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Farinaz Havaei

ResearcherFamily PracticeUniversity of British Columbia

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Farinaz Havaei

Researcher

Family Practice

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
35 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Publications

397

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Research

Implementation Science Knowledge Translation Physical Activity Program Adaptation Crc Aging Health Equity Mobility

Latest papers

Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Caregiver Support Needs for Older Adults in Canada
Public Health Reviews · 2026
Success by Design: Senior Leadership Perspectives on Optimising the Role of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2026
Correction: Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Support Needs of Caregivers for Older Adults in Canada
Public Health Reviews · 2026

All 54 publications

Latest funding

Holding Up the System: Workforce Precarity in Canada's Not-for-Profit Health and Social Service Sector
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$600,000
Informing policy to optimize the clinical nurse specialist workforce: Advancing the Quadruple Aim and Health Equity
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$148,650

All 9 grants and awards

54 publications.

Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Caregiver Support Needs for Older Adults in Canada

Boamah SA, Herati H, Akter F, Havaei F, Yous M-L, Kaasalainen S

Public Health Reviews20262 citations

DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609117

Success by Design: Senior Leadership Perspectives on Optimising the Role of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Lauck SB, Lambert LK, Prodan‐Bhalla N, Havaei F, Bryant‐Lukosius D, Kaur J, Hare K, Kensall SL, Palmer B, Thorne S

Journal of Advanced Nursing20261 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jan.70549

Correction: Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Support Needs of Caregivers for Older Adults in Canada

Boamah SA, Herati H, Akter F, Havaei F, Yous M-L, Kaasalainen S

Public Health Reviews2026

DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609718

Association between team functioning and self-efficacy and quality of life for primary care patients in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario

Ndateba I, Havaei F, Haase KR, Hogg W, Martin-Misener R, Wong ST

Primary Health Care Research and Development2026

DOI: 10.1017/s1463423626100887

The Paradox of Nurse Burnout and Improved Quality of Care: A Longitudinal Survey Study of British Columbia Nurses.

Havaei F, Song C, Zou D, Ben-Ahmed HE, Bookey-Bassett S, Boamah S, MacPhee M, Wu A

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621261446777

Beyond the Ratios: Evidence for Optimal Minimum Nurse-Patient-Ratios in Medical-Surgical Settings.

Havaei F, Song C, Zou D, Wu AD, MacPhee M, Saewyc E

Journal of advanced nursing2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/jan.17104 PMID: 40488662

The shaky terrain of patient quality and safety: the potential of leadership to improve patient and staff experiences.

Selvakumar R, Havaei F, Birnbaum D

Leadership in health services (Bradford, England)2026

DOI: 10.1108/lhs-11-2024-0133 PMID: 41400585

Preparing the Long-Term Care Sector for Future Health Crises: A Set of Practical Pandemic Management Staffing Strategies.

Abughori I, Ben-Ahmed HE, Kaulius M, MacPhee M, Keselman D, Croll L, Hakimjavadi R, Phinney A, Havaei F

International journal of environmental research and public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23040497 PMID: 42074436

Navigating Workforce Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Co-Design Approach to Solutions

Boamah SA, Akter F, Karimi B, Havaei F

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health202517 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22040520

Comparative analysis of work-related factors associated with burnout and its dimensions among nursing faculty in Canada and the United States

Boamah SA, Hamadi H, Kabir H, Havaei F, Webb F, Yu MJ-Y

Nurse Education in Practice20257 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104358

Holding Up the System: Workforce Precarity in Canada's Not-for-Profit Health and Social Service Sector

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Pr.Gr.- PA: Sex/Gend. in Health Res.- Sex/gender sci. health equity pri. Comm.

Principal investigators: Bungay, Victoria A

Keywords: Access To Health Care; Community Health; Health Equity; Health Systems Workforce; Not-For-Profit Service Sector; Precarious Labour; Social Determinants Of Health; Structural Determinants Of Health

$100,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2025Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Havaei, Farinaz

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Informing policy to optimize the clinical nurse specialist workforce: Advancing the Quadruple Aim and Health Equity

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr: Policy Research for HST -SPOR-Patient-Oriented Health Care Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Lambert, Leah K; Prodan-Bhalla, Natasha

Keywords: Health Workforce; Human Health Resource Planning And Development; Nursing; Patient-Oriented Research; Policy; Stakeholder Engagement

$148,650

Healthy Cities-Implementation Science Team in Healthy Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: HCIS - Healthy aging

Principal investigators: Mckay, Heather A; Kupferschmidt, Anthony; Lusina, Sarah Jane C; Prakash, Adrian A; Tosdevine-Tataryn, Sahra-Lea; Tunnacliffe, Rebecca; Havaei, Farinaz; Mackey, Dawn C; Sims-Gould, Joanie

Keywords: Aging; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Mobility; Physical Activity; Program Adaptation; Sex And Gender; Social Connectedness

$3,000,000

Application to attend the Summer Program in Aging 2023 Sabina Staempfli

SupervisorCIHR2022Summer Program in Aging

Principal investigators: Staempfli, Sabina V

Keywords: Family And Resident Involvement; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Long-Term Care; Models Of Care Delivery; Older Adults; Participant-Supported; Policy Creation And Decision Making; Quality Of Care; Quality Of Life; Realist Research

$616

Workload management through understanding and addressing resident needs in long term care: A study to adapt, validate, implement and evaluate the Synergy Model

Nominated PICIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Havaei, Farinaz; Keselman, David

Keywords: Long Term Care; Mixed Methods; Psychological Health And Safety In The Workplace; Staffing; Workload Management; Workplace Conditions

$99,974

Long-term care reform in action: A realist synthesis and evaluation of successful models of care delivery in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Staempfli, Sabina V

Keywords: Integrated Knowledge Translation; Long-Term Care; Mixed Methods; Model Of Care Delivery; Older Adults; Participant-Supported; Quality Of Care; Quality Of Life; Realist Evaluation; Realist Synthesis

$105,000

Implementation Science Team in Healthy Aging

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Healthy aging

Principal investigators: Mckay, Heather A; Tosdevine-Tataryn, Sahra-Lea; Havaei, Farinaz; Mackey, Dawn C; Sims-Gould, Joanie

Keywords: Healthy Aging; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Loneliness; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Program Adaptation; Scale-Up; Social Isolation

$24,850

An Environmental Scan of Provincial Long-Term Care Staffing Models

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Andersen, Elizabeth A

Keywords: Care Aides; Categorization; Environmental Scan; Inventory; Long-Term Care; Residents; Staffing Model; Staffing Structure; Survey

$23,785

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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Farinaz Havaei

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Caregiver Support Needs for Older Adults in Canada

Success by Design: Senior Leadership Perspectives on Optimising the Role of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Correction: Unveiling the Hidden Challenges: A Systematic Review of Self-Identified Support Needs of Caregivers for Older Adults in Canada

Association between team functioning and self-efficacy and quality of life for primary care patients in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario

The Paradox of Nurse Burnout and Improved Quality of Care: A Longitudinal Survey Study of British Columbia Nurses.

Beyond the Ratios: Evidence for Optimal Minimum Nurse-Patient-Ratios in Medical-Surgical Settings.

The shaky terrain of patient quality and safety: the potential of leadership to improve patient and staff experiences.

Preparing the Long-Term Care Sector for Future Health Crises: A Set of Practical Pandemic Management Staffing Strategies.

Navigating Workforce Challenges in Long-Term Care: A Co-Design Approach to Solutions

Comparative analysis of work-related factors associated with burnout and its dimensions among nursing faculty in Canada and the United States

Frequent collaborators

Sheila Boamah

Marie-lee Yous

Joanie Sims-Gould

David Keselman

Kimberly McMillan

Sharon June Kaasalainen

Amy Salmon

Elizabeth Saewyc

Alison Phinney

Wei Zhang

Richard Sawatzky

Natasha Prodan-Bhalla

Lara Croll

Kristen Haase

Michelle Gagnon

Sally Thorne

Saima Hirani

Denise Bryant-Lukosius

Heather Mckay

Richard Sawatzky

William Hogg

Ruth Martin-Misener

Joseph Puyat

Rebecca Ganann

Ruth Martin-Misener

Emily Belita

Bahar Karimi