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Karine Toupin April

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Adjunct ProfessorRehabilitation SciencesUniversity of Ottawa

Karine Toupin April

Adjunct Professor

Rehabilitation Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Publications

134

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Pain Patient Engagement Pediatric Rheumatology Shared Decision Making Chronic Disease Cooling Strategies During Hot Weather Elderly Adults

Latest papers

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study.
Arthritis care & research · 2026
Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.
Value in health regional issues · 2026
Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of shared decision-making interventions in healthcare: a study protocol.
BMJ open · 2026

All 86 publications

Latest funding

A Systematic Review to Build a LLM-Driven Curated and Tailored Feedback intervention to Enhancing Chronic Pain Self-Management.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Chronic Pain Network
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000

All 19 grants and awards

86 publications.

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study.

Soulsby WD, Boscardin J, Knight A, Horton DB, Toupin-April K, von Scheven E, Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry Investigators and for the CARRA Health Equity Work Group

Arthritis care & research2026

DOI: 10.1002/acr.80051 PMID: 41931026

Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.

Naye F, Sasseville M, Toupin-April K, Légaré F, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Vaillant V, Hoens AM, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S

Value in health regional issues2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2025.101551 PMID: 41319372

Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of shared decision-making interventions in healthcare: a study protocol.

Hoffmann C, Butterworth JE, Naye F, Smith M, Nyamapfene T, Lawday S, Avery K, Bekker H, Bravo P, Décary S, Edwards A, Elwyn G, Engelhardt EG, Franco JVA, Garvelink MM, Giguere AM, Härter M, Hoffmann T, Kienlin S, McCaffery K, Noordman J, Olling K, Perestelo-Pérez L, Pieterse AH, Scheibler F, Sepucha K, Ubbink D, Valentine KD, Volk RJ, Wehking F, Yoo SH, Bulbeck H, Cole AC, de Wit M, Finderup J, Geary K, Gunn CM, Hou WH, Housten AJ, Kim MJ, Norma M, Pacheco-Brousseau L, Snede L, Tian C, Toupin-April K, McNair AG

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-116623 PMID: 42744360

Validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Decision Regret Scale among people living with chronic noncancer pain: A secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

Naye F, Sasseville M, Toupin-April K, Légaré F, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Hoens AM, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S

Patient education and counseling2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2026.109485 PMID: 41539122

People Living with Chronic Pain Experience a High Prevalence of Decision Regret in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Online Survey.

Naye F, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Sasseville M, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Toupin-April K, Dubois O, Paquette JS, LeBlanc A, Gaboury I, Poitras MÈ, Li LC, Hoens AM, Poirier MD, Légaré F, Décary S

Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making2025

DOI: 10.1177/0272989x251326069 PMID: 40119768

Measurement properties of the decisional conflict scale in people living with chronic non-cancer pain: a secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

Naye F, Sasseville M, Toupin-April K, Légaré F, Gagnon MP, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Vaillant V, Dubois O, Hoens AM, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152842 PMID: 41061329

Risk factors of decisional conflict among people living with chronic pain identified through a pan-Canadian survey.

Naye F, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Sasseville M, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Toupin-April K, Dubois O, Paquette JS, LeBlanc A, Gaboury I, Poitras ME, Li LC, Hoens A, Poirier MD, Légaré F, Décary S

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-28803-y PMID: 41274930

Canadian Rheumatology Association Guidance for Developing and Endorsing Quality Measures to Support Learning Health Systems.

Githumbi R, Barber CEH, Bartlett SJ, Toupin-April K, Twilt M, Lacaille D, Barnabe C, Dhiman K, Hoens AM, Grebowicz A, McMillan T, Widdifield J

The Journal of rheumatology2025

DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2024-1065 PMID: 40233996

Assessment of complementary health approaches use in pediatric oncology: Modification and preliminary validation of the "Which Health Approaches and Treatments Are You Using?" (WHAT) questionnaires.

Alqudimat MR, Toupin April K, Jibb L, Victor C, Nathan PC, Stinson J

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294393 PMID: 38446765

Exploring the complexities of pain phenotypes: OMERACT 2023 chronic pain working group workshop.

Pickles T, Cowern M, Christensen R, Nielsen SM, Simon LS, Jones CMP, Maxwell LJ, Shea B, Strand V, Touma Z, Toupin-April K, Mease P, Choy E

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2023.152342 PMID: 38128175

A Systematic Review to Build a LLM-Driven Curated and Tailored Feedback intervention to Enhancing Chronic Pain Self-Management.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Sasseville, Maxime; Chabot, Christian

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Large-Language Model; Retrieval Augmented Generation; Systematic Review

$20,000

Chronic Pain Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2025SPOR Networks - Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science - Extension

Principal investigators: Buckley, David N; Daudt, Helena M; Hudspith, Maria; Wagenaar, Alice; Beaudry, Hélène; Birnie, Kathryn A; Bosma, Rachael L; Choinière, Manon; Gilron, Ian; Iorio, Alfonso; Latimer, Margot A; Lavis, John N; MacDermid, Joy C; Noel, Melanie E; Poulin, Patricia A; Presseau, Justin; Rash, Josh A; Stinson, Jennifer N; Sylliboy, John R

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Knowledge Mobilization

$2,000,000

IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Health Services Research; Implementation Research; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Models Of Care; Prevention Trial; Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Screening; Shared Decision Making; Spondyloarthritis

$2,000,000

Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment approaches for Health equity (IIA-PATH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Eq-Infection & Immunity-LOI

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Environmental Risk Factors; First Nations People; Health Services Research; Indigenous Health Research; Inflammatory Arthritis; Metis People; Pre-Clinical Disease Detection; Proteomics; Shared Decision Making; Wellness

$20,000

Building the Evidence to Live Independently with Arthritis: A Patient-Led Research Partnership

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Patient Alliance, Canadian Arthritis; Proulx, Laurie

Keywords: Health Services; Occupational Therapy; Patient And Public Involvement; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research

$20,000

Reducing inequitable differences in health outcomes in the treatment of Arthritis

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tugwell, Peter S; Welch, Vivian A

Keywords: Arthritis; Health Equity; Knowledge Synthesis; Knowledge Translation

$416,924

A novel approach to integrating young people's perspectives in shared decision making research

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Patient Engagement

Principal investigators: Toupin April, Karine; Proulx, Laurie

Keywords: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Pain; Patient Engagement; Pediatric Rheumatology; Shared Decision Making

$25,000

A novel approach to integrating young people's perspectives in shared decision making research

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Team Science

Principal investigators: Toupin April, Karine; Proulx, Laurie

Keywords: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Pain; Patient Engagement; Pediatric Rheumatology; Shared Decision Making

$25,000

Living Systematic Reviews and Knowledge Mobilization of Care Models and Management Options for Long COVID/Post COVID-19 Condition.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res/Gps/Prior- Sup. Srv/Rehab, Strat for Hist. Excl/Und Pops

Principal investigators: Décary, Simon; Gaboury, Isabelle; LeBlanc, Annie

Keywords: Knowledge Mobilization; Knowledge Synthesis; Long Covid; Post Covid-19 Condition

$227,200

Stakeholder engagement in health care systematic reviews

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tugwell, Peter S; Smith, Maureen M; Welch, Vivian A

Keywords: Equity; Stakeholder Engagment; Systematic Reviews

$383,872

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: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Dear Professor Toupin April, 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 "Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry 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 "A novel approach to integrating young people's perspectives in shared decision making research" (2023), 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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Karine Toupin April

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study.

Measurement Properties and Cross-Cultural Invariance of the French Decisional Conflict Scale in Chronic Pain: Secondary Analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN Survey.

Development of a core outcome set for the evaluation of shared decision-making interventions in healthcare: a study protocol.

Validation and cross-cultural measurement invariance of the English and French versions of the Decision Regret Scale among people living with chronic noncancer pain: A secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

People Living with Chronic Pain Experience a High Prevalence of Decision Regret in Canada: A Pan-Canadian Online Survey.

Measurement properties of the decisional conflict scale in people living with chronic non-cancer pain: a secondary analysis of the DECIDE-PAIN pan-Canadian survey.

Risk factors of decisional conflict among people living with chronic pain identified through a pan-Canadian survey.

Canadian Rheumatology Association Guidance for Developing and Endorsing Quality Measures to Support Learning Health Systems.

Assessment of complementary health approaches use in pediatric oncology: Modification and preliminary validation of the "Which Health Approaches and Treatments Are You Using?" (WHAT) questionnaires.

Exploring the complexities of pain phenotypes: OMERACT 2023 chronic pain working group workshop.

Frequent collaborators

Peter Tugwell

Lucie Brosseau

Jennifer Stinson

Beverley Shea

Dawn Stacey

Dorcas Beaton

Judy King

Isabelle Gaboury

Vivian Welch

Maxime Sasseville

Anne Lyddiatt

Laurie Proulx

Wendy Gifford

Annie LeBlanc

Nicole Paquet

Paulette Guitard

Marie Westby

Roanne Thomas

Linda McLean

Anne Lyddiatt

Doug Coyle

Janet Jull

Lindsay Jibb

Janet Jull

Monica Parry

Dawn Stacey

Rose Martini

Jessie McGowan

Jocelyne Tourigny

Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau

Simon Décary

Craig Campbell

Andrea Knight

Kevin Pottie

Sunita Vohra

Jennifer O'Neil

Lauren King

Marie-Dominique Poirier