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Sharon Johnston

ResearcherFamily MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

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Sharon Johnston

Researcher

Family Medicine

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.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Capacity Development Data Platforms Diversity Equity Implementation Knowledge Translation Learning Health System Patient Partnership

Latest papers

Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study
Journal of Neurotrauma · 2026
[Not Available].
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026
A double-blind, crossover, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial where primary care providers and patients compare human-generated and AI-generated digital health messages: the AI-CARE study protocol.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit: Sustaining and Extending Impact Through Decentralized Patient-Oriented Health Research (Phase II Extension, 2026-2028)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$13,679,658
Partnering with Patients to Co-Produce a National AI Priority Agenda for Chronic Pain
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$125,000
Understanding and improving patient safety for older adults in retirement homes
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$543,152

All 16 grants and awards

48 publications.

Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study

van Ierssel JJ, Kutcher SA, Johnston S, Pham NK, Lamoureux M, Dodd AB, Mullan M, Yeates KO, Ledoux A-A, Liu BC

Journal of Neurotrauma20261 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261416446

[Not Available].

Hudon C, Cook M, Angrignon-Girouard É, Breton M, Johnston S, Poitras ME, Piraud A, Cohidon C, Poirier MD, Emond MJ, Dumont-Samson O

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2026

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7205e175 PMID: 42128642

A double-blind, crossover, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial where primary care providers and patients compare human-generated and AI-generated digital health messages: the AI-CARE study protocol.

Lemieux A, Kutcher SA, Galani Tietcheu BR, Seitz G, Trickovic J, Archibald D, Grosjean S, Hogg W, Johnston S

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115673 PMID: 41946543

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Corwin DJ, Li W, Fung SG, Yu C, Backman C, Lamoureux M, Hawken S, Johnston S, Zemek R, Transforming Research by Assessing Neuroinformatics Across the Spectrum of Concussion by Embedding Interdisciplinary Data-Collection to Enable Novel Treatments (TRANSCENDENT) Research Program

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.7416 PMID: 42018325

Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities.

Venables MJ, Dickson S, Ichiba M, Arrhaoui A, Lamontagne E, Grattan KP, Johnston S, Hogg W, Archibald D

Research involvement and engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00841-4 PMID: 41749405

The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.

Wang TF, Bjerre LM, Gibb M, Yoo S, Pugliese M, Kim W, Moledina A, Engel FD, Lominy W, Carrier M, Tanuseputro P, Johnston S, Backman C

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0351840 PMID: 42329974

TRANSCENDENT (Transforming Research by Assessing Neuroinformatics across the Spectrum of Concussion by Embedding iNterdisciplinary Data-collection to Enable Novel Treatments): protocol for a prospective observational cohort study of concussion patients with embedded comparative effectiveness research within a network of learning health system concussion clinics in Canada

Zemek R, Albrecht LM, Johnston S, Leddy J, Ledoux A-A, Reed N, Silverberg N, Yeates K, Lamoureux M, Anderson C

BMJ Open20254 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095292

Prevalence of Orthostatic Autonomic Dysregulation in Pediatric Concussion.

Sicard V, Irani T, Ledoux AA, Terekhov I, Webster RJ, Sucha E, Kutcher SA, Duan LX, Dashti F, Cortel-Leblanc A, Leddy J, Richer L, Reed N, Connelly K, Anderson C, Johnston S, Zemek R, uOttawa Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI) and TRANSCENDENT Concussion Integrated Discovery Programs

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.22309 PMID: 40694349

Effectiveness of concussion treatments in older adults: a systematic review protocol.

Engel FD, Fung SG, Tonjock Fonka A, Papp R, Lam A, Sikora L, Johnston S, Zemek R, Li W, Fisher S, Tanuseputro P, Backman C

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096967 PMID: 40250870

Transforming community-based primary health care delivery through comprehensive performance measurement and reporting: examining the influence of context

Wong ST, Thandi M, Martin-Misener R, Johnston S, Hogg W, Burge F

BMC Primary Care20244 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02659-z

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Sharon Johnston

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Prevalence and Risk of Anxiety and Depression after Concussion: A TRANSCENDENT Study

[Not Available].

A double-blind, crossover, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial where primary care providers and patients compare human-generated and AI-generated digital health messages: the AI-CARE study protocol.

Socioeconomic Disparities in Concussion Presentation.

Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities.

The association between patient preferred language and end-of-life outcomes of home care patients who died from a cancer in Ontario, Canada - A retrospective cohort study.

Prevalence of Orthostatic Autonomic Dysregulation in Pediatric Concussion.

Effectiveness of concussion treatments in older adults: a systematic review protocol.

Transforming community-based primary health care delivery through comprehensive performance measurement and reporting: examining the influence of context

Frequent collaborators

William Hogg

Clare Liddy

Roger Zemek

Douglas Archibald

Nick Reed

Chantal Backman

Claire Kendall

Ruth Martin-Misener

Ruth Martin-Misener

Karen Tu

Grant Russell

Araba Chintoh

Julia Abelson

Kimberlyn McGrail

Claire Kendall

Irfan Dhalla

Carlos Lalonde

Khaled El Emam

Melissa Donskov

Tzu-Fei Wang

Marie-Eve Poitras

Morgan Slater

Peter Liu

Roger Zemek

Lawrence Richer

Katharina Kovacs Burns

Julia Langton

Aliza Moledina

Marie-Dominique Poirier

David Ponka

Elizabeth Muggah

Grace Warmels

Shawn Marshall

Peter Liu

Kim Connelly

Erica Frank

Denis Prud'homme

Frederick Burge

Keith Yeates

Shawn Marshall