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Elena Lopatina

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Elena Lopatina

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Health System Co-Design Health System Transformation Lived Experience Pain Patient Engagement Patient-Oriented Research Capacity Building Early Career Researchers

Latest papers

Correction: Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026
Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026
Direct, non-medical out-of-pocket expenditures for mothers of moderate or late preterm infants in a level II NICU: Comparison of Alberta Family Integrated Care versus standard care.
PEC innovation · 2025

All 26 publications

Latest funding

Shaping the Future of Learning Health Systems in Canada through the Health System Impact Training Platform
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$2,400,000
Patient engagement in research and health system transformation: The Alberta Pain Strategy experience.
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Advancing a Learning Health System for Chronic Pain Management in Alberta: Embedded Research with the Provincial Virtual Pain Program, Alberta Pain Strategy
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$400,000

All 4 grants and awards

26 publications.

Correction: Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.

Truong LK, Wrightson JG, Vincent R, Lui E, Couch JL, Wang E, Starcevich C, Giustini D, Haagaard A, Lopatina E, van Berkel N, Rathleff MS, Ardern CL

Journal of medical Internet research2026

DOI: 10.2196/92722 PMID: 41747212

Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.

Truong LK, Wrightson JG, Vincent R, Lui E, Couch JL, Wang E, Starcevich C, Giustini D, Haagaard A, Lopatina E, van Berkel N, Rathleff MS, Ardern CL

Journal of medical Internet research2026

DOI: 10.2196/81578 PMID: 41534041

Direct, non-medical out-of-pocket expenditures for mothers of moderate or late preterm infants in a level II NICU: Comparison of Alberta Family Integrated Care versus standard care.

Wilson JM, Obigbesan O, Lopatina E, Benzies KM

PEC innovation2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2024.100365 PMID: 39811786

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Marshall DA, Sidhu S, Oddone Paolucci E, Lopatina E, Gallant N, Manhas KP, McGrail K, Wasylak T, Zelinsky S, Bryan S

Learning Health Systems20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70025

Intended and unintended consequences of strategies to meet performance benchmarks for rheumatologist referrals in a centralized intake system.

Marshall DA, Tagimacruz T, Barber CEH, Cepoiu-Martin M, Lopatina E, Robert J, Lupton T, Patel J, Mosher DP

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2024

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13926 PMID: 37723891

Investigating the Influence of Patient Eligibility Characteristics on the Number of Deferrable Rheumatologist Visits: Planning for a Patient-Initiated Follow-Up Strategy.

Subdar S, Dhiman K, Hartfeld NMS, Hoens AM, White K, Manske SL, Hazlewood G, Lacaille D, Lopatina E, Barber MRW, Mosher DP, Fifi-Mah A, Twilt M, Luca N, Then KL, Crump T, Zafar S, Osinski K, Barber CEH

The Journal of rheumatology2024

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2023-0891 PMID: 38302163

Language interpretation and translation in emergency care: A scoping review protocol.

Li H, Ali S, Hartling L, Dennett L, Lopatina E, Ganeshamoorthy K, Khangura J

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314049 PMID: 39561147

An Environmental Scan and Appraisal of Patient Online Resources for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares.

Subdar S, Hoens AM, White K, Hartfeld NMS, Dhiman K, Duffey K, Heath CE, Lamoureux G, Graveline C, Davidson E, Hazlewood G, Lacaille D, Lopatina E, Barber MRW, Then KL, Crump T, Zafar S, Manske SL, Charlton A, Osinski K, Fifi-Mah A, Mosher D, Barber CEH

The Journal of rheumatology2024

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2023-1025 PMID: 38490667

Treated versus self-reported prevalence of chronic pain and costs of patients' health services utilization: a population-based study of health administrative databases.

Thanh NX, Lopatina E, Montgomery LS, Robert M, Tanguay RL, Wasylak T

British journal of pain2024

DOI: 10.1177/20494637231209928 PMID: 38545500

Opioid prescriptions and patients' health services utilization and cost before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory population-based administrative data analysis.

Lopatina E, Thanh NX, Tanguay R, Pereira JX, Wasylak T

Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology2023First author

DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2022-0544 PMID: 37235884

Shaping the Future of Learning Health Systems in Canada through the Health System Impact Training Platform

Nominated PICIHR2024Trainging Grant - HRTP - Health System Impact Training Platform

Principal investigators: Lopatina, Elena; Aubrecht, Catherine M; Cassidy, Christine E; Doupe, Malcolm B; Ford, Katherine L; Gallant, Natasha; Leyenaar, Matthew; Manhas, Kiran J; Marshall, Deborah A; Mawani, Farah N; Menear, Matthew; Oddone Paolucci, Elizabeth; Singal, Deepa; Teare, Gary F; Vanderhout, Shelley; Wodchis, Walter P

Keywords: Capacity Building; Early Career Researchers; Embedded Research; Health Services And Policy Research; Health System Impact Program; Learning Community; Learning Health Systems; Mentorship; Professional Development

$2,400,000

Patient engagement in research and health system transformation: The Alberta Pain Strategy experience.

Principal investigatorCIHR2023CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Team Science

Principal investigators: Wasylak, Tracy J; Lopatina, Elena

Keywords: Health System Co-Design; Health System Transformation; Lived Experience; Pain; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research

$25,000

Advancing a Learning Health System for Chronic Pain Management in Alberta: Embedded Research with the Provincial Virtual Pain Program, Alberta Pain Strategy

Nominated PICIHR2023Health System Impact Embedded ECR Award-Indigenous Peoples' Health pool (3)

Principal investigators: Lopatina, Elena

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Equity; Health System Design; Quality Of Care; Virtual Care

$400,000

Patient engagement in research and health system transformation: The Alberta Pain Strategy experience.

Principal investigatorCIHR2023CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Patient Engagement

Principal investigators: Wasylak, Tracy J; Lopatina, Elena

Keywords: Health System Co-Design; Health System Transformation; Lived Experience; Pain; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research

$25,000

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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Correction: Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.

Evidence for Digital Health Tools Designed to Support the Triage of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Primary, Urgent, and Emergency Care Settings: Scoping Review.

Direct, non-medical out-of-pocket expenditures for mothers of moderate or late preterm infants in a level II NICU: Comparison of Alberta Family Integrated Care versus standard care.

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Intended and unintended consequences of strategies to meet performance benchmarks for rheumatologist referrals in a centralized intake system.

Investigating the Influence of Patient Eligibility Characteristics on the Number of Deferrable Rheumatologist Visits: Planning for a Patient-Initiated Follow-Up Strategy.

Language interpretation and translation in emergency care: A scoping review protocol.

An Environmental Scan and Appraisal of Patient Online Resources for Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis Flares.

Treated versus self-reported prevalence of chronic pain and costs of patients' health services utilization: a population-based study of health administrative databases.

Opioid prescriptions and patients' health services utilization and cost before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory population-based administrative data analysis.

Shaping the Future of Learning Health Systems in Canada through the Health System Impact Training Platform

Patient engagement in research and health system transformation: The Alberta Pain Strategy experience.

Advancing a Learning Health System for Chronic Pain Management in Alberta: Embedded Research with the Provincial Virtual Pain Program, Alberta Pain Strategy

Patient engagement in research and health system transformation: The Alberta Pain Strategy experience.

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Tracy Wasylak

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Glen Hazlewood

Marcia Bruce

Alex Haagaard

Dianne Mosher

Iwona Bielska

Gail Mackean

Esther Suter

Malcolm Doupe

Henry Li

Ellen Rafferty

Ivy Cheng

Deepa Singal

Jennifer Zwicker

Marcello Tonelli

Guanmin Chen

Lisa Hartling

Samina Ali

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Marcello Tonelli

Christine Friedenreich

William Ghali

Malcolm Doupe

Cheryl Barnabe

Denise Campbell-Scherer

Verna Yiu

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