Jessica Simon, University of Calgary

Research

Health Resource Utilization Interrupted Time Series With Comparison Group Patient-Centred Outcomes Systematic Palliative Care Acceptability Advanced Lung Cancer Automatic Referrals Oncology

Latest papers

Simulation Topics for Palliative Medicine Specialty Training: A Two-Phase Needs Assessment for Curriculum Development.
Journal of palliative medicine · 2026
Understanding Responsible Development in AI-Based Clinical Prediction Models for Mortality: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Financial burden in advanced cancer: colorectal cancer data analysis
BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care · 2026

All 46 publications

Latest funding

Improving support of substitute decision makers: Identification of decision-making needs and associated support tools for caregivers of people living with dementia
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
Implementation of Pathway for Goals of Care and End of Life Management in L
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$147,875
Automatic Palliative Care Referrals: Acceptability and Uptake by Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$172,125

All 5 grants and awards

46 publications.

01

Simulation Topics for Palliative Medicine Specialty Training: A Two-Phase Needs Assessment for Curriculum Development.

Lemieux L, Nichol K, Rao P, Biondo P, Simon J, Archibald D

Journal of palliative medicine2026

DOI: 10.1177/10966218261417910 PMID: 41636768

02

Understanding Responsible Development in AI-Based Clinical Prediction Models for Mortality: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Martens R, Holodinsky JK, Simon J, Marshall Z

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/80325 PMID: 41813434

03

Financial burden in advanced cancer: colorectal cancer data analysis

Biondo P, Kassam S, Beaumont C, Akude P, Silbernagel P, Earp M, Essue BM, Longo CJ, Watanabe SM, Simon J

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care20263 citations

DOI: 10.1136/spcare-2024-005151

04

Multi-methods development and validation of a tool for use in measuring serious illness communication competence: Assessment of clinical encounters – Communication tool (ACE-CT)

Arora AK, Seow H, Bainbridge D, Kulasegaram K, Apramian T, Incardona N, Steinberg L, Sanders J, Jia Z, Levine O

Patient Education and Counseling20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.109465

05

All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians

Seow H, Arora AK, Bainbridge D, Jia Z, Steinberg L, Incardona N, Levine O, Sanders JJ, Simon J, des Ordons AR

BMC Palliative Care20261 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12904-025-01954-5

06

Patient- and caregiver-reported outcome and experience measures for evaluating serious illness communication: An environmental scan

Seow H, Arora AK, Jia Z, Zhang K, Melchionna G, Levine O, Simon J, Sanders JJ, Myers J

Palliative Care2026

DOI: 10.1177/26323524261456335

07

Longitudinal Prevalence of Financial Worry in a Cohort of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Secondary Observational Cohort Study.

Douglass-Molloy H, Akude P, Sinnarajah A, Simon J

Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10732748251384361 PMID: 41062079

08

Assessing Disparities in Who Accepts an Early Palliative Care Consultation.

Halperin H, Akude P, King S, Biondo P, Sinnarajah A, Hao D, Simon J

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32090485 PMID: 41002555

09

Defining and Characterizing Inappropriate Goals of Care Designation: A 10-year Retrospective Multicenter ICU Cohort Study.

Au S, Perepeluk P, Soo A, Simon J

Journal of pain and symptom management2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.04.015 PMID: 40350100

10

Exploring Patient-Related Contextual Factors and Personal Reflections About the Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Intervention for Adults With Advanced Cancer in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Southern Alberta: A Mixed Methods Study.

Sears C, Strohschein F, Patten S, Feldstain A, Simon J, de Groot J

Psycho-oncology2025

DOI: 10.1002/pon.70067 PMID: 39776086

Improving support of substitute decision makers: Identification of decision-making needs and associated support tools for caregivers of people living with dementia

SupervisorCIHR2022Summer Program in Aging

Principal investigators: King, Seema

Keywords: Advance Care Planning; Caregivers; Dementia; Gerontology; Palliative Care; Substitute Decision Making

Implementation of Pathway for Goals of Care and End of Life Management in L

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care(COVID-19)

Principal investigators: Goodarzi, Zahra S; Virk, Navjot

Keywords: Covid-19; Long-Term Care; Pandemic

$147,875

Automatic Palliative Care Referrals: Acceptability and Uptake by Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sinnarajah, Aynharan; Simon, Jessica E

Keywords: Acceptability; Advanced Lung Cancer; Automatic Referrals; Oncology; Palliative Care; Reducing Barriers To Access

$172,125

Palliative Care, Early & Systematic (PaCES): Impact on Patient & Health System Outcomes

Nominated PICIHR2017Operating Grant: PHSI for Cancer Control

Principal investigators: Simon, Jessica E; Braun, Ted C; Kurien, Elizabeth; Verma, Sunil; Hagen, Neil A; Kerba, Marc; Sinnarajah, Aynharan

Keywords: End-Of-Life Care; Health Resource Utilization; Integrated Cancer And Palliative Care; Interrupted Time Series With Comparison Group; Patient-Centred Outcomes; Systematic Palliative Care

$998,807

Palliative Care, Early & Systematic (PaCES): Impact on Patient & Health System Outcomes

Nominated PICIHR2016Operating Grant: PHSI for Cancer Control - LOI

Principal investigators: Simon, Jessica E; Braun, Ted C; Kurien, Elizabeth; Verma, Sunil; Hagen, Neil A; Kerba, Marc; Sinnarajah, Aynharan

Keywords: Health Resource Utilization; Interrupted Time Series With Comparison Group; Patient-Centred Outcomes; Systematic Palliative Care

$11,566

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

Karen Zhang

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Michael Mckenzie

Audiology and Speech Science

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Michelle Howard

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Salmaan Kanji

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Daniel Kobewka

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Kulamakan Kulasegaram

Department of Family and Community Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Zack Marshall

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Christopher Barnes

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Kelli Stajduhar

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Scott Patten

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Doug Klein

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Douglas Archibald

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Carrie Bernard

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Christopher Longo

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Resource Utilization Dear Professor Simon, 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 "Simulation Topics for Palliative Medicine Specialty Training: A Two-Phase Needs Assessment for Curriculum Development." (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 "Automatic Palliative Care Referrals: Acceptability and Uptake by Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer" (2020), 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]

Jessica Simon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Simulation Topics for Palliative Medicine Specialty Training: A Two-Phase Needs Assessment for Curriculum Development.

Understanding Responsible Development in AI-Based Clinical Prediction Models for Mortality: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

Financial burden in advanced cancer: colorectal cancer data analysis

Multi-methods development and validation of a tool for use in measuring serious illness communication competence: Assessment of clinical encounters – Communication tool (ACE-CT)

All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians

Patient- and caregiver-reported outcome and experience measures for evaluating serious illness communication: An environmental scan

Longitudinal Prevalence of Financial Worry in a Cohort of Patients with Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Secondary Observational Cohort Study.

Assessing Disparities in Who Accepts an Early Palliative Care Consultation.

Defining and Characterizing Inappropriate Goals of Care Designation: A 10-year Retrospective Multicenter ICU Cohort Study.

Exploring Patient-Related Contextual Factors and Personal Reflections About the Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) Intervention for Adults With Advanced Cancer in Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Southern Alberta: A Mixed Methods Study.

Improving support of substitute decision makers: Identification of decision-making needs and associated support tools for caregivers of people living with dementia

Implementation of Pathway for Goals of Care and End of Life Management in L

Automatic Palliative Care Referrals: Acceptability and Uptake by Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer

Palliative Care, Early & Systematic (PaCES): Impact on Patient & Health System Outcomes

Palliative Care, Early & Systematic (PaCES): Impact on Patient & Health System Outcomes

Frequent collaborators

Aynharan Sinnarajah

Aynharan Sinnarajah

John Joon-young You

Oren Levine

Hsien Seow

Karen Zhang

Amanda Roze des Ordons

Michael Mckenzie

Justin Sanders

Michelle Howard

Diana Sherifali

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Salmaan Kanji

Daniel Kobewka

Benoît Robert

Bruno Gagnon

Karine Diedrich

Jenny Lau

Kulamakan Kulasegaram

Zack Marshall

Aliza Moledina

Colleen Webber

Christopher Barnes

James Downar

Harriette Van Spall

Kelli Stajduhar

Scott Patten

Daren Heyland

Doug Klein

Douglas Archibald

Carrie Bernard

Christopher Longo