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Kelly O'Brien

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ProfessorDepartment of Physical TherapyUniversity of Toronto

Kelly O'Brien

Professor

Department of Physical Therapy

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications since 2019.
Principal investigator on 20 research grants (20 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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1,034

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Education

Ph.D., Clinical Epidemiology - Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
B.Sc., Physical Therapy
B.Sc., Biology

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Research

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Rehabilitation medicine Physical therapy Disability studies Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology)Health policy

Latest papers

Exercise and cognitive function in people living with HIV: a scoping review.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2019
Functional Limitations and Disability in Persons Living with HIV in South Africa and United States: Similarities and Differences.
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care · 2019
A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews.
BMC medical research methodology · 2016

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing Long COVID Rehabilitation: Centering Patients and Families in Research Prioritization
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$11,000
Addressing Research Priorities in Long COVID and Rehabilitation: Advancing Research, Education and Clinical Practice
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$20,000

All 32 grants and awards

15 publications.

Exercise and cognitive function in people living with HIV: a scoping review.

Quigley A, O'Brien K, Parker R, MacKay-Lyons M

Disability and rehabilitation2019

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1432079 PMID: 29376434

Functional Limitations and Disability in Persons Living with HIV in South Africa and United States: Similarities and Differences.

Kietrys D, Myezwa H, Galantino ML, Parrott JS, Davis T, Levin T, O'Brien K, Hanass-Hancock J

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2019

DOI: 10.1177/2325958219850558 PMID: 31109225

A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews.

Tricco AC, Lillie E, Zarin W, O'Brien K, Colquhoun H, Kastner M, Levac D, Ng C, Sharpe JP, Wilson K, Kenny M, Warren R, Wilson C, Stelfox HT, Straus SE

BMC medical research methodology2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0116-4 PMID: 26857112

Is any job better than no job? Labor market experiences and depressive symptoms in people living with HIV.

Rueda S, Smith P, Bekele T, O'Brien K, Husbands W, Li A, Jose-Boerbridge M, Mittmann N, Rachlis A, Conyers L, Boomer KB, Rourke SB, ECHO Study Team

AIDS care2015

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1015479 PMID: 25738528

Speed and Distance Requirements for Community Ambulation: A Systematic Review

Salbach NM, O'Brien K, Brooks D, Irvin E, Martino R, Takhar P, Chan S, Howe J-A

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation201494 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.06.017

Aging with HIV

Solomon P, O’Brien K, Wilkins S, Gervais N

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care201432 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/2325957414547431 PMID: W2148290636

Impact of hepatitis B and C co-infection on health-related quality of life in HIV positive individuals.

Gillis J, Cooper C, Rourke S, Rueda S, O'Brien K, Collins E, Rachlis A, Hart TA, Raboud J, OHTN Cohort Study Group

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2013

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-012-0283-7 PMID: 23070749

Effectiveness of early discharge planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fox MT, Persaud M, Maimets I, Brooks D, O’Brien K, Tregunno D

BMC Geriatrics2013124 citations

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-70

Acute Care for Elders Components of Acute Geriatric Unit Care: Systematic Descriptive Review

Fox MT, Sidani S, Persaud M, Tregunno D, Maimets I, Brooks D, O'Brien K

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society2013113 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12282

Effectiveness of Acute Geriatric Unit Care Using Acute Care for Elders Components: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Fox MT, Persaud M, Maimets I, O'Brien K, Brooks D, Tregunno D, Schraa E

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society2012301 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12028

Enhancing Long COVID Rehabilitation: Centering Patients and Families in Research Prioritization

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Cameron, Jill I; Kaup, Cara

Keywords: Family; Long Covid; Patient; Priority Setting; Rehabilitation

$20,000

The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Bertozzi, Breklyn E; Community Health Centre, Women's Health in Women's Hands; Murray, Melanie C; Nicholson, Valerie; Olaniyan, Folasade Olaniyan E; Ongoiba, Fanta; Persad, Yasmeen; Tharao, Wangari E; Côté, Hélène; Kennedy, V Logan; King, Elizabeth M; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; MacKenzie, Lauren J; Massaquoi, Notisha; Sasakamoose, JoLee; Underhill, Angela A; Wudel, Beverly

Keywords: Cultural Humility; Curriculum Development; Feminist Intersectionality; Healthcare Model; Hiv/Aids; Integrated Care; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge Mobilization; Sexual And Reproductive Health; Women

$11,000

Addressing Research Priorities in Long COVID and Rehabilitation: Advancing Research, Education and Clinical Practice

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K; DeMars, Jessica; Cameron, Jill I

Keywords: Community-Engaged Research; Disability; Knoweldge Translation; Long Covid; Patient-Oriented Research; Rehabilitation; Research Priorities

$20,000

The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

$440,000

It's All about the Data: Advancing Knowledge in Data Collection, Management and Accessibility among HIV Researchers in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K; Becker, Marissa; Benoit, Anita C; Brennan, David; Guta, Adrian; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Lima, Viviane D; Perez-Brumer, Amaya G; Strike, Carol J; Tough, Riley H

Keywords: Capacity Building; Data Collection; Data Management; Hiv/Aids

$20,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2022Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Living with HIV and Chronic Pain in Canada: a community-based, mixed-methods, multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary, and intersectional study

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Price, Colleen E

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Health-Related Quality Of Life,; Hiv; Integrated Knowledge Mobilisation; Mixed Methods Design; Pain Assesment; Pain Management

$431,563

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

Access to care and the economic burden of tuberculosis in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic: illuminating inequities to support public health policy

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Gr.: Quadruple Aim and Equity - Institute of Pop./Public Health (IPPH)

Principal investigators: Sander, Beate H; Rea, Elizabeth H

Keywords: Access To Care; Covid-19; Economic Burden; Equity; Public Health; Tuberculosis

$99,939

Long COVID and Episodic Disability: Advancing the Conceptualization, Measurement and Knowledge of Episodic Disability with people living with Long COVID

Nominated PICIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K; Brown, Darren A; Bergin, Colm J; ERLANDSON, KRISTINE M; Vera, Jaime

Keywords: Conceptual Framework; Disability; Episodic Disability; Long Covid; Measurement; Patient-Reported Outcome Measure

$204,205

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Kelly O'Brien

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exercise and cognitive function in people living with HIV: a scoping review.

Functional Limitations and Disability in Persons Living with HIV in South Africa and United States: Similarities and Differences.

A scoping review on the conduct and reporting of scoping reviews.

Is any job better than no job? Labor market experiences and depressive symptoms in people living with HIV.

Speed and Distance Requirements for Community Ambulation: A Systematic Review

Aging with HIV

Impact of hepatitis B and C co-infection on health-related quality of life in HIV positive individuals.

Effectiveness of early discharge planning in acutely ill or injured hospitalized older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Acute Care for Elders Components of Acute Geriatric Unit Care: Systematic Descriptive Review

Effectiveness of Acute Geriatric Unit Care Using Acute Care for Elders Components: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Frequent collaborators

Dina Brooks

Dina Brooks

Patricia Solomon

Sergio Rueda

Elisse Zack

Alan Li

Rosemary Martino

Heather Colquhoun

Souraya Sidani

Winston Husbands

Alan Li

Souraya Sidani

Monika Kastner

Marilyn Mackay-Lyons

Curtis Cooper

Souraya Sidani

Nicole Mittmann

Winston Husbands

Janet Raboud

Richard Glazier

Sean Rourke