Aliza Moledina, University of Ottawa

Research

Health Equity Health Policy Healthy Aging Social And Cultural Dimensions Of Health

Latest papers

Permanent cognitive or physical impairment after transfer from long-term care to acute care: a retrospective cohort study
Age and Ageing · 2026
Skills and Strategies for Crisis Communication in Seriously Ill Patients: A Qualitative Study.
Journal of general internal medicine · 2026 · first author
The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.
PloS one · 2026

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Strengthening Health System-Civil Society Collaboration to Reduce Social Vulnerability Among Older Adults
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$10,000
The Impact of language on care and outcomes in patients with prostate or breast cancer
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Permanent cognitive or physical impairment after transfer from long-term care to acute care: a retrospective cohort study

Yin C, Scott M, Talarico R, Hakimjavadi R, Kierulf J, Webber C, Hawken S, Moledina A, Manuel DG, Hsu AT

Age and Ageing20261 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afag066

02

Skills and Strategies for Crisis Communication in Seriously Ill Patients: A Qualitative Study.

Moledina A, Thabet C, Munene P, Ruller S, Isenberg S, Sanders J, Raude R, Kobewka D

Journal of general internal medicine2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09909-5 PMID: 41366622

03

The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.

Wang TF, Bjerre LM, Gibb M, Yoo S, Pugliese M, Kim W, Moledina A, Engel FD, Lominy W, Carrier M, Tanuseputro P, Johnston S, Backman C

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351840 PMID: 42329974

04

Patterns in Mental Health- and Substance Use-Related Visits From 2003 to 2022 Among Registered Ontario Physicians.

Gibb MA, Harrison L, Dumicho AY, Sood MM, Tanuseputro P, Moledina A, Tuna M, Halilou T, Kendall CE, Colman I, Fernando SM, Roberts RL, Maskerine C, Myran DT

Annals of internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.7326/annals-24-01069 PMID: 41248497

05

Practical considerations for residential-managed alcohol programs: lessons from Ottawa Inner City Health.

Moledina A, Myran D, Patel R, Simmons JG

Harm reduction journal2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01360-3 PMID: 41645188

06

Cognitive and Functional Decline Among Long-Term Care Residents

Hakimjavadi R, Yin CY, Scott M, Talarico R, Ramsay T, Webber C, Manuel D, Moledina A, Hsu AT, Fung C

JAMA Network Open202518 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5635

07

Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: protocol for a retrospective cohort study

Yin CY, Scott MM, Talarico R, Hakimjavadi R, Kierulf J, Webber C, Hawken S, Moledina A, Manuel D, Hsu A

BMJ Open20253 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086932

08

Development of a predictive model for loss of functional and cognitive abilities in long-term care home residents: a protocol

Yin CY, Talarico R, Scott MM, Hakimjavadi R, Kierulf J, Webber C, Hawken S, Moledina A, Manuel DG, Hsu A

BMJ Open2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086935 PMID: W4406210555

09

Assessing resident experience of a new experiential learning health advocacy curriculum: a mixed methods study.

Moledina A, Ruller S, Halman S, Ying Y

BMC medical education2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05961-7 PMID: 39261820

10

Anticoagulation for the Prevention of Arterial Thrombosis in Ambulatory Cancer Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xu Y, Cole K, Collins E, Moledina A, Mallity C, Carrier M

JACC. CardioOncology2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.04.003 PMID: 37614584

Strengthening Health System-Civil Society Collaboration to Reduce Social Vulnerability Among Older Adults

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Moledina, Aliza; Bharwani, Aleem

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Policy; Healthy Aging; Social And Cultural Dimensions Of Health

$10,000

The Impact of language on care and outcomes in patients with prostate or breast cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Health and Official Languages in Minority Communities

Principal investigators: Wang, Tzu-Fei; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Allophones; Cancer Patients; Francophones; Health Administrative Data; Language Barriers; Language Concordance; Linguistic Minorities; Oncology; Population Health

$100,000

The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Pakhale, Smita; Coburn, Veldon

Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases (Cvd); Community-Based Participatory Research; Indigenous Populations; Knowledge Translation; Marginalized Populations; Pregnancy Health; Sistemically Disadvantaged Populations; Tobacco Smoking; Women'S Health; Youth Health

$100,000

Generating data-driven policy solutions for Ontario's primary care crisis

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr.: Policy Research for HST - IHSPR - Health Care Policy Res./Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Kendall, Claire; Slade, Steve; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Comprehensive Care; Health Equity; Health Workforce Planning; Medical Education; Physician Characteristics; Underserved Poplulations

$149,690

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

Kednapa Thavorn and Kednapa Thavorn: 312 shared papers
Steven Hawken and Kumanan Wilson: 61 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Colleen Webber: 57 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Peter Tanuseputro: 51 shared papers
Amy Hsu and Amy Hsu: 27 shared papers
Kednapa Thavorn and Peter Tanuseputro: 20 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Kednapa Thavorn: 20 shared papers
Douglas Manuel and Peter Tanuseputro: 13 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Amy Hsu: 13 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Amy Hsu: 13 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Daniel Kobewka: 11 shared papers
Chantal Backman and Colleen Webber: 10 shared papers
Douglas Manuel and Ian Colman: 9 shared papers
Kednapa Thavorn and Steven Hawken: 9 shared papers
Steven Hawken and Kednapa Thavorn: 9 shared papers
Daniel Kobewka and Colleen Webber: 9 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Colleen Webber: 9 shared papers
Kevin Pottie and Kednapa Thavorn: 8 shared papers
Kevin Pottie and Kednapa Thavorn: 8 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Daniel Myran: 8 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Celeste Fung: 7 shared papers
Daniel Kobewka and Celeste Fung: 7 shared papers
Sharon June Kaasalainen and Daniel Kobewka: 5 shared papers
Sharon June Kaasalainen and Celeste Fung: 5 shared papers
Sharon June Kaasalainen and Frank Molnar: 5 shared papers
Kevin Pottie and Ginetta Salvalaggio: 5 shared papers
Douglas Manuel and Kednapa Thavorn: 5 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Chantal Backman: 5 shared papers
Kumanan Wilson and Daniel Kobewka: 5 shared papers
Amy Hsu and Peter Tanuseputro: 5 shared papers
Daniel Kobewka and Aliza Moledina: 5 shared papers
Daniel Kobewka and Frank Molnar: 5 shared papers
Amy Hsu and Peter Tanuseputro: 5 shared papers
Celeste Fung and Frank Molnar: 5 shared papers
Sharon June Kaasalainen and Aliza Moledina: 4 shared papers
Douglas Manuel and Kumanan Wilson: 4 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Marc Carrier: 4 shared papers
Steven Hawken and Marc Carrier: 4 shared papers
Daniel Kobewka and Chantal Backman: 4 shared papers
Celeste Fung and Aliza Moledina: 4 shared papers
Aliza Moledina and Colleen Webber: 4 shared papers
Aliza Moledina and Frank Molnar: 4 shared papers
Kednapa Thavorn and Ginetta Salvalaggio: 3 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Aliza Moledina: 3 shared papers
Steven Hawken and Aliza Moledina: 3 shared papers
Ginetta Salvalaggio and Kednapa Thavorn: 3 shared papers
Kevin Pottie and Aliza Moledina: 2 shared papers
Ian Colman and Kednapa Thavorn: 2 shared papers
Ian Colman and Kednapa Thavorn: 2 shared papers
Kednapa Thavorn and Marc Carrier: 2 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Courtney Maskerine: 2 shared papers
Jessica Simon and Justin Sanders: 2 shared papers
Marc Carrier and Aliza Moledina: 2 shared papers
Amy Hsu and Aliza Moledina: 2 shared papers
Amy Hsu and Aliza Moledina: 2 shared papers
Peter Tanuseputro and Aliza Moledina: 2 shared papers
Daniel Myran and Colleen Webber: 2 shared papers
Douglas Manuel and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Ian Colman and Courtney Maskerine: 1 shared paper
Ian Colman and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Kednapa Thavorn and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Jessica Simon and Daniel Kobewka: 1 shared paper
Jessica Simon and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Steven Hawken and Daniel Myran: 1 shared paper
Kumanan Wilson and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Ginetta Salvalaggio and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Daniel Kobewka and Courtney Maskerine: 1 shared paper
Daniel Kobewka and Justin Sanders: 1 shared paper
Kednapa Thavorn and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Courtney Maskerine and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Daniel Myran and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Chantal Backman and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Justin Sanders and Aliza Moledina: 1 shared paper
Aliza Moledina and Samantha Halman: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Family Medicine
School of Nursing
Nursing
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre (CTLC)
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2025

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Equity Dear Professor Moledina, 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 "Permanent cognitive or physical impairment after transfer from long-term care to acute care: a retrospective cohort 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 "Strengthening Health System-Civil Society Collaboration to Reduce Social Vulnerability Among Older Adults" (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]