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Elie Isenberg-Grzeda
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Latest papers
Lived Experiences of Women Navigating End-of-Life Caregiving and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Qualitative health research · 2026
Association Between Nonfatal Self-Injury and Survival Following a Cancer Diagnosis: A Comparative Population-Based Cohort Study.
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2025
"Walk me through the final day": A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day.
Palliative medicine · 2024
Latest funding
- $928,643
Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) Therapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $294,525
Quality of Death in Hospital and Bereavement Outcomes in the COVID-19 Era
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $248,626
An evaluation of patient reported outcomes, patterns of symptoms severity, survival and healthcare costs for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs).
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
20 publications.
Lived Experiences of Women Navigating End-of-Life Caregiving and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Baek J, Ajmera F, Chu P, Tong E, Bean S, Hannon B, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Li M, Rodin G, Selby D, Zimmermann C, Hales S, Nissim R
Association Between Nonfatal Self-Injury and Survival Following a Cancer Diagnosis: A Comparative Population-Based Cohort Study.
Eskander A, Sutradhar R, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Fu R, Mahar A, Vigod SN, Bolton J, Deleemans J, Chan WC, Coburn NG, Hallet J, Enhanced Supportive Psycho-Oncology Canadian Care (ESPOC) Group
"Walk me through the final day": A thematic analysis study on the family caregiver experience of the Medical Assistance in Dying procedure day.
Nissim R, Chu P, Stere A, Tong E, An E, Selby D, Bean S, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Rodin G, Li M, Hales S
Gaps in Depression Symptom Management for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.
Noel CW, Sutradhar R, Chan WC, Fu R, Philteos J, Forner D, Irish JC, Vigod S, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Coburn NG, Hallet J, Eskander A
The impact of COVID-19 on the experiences of patients and their family caregivers with medical assistance in dying in hospital.
Tong E, Nissim R, Selby D, Bean S, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Thangarasa T, Rodin G, Li M, Hales S
Access to symptom screening and severe symptom risk among cancer patients with major mental illness.
Davis LE, Sutradhar R, Bourque MA, Eskander A, Noel CW, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Vigod SN, Coburn N, Deleemans J, Bolton JM, Chan WC, Hallet J, Mahar AL
A Race to the End: Family Caregivers' Experience of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)-a Qualitative Study.
Thangarasa T, Hales S, Tong E, An E, Selby D, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Li M, Rodin G, Bean S, Bell JAH, Nissim R
Association of Patient-Reported Outcomes With Subsequent Nonfatal Self-injury After a New Cancer Diagnosis.
Hallet J, Sutradhar R, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Noel CW, Mahar AL, Vigod SN, Bolton J, Deleemans J, Chan WC, Coburn NG, Eskander A, Enhanced Supportive Psycho-oncology Canadian Care (ESPOC) Group
Incidence of and Factors Associated With Nonfatal Self-injury After a Cancer Diagnosis in Ontario, Canada.
Noel CW, Eskander A, Sutradhar R, Mahar A, Vigod SN, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Bolton J, Deleemans J, Chan WC, Vasdev R, Zuk V, Haas B, Mason S, Coburn NG, Hallet J, Enhanced Supportive Psycho-oncology Canadian Care (ESPOC) Group
High rates of psychiatric comorbidity among requesters of medical assistance in dying: Results of a Canadian prevalence study.
Isenberg-Grzeda E, Nolen A, Selby D, Bean S
Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) Therapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Hales, Sarah A; Abbey, Susan E; Hapke, Emma; Rosenbaum, Daniel
Keywords: Advanced Cancer; Death-Related Distress; Depression; End-Of-Life Distress; Existential Distress; Palliative Care; Psilocybin; Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy; Psychosocial Oncology; Randomized Controlled Trial
Quality of Death in Hospital and Bereavement Outcomes in the COVID-19 Era
Principal investigators: Nissim, Rinat; Hales, Sarah A
Keywords: Bereavement; Covid-19; Grief; Mixed Methods; Palliative Care; Quality Of Death
An evaluation of patient reported outcomes, patterns of symptoms severity, survival and healthcare costs for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs).
Principal investigators: Hallet, Julie
Keywords: Cancer; Cancer Treatment; Care Effectiveness; Neuroendocrine Tumours; Patient Reported Outcomes; Patient-Centred Care; Population Health; Survival
Improving Integrative Care and Patient Experience by Diffusing and Disseminating Study Results of "Assessing the impact of Cancer Care Ontario's Psychosocial Oncology & Palliative Care Pathway in Head and Neck Cancer Patients"
Principal investigators: Ellis, Janet W
Keywords: Emotional And Physical Distress; Head And Neck Cancer; Illness Understanding; Integrated Care; Knowledge Translation; Palliative Care; Patient And Caregiver Perspective; Psychosocial Oncology; Quality Of Life; Symptom Screening
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
- Natalie Coburn and Julie Hallet: 217 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Camilla Zimmermann: 213 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Alyson Mahar: 192 shared papers
- Julie Hallet and Alyson Mahar: 133 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Sarah Hales: 108 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Madeline Li: 71 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Rinku Sutradhar: 69 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Rinat Nissim: 56 shared papers
- Camilla Zimmermann and Sarah Hales: 53 shared papers
- Julie Hallet and Rinku Sutradhar: 50 shared papers
- Julie Hallet and Antoine Eskander: 46 shared papers
- Jonathan Irish and Antoine Eskander: 43 shared papers
- Antoine Eskander and Rinku Sutradhar: 42 shared papers
- Camilla Zimmermann and Madeline Li: 39 shared papers
- Camilla Zimmermann and Rinat Nissim: 39 shared papers
- Alyson Mahar and Rinku Sutradhar: 36 shared papers
- Sarah Hales and Rinat Nissim: 34 shared papers
- Antoine Eskander and Rui Fu: 28 shared papers
- Barbara Haas and Julie Hallet: 24 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Barbara Haas: 21 shared papers
- Madeline Li and Sarah Hales: 21 shared papers
- Julie Hallet and Rui Fu: 21 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Jonathan Irish: 19 shared papers
- Barbara Haas and Alyson Mahar: 19 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Rui Fu: 17 shared papers
- Simone Vigod and Rinku Sutradhar: 15 shared papers
- Jonathan Irish and Julie Hallet: 14 shared papers
- Barbara Haas and Stephanie Mason: 11 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Simone Vigod: 7 shared papers
- Simone Vigod and Julie Hallet: 7 shared papers
- Sally Bean and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 7 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- Simone Vigod and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- Julie Hallet and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- Janet Ellis and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- Antoine Eskander and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- Rinku Sutradhar and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 5 shared papers
- James Bolton and Simone Vigod: 4 shared papers
- James Bolton and Alyson Mahar: 4 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 4 shared papers
- Madeline Li and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 4 shared papers
- Sarah Hales and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 4 shared papers
- Alyson Mahar and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 4 shared papers
- Rinat Nissim and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 4 shared papers
- Sally Bean and Blair Henry: 4 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and James Bolton: 3 shared papers
- Natalie Coburn and Stephanie Mason: 3 shared papers
- James Bolton and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 3 shared papers
- Simone Vigod and Stephanie Mason: 3 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Jennifer Bell: 3 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Janet Ellis: 3 shared papers
- Gary Rodin and Sally Bean: 3 shared papers
- Jennifer Bell and Rinat Nissim: 3 shared papers
- Barbara Haas and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Bell and Madeline Li: 2 shared papers
- Madeline Li and Janet Ellis: 2 shared papers
- Stephanie Mason and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 2 shared papers
- Rui Fu and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 2 shared papers
- Camilla Zimmermann and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 1 shared paper
- Jonathan Irish and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Bell and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 1 shared paper
- Blair Henry and Elie Isenberg-Grzeda: 1 shared paper
- Department of Psychiatry
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Department of Surgery
- School of Nursing
- Epidemiology Division
- Department of Medicine
- 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.
Sally Bean
Clinical Public Health Division
7 shared papers, latest 2024
Simone Vigod
Department of Psychiatry
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Natalie Coburn
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Julie Hallet
Department of Surgery
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Janet Ellis
Department of Psychiatry
5 shared papers, latest 2022
Antoine Eskander
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Rinku Sutradhar
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Rinat Nissim
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Gary Rodin
Epidemiology Division
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Madeline Li
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Sarah Hales
Department of Psychiatry
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Alyson Mahar
School of Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2025
James Bolton
Department of Psychiatry
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Barbara Haas
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Stephanie Mason
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Rui Fu
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Blair Henry
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Camilla Zimmermann
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jonathan Irish
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Jennifer Bell
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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