Alison Thompson, University of Toronto

Research

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Bioethics (humans and animals)Public and population health Professional ethics

Latest papers

Current practices in managing end-of-life existential suffering.
Current opinion in supportive and palliative care · 2023 · senior author
Exploring medication self-management in community-dwelling adults with chronic medication experience: A concept mapping study.
Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2022
Spinal cord injury/dysfunction and medication management: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of community-dwelling adults in Ontario, Canada.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2022

All 12 publications

Latest funding

U-Prep: Understanding scope of Practice expansion in pharmacy
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$143,523
Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$249,492
Understanding attitudes and beliefs toward the COVID-19 vaccines among youth with mental illness
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$143,428

All 6 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Current practices in managing end-of-life existential suffering.

Di Risio M, Thompson A

Current opinion in supportive and palliative care2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/spc.0000000000000646 PMID: 37039587

02

Exploring medication self-management in community-dwelling adults with chronic medication experience: A concept mapping study.

James KA, Everall AC, Cadel L, McCarthy LM, Lofters A, Thompson A, Guilcher SJT

Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.001 PMID: 34274217

03

Spinal cord injury/dysfunction and medication management: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of community-dwelling adults in Ontario, Canada.

Cadel L, Hitzig SL, Packer TL, Patel T, Lofters AK, Thompson A, Guilcher SJT

Disability and rehabilitation2022

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1756000 PMID: 32362182

04

Providers' View on the First Kidney Transplantation Center in Ethiopia: Experience From Past to Present.

Shimels T, Getachew A, Tadesse M, Thompson A

Health services research and managerial epidemiology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/23333928211018335 PMID: 34104678

05

[Covid-19: An ad hoc public health ethics consultation].

Wild V, Buyx A, Hurst S, Munthe C, Rid A, Schröder-Bäck P, Strech D, Thompson A

Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1055/a-1174-0086 PMID: 32604443

06

Exploring pharmacy service users' support for and willingness to use community pharmacist prescribing services.

Famiyeh IM, MacKeigan L, Thompson A, Kuluski K, McCarthy LM

Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.07.016 PMID: 30100199

07

Global health ethics: critical reflections on the contours of an emerging field, 1977-2015.

Robson G, Gibson N, Thompson A, Benatar S, Denburg A

BMC medical ethics2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12910-019-0391-9 PMID: 31345211

08

How are competency frameworks perceived and taught? : An exploratory study in the context of pharmacy education.

Paradis E, Zhao R, Kellar J, Thompson A

Perspectives on medical education2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40037-018-0432-y PMID: 29704169

09

Is ‘health equity’ bad for our health? A qualitative empirical ethics study of public health policy-makers’ perspectives

Smith MJ, Thompson A, Upshur REG

Canadian Journal of Public Health201822 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0128-4

10

Ethical considerations in post-market-approval monitoring and regulation of vaccines.

Thompson A, Komparic A, Smith MJ

Vaccine2014First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.016 PMID: 25454882

U-Prep: Understanding scope of Practice expansion in pharmacy

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Policy Res. for Health Sys. Transf.- Canadian Healthcare Workforce

Principal investigators: Crown, Natalie; Bishop, Andrea C

Keywords: Health Policy; Health Workforce; Human Health Resources; Pharmacy Practice; Scope Of Practice

$143,523

Rebuilding Public Trust after COVID-19: Examining Public Health Measures and Their Impacts on Disadvantaged Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Lemmens, Trudo

Keywords: disability law and policy; public health law and policy; public health ethics; health governance; vaccine policy; human rights; community engagement; health equity; infectious disease; public health communication

$249,492

Understanding attitudes and beliefs toward the COVID-19 vaccines among youth with mental illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Buchman, Daniel; Henderson, Jo; Sockalingam, Sanjeev

Keywords: Covid-19; Health Equity; Humanities; Mental Health And Addiction; Social Science; Trust; Vaccine; Youth

$143,428

SAFER: Study to Articulate a Framework for Ethical Reflection in Post-Market Pharmacovigilance

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison K

Keywords: Bioethics; Drug Safety And Effectiveness; Empirical Bioethics; Pharmacovigiliance; Prescription Drugs; Public Health Ethics; Qualitative Research; Vaccines

$163,649

Min(d)ing the Gap: Toward an Ethics Framework for Post-Market Surveillance of Prescription Drugs in Underrepresented Populations

Nominated PICIHR2011Catalyst Grant: Post Market Drug Safety and Effectiveness

Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison K

Keywords: Bioethics; Marginalized Groups; Post-Market Surveillance; Prescription Drugs; Public Health Ethics

$49,924

Ethics and values in health policy: improving care transitions for Ontario patients across the continuum of care

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Gibson, Jennifer; Paprica, P. Alison; Upshur, Ross E

Keywords: Continuity Of Care; Ethical Analysis; Health Policy; Knowledge Translation; Patient Care Transitions; Policy Analysis; Qualitative Methods; System Coordination; Values In Decision-Making

$336,947

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Nursing
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Clinical Public Health Division
Bioethics
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Aisha Lofters

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Aisha Lofters

Department of Family and Community Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Elise Paradis

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Kerry Kuluski

Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Avram Denburg

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Tejal Patel

School of Pharmacy

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Jamie Kellar

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Ana Komparic

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Rosane Nisenbaum

Biostatistics Division

1 shared papers, latest 2012

Ross Upshur

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Jason Ramsay

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2012

Barbara Secker

Bioethics

1 shared papers, latest 2006

Patricia O’Campo

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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