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Sandra McKay

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Sandra McKay

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.
13 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Adaptive Expertise Care Work Ethnographic Research Health Human Resources Health Systems Transformation Personal Support Workers

Latest papers

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.
Home health care management & practice · 2026
Unpacking the dynamics of transitional care units in Ontario, Canada.
The Gerontologist · 2025
A Leave of Absence Might Not Be a Bad Thing: Registered Practical Nurses Working in Home Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Home health care management & practice · 2024

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$340,424
Making the Invisible Visible: A Cognitive Ethnography of PSW Knowledge and Practice
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$294,526
Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 15 grants and awards

19 publications.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, McKay S, Moineddin R, Chu C, Jaglal SB, Shepherd J, Cadel L, Noonan VK, Craven BC, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Home health care management & practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/10848223251360411 PMID: 42394721

Unpacking the dynamics of transitional care units in Ontario, Canada.

Krassikova A, Yeung L, Bethell J, Puts M, McKay S, Guilcher S, Kuluski K, McGilton KS

The Gerontologist2025

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf155 PMID: 40577106

A Leave of Absence Might Not Be a Bad Thing: Registered Practical Nurses Working in Home Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Connelly DM, Guitar NA, Garnett A, Smith-Carrier T, Prentice K, Calver J, King E, McKay S, Pearson D, Sinha S, Snobelen N

Home health care management & practice2024

DOI: 10.1177/10848223241232408 PMID: 39431206

COVID-19 and Mortality in the Spinal Cord Injury Population: Examining the Impact of Sex, Mental Health, and Injury Etiology.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, Ahmad A, Chu C, Craven BC, Jaglal SB, Moineddin R, Cadel L, Noonan VK, Shepherd J, McKay S, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12192002 PMID: 39408182

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among People with Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Mei A, Senthinathan A, Hussain S, Tadrous M, Noonan VK, Jaglal SB, Moineddin R, Craven BC, McKay S, Cadel L, Shepherd J, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12171799 PMID: 39273823

Technology, Aging and Home and Community Care: Picking the Right Problems to Solve.

Shaw J, Nizzer S, McKay S

HealthcarePapers2024Senior author

DOI: 10.12927/hcpap.2024.27400 PMID: 39324295

Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homecare services among individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, McKay S, Moineddin R, Chu C, Jaglal SB, Shepherd J, Cadel L, Noonan VK, Craven BC, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-024-00999-2 PMID: 38811768

Correction: Examining the impact of COVID-19 on health care utilization among persons with chronic spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a population study.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, Craven BC, Jaglal SB, Moineddin R, Shepherd J, Cadel L, Noonan VK, McKay S, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-024-00957-y PMID: 38361076

Examining the impact of COVID-19 on health care utilization among persons with chronic spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a population study.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, Craven BC, Jaglal SB, Moineddin R, Shepherd J, Cadel L, Noonan VK, McKay S, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Spinal cord2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41393-023-00930-1 PMID: 37660208

The hospital-to-home care transition experience of home care clients: an exploratory study using patient journey mapping.

Saragosa M, Nizzer S, McKay S, Kuluski K

BMC health services research2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09899-2 PMID: 37653515

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Sandra McKay

Research

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.

Unpacking the dynamics of transitional care units in Ontario, Canada.

A Leave of Absence Might Not Be a Bad Thing: Registered Practical Nurses Working in Home Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 and Mortality in the Spinal Cord Injury Population: Examining the Impact of Sex, Mental Health, and Injury Etiology.

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake among People with Spinal Cord Injury and Dysfunction in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Technology, Aging and Home and Community Care: Picking the Right Problems to Solve.

Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homecare services among individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries.

Correction: Examining the impact of COVID-19 on health care utilization among persons with chronic spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a population study.

Examining the impact of COVID-19 on health care utilization among persons with chronic spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a population study.

The hospital-to-home care transition experience of home care clients: an exploratory study using patient journey mapping.

Frequent collaborators

Rahim Moineddin

Mina Tadrous

Karen Tu

Martine Puts

Souraya Sidani

Kerry Kuluski

Souraya Sidani

James Shaw

Margaret Keatings

Souraya Sidani

Laura Tamblyn Watts

Jay Shaw

Emily King

Barbara Liu

Avril Mansfield

Marianne Saragosa

Sara Allin

Reshma Amin

Julia Orkin

Samir Sinha

Samir Sinha

Samir Sinha

Sara Guilcher

Anna Garnett