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Kathleen Sheehan

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Kathleen Sheehan

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Artificial Intelligence Delirium Quality Improvement Implementation Science Machine Learning Patient Safety Senior Friendly Hospital Care Quality Indicators

Latest papers

Language Preference and Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints Among Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025
Advanced imaging use and delays among inpatients with psychiatric comorbidity.
Brain and behavior · 2024
Association between non-English language and use of physical and chemical restraints among medical inpatients with delirium.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$634,949

All 7 grants and awards

9 publications.

Language Preference and Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints Among Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia.

Bryan C, Gruber A, Aldarraji A, Shin S, Stein A, Sheehan K, Rawal S, Reppas-Rindlisbacher C

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70001 PMID: 41139684

Advanced imaging use and delays among inpatients with psychiatric comorbidity.

Bartsch E, Shin S, Sheehan K, Fralick M, Verma A, Razak F, Lapointe-Shaw L

Brain and behavior2024

DOI: 10.1002/brb3.3425 PMID: 38361288

Association between non-English language and use of physical and chemical restraints among medical inpatients with delirium.

Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Shin S, Purohit U, Verma A, Razak F, Rochon P, Sheehan K, Rawal S

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2022

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17989 PMID: 35932190

Future public health emergencies and disasters: sustainability and insights into support programs for healthcare providers.

Dhuper M, Ruttan L, MacGillvray L, McKay M, Li A, Stewart D, Abbey S, Berkhout S, Sheehan K, Schulz-Quach C

BMC psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04309-z PMID: 36303172

Shared sources and mechanisms of healthcare worker distress in COVID-19: a comparative qualitative study in Canada and the UK.

Berkhout SG, Billings J, Abou Seif N, Singleton D, Stein H, Hegarty S, Ondruskova T, Soulios E, Bloomfield MAP, Greene T, Seto A, Abbey S, Sheehan K

European journal of psychotraumatology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2022.2107810 PMID: 35979505

Physician Experience Design (PXD): More Usable Machine Learning Prediction for Clinical Decision Making.

Wang L, Chignell M, Zhang Y, Pinto A, Razak F, Sheehan K, Verma A

AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science2022

PMID: 35854747

Measuring quality of care in consultation liaison psychiatry: Outcomes from two Canadian hospitals.

Zhou C, Rajaratnam T, Abbey S, Hawa R, Sheehan K, Sockalingam S

General hospital psychiatry2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.01.010 PMID: 29428224

Medical assistance in dying: special issues for patients with mental illness.

Sheehan K, Gaind KS, Downar J

Current opinion in psychiatry2017First author

DOI: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000298 PMID: 27798486

A Flipped Classroom Approach to Improving the Quality of Delirium Care Using an Interprofessional Train-the-Trainer Program.

Sockalingam S, James SL, Sinyi R, Carroll A, Laidlaw J, Yanofsky R, Sheehan K

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000025 PMID: 26954241

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Chignell, Mark H; Cohen, Eldan; Dolatabadi, Elham; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Thorpe, Kevin E; Trbovich, Patricia; Wong, Brian M; Wong, Camilla L

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Cohen, Eldan; Fahim, Christine; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Tang, Terence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Early Warning System; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Prediction; Quality Improvement; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Daneman, Nick; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$634,949

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: ECR Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$300,000

Y-STROKE NEEDS Study: Psychosocial and Occupational Outcomes in Young Adults with Stroke

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Health Services and Policy Research

Principal investigators: Pikula, Aleksandra; Sheehan, Kathleen

Keywords: Proms; Psychosocial; Stroke Outcomes; Young Adults

$86,667

Using artificial intelligence to identify and predict delirium among hospitalized medical patients

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad

$443,604

Using artificial intelligence to identify and predict delirium among hospitalized medical patients

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Greenberg, Anna; Chan, Timothy; Chignell, Mark H; Fidler, Sanja; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Sheehan, Kathleen; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Quality Improvement

$426,104

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

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Kathleen Sheehan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Language Preference and Use of Physical and Chemical Restraints Among Hospitalized Older Adults With Dementia.

Advanced imaging use and delays among inpatients with psychiatric comorbidity.

Association between non-English language and use of physical and chemical restraints among medical inpatients with delirium.

Future public health emergencies and disasters: sustainability and insights into support programs for healthcare providers.

Shared sources and mechanisms of healthcare worker distress in COVID-19: a comparative qualitative study in Canada and the UK.

Physician Experience Design (PXD): More Usable Machine Learning Prediction for Clinical Decision Making.

Measuring quality of care in consultation liaison psychiatry: Outcomes from two Canadian hospitals.

Medical assistance in dying: special issues for patients with mental illness.

A Flipped Classroom Approach to Improving the Quality of Delirium Care Using an Interprofessional Train-the-Trainer Program.

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Y-STROKE NEEDS Study: Psychosocial and Occupational Outcomes in Young Adults with Stroke

Using artificial intelligence to identify and predict delirium among hospitalized medical patients

Using artificial intelligence to identify and predict delirium among hospitalized medical patients

Frequent collaborators

Amol Verma

Fahad Razak

Amol Verma

Susan Abbey

Fahad Razak

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Donna Stewart

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Paula Rochon

Michael Fralick

Paula Rochon

Andrew Pinto

Lu Wang

Mark Chignell