Gray G, Law MR, Garrison S, Dormuth CR

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068221 PMID: 36944466

07

Factors relating to nonpublication and publication bias in clinical trials in Canada: A qualitative interview study.

Morrow RL, Mintzes B, Gray G, Law MR, Garrison S, Dormuth CR

British journal of clinical pharmacology2023

DOI: 10.1111/bcp.15574 PMID: 36268743

08

Intolerance upon statin rechallenge: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Kraut R, Wierenga F, Molstad E, Korownyk C, Perry D, Dennett L, Garrison S

PloS one2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295857 PMID: 38128013

09

Risk and distribution of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-related hospitalizations among primary care patients.

Garrison S, Tavakoli H, Sadatsafavi M, Korownyk CS, Kolber MR, Allan GM

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2023First author

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6906409 PMID: 37315968

10

Confounding Effect of Undergraduate Semester-Driven "Academic" Internet Searches on the Ability to Detect True Disease Seasonality in Google Trends Data: Fourier Filter Method Development and Demonstration.

Gillis T, Garrison S

JMIR infodemiology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/34464 PMID: 37113451

MinMed: partnering with data custodians to transform pragmatic trials, and improve prescribing in older adults

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Garrison, Scott R; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Silvius, James L

Keywords: Deprescribing; Electronic Usual Care Health Data; Learning Healthcare System; Novel Pragmatic Trial Methodology; Patient Partners; Polypharmacy; Primary Care; Provincial Health Data Custodian; Randomized Controlled Trial; Survival Analysis

$753,525

MinMed: partnering with data custodians to transform pragmatic trials, and improve prescribing for older adults

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Aging

Principal investigators: Garrison, Scott R; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Silvius, James L

Keywords: Deprescribing; Electronic Usual Care Health Data; Learning Healthcare System; Novel Pragmatic Trial Methodology; Patient Partners; Polypharmacy; Primary Care; Provincial Health Data Custodian; Randomized Controlled Trial; Survival Analysis

$100,000

The BedMed Initiative - Making better use of existing therapeutics

Nominated PICIHR2016Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Garrison, Scott R; Lewanczuk, Richard Z; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Hill, Michael D; Katz, Alan; Mcalister, Finlay A; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; Perry, Bruce; Trueman, Darryl

Keywords: Chronotherapy; Comparative Effectiveness; Hypertension; Pragmatic Trial

$1,420,736

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

Family Medicine
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Health, Aging & Society
Emergency Medicine
Community Health and Epidemiology
Community Health Sciences
Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Doug Klein

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Deprescribing Dear Professor Garrison, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Blood pressure measurement techniques." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "MinMed: partnering with data custodians to transform pragmatic trials, and improve prescribing in older adults" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]