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Sarah Hales

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Sarah Hales

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Depression Palliative Care Advanced Cancer Death-Related Distress End-Of-Life Distress Existential Distress Psilocybin Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Latest papers

Dynamics of disclosure: A qualitative study of how family caregivers discuss deaths by medical assistance in dying.
Palliative medicine · 2026
Psilocybin for Fear of Cancer Recurrence.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026 · senior author
Content validity of the quality of dying and death questionnaire- revised global-version in North American inpatient hospices.
PloS one · 2026

All 72 publications

Latest funding

A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Psilocybin Therapy for Treatment Resistant Late Life Depression.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$761,176
Evaluating the Effectiveness of CALM-TF: A Psychotherapeutic Intervention to Alleviate Traumatic Stress in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$952,425
Depression and Decision-Making for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Advanced Cancer
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$493,425

All 10 grants and awards

72 publications.

Dynamics of disclosure: A qualitative study of how family caregivers discuss deaths by medical assistance in dying.

Kiatpanabhikul Y, Hales S, Tong E, Li M, Rodin G, Selby D, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Bean S, Nissim R

Palliative medicine2026

DOI: 10.1177/02692163261476488 PMID: 42635266

Psilocybin for Fear of Cancer Recurrence.

Cho M, Rosenbaum D, Hapke E, Hales S

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-026-11065-3 PMID: 42541603

Content validity of the quality of dying and death questionnaire- revised global-version in North American inpatient hospices.

Tilly AE, Lowe JE, Goombs M, Chandrakumar M, Persaud N, Hales S, Malakian A, Zimmermann C, Wolofsky K, Rodin G

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0353561 PMID: 42467691

Psychedelic treatments and general hospital psychiatry: Emerging themes and future directions.

Hales S, King F, Huffman J

General hospital psychiatry2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2026.06.003 PMID: 42263450

Lived Experiences of Women Navigating End-of-Life Caregiving and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Baek J, Ajmera F, Chu P, Tong E, Bean S, Hannon B, Isenberg-Grzeda E, Li M, Rodin G, Selby D, Zimmermann C, Hales S, Nissim R

Qualitative health research2026

DOI: 10.1177/10497323261462030 PMID: 42658213

Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) for Patients With Metastatic Cancer and Treatment Response.

de Vries FE, Hafkamp E, Huisman A, Kamps S, Egeler M, Hales S, Rodin G, van de Poll-Franse L, Kool M

Psycho-oncology2026

DOI: 10.1002/pon.70450 PMID: 41964378

Psilocybin in late-life mental health: Addressing depression, loneliness, and existential anxiety.

Konstantinou GN, Rosenblat J, Hales S, Husain MI, Blumberger DM

General hospital psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2025.12.005 PMID: 41401486

Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) therapy for patients with advanced cancer: protocol for a multi-method feasibility trial.

Richardson C, Chan C, Macgregor E, Hare C, Hannon B, Black S, Schneider E, Buchman D, Wang S, Rac V, Abrahamyan L, Huszti E, Nissim R, Li M, Zimmermann C, Hapke E, Rosenbaum D, Hales S

Pilot and feasibility studies2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01706-5 PMID: 41152967

Collecting Data on the Social Determinants of Health to Advance Health Equity in Cancer Care in Canada: Patient and Community Perspectives.

Bender JL, Tong E, An E, Liu ZA, Shapiro GK, Avery J, Chu A, Schulz-Quach C, Hales S, Maybee A, Sayani A, Pinto A, Lofters A

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32070406 PMID: 40710215

The Use of Psychedelics for Grief Following Death due to Advanced Illness: A Scoping Review.

Rosenbaum D, Carter C, Cirella BA, Cho M, Anderson M, Hales S

Omega2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/00302228251359366 PMID: 40639037

A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial of Psilocybin Therapy for Treatment Resistant Late Life Depression.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Konstantinou, Gerasimos; Blumberger, Daniel M

Keywords: Existential Stress; Loneliness; Psilocybin; Treatment-Resistant Late-Life Depression

$761,176

Evaluating the Effectiveness of CALM-TF: A Psychotherapeutic Intervention to Alleviate Traumatic Stress in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lheureux, Stephanie; Rodin, Gary M

Keywords: Aggressiveness Of Care At End-Of-Life; Cost-Effectiveness; Ovarian Cancer; Psychological Health; Psychotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Supportive Care; Traumatic Stress

$952,425

Depression and Decision-Making for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Advanced Cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Madeline; Rodin, Gary M

Keywords: Cancer; Capacity; Decision-Making; Depression; Desire For Hastened Death; Medical Assistance In Dying (Maid); Medical Communication; Palliative Care; Psychological Suffering; Psychosocial Oncology

$493,425

Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) Therapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nominated PICIHR2022Op Gr.: PAP- End-of-life psycho. distress in patients with advanced-stage cancer

Principal investigators: Hales, Sarah A; Abbey, Susan E; Hapke, Emma; Rosenbaum, Daniel

Keywords: Advanced Cancer; Death-Related Distress; Depression; End-Of-Life Distress; Existential Distress; Palliative Care; Psilocybin; Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy; Psychosocial Oncology; Randomized Controlled Trial

$928,643

Traumatic stress symptoms in family caregivers of patients with acute leukemia: a longitudinal observational study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rodin, Gary M; Jibb, Lindsay

Keywords: Acute Leukemia; Advanced Cancer; Family Caregivers; Hematological Malignancies; Palliative Care; Psycho-Social Oncology; Psychological Distress; Quality Of Life; Supportive Care; Traumatic Stress Symptoms

$654,075

Quality of Death in Hospital and Bereavement Outcomes in the COVID-19 Era

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nissim, Rinat; Hales, Sarah A

Keywords: Bereavement; Covid-19; Grief; Mixed Methods; Palliative Care; Quality Of Death

$294,525

Global CALM Leadership Summit - A Dissemination of Global CALM Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Rodin, Gary M

Keywords: Cancer; Depression; Knowledge Translation And Dissemination; Metastatic And Advanced Cancer; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy Research; Psychotherapy Training And Supervision; Quality Of Life; Research Planning; Supportive Care

$8,000

The Longitudinal Study of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Patients with Advanced Cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Li, Madeline; Rodin, Gary M

Keywords: Advanced Directives; Attachment; Cancer; Desire For Hastened Death; Euthanasia; Medical Assistance In Dying (Maid); Medical Communication; Palliative Care; Psychological Distress; Psychosocial Oncology

$818,550

Global Managing Cancer and Living Meaningful (CALM) Leadership Meeting

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Rodin, Gary M; Hales, Sarah A

$8,500

Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully: An RCT of an Individual Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Depression in Patients with Metastatic Cancer.

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rodin, Gary M; Hales, Sarah A

Keywords: Advanced Cancer; Depression; Psychological Growth; Psychotherapy; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial

$773,249

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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Sarah Hales

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dynamics of disclosure: A qualitative study of how family caregivers discuss deaths by medical assistance in dying.

Psilocybin for Fear of Cancer Recurrence.

Content validity of the quality of dying and death questionnaire- revised global-version in North American inpatient hospices.

Psychedelic treatments and general hospital psychiatry: Emerging themes and future directions.

Lived Experiences of Women Navigating End-of-Life Caregiving and Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) for Patients With Metastatic Cancer and Treatment Response.

Psilocybin in late-life mental health: Addressing depression, loneliness, and existential anxiety.

Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) therapy for patients with advanced cancer: protocol for a multi-method feasibility trial.

Collecting Data on the Social Determinants of Health to Advance Health Equity in Cancer Care in Canada: Patient and Community Perspectives.

The Use of Psychedelics for Grief Following Death due to Advanced Illness: A Scoping Review.

Frequent collaborators

Gary Rodin

Camilla Zimmermann

Rinat Nissim

Madeline Li

Breffni Hannon

Christopher Lo

Daniel Rosenbaum

Sally Bean

Jacqueline Galica

Sophie Lebel

George Tomlinson

Emma Hapke

Csilla Kalocsai

Deborah Cook

Valeria Rac

Lusine Abrahamyan

James Downar

Joshua Rosenblat

Janet Ellis

Ambreen Sayani

Shan Mohammed

Sumit Gupta

Andrew Pinto

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Daniel Buchman

Monika Krzyzanowska

Alies Maybee

Amna Husain