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John Pawlovich

ResearcherSchool of NursingUniversity of British Columbia

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John Pawlovich

Researcher

School of Nursing

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Drone Delivery Equity Health Economic Implementation Science Indigenous Health Medication Access Mixed-Methods Rural Health

Latest papers

Experiences and Perceptions Within a Co-Created Drone Transport Initiative With Rural First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities: Semistructured Interview Study.
Journal of participatory medicine · 2026
Keeping the door open: virtual coverage of rural emergency departments-what works and what doesn't.
CJEM · 2025
Estimating Patient and Family Costs and CO2 Emissions for Telehealth and In-Person Health Care Appointments in British Columbia, Canada: Geospatial Mixed Methods Study.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2025

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$680,852
Transforming Heart Failure: An AI-Empowered Paradigm
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$5,923
SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,999,964

All 9 grants and awards

8 publications.

Experiences and Perceptions Within a Co-Created Drone Transport Initiative With Rural First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities: Semistructured Interview Study.

Warner A, Lee S, Pawlovich J, Aldred TL, Allard M, Christie D, James A, Kang D, Nouhi K, Lynd LD, Michell R, Patrick A, Ratnarajah E, Singh A, Storey S, Hoekstra F

Journal of participatory medicine2026

DOI: 10.2196/82720 PMID: 42213897

Keeping the door open: virtual coverage of rural emergency departments-what works and what doesn't.

Blacklaws B, Pawlovich J, Currie L, Singh A

CJEM2025

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00855-5 PMID: 39976884

Estimating Patient and Family Costs and CO2 Emissions for Telehealth and In-Person Health Care Appointments in British Columbia, Canada: Geospatial Mixed Methods Study.

Mainer-Pearson G, Stewart K, Williams K, Pawlovich J, Graham S, Riches L, Cressman S, Ho K

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/56766 PMID: 39969971

A mixed-methods exploration of the Real-Time Virtual Support pathway Child Health Advice in Real-Time Electronically in Northwestern BC.

Duke S, Treissman J, Freeman S, Rossnagel E, Somani S, Lakhani A, Miller K, Pawlovich J, Wensley D

Paediatrics & child health2024

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae063 PMID: 39539777

Real-Time Virtual Support as an Emergency Department Strategy for Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia: Descriptive Case Study.

Novak Lauscher H, Blacklaws B, Pritchard E, Wang EJ, Stewart K, Beselt J, Ho K, Pawlovich J

Journal of medical Internet research2023Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/45451 PMID: 38133906

Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia.

Novak Lauscher H, Stewart K, Markham R, Pawlovich J, Mah J, Hunt M, Williams K, Christenson J, Graham S, Bepple K, Pritchard E, Rabeneck J, Yang M, Ho K

Healthcare management forum2023

DOI: 10.1177/08404704231183177 PMID: 37339260

Telemedicine in the driver's seat: new role for primary care access in Brazil and Canada: The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in Canada and Brazil.

Agarwal P, Kithulegoda N, Umpierre R, Pawlovich J, Pfeil JN, D'Avila OP, Goncalves M, Harzheim E, Ponka D

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2020

PMID: 32060190

Clinical Texting Among Medical Trainees of the University of British Columbia [Formula: see text].

Guo D, Phan N, Ho K, Pawlovich J, Kitson N

Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery2018

DOI: 10.1177/1203475418758292 PMID: 29411629

Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hoekstra, Femke; Best, Bev; Cressman, Sonya; Holyk, Travis J; Howard, Trish A; Pammett, Robert; Pawlovich, John

Keywords: Drone Delivery; Equity; Health Economic; Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Medication Access; Mixed-Methods; Rural Health

$680,852

Transforming Heart Failure: An AI-Empowered Paradigm

Co-investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program- Institute of Health Services and Policy Research

Principal investigators: Tsang, Teresa S

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Heart Failure; Rural, Remote, And Indigenous; Ultrasound

$5,923

SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant:THINC Implementation Science Team Grants - Indigenous Integrated Care

Principal investigators: Camp, Pat; Pemberton, Julia C; Vienneau, Lisette; Carlsten, Christopher; Gupta, Samir; Hedden, Lindsay K; Holyk, Travis J; Johnson, Kate M; Olsen, Sharla-Rae; Pawlovich, John

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; First Nations Communities; Integrated Care; Interdisciplinary; Rural And Remote Populations; Spirometry

$1,999,964

Exploring rural emergency health services innovation: A relational approach to change

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Oelke, Nelly; Pawlovich, John; Taylor, Deanne C

Keywords: Emergency Health Services; Innovation; Interprofessional Team; Medical Care; Nursing; Rural; Telehealth; Transport; Virtual Care

$100,000

Real-Time Virtual Support: Advancing health equity in British Columbia through a partnership-based learning health system model

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Ho, Kendall; Ooms, Shana L

Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Learning Health System; Real-Time Virtual Support; Rural, Remote, Indigenous Health; Virtual Care

$99,854

A BC wide program for Indigenous patients to Gain Equitable access to kidney transplantation: The BRIDGE to Transplantation Initiative.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant - SPOR iCT Rewarding Success - Phase 3

Principal investigators: Gill, Jagbir S; Assu, Alissa; Appleton, Leanne A; Hart, Colleen A

Keywords: Access; Cultural Safety; End Stage Kidney Disease; Indigenous Health; Living Donation; Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

$2,400,000

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Christenson, James M; Ho, Kendall; McDonald, Shannon; Reading, Jeffrey L; Stelkia, Krista M; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Community Engagement; Emergency Medical Care; First Nations; First Responders; Remote Indigenous Communities

$1,172,436

Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)

Principal investigatorCIHR2015SPOR Networks in Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Levin, Adeera; Adams, Evan L; Harvey, Rebecca; Pawlovich, John; Barrett, Brendan J; Burns, Kevin D; Garg, Amit; Hemmelgarn, Brenda R; Laupacis, Andreas; LeGay, Barbara; Manns, Braden J; McCormick, Michael; Rosenblum, Norman D; Tonelli, Marcello; Woods, Cathy

Keywords: Biomarker Discovery; Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Kidney Disease; Clinical Trials; Diabetes; Health Services Research; Novel Diagnostics; Observational Studies; Patient Reported Outcomes; Stem Cells

$12,450,000

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Rural BC: Engaging with Aboriginal Communities to Create Novel Telehealth Approaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Camp, Pat

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Chronic Lung Disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Community Advisory Board; Community-Engaged Participatory Research; Health Research Ethics; Rehabilitation; Rural Health; Telehealth; Traditional Knowledge

$12,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Drone Delivery Dear Professor Pawlovich, 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 "Experiences and Perceptions Within a Co-Created Drone Transport Initiative With Rural First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities: Semistructured Interview Study." (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 "Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services" (2025), 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]

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John Pawlovich

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Experiences and Perceptions Within a Co-Created Drone Transport Initiative With Rural First Nation and Non-First Nation Communities: Semistructured Interview Study.

Keeping the door open: virtual coverage of rural emergency departments-what works and what doesn't.

Estimating Patient and Family Costs and CO2 Emissions for Telehealth and In-Person Health Care Appointments in British Columbia, Canada: Geospatial Mixed Methods Study.

A mixed-methods exploration of the Real-Time Virtual Support pathway Child Health Advice in Real-Time Electronically in Northwestern BC.

Real-Time Virtual Support as an Emergency Department Strategy for Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities in British Columbia: Descriptive Case Study.

Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia.

Telemedicine in the driver's seat: new role for primary care access in Brazil and Canada: The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in Canada and Brazil.

Clinical Texting Among Medical Trainees of the University of British Columbia [Formula: see text].

Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services

Transforming Heart Failure: An AI-Empowered Paradigm

SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes

Exploring rural emergency health services innovation: A relational approach to change

Real-Time Virtual Support: Advancing health equity in British Columbia through a partnership-based learning health system model

A BC wide program for Indigenous patients to Gain Equitable access to kidney transplantation: The BRIDGE to Transplantation Initiative.

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

Listening, Learning, Leading: Canadians Seeking Solutions and Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease (Can-SOLVE CKD)

Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Rural BC: Engaging with Aboriginal Communities to Create Novel Telehealth Approaches

Frequent collaborators

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