Peter Pennefather

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects)Electronic health (e-Health)Knowledge translation and implementation science in health Global health Human biophysics

Latest papers

Representing Chronic Pain Experiences Through Manual and AI-Driven Vignettes From Video Blog Data With Member Checking: Participatory Design Study.
JMIR formative research · 2026
Qualitative evaluation by community health professionals of a technology design for recording and mobilizing patient reported care narratives.
Digital health · 2025
Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients.
Pain research & management · 2019 · senior author

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
NSERC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$500,000
Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)
NSERC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$8,361,135
A polymer supported spherical cell membrane construct for receptor function studies: Synthesis, characterization, and application to G-protein coupled receptor cooperativity
NSERC · 1999 · Principal investigator
$131,500

All 4 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Representing Chronic Pain Experiences Through Manual and AI-Driven Vignettes From Video Blog Data With Member Checking: Participatory Design Study.

Lakha SF, Pennefather P, Khandwala A, Fels DI

JMIR formative research2026

DOI: 10.2196/80998 PMID: 42679095

02

Qualitative evaluation by community health professionals of a technology design for recording and mobilizing patient reported care narratives.

Lakha SF, Sarmiento S, Pennefather P, Purdy N, Holyoke P, Fels D

Digital health2025

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251350932 PMID: 40574886

03

Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients.

Lakha SF, Ballantyne P, Badr H, Agboatwala M, Mailis A, Pennefather P

Pain research & management2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1155/2019/3091309 PMID: 30863473

04

Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Management Capacity in Karachi.

Lakha SF, Pennefather P, Agboatwala M, Siddique SZ, Badr HE, Mailis-Gagnon A

Pain and therapy2017

DOI: 10.1007/s40122-017-0072-7 PMID: 28555331

05

Development and evaluation of a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) program in thrombosis management.

Diamantouros A, Marchesano R, Geerts WH, Pennefather P, Zwarenstein M, Austin Z

Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.cptl.2017.05.008 PMID: 29233324

06

Differences in physical activity, eating habits and risk of obesity among Kuwaiti adolescent boys and girls: a population-based study.

Badr HE, Lakha SF, Pennefather P

International journal of adolescent medicine and health2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1515/ijamh-2016-0138 PMID: 28628476

07

Health Services for Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Kuwait: A Case Study Review.

Lakha SF, Pennefather P, Badr HE, Mailis-Gagnon A

Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2016

DOI: 10.1159/000442526 PMID: 26595816

08

Canada's neglected tropical disease research network: who's in the core-who's on the periphery?

Phillips K, Kohler JC, Pennefather P, Thorsteinsdottir H, Wong J

PLoS neglected tropical diseases2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002568 PMID: 24340113

09

Pill characterization data streams for reducing exposure to inadequately identified anti-malarial medication in developing countries.

Pennefather P, Ahmad AI, Crandall I, Suhanic W

Malaria journal2010First author

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-214 PMID: 20649985

10

An informatics model for guiding assembly of telemicrobiology workstations for malaria collaborative diagnostics using commodity products and open-source software.

Suhanic W, Crandall I, Pennefather P

Malaria journal2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-164 PMID: 19615074

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

Co-investigatorNSERC2013Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine

$500,000

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Hakim, Antoine

$8,361,135

A polymer supported spherical cell membrane construct for receptor function studies: Synthesis, characterization, and application to G-protein coupled receptor cooperativity

Principal investigatorNSERC1999Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Pennefather, Peter

$131,500

Workstation

Co-investigatorNSERC1994Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Ross, Stephen

$49,000

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

Rehabilitation Science
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Nursing
Epidemiology Division
Neurosciences and Mental Health
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Medicine
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Lynn Cockburn

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Michael McGillion

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Nancy Purdy

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Michael Salter

Neurosciences and Mental Health

1 shared papers, latest 2008

Merrick Zwarenstein

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

1 shared papers, latest 2017

David Mock

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2008

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects) Dear Professor Pennefather, 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 "Representing Chronic Pain Experiences Through Manual and AI-Driven Vignettes From Video Blog Data With Member Checking: Participatory Design Study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Representing Chronic Pain Experiences Through Manual and AI-Driven Vignettes From Video Blog Data With Member Checking: Participatory Design Study.

Qualitative evaluation by community health professionals of a technology design for recording and mobilizing patient reported care narratives.

Perspective of Pain Clinicians in Three Global Cities on Local Barriers to Providing Care for Chronic Noncancer Pain Patients.

Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Management Capacity in Karachi.

Development and evaluation of a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) program in thrombosis management.

Differences in physical activity, eating habits and risk of obesity among Kuwaiti adolescent boys and girls: a population-based study.

Health Services for Management of Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Kuwait: A Case Study Review.

Canada's neglected tropical disease research network: who's in the core-who's on the periphery?

Pill characterization data streams for reducing exposure to inadequately identified anti-malarial medication in developing countries.

An informatics model for guiding assembly of telemicrobiology workstations for malaria collaborative diagnostics using commodity products and open-source software.

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

Canadian Stroke Network (2006 Renewal Competition)

A polymer supported spherical cell membrane construct for receptor function studies: Synthesis, characterization, and application to G-protein coupled receptor cooperativity

Workstation

Frequent collaborators

Michael McGillion

Nora Cullen

Lynn Cockburn

Michael McGillion

Jennifer Stinson

Nancy Purdy

Michael Salter

Deborah Fels

Nora Cullen

Merrick Zwarenstein

Lynn Cockburn

Paul Holyoke

Zubin Austin

David Mock