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Melissa Brouwers

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Full ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

Melissa Brouwers

Full Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (16 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Publications

623

Citations

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139

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Research

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Research Methodology Covarr-Net Covid-19 Rapid-Response Sars-Cov-2 Variants Of Concern Living Guidelines Practice Guidelines

Latest papers

Key quality considerations for advancing quality appraisal for living practice guidelines: a scoping review.
Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2026 · senior author
Consensus project to develop a reporting checklist extension for collaboratively developed guidelines: protocol.
BMJ open · 2026
Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.
BMJ open · 2026

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Context based on the Implementation in Context (ICON) Framework
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$313,650
Reimagining Knowledge Translation Canada: Enhancing Impact and Minimizing Waste to Meet Today's Challenges
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$14,938
Evidence and Gap Maps for health equity: A strategic tool to drive transformative health research priorities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$493,424

All 54 grants and awards

48 publications.

Key quality considerations for advancing quality appraisal for living practice guidelines: a scoping review.

McGuire M, Bennett A, Patwa N, Gauthier S, Adedunye D, Tahsin A, Shaver N, Bodnaruc A, Turner T, Florez ID, Brouwers M

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112485 PMID: 42665072

Consensus project to develop a reporting checklist extension for collaboratively developed guidelines: protocol.

Yi MD, Gullapalli T, Zhang E, Dragovic D, Smith SS, Lazaro-Camp VJ, Chang J, Amer M, Amer YS, Bak A, Blanchard-Musset S, Brouwers M, Ginex P, Graham A, Huo B, Hussein H, Jakhmola P, Li S, Logullo P, McFarlane E, Mokrane S, Paing A, Premantunge C, Senerth E, Smolkin RT, Ventura CB, Morgan RL, Ogunremi T, Florez I, Alam M

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114975 PMID: 42772881

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Shaver N, Pham B, Vyas N, Collins E, Bennett A, Beck A, Skidmore B, Grossman MR, Cormack GV, Mishra S, Chan AK, Moher D, Brouwers M, Tricco AC, Willet V, Dixit D, Baller A, Little J

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115610 PMID: 42425577

Risk-of-bias assessment of vaccine effectiveness studies: a scoping review of systematic reviews.

Davoodi Z, Laurie C, Tingley K, Skidmore B, Shaver N, Sundaram ME, Fell DB, Brouwers M, Sulis G

Epidemiology and infection2026

DOI: 10.1017/s0950268826101794 PMID: 42317109

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Stotts C, Corrales-Medina VF, deKemp RA, Wells GA, Beanlands R, Raggi P, Ferrara G, Sligl W, A Connelly K, Paul N, Brouwers M, Contreras-Dominguez V, Yadav K, Torres C, Tavoosi A, Wiefels C, Kirpalani A, Romsa JG, Grey B, Deva D, Rayner K, Boczar KE

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114239 PMID: 41781043

The Risk of Bias in Vaccine Effectiveness (RoB-VE) project: introduction to a methodological initiative to improve risk-of-bias assessment and reporting in vaccine effectiveness research.

Laurie C, Alonso Coello P, Florez ID, Lê M, Moher D, Sadarangani M, Sundaram ME, Wells G, Wilkinson K, Dwan K, Halperin SA, Nicholls SG, Reeves BC, Sharma Waddington H, Shea B, Brouwers M, Sulis G

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112088 PMID: 41297718

The Benefits and Harms of Screening for Prostate Cancer in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older: A Systematic Review

Bennett A, Vyas N, Shaver N, Almoli F, Kibret T, Loblaw A, Del Giudice L, Yao X, Skidmore B, Brouwers M

Current Oncology20261 citations

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol33040199

Implementing Canadian practice guidelines for children and adolescents with eating disorders: a qualitative study on barriers, facilitating factors and implementation strategies

Couturier J, Nicula M, Nella E, Yanover T, Kimber M, Coelho J, Dimitropoulos G, Kurji A, Boman J, Isserlin L

Journal of Eating Disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40337-026-01645-3

Reply to Obbagy and Stoody.

Bodnaruc AM, Khan H, Shaver N, Bennett A, Wong YL, Gracey C, Ly V, Shea B, Little J, Brouwers M, Bier D, Moher D

The American journal of clinical nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.03.019 PMID: 40467166

Strengthening vaccine effectiveness research to rebuild public trust: A call for global participation.

Sulis G, Brouwers M

PLOS global public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005359 PMID: 41160579

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Context based on the Implementation in Context (ICON) Framework

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Squires, Janet E; Grinspun, Doris R.; Hutchinson, Alison M; Lockwood, Craig

Keywords: Context; Healthcare; Knowledge Mobilization; Measurement

$313,650

Reimagining Knowledge Translation Canada: Enhancing Impact and Minimizing Waste to Meet Today's Challenges

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Fahim, Christine; Donald, Maoliosa (Mo)

Keywords: Capacity Building; Health Systems Strengthening; Knowledge Translation; Learning Health System; Priority Setting; Research Waste

$14,938

Evidence and Gap Maps for health equity: A strategic tool to drive transformative health research priorities

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Welch, Vivian A; Marshall, Zack; Morton Ninomiya, Melody; Tufte, Janice E

Keywords: Evidence And Gap Maps; Evidence Synthesis; Health Equity; Meta-Science

$493,424

A place-based framework for equitable health service delivery

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kendall, Claire; Cameron, Erin M

Keywords: Data Visualization; Equitable Health Services; Geographic Information Systems; Health Equity; Health Service Delivery; Place-Based Approach; Quintuple Aim; Spatialized Data

$803,251

CHIME - Consensus meeting on Hip Instability Management Evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Beaule, Paul E; Poitras, Stéphane

Keywords: Consensus Meeting; Delphi Method; Diagnosis; Hip Instability; Multidisciplinary; Native Hip; Prevention; Surgical And Non-Surgical Treatments

$20,000

Reproducibility of systematic reviews with meta-analysis: relevance to clinical practice guidelines

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Moher, David

Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines; Credibility; Quality Assessment; Reproducibility; Systematic Reviews

$360,138

Standardizing and optimizing the assessment of risk of bias in vaccine effectiveness studies to improve evidence synthesis and guideline development

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sulis, Giorgia; Brouwers, Melissa C

Keywords: Evidence Synthesis; Reporting Guideline; Research Methodology; Risk Of Bias; Vaccine Effectiveness

$459,000

AGREE II Extension: Quality Appraisal of Living Practice Guidelines

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brouwers, Melissa C; Florez, Ivan D; Turner, Tari

Keywords: Living Guidelines; Practice Guidelines; Quality Assessment; Reporting Guidelines; Research Methodology

$478,126

The CAnadian Mother-Child Initiative - knowledge mobilization from COnception to adulthood - CAMCCO-Outreach.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Bérard, Anick; TUNDE-BYASS, MODUPE; Brown, Hilary; Eltonsy, Sherif; Kaul, Padmaja R; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Mehrabadi, Azar; Metcalfe, Amy L; Salami, Bukola O; SANTE, HEALTH NEXUS; Tricco, Andrea C; Walker, Mark C; Winquist, Brandace D

Keywords: Canadian Mother-Child Initiative; Community Electronic Surveys; Focus Groups; Interactive Web Clinic; Knowledge Syntheses; Knowledge Translation Documents; Kt Training; Medications; Pregnancy; Underserved Populations

$11,000

The CAnadian Mother-Child Initiative - knowledge mobilization from COnception to adulthood - CAMCCO-Outreach.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

$440,000

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: Research Methodology Dear Professor Brouwers, 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 "Key quality considerations for advancing quality appraisal for living practice guidelines: a scoping review." (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 "Standardizing and optimizing the assessment of risk of bias in vaccine effectiveness studies to improve evidence synthesis and guideline development" (2024), 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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Melissa Brouwers

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Key quality considerations for advancing quality appraisal for living practice guidelines: a scoping review.

Consensus project to develop a reporting checklist extension for collaboratively developed guidelines: protocol.

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Risk-of-bias assessment of vaccine effectiveness studies: a scoping review of systematic reviews.

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

The Risk of Bias in Vaccine Effectiveness (RoB-VE) project: introduction to a methodological initiative to improve risk-of-bias assessment and reporting in vaccine effectiveness research.

The Benefits and Harms of Screening for Prostate Cancer in Adults Aged 18 Years and Older: A Systematic Review

Implementing Canadian practice guidelines for children and adolescents with eating disorders: a qualitative study on barriers, facilitating factors and implementation strategies

Reply to Obbagy and Stoody.

Strengthening vaccine effectiveness research to rebuild public trust: A call for global participation.

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