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Chelsia Gillis
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Research
Latest papers
Pooled Efficacy and Exploration of Effect Modifiers of Exercise Prehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Anesthesia and analgesia · 2026
Latest funding
- $765,001
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $400,000
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
1 publications.
Pooled Efficacy and Exploration of Effect Modifiers of Exercise Prehabilitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Ramic L, Branje K, Al-Bayati M, Kidd GD, Neilipovitz N, Hutton B, Wolfe DM, Fergusson D, Fiore JF, Gillis C, Hladkowicz E, McIsaac DI, Canadian Prehabilitation Knowledge Network Collaborators
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a living systematic review to support advanced knowledge synthesis informing prehabilitation design and evaluation
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hutton, Brian E; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Martel, Guillaume; Veroniki, Areti Angeliki
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Network Review; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
STRIVE before surgery trial: a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Lee, Susan M; Mayson, Kelly V; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wallace, Tom; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
PREPARE for Cancer Surgery Trial: multimodal PReoperative Exercise to decrease PostoperAtive disability, cancer RecurrencE and mortality in older people with frailty
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Eskander, Antoine; Fergusson, Dean A; Gillis, Chelsia A; Khadaroo, Rachel; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Muscedere, John; Taljaard, Monica
Keywords: Cancer; Exercise; Frailty; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Mcneely, Margaret L; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wijeysundera, Duminda N
Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery
The Canadian Prehabilitation Network Review: a systematic review and component network meta-analysis to inform prehabilitation design and evaluation
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gillis, Chelsia A; Gill, Marlyn; Hutton, Brian E
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Network Review; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
An umbrella review of prehabilitation interventions in surgery to inform policy and practice
Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Boland, Laura S; Gill, Marlyn; Hutton, Brian E
Keywords: Exercise; Health Policy; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Outcomes; Prehabilitation; Surgery; Systematic Review
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
- Anesthesiology and Pain Management
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Department of Medicine
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