Savithiri Ratnapalan

Research

Burnout Covid-19 Health Care Workers Health Professionals Health Systems Knowledge Synthesis Mental Health Pandemics

Latest papers

Oral and maxillofacial manifestations of systemic sclerosis.
Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2026
The use of artificial intelligence in paediatric postgraduate medical education: A scoping review.
Paediatrics & child health · 2025 · senior author
Curriculum Innovation: How Effective Is a Telementoring Virtual Epilepsy Curriculum in Postgraduate Medical Education?: A Randomized-Controlled Educational Trial.
Neurology. Education · 2025

All 59 publications

Latest funding

Why they Persist in Health Workforce: A Mixed-Method Study to Characterize and Examine the Experiences of Women (Women Health Workforce Study)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Developing a tool kit to build vaccine confidence and ensure equitable COVID-19 vaccination implementation strategies in low-and-middle income countries: a multi-stakeholder implementation science and co-development study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$199,808
Developing integrated guidelines for health care workers in hospital and primary healthcare facilities in response to Covid-19 pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator

All 4 grants and awards

59 publications.

01

Oral and maxillofacial manifestations of systemic sclerosis.

Almurait S, Alqahtani H, Ratnapalan S, Johnson SR

Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2026.102119 PMID: 41692633

02

The use of artificial intelligence in paediatric postgraduate medical education: A scoping review.

Nadarajah A, Malekzadeh G, Ratnapalan S

Paediatrics & child health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf054 PMID: 41424637

03

Curriculum Innovation: How Effective Is a Telementoring Virtual Epilepsy Curriculum in Postgraduate Medical Education?: A Randomized-Controlled Educational Trial.

AlQahtani MA, Jiwan A, Strasser L, Ratnapalan S, Donner EJ

Neurology. Education2025

DOI: 10.1212/ne9.0000000000200259 PMID: 41262380

04

Role of emotions in change and change management in an emergency department: a qualitative study.

Ratnapalan S, Lang D, Janzen K, Muzzin L

BMJ leader2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001074 PMID: 39089864

05

Educational needs for infection prevention and control during outbreaks: A qualitative study with health workers in Sri Lanka.

Haldane V, Perera N, Ratnapalan S, Samaraweera S, Wei X

Infection, disease & health2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.03.003 PMID: 40158922

06

Retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal infections in children: A retrospective analysis.

Ratnapalan S, Thevaranjan J, Perera N, Nassarallah B, Wolter NE

Pediatrics and neonatology2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2023.12.014 PMID: 39019720

07

Therapeutic Dilemma: Melatonin or not?

Ratnapalan S, Rieder M

Paediatrics & child health2025First author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae083 PMID: 40061252

08

Exercise-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Child: A Case Report.

Katz-Dana H, Lekchuensakul S, Hamilton R, Zahavich L, Jobling RK, Ratnapalan S

Clinical pediatrics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/00099228241254888 PMID: 38785420

09

Teaching health systems leadership and innovation to physicians.

Ratnapalan S, Sriharan A, Anderson G, Dubinsky I, Chan BT, Smith T, Allin S, Sen D, Lopez C, Downie-Ross Z, Nadarajah A, Laporte A

BMJ leader2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001098 PMID: 40204360

10

Patient education and counselling of fertility preservation for transgender and gender diverse people: A scoping review.

Stanley JR, Ratnapalan S

Paediatrics & child health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxad050 PMID: 39045475

Why they Persist in Health Workforce: A Mixed-Method Study to Characterize and Examine the Experiences of Women (Women Health Workforce Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Sriharan, Abiramy; Prokopy, Melissa A

Keywords: Burnout; Health System Sustainability; Health Workforce; Healthcare Delivery; Workforce Retention

$100,000

Developing a tool kit to build vaccine confidence and ensure equitable COVID-19 vaccination implementation strategies in low-and-middle income countries: a multi-stakeholder implementation science and co-development study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Principal investigators: Wei, Xiaolin; Aslanyan, Garry

Keywords: Covid-19 Vaccination; Global Health; Health Equity; Health Policy; Implementation Science; Intervention; Low And Middle Income Countries; Vaccine Confidence

$199,808

Developing integrated guidelines for health care workers in hospital and primary healthcare facilities in response to Covid-19 pandemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact

Principal investigators: Wei, Xiaolin; Aslanyan, Garry; Lau, Lincoln; Samaraweera, Sudath

Keywords: Country Adaptation; Covid-19; Guidelines And Training Modules; Health Care Workers; Health System; Integrated Preparedness Plan; Low And Middle Income Countries; Public Health Response; Sri Lanka; The Philippines

Stress, burnout and depression in women in health care during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis

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

Principal investigators: Sriharan, Abiramy; Lupea, Doina; Ratnapalan, Savithiri

Keywords: Burnout; Covid-19; Health Care Workers; Health Professionals; Health Systems; Knowledge Synthesis; Mental Health; Pandemics; Substance Abuse; Women

$50,000

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

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Justine Cohen-Silver

Pediatrics and Child Health

4 shared papers, latest 2020

Xiaolin Wei

Institute of Health Policy

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Audrey Laporte

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Gideon Koren

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2010

Shinya Ito

Internal Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2010

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Pediatrics

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Doina Lupea

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Alexander Caudarella

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Upton Allen

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Nigar Sekercioglu

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sylvain Boet

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Sara Allin

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Gillian Strudwick

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Denis Daneman

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Warren Dodd

School of Public Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Yaron Finkelstein

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Robert Hamilton

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Geoffrey Anderson

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Suzanne Schuh

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Michael Rieder

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Whitney Berta

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Kevin Chan

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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