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Sarah Simkin

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Sarah Simkin

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Health Human Resource Planning Long-Term Care Physicians

Latest papers

Co-developing an inclusive interprofessional health workforce minimum data standard for enhanced planning and decision-making: A Canadian case with international relevance
Health Policy · 2026
From Data to Intelligence for Health Workforce Planning: Insights From Integrated Primary Care Workforce Planning in Toronto
Healthcare Management Forum · 2025 · first author
Leading Practices to Safeguard the Mental Health of Investigators and Trainees in Research Teams
New Solutions · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Strengthening the Health Workforce by Scaling Innovative Solutions: Examining how best to organize, finance, manage and deliver health care to achieve the Quadruple Aim, improve equity, and accountability to patients, populations and providers
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Changing primary care capacity in Canada (4C): A cross-provincial mixed methods study to inform workforce planning
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,041,430
Examining the Physician Workforce in Long-term Care Homes
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$149,594

All 8 grants and awards

14 publications.

Co-developing an inclusive interprofessional health workforce minimum data standard for enhanced planning and decision-making: A Canadian case with international relevance

Zagrodney K, Bourcier D, Gupta N, Simkin S, Ashcroft R, Bath B, Ben-Ahmed HE, Crown N, Gamble B, Leslie K

Health Policy20264 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105485

From Data to Intelligence for Health Workforce Planning: Insights From Integrated Primary Care Workforce Planning in Toronto

Simkin S, Damba C, Farah B, Frohlich R, Sava N, Trainor R, Bourgeault IL

Healthcare Management Forum20251 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704251365552

Leading Practices to Safeguard the Mental Health of Investigators and Trainees in Research Teams

Corrente M, Atanackovic J, Simkin S, Bourgeault IL

New Solutions20251 citations

DOI: 10.1177/10482911251362477

Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study

Lavergne MR, Easley J, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Sauré A, Correia RH, Dufour É, Gallant F

BMJ Open20251 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099302

Engagement with partners is a leading practice in health workforce planning: What health leaders need to know

Ladak Z, Akuamoah-Boateng H, Damba C, Frohlich R, Hall S-A, Ikeh J, Khalikova R, Simkin S, Trainor R, Yu C

Healthcare Management Forum20244 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241263015

Referring and Specialist Physician Gender and Specialist Billing.

Chami N, Weir S, Shaikh SA, Sibley LM, Simkin S, Wright JG, Kantarevic J

JAMA network open2023

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.28347 PMID: 37624601

The Physician Anesthesia Workforce in Canada From 1996 to 2018: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Administrative Data

Simkin S, Orser BA, Wilson CR, McVicar JA, Crozier M, Bourgeault IL

Anesthesia and Analgesia202314 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000006650

The anesthesia workforce in Canada: a methodology to identify physician anesthesia providers using health administrative data

Simkin S, Orser BA, Wilson CR, Bourgeault IL

Human Resources for Health20235 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1186/s12960-023-00820-w

Implementing leading practices in regional-level primary care workforce planning: Lessons learned in Toronto

Simkin S, Chamberland-Rowe C, Damba C, Sava N, Lim T, Bourgeault IL

Healthcare Management Forum20234 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704221117263

The pathway from mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work of health professionals: Gender and leadership matter

Bourgeault IL, Atanackovic J, McMillan K, Akuamoah-Boateng H, Simkin S

Healthcare Management Forum202212 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704221092953

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Sarah Simkin

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Co-developing an inclusive interprofessional health workforce minimum data standard for enhanced planning and decision-making: A Canadian case with international relevance

From Data to Intelligence for Health Workforce Planning: Insights From Integrated Primary Care Workforce Planning in Toronto

Leading Practices to Safeguard the Mental Health of Investigators and Trainees in Research Teams

Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study

Engagement with partners is a leading practice in health workforce planning: What health leaders need to know

Referring and Specialist Physician Gender and Specialist Billing.

The Physician Anesthesia Workforce in Canada From 1996 to 2018: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Administrative Data

The anesthesia workforce in Canada: a methodology to identify physician anesthesia providers using health administrative data

Implementing leading practices in regional-level primary care workforce planning: Lessons learned in Toronto

The pathway from mental health, leaves of absence, and return to work of health professionals: Gender and leadership matter

Strengthening the Health Workforce by Scaling Innovative Solutions: Examining how best to organize, finance, manage and deliver health care to achieve the Quadruple Aim, improve equity, and accountability to patients, populations and providers

Changing primary care capacity in Canada (4C): A cross-provincial mixed methods study to inform workforce planning

Examining the Physician Workforce in Long-term Care Homes

Inclusive, Integrated and Enhanced Data & Digital Infrastructure Platforms for more Timely and Responsive Health Workforce Planning and Decision-Making

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Scaling up Health Workforce Innovations to Promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Healthy Professional/Knowledge Workers: Examining the Gendered Nature of Mental Health Issues, Leaves of Absence & Return to Work Experiences from a Comparative Perspective

Frequent collaborators

Ivy Bourgeault

Jelena Atanackovic

Lindsay Hedden

Caroline Jose

Julie Easley

Danielle Rice

Danielle Rice

Alan Katz

Catherine Yu

Ruth Martin-Misener

Angela Mashford-Pringle

Brenna Bath

David Rudoler

Rita McCracken

Neeru Gupta

Lindsay Hedden

Claire Johnson

Melissa Corrente

Kathleen Leslie

Arthur Sweetman

Natalie Crown

Ruth Martin-Misener