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Quinn Grundy

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Associate ProfessorEducationUniversity of Toronto

Quinn Grundy

Associate Professor

Education

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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44 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (4 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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PhD
BScN

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Research

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Health care safety and quality improvement Health services and systems

Latest papers

Mapping the evidence on the role and impact of plastics in the context of health products and their packaging: A scoping review.
JRSM open · 2026 · senior author
Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.
Sociology of health & illness · 2026
The impacts of gender and race on workplace violence against nurses and nursing assistants: A scoping review of the literature.
International journal of nursing studies · 2026

All 68 publications

Latest funding

Examining the anticipatory for-profit health services industry in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Enabling technologies that facilitate socially responsible immunotherapies: Exploring sustainable innovation.
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,560
Strengthening Canada's Drug Supply Chain: Establishing the Canadian Drug Shortage Observatory
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 15 grants and awards

68 publications.

Mapping the evidence on the role and impact of plastics in the context of health products and their packaging: A scoping review.

Weerasinghe N, Hart D, Bowra A, D'Souza M, Nour S, Chartres N, Parker G, Holloway K, Miller FA, Tadrous M, Dimancesco D, Grundy Q

JRSM open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20542704251409014 PMID: 41726001

Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.

Eisenkraft Klein D, Hawkins B, Grundy Q, Schwartz R

Sociology of health & illness2026

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70139 PMID: 41499387

The impacts of gender and race on workplace violence against nurses and nursing assistants: A scoping review of the literature.

Baumann AL, Nelson S, Grundy Q, Welsh S, Galvez-Hernandez P, Adam F

International journal of nursing studies2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2026.105555 PMID: 42096724

Reframing the Overdose Crisis: Stigma, Industry Influence, and the Politics of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids.

Eisenkraft Klein D, Grundy Q, Hawkins B, Schwartz R

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2026

DOI: 10.1177/27551938251378941 PMID: 41004642

Physician management of immunoglobulin in Canada: A qualitative study.

Holloway K, Majid U, Grundy Q

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0354817 PMID: 42616747

Implications of relying on manufacturer patient support programs for access to high-cost specialty and biologic medicines: a critical qualitative study.

Grundy Q, Hart D, Lexchin J, Persaud N, Tadrous M, Gagnon MA

BMJ open2026First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117321 PMID: 42259567

Theories of financialisation and health systems governance: a critical interpretative synthesis.

Tracey MJT, Hanes D, Maher S, Grundy Q, Allin S

Health economics, policy, and law2026

DOI: 10.1017/s1744133126100474 PMID: 42237552

Engaging patients in blood systems: A qualitative study on immune globulin recipient perspectives.

Majid U, Grundy Q, Kelly S, Holloway K

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.118997 PMID: 41564503

Constructing Opioid Legitimacy: The Canadian Pain Task Force's Framing of the Overdose Crisis.

Eisenkraft Klein D, Grundy Q, Hawkins B, Schwartz R

The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics2025

DOI: 10.1017/jme.2025.10158 PMID: 40916986

Canadian cannabis researcher perspectives on the conduct and sponsorship of scientific research by the for-profit cannabis industry.

Buchman DZ, Magel B, Shier R, Davies TE, Sud A, Mahajan S, Timothy RK, Soklaridis S, Grundy Q

Social science & medicine (1982)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117556 PMID: 39616790

Examining the anticipatory for-profit health services industry in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: MacIsaac, Meghan

Keywords: Commercial Health Services; Health Services; Privatization; Qualitative Methods

$120,000

Enabling technologies that facilitate socially responsible immunotherapies: Exploring sustainable innovation.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Maganti, Harinad

$124,560

Strengthening Canada's Drug Supply Chain: Establishing the Canadian Drug Shortage Observatory

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research - CRPPHE

Principal investigators: Tadrous, Mina; Ahmed, Saad; Beall, Reed; Fahim, Christine; Gomes, Tara

Keywords: Drug Safety; Drug Shortages; Health Outcomes; Health Policy; Pharmaceutical; Supply Chain

$100,000

Mapping the landscape of private infusion care: Toward accessible, equitable pharmaceutical care

SupervisorCIHR2023Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Elkhalifa, Sarah

Keywords: Biologic; Canada; Care; Health Services; Health System; Infusion; Medications; Public; Resources

$6,000

Pharmaceutical surveillance marketing in Canada: an explication and analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Spithoff, Sheryl M.

Keywords: surveillance marketing; pharmaceutical industry promotion; electronic medical records; health; ethics; privacy; autonomy; discrimination; biomedicalization; critical approaches

$22,646

Branded care: Understanding the policy impact of industry support programs for high cost specialty medicines

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Grundy, Quinn

Keywords: pharmaceutical policy; pharmaceutical industry; marketing; nurses; high-cost medicines; feminism; political economy; ethnography; qualitative interviews; content analysis

$47,482

The Risk to Canadian Intellectual Property Rights Imposed by Foreign Subsidiaries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cui, Victor

Keywords: intellectual property rights; mobility; innovation

$52,628

Branded care: Understanding the policy impact of industry support programs for high cost specialty medicines

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Grundy, Quinn

Keywords: pharmaceutical policy; pharmaceutical industry; marketing; nurses; high-cost medicines; feminism; political economy; ethnography; qualitative interviews; content analysis

$20,824

Liquid gold: Exploring the social landscape of expanding use of immune globulin in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Holloway, Kelly

Keywords: plasma; immune globulin; human-derived medicine; plasma industry; science and technology studies; narrative analysis; IG recipients; IG clinicians; interdisciplinary; public policy

$71,035

Private infusion care for high-cost biologic medicines: Investigating the implications for the public healthcare system

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Grundy, Quinn

Keywords: Biologics/Biosimilars; High-Cost Medicines; Pharmaceutical Industry; Pharmaceutical Policy; Privatization; Qualitative Methods

$306,001

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Quinn Grundy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mapping the evidence on the role and impact of plastics in the context of health products and their packaging: A scoping review.

Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.

The impacts of gender and race on workplace violence against nurses and nursing assistants: A scoping review of the literature.

Reframing the Overdose Crisis: Stigma, Industry Influence, and the Politics of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids.

Physician management of immunoglobulin in Canada: A qualitative study.

Implications of relying on manufacturer patient support programs for access to high-cost specialty and biologic medicines: a critical qualitative study.

Theories of financialisation and health systems governance: a critical interpretative synthesis.

Engaging patients in blood systems: A qualitative study on immune globulin recipient perspectives.

Constructing Opioid Legitimacy: The Canadian Pain Task Force's Framing of the Overdose Crisis.

Canadian cannabis researcher perspectives on the conduct and sponsorship of scientific research by the for-profit cannabis industry.

Examining the anticipatory for-profit health services industry in Canada

Enabling technologies that facilitate socially responsible immunotherapies: Exploring sustainable innovation.

Strengthening Canada's Drug Supply Chain: Establishing the Canadian Drug Shortage Observatory

Mapping the landscape of private infusion care: Toward accessible, equitable pharmaceutical care

Pharmaceutical surveillance marketing in Canada: an explication and analysis

Branded care: Understanding the policy impact of industry support programs for high cost specialty medicines

The Risk to Canadian Intellectual Property Rights Imposed by Foreign Subsidiaries

Branded care: Understanding the policy impact of industry support programs for high cost specialty medicines

Liquid gold: Exploring the social landscape of expanding use of immune globulin in Canada

Private infusion care for high-cost biologic medicines: Investigating the implications for the public healthcare system

Frequent collaborators

Sheryl Spithoff

Navindra Persaud

Abhimanyu Sud

Robert Schwartz

Lindsay Jibb

Mina Tadrous

Sioban Nelson

Navindra Persaud

Sharon Straus

Sharon Straus

Rachel Rodin

Marcello Tonelli

Melissa Brouwers

Holger Schunemann

Marcello Tonelli

Marcello Tonelli

Sophie Soklaridis

Marcello Tonelli

Sharon Straus

Pablo Galvez-Hernandez

Fiona Webster

Elie Akl

Andrew Boozary

Gordon Guyatt

Ross Upshur

Jillian Kohler

Matthew Herder