Adena Scheer, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing
Genetics in Medicine Open · 2024
How do members of the public expect to use variants of uncertain significance in their health care? A population-based survey.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2023
2023 Canadian Surgery Forum
Canadian Journal of Surgery · 2023

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Genomics ADvISER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$497,250
The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,922,300
The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing

Clausen M, Krishnapillai S, Hirjikaka D, Kodida R, Shickh S, Reble E, Mighton C, Sam J, Adi-Wauran E, Baxter NN

Genetics in Medicine Open202416 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101814

02

How do members of the public expect to use variants of uncertain significance in their health care? A population-based survey.

Mighton C, Clausen M, Shickh S, Baxter NN, Scheer A, Sebastian A, Muir SM, Kim THM, Glogowski E, Schrader KA, Regier DA, Kim RH, Lerner-Ellis J, Bayoumi AM, Thorpe KE, Bombard Y

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics20234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.100819 PMID: 36919843

03

2023 Canadian Surgery Forum

Brière R, Habashi R, Merchant S, Cadili L, Alhumoud Z, Lau R, Gawad N, Valji R, Balmes PN, Tan JGK

Canadian Journal of Surgery20231 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cjs.014223 PMID: W4389488805

04

Genetics Adviser: a protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating a digital platform for genetics service delivery

Shickh S, Hirjikaka D, Clausen M, Kodida R, Mighton C, Reble E, Sam J, Panchal S, Aronson M, Graham T

BMJ Open202223 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060899

05

Patient and public preferences for being recontacted with updated genomic results: a mixed methods study.

Mighton C, Clausen M, Sebastian A, Muir SM, Shickh S, Baxter NN, Scheer A, Glogowski E, Schrader KA, Thorpe KE, Kim THM, Lerner-Ellis J, Kim RH, Regier DA, Bayoumi AM, Bombard Y

Human genetics202111 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-021-02366-0 PMID: 34537903

06

A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Humanism in Surgical Practice.

Khan S, Jung F, Kirubarajan A, Karim K, Scheer A, Simpson J

Journal of surgical education2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.07.032 PMID: 32768379

07

Effectiveness of the Genomics ADvISER decision aid for the selection of secondary findings from genomic sequencing: a randomized clinical trial

Bombard Y, Clausen M, Shickh S, Mighton C, Casalino S, Kim THM, Muir SM, Carlsson L, Baxter N, Scheer A

Genetics in Medicine202058 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41436-019-0702-z

08

The Genomics ADvISER: development and usability testing of a decision aid for the selection of incidental sequencing results.

Bombard Y, Clausen M, Mighton C, Carlsson L, Casalino S, Glogowski E, Schrader K, Evans M, Scheer A, Baxter N, Hamilton JG, Lerner-Ellis J, Offit K, Robson M, Laupacis A

European journal of human genetics : EJHG201860 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41431-018-0144-0 PMID: 29703952

Genomics ADvISER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bombard, Yvonne

Keywords: Decision Support Tools; Ehealth Application; Genomics; Incidental Findings; Patient Centred Care; Personalized Medicine; Qualitative Methods; Randomized Controlled Trial; Shared Decision Making; User Centred Design

$497,250

The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dacosta, Ralph S

Keywords: Breast Cancer Surgery; Breast Conservative Surgery; Breast Pathology; Cancer Imaging; Fluorescence Contrast Agents; Fluorescence Image-Guided Surgery; Intraoperative Margin Assessment; Medical Devices; Optical Imaging; Surgical Re-Excision

$2,922,300

The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer

Principal investigators: Dacosta, Ralph S

Keywords: Breast Cancer Surgery; Breast Conservative Surgery; Breast Pathology; Cancer Imaging; Fluorescence Contrast Agents; Fluorescence Guided Surgery; Intraoperative Margin Assessment; Medical Device; Optical Imaging; Surgery

$100,000

Integrating genomic technologies in health care: evidence, values and health policy

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Bombard, Yvonne

Keywords: Genomics; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Health Technology Assessment; Interdisciplinary Research; Knowledge Translation; Personalized Medicine; Public & Patient Engagement; Qualitative Methods; Survey Methods

$976,589

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Yvonne Bombard: 71 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Raymond Kim: 51 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Raymond Kim: 50 shared papers
Yvonne Bombard and June Carroll: 49 shared papers
Yvonne Bombard and Kasmintan Schrader: 45 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Jordan Lerner-Ellis: 42 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Yvonne Bombard: 38 shared papers
Yvonne Bombard and Raymond Kim: 37 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Kasmintan Schrader: 34 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Yvonne Bombard: 34 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Kasmintan Schrader: 34 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and June Carroll: 29 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and June Carroll: 28 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Kasmintan Schrader: 28 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Kevin Thorpe: 25 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Jordan Lerner-Ellis: 20 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Yvonne Bombard: 19 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Kasmintan Schrader: 16 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Andrea Covelli: 14 shared papers
Ahmad Elnahas and Allan Okrainec: 14 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Christine Elser: 12 shared papers
Emily Seto and Yvonne Bombard: 12 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Christine Elser: 12 shared papers
Yvonne Bombard and Christine Elser: 12 shared papers
Emily Seto and Kevin Thorpe: 11 shared papers
Emily Seto and June Carroll: 10 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Adena Scheer: 7 shared papers
Anand Govindarajan and Nancy Baxter: 6 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Ahmed Bayoumi: 6 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Adena Scheer: 6 shared papers
Yvonne Bombard and Adena Scheer: 6 shared papers
Kasmintan Schrader and Adena Scheer: 6 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Ahmad Elnahas: 5 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Ahmed Bayoumi: 5 shared papers
Kevin Thorpe and Adena Scheer: 5 shared papers
Kasmintan Schrader and Lindsay Carlsson: 5 shared papers
Raymond Kim and Lindsay Carlsson: 5 shared papers
Raymond Kim and Adena Scheer: 5 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Adena Scheer: 4 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Amanda Roberts: 4 shared papers
Anand Govindarajan and Andrea Covelli: 4 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Ahmed Bayoumi: 4 shared papers
Jordan Lerner-Ellis and Lindsay Carlsson: 4 shared papers
Andrea Covelli and Amanda Roberts: 4 shared papers
Ahmed Bayoumi and Adena Scheer: 3 shared papers
June Carroll and Adena Scheer: 3 shared papers
Christine Elser and Adena Scheer: 3 shared papers
Emily Seto and Adena Scheer: 2 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Alan Tinmouth: 2 shared papers
Nancy Baxter and Amanda Roberts: 2 shared papers
Alan Tinmouth and Ahmad Elnahas: 2 shared papers
Lindsay Carlsson and Adena Scheer: 2 shared papers
Andrea Eisen and Anand Govindarajan: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Alan Tinmouth: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Andrea Grin: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Andrea Eisen and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Andrea Grin: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Anand Govindarajan and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Amanda Fowler-Woods: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Anand Ghanekar: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Alaa Rostom: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and A.J. Lowik: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Andrea Grin: 1 shared paper
Nancy Baxter and Ameer Farooq: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Amanda Fowler-Woods and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Andrea Covelli and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Anand Ghanekar and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Alaa Rostom and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Ahmad Elnahas and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
A.J. Lowik and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Andrea Grin and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Ameer Farooq and Adena Scheer: 1 shared paper
Adena Scheer and Amanda Roberts: 1 shared paper
Adena Scheer and Allan Okrainec: 1 shared paper

Department of Surgery
Department of Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Institute of Health Policy
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Genetics
Department of Oncology
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Scheer, 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 "Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing" (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

Adena Scheer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing

How do members of the public expect to use variants of uncertain significance in their health care? A&#xa0;population-based survey.

2023 Canadian Surgery Forum

Genetics Adviser: a protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating a digital platform for genetics service delivery

Patient and public preferences for being recontacted with updated genomic results: a mixed methods study.

A Systematic Review of Interventions to Improve Humanism in Surgical Practice.

Effectiveness of the Genomics ADvISER decision aid for the selection of secondary findings from genomic sequencing: a randomized clinical trial

The Genomics ADvISER: development and usability testing of a decision aid for the selection of incidental sequencing results.

Genomics ADvISER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings

The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial

The Canadian F.I.G.H.T. (Fluorescence Image-Guided Help in Treating) Breast Cancer Surgical Trial

Integrating genomic technologies in health care: evidence, values and health policy

Frequent collaborators

Nancy Baxter

Yvonne Bombard

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Kasmintan Schrader

Raymond Kim

Kevin Thorpe

Andrea Eisen

Ahmed Bayoumi

Christine Elser

June Carroll

Dean Regier

Lindsay Carlsson

Andreas Laupacis

Emily Seto

Dhruvin Hirpara

Najib Safieddine

Shiva Jayaraman

Trevor Reichman

Amanda Roberts

Fayez Quereshy

Nadia Khan

Michael Ko

Jesse Pasternak

Allan Okrainec

Helen MacRae

Carol-Anne Moulton

David Goldstein

Kartik Jhaveri

Ur Metser

Jonathan Wasserman

Rajni Patel

Edward Passos

John Agzarian

Rahima Nenshi

Paul Engels

Ilun Yang

Dennis Hong

How do members of the public expect to use variants of uncertain significance in their health care? A population-based survey.