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Jennifer Watt

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Jennifer Watt

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Publications

133

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Research

Systematic Review Dementia Clinical Practice Guideline Network Meta-Analysis Apathy In Dementia Diagnostic Test Accuracy Sleep Disturbances In Dementia Behavioural And Psychological Symptoms Of Dementia

Latest papers

"Don't tell me I'm going to feel joy": The emotional burden of informal caregivers of patients with a fragility fracture discharged from a rehabilitation hospital.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
In postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, romosozumab for 3 mo was noninferior to 12 mo for increasing total hip BMD at 1 y.
Annals of internal medicine · 2026 · senior author
Association of Sedating vs. Non-Sedating Antihistamines With Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026

All 46 publications

Latest funding

Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health clinical practice guideline on the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: Assessing and treating apathy and sleep disturbances
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$50,000
Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health clinical practice guideline on the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: Assessing and treating apathy and sleep disturbances
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$459,000
Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,996,903

All 19 grants and awards

46 publications.

"Don't tell me I'm going to feel joy": The emotional burden of informal caregivers of patients with a fragility fracture discharged from a rehabilitation hospital.

Hodwitz K, El-Hussein M, Cameron JI, Meadows LM, Watt J, Ashe M, Phan J, Aghajafari F, Funnell L, Verduyn A, Sale JEM

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-026-08027-0 PMID: 42165872

In postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, romosozumab for 3 mo was noninferior to 12 mo for increasing total hip BMD at 1 y.

Huang YQ, Watt J, ACP Journal Club Editorial Team at McMaster University

Annals of internal medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.7326/annals-26-01143-jc PMID: 42081814

Association of Sedating vs. Non-Sedating Antihistamines With Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Adults.

Drucker AM, Bridgman AC, Imrit MA, Roberts SB, Tadrous M, Stall NM, Fralick M, Watt J, Verma AA, Razak F

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70323 PMID: 41604345

Provider Perspectives on Fall Prevention Exercise Services in Ontario: A Qualitative Analysis.

Tibert N, Tomasone J, Veroniki AA, Chilibeck P, Weston Z, Sale J, Watt J, Giangregorio LM

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2026

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980826100646 PMID: 42010817

Social prescribing programs involving unpaid caregivers: A scoping review

Kadri Z, Khan A, Raja M, Smith-Turchyn J, Watt J, Williams A

PLoS ONE2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0347299

Association of Inpatient Prescribing of First-Generation Antihistamines With Delirium in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Bridgman AC, Imrit MA, Roberts SB, Tadrous M, Stall NM, Fralick M, Watt J, Verma AA, Razak F, Drucker AM

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70121 PMID: 41121962

In early postmenopausal women, zoledronate vs. placebo at baseline and 5 y reduced morphometric vertebral fractures at 10 y.

Huang YQ, Watt J, ACP Journal Club Editorial Team at McMaster University

Annals of internal medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-01103-jc PMID: 40324185

Associations between patient characteristics and delayed acute care discharge post-hip fracture surgery: a cohort study using linked health administrative data in Ontario, Canada

Backman C, Li W, Shah S, Papp S, Fung SG, Dumicho AY, Tuna M, Engel FD, Webber C, Turcotte L

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders20253 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12891-025-08747-0

Factors Influencing Initial Rehabilitation Type after Hip Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Backman C, Li W, Shah S, Papp S, Fung SG, Dumicho AY, Tuna M, Engel FD, Webber C, Turcotte L

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105521

Paying for home care: a cross-sectional study of participants of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Jones A, Lee J, Schumacher C, Sultan H, Mayhew A, Watt J, McArthur C, Tannahill-Wade M, Holyoke P, Bronskill S

BMC Health Services Research2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12975-4

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Jennifer Watt

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Latest funding

"Don't tell me I'm going to feel joy": The emotional burden of informal caregivers of patients with a fragility fracture discharged from a rehabilitation hospital.

In postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, romosozumab for 3 mo was noninferior to 12 mo for increasing total hip BMD at 1 y.

Association of Sedating vs. Non-Sedating Antihistamines With Delirium Among Hospitalized Older Adults.

Provider Perspectives on Fall Prevention Exercise Services in Ontario: A Qualitative Analysis.

Social prescribing programs involving unpaid caregivers: A scoping review

Association of Inpatient Prescribing of First-Generation Antihistamines With Delirium in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.

In early postmenopausal women, zoledronate vs. placebo at baseline and 5 y reduced morphometric vertebral fractures at 10 y.

Associations between patient characteristics and delayed acute care discharge post-hip fracture surgery: a cohort study using linked health administrative data in Ontario, Canada

Factors Influencing Initial Rehabilitation Type after Hip Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Paying for home care: a cross-sectional study of participants of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

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