Sarina Isenberg, University of Toronto

Research

Palliative Care Care Needs Health Services Research Heart Failure Quality Of Life Clinical Research Cohort Study Health Service Research

Latest papers

Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study.
PloS one · 2025
Attending physicians' annual service volume and use of virtual end-of-life care: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.
PloS one · 2024
Comorbidities, symptoms and end-of-life medication use in hospitalised decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective regional cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.
BMJ open · 2023

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Palliating Mental Illnesses: Developing Innovative Approaches in Mental Health Care
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$439,875
Developing evidence-informed, regionally contextualized policy options to increase access and use of palliative care for people with heart failure in Ontario
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$149,742
Understanding the landscape of palliative care needs of people with heart failure in Ontario to improve future care delivery
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study.

Quinn KL, Stukel TA, Detsky A, Chung H, Anwar MR, Bhatia S, Downar J, Hung V, Isenberg S, Kurahashi A, Lee DS, Stall N, Tanuseputro P, Bell CM

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313766 PMID: 39774523

02

Attending physicians' annual service volume and use of virtual end-of-life care: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Rodin R, Stukel TA, Chung H, Bell CM, Detsky AS, Isenberg S, Quinn KL

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299826 PMID: 38457383

03

Comorbidities, symptoms and end-of-life medication use in hospitalised decedents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective regional cohort study in Ottawa, Canada.

Lawlor P, Cohen L, Adeli SR, Besserer E, Gratton V, Murphy R, Warmels G, Bruni A, Kabir M, Noel C, Heidinger B, Anderson K, Arsenault-Mehta K, Wooller K, Lapenskie J, Webber C, Bedard D, Enright P, Desjardins I, Bhimji K, Dyason C, Iyengar A, Bush SH, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Vanderspank-Wright B, Downar J, Parsons H

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075518 PMID: 37669840

04

Transitioning From Hospital to Palliative Care at Home: Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Continuity of Care

Morey T, Scott M, Saunders S, Varenbut J, Howard M, Tanuseputro P, Webber C, Killackey T, Wentlandt K, Zimmermann C

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management202158 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.019

05

Association between palliative care and healthcare outcomes among adults with terminal non-cancer illness: population based matched cohort study.

Quinn KL, Stukel T, Stall NM, Huang A, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Goldman R, Cram P, Kavalieratos D, Detsky AS, Bell CM

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2020

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m2257 PMID: 32631907

06

Development and Validation of a Prognostic Survival Model With Patient-Reported Outcomes for Patients With Cancer

Seow H, Tanuseputro P, Barbera L, Earle C, Guthrie D, Isenberg S, Juergens R, Myers J, Brouwers M, Sutradhar R

JAMA Network Open202033 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1768

07

Describing the characteristics and healthcare use of high-cost acute care users at the end of life: a pan-Canadian population-based study

Qureshi D, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Moineddin R, Quinn K, Meaney C, McGrail K, Seow H, Webber C, Fowler R

BMC Health Services Research202010 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05837-8 PMID: W3096568473

08

Exploring Canadian Physicians' Experiences Providing Medical Assistance in Dying: A Qualitative Study.

Khoshnood N, Hopwood MC, Lokuge B, Kurahashi A, Tobin A, Isenberg S, Husain A

Journal of pain and symptom management2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.05.006 PMID: 29775692

Palliating Mental Illnesses: Developing Innovative Approaches in Mental Health Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Buchman, Daniel; Costa, Lucy; Levitt, Sarah E

Keywords: Mental Health Care; Palliative Care; Psychiatry; Severe And Persistent Mental Illness

$439,875

Developing evidence-informed, regionally contextualized policy options to increase access and use of palliative care for people with heart failure in Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr.: Policy Research for HST - IHSPR - Health Care Policy Res./Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Quinn, Kieran L; Razak, Fahad; Isenberg, Sarina R

Keywords: Care Needs; Health Services Research; Heart Failure; Palliative Care; Quality Of Life

$149,742

Understanding the landscape of palliative care needs of people with heart failure in Ontario to improve future care delivery

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Health Services and Policy Research

Principal investigators: Quinn, Kieran L; Isenberg, Sarina R

Keywords: Care Needs; Health Services Research; Heart Failure; Palliative Care; Quality Of Life

$100,000

Identifying Disparities in Equitable Access to Virtual Palliative Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: CMA Foundation - Virtual Care

Principal investigators: Quinn, Kieran L; Bell, Chaim M

Keywords: End Of Life Care; Health Services Research; Palliative Care; Virtual Care

Observing, Understanding, and Telling stories at end of Life for Opioid Use Disorder patients (OUTLOUD): Mixed-methods research and knowledge translation

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lau, Jenny; Gomes, Tara; Isenberg, Sarina R; Tanuseputro, Peter

Keywords: Clinical Research; Cohort Study; Health Service Research; Healthcare Marginalization And Access; Mixed-Methods; Opioid Use Disorder; Pain Management; Palliative Care; Qualitative Methods

$520,200

Palliative Care for People who use Substances During Communicable Disease Epidemics and Pandemics: A Scoping Review

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Lau, Jenny; Cory, Shelly; Buchman, Daniel

Keywords: Communicable Diseases; Decision Support; Epidemics; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Knowledge Dissemination; Palliative Care; Pandemics; Scoping Review; Substance Use

$49,500

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

Department of Medicine
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Family Medicine
Oncology
Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Kinesiology and Physical Education
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1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Palliative Care Dear Professor Isenberg, 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 "Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Developing evidence-informed, regionally contextualized policy options to increase access and use of palliative care for people with heart failure in Ontario" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]