Victoria Forster, University of Toronto

Research

Patient Engagement Patient Involvement Patient Oriented Research People With Lived Experience Café Scientifique Cities Community Engagement Mental Health

Latest papers

Using the Power Wheel as a transformative tool to promote equity through spaces and places of patient engagement.
BMJ open · 2024
Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Pain in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Protocol for a Single-Group Feasibility Trial.
JMIR research protocols · 2023
Genomic Microsatellite Signatures Identify Germline Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Risk of Cancer Onset.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2023

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Building educational capacity and fostering collaboration for effective engagement of persons with lived experience (PWLE) at Women's College Hospital (WCH), Toronto.
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$38,094
Café Scientifique - Healthy Cities
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$6,000
Promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in patient-oriented research by disseminating lessons learned from a co-designed innovation in equity-focused patient engagement: Equity-Mobilizing Partnerships in Community (EMPaCT).
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$24,940

All 4 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Using the Power Wheel as a transformative tool to promote equity through spaces and places of patient engagement.

Sayani A, Cordeaux E, Wu K, Awil F, Garcia V, Hinds R, Jeji T, Khan O, Soh BL, Mensah D, Monteith L, Musawi M, Rathbone M, Robinson J, Sterling S, Wardak D, Amsdr I, Khawari M, Niwe S, Hussain A, Forster V, Maybee A

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074277 PMID: 38514144

02

Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Pain in Adolescent Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Protocol for a Single-Group Feasibility Trial.

Patton M, Carlson LE, Noel M, Palermo T, Forster V, Cho S, Schulte F

JMIR research protocols2023

DOI: 10.2196/45804 PMID: 37526959

03

Genomic Microsatellite Signatures Identify Germline Mismatch Repair Deficiency and Risk of Cancer Onset.

Chung J, Negm L, Bianchi V, Stengs L, Das A, Liu ZA, Sudhaman S, Aronson M, Brunga L, Edwards M, Forster V, Komosa M, Davidson S, Lees J, Tomboc P, Samuel D, Farah R, Bendel A, Knipstein J, Schneider KW, Reschke A, Zelcer S, Zorzi A, McWilliams R, Foulkes WD, Bedgood R, Peterson L, Rhode S, Van Damme A, Scheers I, Gardner S, Robbins G, Vanan MI, Meyn MS, Auer R, Leach B, Burke C, Villani A, Malkin D, Bouffet E, Huang A, Taylor MD, Durno C, Shlien A, Hawkins C, Getz G, Maruvka YE, Tabori U, International Replication Repair Deficiency Consortium

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2023

DOI: 10.1200/jco.21.02873 PMID: 36240479

04

Establishing best practices in cancer online support groups: protocol for a realist review.

Bender JL, Babinski S, Wong G, Tricco AC, Englesakis M, Cyr AB, Potts H, Perski O, Esplen MJ, Young C, Wassersug R, Forster V, Papadakos J, Soobiah C, Fox C, Gothard-Huang A, Witteman H

BMJ open2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053916 PMID: 34732498

05

Comment on: "Successful use of nitrous oxide during lumbar punctures: A call for nitrous oxide in pediatric oncology clinics".

Forster V, Escherich G, Halsey C

Pediatric blood & cancer2018First author

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26930 PMID: 29286566

Building educational capacity and fostering collaboration for effective engagement of persons with lived experience (PWLE) at Women's College Hospital (WCH), Toronto.

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Forster, Victoria

Keywords: Patient Engagement; Patient Involvement; Patient Oriented Research; People With Lived Experience

$38,094

Café Scientifique - Healthy Cities

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Open Pool

Principal investigators: Forster, Victoria; Parekh, Rulan S

Keywords: Café Scientifique; Cities; Community Engagement; Mental Health; Public Engagement; Urban Health

$6,000

Promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in patient-oriented research by disseminating lessons learned from a co-designed innovation in equity-focused patient engagement: Equity-Mobilizing Partnerships in Community (EMPaCT).

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Sayani, Ambreen; LeBlanc, Annie

Keywords: Co-Design; Community Engagement; Dissemination; Health Equity; Implementation; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research

$24,940

Establishing best practices in online cancer support groups: A realist review

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Grant: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Bender, Jacqueline L

Keywords: Cancer; Internet; Knowledge Synthesis; Knowledge Translation; Online Communities; Online Support Groups; Patient Oriented Research; Peer Support; Realist Review

$100,000

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

Pediatrics
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Department of Paediatrics
Oncology
Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Cancer Therapeutics
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2024

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Patient Engagement Dear Professor Forster, 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 "Using the Power Wheel as a transformative tool to promote equity through spaces and places of patient engagement." (2024), 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 "Building educational capacity and fostering collaboration for effective engagement of persons with lived experience (PWLE) at Women's College Hospital (WCH), Toronto." (2024), 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]