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Gilla Shapiro
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Latest papers
Prognostic beliefs in patients with cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
Instruments that measure psychosocial factors related to vaccination: a scoping review protocol.
BMJ open · 2019
Latest funding
- $3,411,901
POPCORN-RSV: A Canadian Pregnant Individual-Infant Trial for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Improving Access and Wellbeing of Patients with Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Navigation Program
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $753,526
Improving Access and Wellbeing of Patients with Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Navigation Program
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
2 publications.
Prognostic beliefs in patients with cancer receiving outpatient palliative care.
Wong R, D'Mello B, Mah K, Miljanovski M, Li A, Shapiro G, Rydall A, Zimmermann C, Hannon B, Rodin G
Instruments that measure psychosocial factors related to vaccination: a scoping review protocol.
Kaufman J, Ryan R, Betsch C, Parkhill A, Shapiro G, Leask J, Menning L, Tugwell P, Costa DS, Danchin M, Rada G, Hill S
POPCORN-RSV: A Canadian Pregnant Individual-Infant Trial for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization
Principal investigators: Morris, Shaun K; Boucoiran, Isabelle; Lavoie, Pascal; Li, Patricia T; Sadarangani, Manish; Sander, Beate H; Shapiro, Gilla
Keywords: Immunization; Infancy; Pregnancy; Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Improving Access and Wellbeing of Patients with Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Navigation Program
Principal investigators: Shapiro, Gilla
Keywords: Lung Cancer
Improving Access and Wellbeing of Patients with Lung Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Navigation Program
Principal investigators: Shapiro, Gilla; Rodin, Gary M
Keywords: Health Equity; Health Services; Lay Navigation Program; Lung Cancer; Patient Navigation; Patient Satisfaction; Psychosocial Oncology; Randomized Controlled Trial; Supportive Care
Evaluating the Effectiveness of CALM-TF: A Psychotherapeutic Intervention to Alleviate Traumatic Stress in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Principal investigators: Lheureux, Stephanie; Rodin, Gary M
Keywords: Aggressiveness Of Care At End-Of-Life; Cost-Effectiveness; Ovarian Cancer; Psychological Health; Psychotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Supportive Care; Traumatic Stress
Depression and Decision-Making for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Advanced Cancer
Principal investigators: Li, Madeline; Rodin, Gary M
Keywords: Cancer; Capacity; Decision-Making; Depression; Desire For Hastened Death; Medical Assistance In Dying (Maid); Medical Communication; Palliative Care; Psychological Suffering; Psychosocial Oncology
Engaging communities at high risk of H5N1: a survey to inform surveillance and outbreak response
Principal investigators: Bolotin, Shelly
Keywords: Avian Influenza; Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs; Pandemic Preparedness; Rural Health; Surveillance; Zoonotic Diseases
Emotion and Symptom-focused Engagement (EASE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Traumatic Stress Intervention for Parents of Children with Cancer
Principal investigators: Jibb, Lindsay; Rodin, Gary M
Keywords: Family Caregivers; Parents; Pediatric Cancer; Psychosocial Health; Psychotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Traumatic Stress
Investigating Behavioural and Social Drivers of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Tool: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Analysis in Canadian Parents
Principal investigators: Shapiro, Gilla
Keywords: Behavioural And Social Drivers; Canada; Covid-19; Global Health; Health Equity; Human Papillomavirus; Measurement; Psychometric Validation; Vaccination; World Health Organization
Ensuring a Successful Transition from Pap to HPV DNA Testing in Primary Cervical Cancer Screening: Exploring and Listening to Canadian Women's Needs is Critical for Effective Public Policy Change
Principal investigators: Rosberger, Zeev
Keywords: Canada Wide Population Based Survey; Cervical Cancer Prevention; Human Papillomavirus; Kabp (Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, Practices); Pap And Hpv Screening
The Longitudinal Study of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Patients with Advanced Cancer
Principal investigators: Li, Madeline; Rodin, Gary M
Keywords: Advanced Directives; Attachment; Cancer; Desire For Hastened Death; Euthanasia; Medical Assistance In Dying (Maid); Medical Communication; Palliative Care; Psychological Distress; Psychosocial Oncology
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
- Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
- Epidemiology Division
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Other
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