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Sarina Isenberg

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Sarina Isenberg

Assistant 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 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Mixed Methods Palliative Care End Of Life Health Economics Home Care Physicians And Nurse Practitioners Primary Care Qualitative Methods

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
Skills and Strategies for Crisis Communication in Seriously Ill Patients: A Qualitative Study.
Journal of general internal medicine · 2026
MAiDHouse: a qualitative study on structured community-based support for grief and bereavement in Canada.
BMJ open · 2026

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Describing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) recipients with coexisting mental and physical disorders and exploring how MAiD assessors determine their eligibility: A mixed methods parallel convergent study in Ontario
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$726,750
Co-designing gender-affirming palliative care: An intersectional, community-led intervention for trans and gender diverse people in Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$679,687
Understanding and improving patient safety for older adults in retirement homes
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$543,152

All 21 grants and awards

15 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 open2026

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

Skills and Strategies for Crisis Communication in Seriously Ill Patients: A Qualitative Study.

Moledina A, Thabet C, Munene P, Ruller S, Isenberg S, Sanders J, Raude R, Kobewka D

Journal of general internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-09909-5 PMID: 41366622

MAiDHouse: a qualitative study on structured community-based support for grief and bereavement in Canada.

Yan H, Chhina J, Kaplan A, Kornberg M, Hashemi N, Isenberg S, Buchman S, Hendrickson T

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115453 PMID: 42055617

Association of Palliative Care Initiation With Acute Healthcare Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Adults Living With Dementia.

Quinn KL, Stukel TA, Pugliese M, Detsky AS, Heckman G, Omilabu MT, Stall NM, Vaz D, Webber C, Tanuseputro P, Isenberg S

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70282 PMID: 41511822

Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Hafid S, Jones A, Isenberg S, Gayowsky A, Wills A, Fernandes A, Quinn K, Gallagher E, Hsu AT, Webber C

BMJ Open20261 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106929

Association Between Team-Based Continuity of Care Measures and End-of-Life Health Care Outcomes

Hafid S, Isenberg S, Jones A, Wills A, Shorting T, Gayowsky A, Fernandes A, Quinn KL, Webber C, Gallagher E

Medical Care2026

DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000002334

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 open2025

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

Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study.

Quinn KL, Stukel TA, Detsky A, Chung H, Anwar MR, Bhatia S, Downar J, Hung V, Isenberg S, Kurahashi A, Lee DS, Stall N, Tanuseputro P, Bell CM

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313766 PMID: 39774523

Measuring geographic proximity and continuity with family medicine at end-of-life: Protocol for a population-level retrospective cohort study using Canadian Health Administrative Data

Hafid S, Mbuagbaw L, Newbold B, Costa A, Gayowsky A, Gozdyra P, Jones A, Isenberg S, Gallagher E, Howard M

PLoS ONE2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336790

Mental health service use among mothers and other birthing parents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

Webber C, Dover K, Tanuseputro P, Vigod SN, Moineddin R, Clarke A, Isenberg S, Fiedorowicz JG, Jin Y, Gandhi J, Simpson AN, Barker LC, Kendall CE, Myran D

Journal of affective disorders2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.125 PMID: 39191308

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mixed Methods Dear Professor Isenberg, 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 "Describing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) recipients with coexisting mental and physical disorders and exploring how MAiD assessors determine their eligibility: A mixed methods parallel convergent study in Ontario" (2026), 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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Sarina Isenberg

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.

Skills and Strategies for Crisis Communication in Seriously Ill Patients: A Qualitative Study.

MAiDHouse: a qualitative study on structured community-based support for grief and bereavement in Canada.

Association of Palliative Care Initiation With Acute Healthcare Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Adults Living With Dementia.

Modifying continuity of care indices for adults with organ failure nearing the end of life: a retrospective population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Association Between Team-Based Continuity of Care Measures and End-of-Life Health Care Outcomes

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.

Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study.

Measuring geographic proximity and continuity with family medicine at end-of-life: Protocol for a population-level retrospective cohort study using Canadian Health Administrative Data

Mental health service use among mothers and other birthing parents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Colleen Webber

Peter Tanuseputro

Sarina Isenberg

Peter Lawlor

James Downar

Michelle Howard

Grace Warmels

Khadija Bhimji

Krista Wooller

Paula Enright

Henrique Parsons

Erin Gallagher

Aaron Jones

Nathan Stall

Kieran Quinn

Rahim Moineddin

Amy Hsu

Daniel Kobewka

Amy Hsu

Peter Tanuseputro

Daniel Myran

Justin Sanders

Tieghan Killackey

Aliza Moledina

K Bruce Newbold

Andrew Costa

Stephanie Saunders

Camilla Zimmermann

Lawrence Mbuagbaw