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Peter Lawlor

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Peter Lawlor

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

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Agitated Delirium Dexmedetomidine Palliative Care Phase I/Ii Clinical Trial Qualitative Investigation Rousable Sedation

Latest papers

Clinical checklists of multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions for delirium management in adult patients in non-ICU inpatient healthcare settings: a rapid review.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author
PSilocybin for psYCHological and existential distress in PALliative care (PSYCHED-PAL): A single arm unblinded clinical trial.
Palliative medicine · 2026 · senior author
The role of food as part of person-centred palliative care: An exploratory ethnographic study.
Palliative care and social practice · 2025

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Advancing the Care Experience in PAlliative care patient Transitions from hospital to Home (ACE-PATH): Co-designing an intervention to address the needs of patients and family caregivers and testing the intervention's acceptability and feasibility using an implementation study
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$655,157
Evaluating palliative and end-of-life care for Canadians living with schizophrenia
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$428,400
Use of an automated prospective clinical surveillance tool to drive screening for unmet palliative needs among patients in the final year of life
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$719,101

All 6 grants and awards

17 publications.

Clinical checklists of multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions for delirium management in adult patients in non-ICU inpatient healthcare settings: a rapid review.

Bush SH, Kabir M, French Merkley V, Sikora L, Agar M, Hosie A, Featherstone I, Isenberg S, Lawlor P

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105740 PMID: 42366006

PSilocybin for psYCHological and existential distress in PALliative care (PSYCHED-PAL): A single arm unblinded clinical trial.

Downar J, Lapenskie J, Anderson K, Parsons G, Polskaia N, Lalumiere G, Lawlor P

Palliative medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/02692163261416269 PMID: 41617652

The role of food as part of person-centred palliative care: An exploratory ethnographic study.

Wicks V, Philip S, Warbrick M, Li W, Bandk K, Hector A, Caissie D, Lawlor P, Yeung J, Kehoe MacLeod K

Palliative care and social practice2025

DOI: 10.1177/26323524251364281 PMID: 40822310

Health Care Use, Care Settings, and Location of Death for People With Schizophrenia in Long-Term Care.

Dover K, Fiedorowicz JG, Kirkwood D, Solmi M, Bolton JM, Isenberg SR, Li W, Mahar A, Bush SH, Bonares M, Edwards JD, Hatcher S, Dosani N, Lawlor P, Chochinov HM, Kurdyak P, Wellman M, Franck C, Rochon A, Tanuseputro P, Webber C

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105719 PMID: 40523647

Long-Term Care Ownership and Operator Factors in Probable Delirium: A Population-Based Study from Ontario, Canada.

Roberts R, Tanuseputro P, Lawlor P, Bush SH, Watt CL, Pugliese M, Casey G, Knoefel F, Thavorn K, Momoli F, Webber C

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105610 PMID: 40311659

Hospital-based specialist palliative care involvement before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of a regional retrospective decedent cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.

Lawlor P, Gratton V, Cohen L, Adeli SR, Besserer E, Murphy R, Warmels G, Bruni A, Kabir M, Noel C, Heidinger B, Anderson K, Arsenault-Mehta K, Wooller K, Lapenskie J, Webber C, Bedard D, Enright P, Desjardins I, Bhimji K, Dyason C, Iyengar A, Bush SH, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Vanderspank-Wright B, Parsons H, Downar J

BMJ open2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091331 PMID: 40122545

Accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation for psychological distress in advanced cancer: A phase 2a feasibility and preliminary efficacy clinical trial.

Downar J, Lapenskie J, Anderson K, Edwards J, Watt C, Dionne M, Rice J, Kabir M, Lawlor P, Downar J

Palliative medicine2024

DOI: 10.1177/02692163241234799 PMID: 38482823

Symptom Clusters in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study to Examine Their Stability and Prognostic Significance.

Simão D, Barata PC, Alves M, Papoila AL, Oliveira S, Lawlor P

The oncologist2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad211 PMID: 37536276

Comorbidities, symptoms and end-of-life medication use in hospitalised decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective regional cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.

Lawlor P, Cohen L, Adeli SR, Besserer E, Gratton V, Murphy R, Warmels G, Bruni A, Kabir M, Noel C, Heidinger B, Anderson K, Arsenault-Mehta K, Wooller K, Lapenskie J, Webber C, Bedard D, Enright P, Desjardins I, Bhimji K, Dyason C, Iyengar A, Bush SH, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Vanderspank-Wright B, Downar J, Parsons H

BMJ open2023First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075518 PMID: 37669840

Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain: Comparison of Pain Classification Features and Pain Intensity across Diverse Palliative Care Settings in Canada.

Belayneh M, Fainsinger R, Nekolaichuk C, Muller V, Bouchard S, Downar J, Galloway L, Ghosh S, Hawley P, Herx L, Kmet A, Lawlor P

Journal of palliative medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0187 PMID: 36282783

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Agitated Delirium Dear Professor Lawlor, 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 "Clinical checklists of multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions for delirium management in adult patients in non-ICU inpatient healthcare settings: a rapid 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 "Effects of dexmedetomidine in patients with agitated delirium in palliative care: an open-label phase 1/2 proof-of-concept, feasibility, and dose-finding clinical trial" (2020), 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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Peter Lawlor

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Clinical checklists of multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions for delirium management in adult patients in non-ICU inpatient healthcare settings: a rapid review.

PSilocybin for psYCHological and existential distress in PALliative care (PSYCHED-PAL): A single arm unblinded clinical trial.

The role of food as part of person-centred palliative care: An exploratory ethnographic study.

Health Care Use, Care Settings, and Location of Death for People With Schizophrenia in Long-Term Care.

Long-Term Care Ownership and Operator Factors in Probable Delirium: A Population-Based Study from Ontario, Canada.

Hospital-based specialist palliative care involvement before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: secondary analysis of a regional retrospective decedent cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.

Accelerated transcranial magnetic stimulation for psychological distress in advanced cancer: A phase 2a feasibility and preliminary efficacy clinical trial.

Symptom Clusters in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study to Examine Their Stability and Prognostic Significance.

Comorbidities, symptoms and end-of-life medication use in hospitalised decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective regional cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.

Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain: Comparison of Pain Classification Features and Pain Intensity across Diverse Palliative Care Settings in Canada.

Advancing the Care Experience in PAlliative care patient Transitions from hospital to Home (ACE-PATH): Co-designing an intervention to address the needs of patients and family caregivers and testing the intervention's acceptability and feasibility using an implementation study

Evaluating palliative and end-of-life care for Canadians living with schizophrenia

Use of an automated prospective clinical surveillance tool to drive screening for unmet palliative needs among patients in the final year of life

Effects of dexmedetomidine in patients with agitated delirium in palliative care: an open-label phase 1/2 proof-of-concept, feasibility, and dose-finding clinical trial

Evaluating the palliative and end-of-life care of older Canadians living and dying with dementia

Managing cancer pain during the opioid crisis: A multidisciplinary, cross-Canada knowledge dissemination and research planning initiative

Frequent collaborators

James Downar

Colleen Webber

Peter Tanuseputro

Grace Warmels

Krista Wooller

Khadija Bhimji

Paula Enright

Sarina Isenberg

Henrique Parsons

Krystal Kehoe MacLeod

Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Pamela Grassau

Frank Knoefel

Shirley Bush

Christine Watt

Marco Solmi

Jill Rice

Simon Hatcher

Kednapa Thavorn

Jonathan Downar

Paul Kurdyak

Alyson Mahar

Jodi Edwards

Vivian Welch

Franco Momoli