Katherine Allan, University of Toronto

Research

Building Partnerships Cascade Screening Equitable Access Heritable Cardiac Diseases Inherited Arrhythmia Clinics (Iacs)Knowledge Exchange Patient Centric Care Planning Meeting

Latest papers

Manikin physical realism for resuscitation education: A systematic review.
Resuscitation plus · 2025
Short Survey on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Training in Rural British Columbia Schools: Preliminary Findings and Hypothesis-Generating Insights.
CJC open · 2024
Beyond Wellness Monitoring: Continuous Multiparameter Remote Automated Monitoring of Patients
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2022

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$15,000
The impact of a comprehensive system, including an SCD case-manager on rates of cascade screening in families of heritable sudden cardiac death victims
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$97,577

All 2 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Manikin physical realism for resuscitation education: A systematic review.

Donoghue A, Allan K, Schnaubelt S, Cortegiani A, Greif R, Cheng A, Lockey A

Resuscitation plus2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2025.100940 PMID: 40235928

02

Short Survey on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Training in Rural British Columbia Schools: Preliminary Findings and Hypothesis-Generating Insights.

Khatib A, Dababneh S, Ng T, Chu W, McKinney J, Chakrabarti S, Allan K, Laksman Z

CJC open2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.07.006 PMID: 39525343

03

Beyond Wellness Monitoring: Continuous Multiparameter Remote Automated Monitoring of Patients

McGillion MH, Allan K, Ross-Howe S, Jiang W, Graham M, Marcucci M, Johnson A, Scott T, Ouellette C, Kocetkov D

Canadian Journal of Cardiology202214 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.10.011 PMID: W3208765715

04

Cardiovascular Physicians, Scientists, and Trainees Balancing Work and Caregiving Responsibilities in the COVID-19 Era: Sex and Race-Based Inequities.

Banks L, Randhawa VK, Colella TJF, Dhanvantari S, Connelly KA, Robinson L, Mak S, Ouzounian M, Mulvagh SL, Straus S, Allan K, Yin Yip CY, Graham MM

CJC open2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.027 PMID: 34027367

05

Simulation Tools in the Research and Delivery of Competency-Based Medical Education and Health Care: Evolving Considerations in the Contemporary COVID-19 Era.

Wong EC, Negreanu D, Adreak N, Allan K, Thibodeau-Jarry N, Tsirigotis D, Qayumi K, Fordyce CB, Randhawa VK

The Canadian journal of cardiology2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.10.003 PMID: 33722371

06

Resuscitation care bundles: The need to optimize individual care elements.

Allan K, Lin S

Resuscitation2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.002 PMID: 31821835

07

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Related Sudden Cardiac Death in Young People in Ontario.

Weissler-Snir A, Allan K, Cunningham K, Connelly KA, Lee DS, Spears DA, Rakowski H, Dorian P

Circulation2019

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.040271 PMID: 31630535

08

Developing a Pan-Canadian Registry of Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Challenges and Opportunities.

Allan K, Dorian P, Lin S, C-SCAN Investigators

CJC open2019First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2019.01.005 PMID: 32159084

Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Dorian, Paul; Allan, Katherine S

Keywords: Building Partnerships; Cascade Screening; Equitable Access; Heritable Cardiac Diseases; Inherited Arrhythmia Clinics (Iacs); Knowledge Exchange; Patient Centric Care; Planning Meeting; Prioritizing Research Questions; Sudden Cardiac Death

$15,000

The impact of a comprehensive system, including an SCD case-manager on rates of cascade screening in families of heritable sudden cardiac death victims

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Dorian, Paul; Huyer, Dirk W; Puchalski Ritchie, Lisa M

Keywords: Cascade Screening; Coroners; Family Physicians; First Degree Relatives; Implementation Pre/Post; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; Process Evaluation; Qualitative Interviews; Sudden Cardiac Death

$97,577

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

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Cardiology
Medicine
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Pediatrics
Public Health Sciences
Department of Biochemistry
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2022

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Building Partnerships Dear Professor Allan, 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 "Manikin physical realism for resuscitation education: A systematic review." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Optimizing care for individuals and families at risk for heritable cardiac diseases - a planning meeting to build partnerships, exchange knowledge and prioritize research questions" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]