Serena Hickes, University of Manitoba

Research

Bayesian Decision Analysis Network Trials Patient Preference Trials Pediatric Emergency Medicine Pragmatic Trials

Latest papers

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury: Two Randomized Clinical Trials.
JAMA · 2026
Publisher Correction to: Exploring patient and caregiver perceptions of the meaning of the patient partner role: a qualitative study.
Research involvement and engagement · 2024
Exploring patient and caregiver perceptions of the meaning of the patient partner role: a qualitative study.
Research involvement and engagement · 2023

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Innovation in Pediatric Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$2,999,998

All 1 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Acetaminophen (Paracetamol) or Opioid Analgesia Added to Ibuprofen for Children's Musculoskeletal Injury: Two Randomized Clinical Trials.

Ali S, Klassen TP, Candelaria P, Bhatt M, Sawyer S, Stang A, Yaskina M, Heath A, Pechlivanoglou P, Offringa M, Drendel AL, Hickes S, Poonai N, KidsCAN PERC Innovative Pediatric Clinical Trials No OUCH Study Team

JAMA2026

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.25033 PMID: 41505155

02

Publisher Correction to: Exploring patient and caregiver perceptions of the meaning of the patient partner role: a qualitative study.

Chudyk AM, Stoddard R, McCleary N, Duhamel TA, Shimmin C, Hickes S, Pan-Canadian group of patient and public advisors, Schultz ASH

Research involvement and engagement2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-024-00571-5 PMID: 38671490

03

Exploring patient and caregiver perceptions of the meaning of the patient partner role: a qualitative study.

Chudyk AM, Stoddard R, McCleary N, Duhamel TA, Shimmin C, Hickes S, Pan-Canadian group of patient and public advisors, Schultz ASH

Research involvement and engagement2023

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00511-9 PMID: 38017570

04

Scoping review of models and frameworks of patient engagement in health services research.

Chudyk AM, Horrill T, Waldman C, Demczuk L, Shimmin C, Stoddard R, Hickes S, Schultz AS

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063507 PMID: 35985787

05

Activities and impacts of patient engagement in CIHR SPOR funded research: a cross-sectional survey of academic researcher and patient partner experiences.

Chudyk AM, Stoddard R, McCleary N, Duhamel TA, Shimmin C, Hickes S, Schultz ASH

Research involvement and engagement2022

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-022-00376-4 PMID: 36038887

06

Study protocol for two complementary trials of non-steroidal or opioid analgesia use for children aged 6 to 17 years with musculoskeletal injuries (the No OUCH study)

Ali S, Rajagopal M, Klassen T, Richer L, McCabe C, Willan A, Yaskina M, Heath A, Drendel AL, Offringa M

BMJ Open202011 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035177

07

Adaptive randomised controlled non-inferiority multicentre trial (the Ketodex Trial) on intranasal dexmedetomidine plus ketamine for procedural sedation in children: study protocol

Poonai N, Coriolano K, Klassen T, Heath A, Yaskina M, Beer D, Sawyer S, Bhatt M, Kam A, Doan Q

BMJ Open20208 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041319 PMID: W3111196701

08

Innovative approaches to investigator-initiated, multicentre paediatric clinical trials in Canada.

Kelly LE, Richer L, Ali S, Plint AC, Poonai N, Freedman SB, Knisley L, Shimmin C, Hickes S, 't Jong GW, Pechlivanoglou P, Offringa M, Lacaze T, Klassen TP

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029024 PMID: 31253625

09

Models and frameworks of patient engagement in health services research: a scoping review protocol.

Chudyk AM, Waldman C, Horrill T, Demczuk L, Shimmin C, Stoddard R, Hickes S, Schultz ASH

Research involvement and engagement2018

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-018-0111-5 PMID: 30214822

Innovation in Pediatric Clinical Trials

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Klassen, Terry P; Hickes, Serena; Moore Hepburn, Charlotte; 't Jong, Geert W; Ali, Samina; Freedman, Stephen B; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Offringa, Martin; Pechlivanoglou, Petros; Plint, Amy C; Poonai, Naveen; Richer, Lawrence P

Keywords: Bayesian Decision Analysis; Network Trials; Patient Preference Trials; Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Pragmatic Trials

$2,999,998

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

Pediatrics
Pediatrics and Child Health
Surgery
Biostatistics Division
Medicine
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Andy Willan

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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