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Whitney Berta

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Whitney Berta

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2018.
Supervised 8 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Publications

251

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Grants

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Research

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Organizational behaviour Health care effectiveness and outcomes Aged health care services (except nursing)

Latest papers

Caregiver Attitudes, Motivations and Care Quality in Residential Memory Care: a Scoping Review Protocol.
Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2026
Quality Indicators to Evaluate Discharge Planning Processes in Mental Healthcare Settings: A Modified Delphi Survey of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.
Journal of clinical nursing · 2026 · senior author
Assessing the impact of day programs on individuals living with dementia and their family/friend caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): protocol of a prospective cohort study combined with a qualitative evaluation.
BMC public health · 2025

All 83 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$325,125
INtegrated Smart ImplemeNtation of Care (IN-SINC) in Rehabilitation
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$400,000
Capacity Building in the Long-term Care Home Sector through the Co-creation of Climate Resilience Plans
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 41 grants and awards

83 publications.

Caregiver Attitudes, Motivations and Care Quality in Residential Memory Care: a Scoping Review Protocol.

Maat S, Carr F, Kennedy M, Chi P, Berta W, Wagg A

Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2026

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.29.901 PMID: 42211441

Quality Indicators to Evaluate Discharge Planning Processes in Mental Healthcare Settings: A Modified Delphi Survey of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.

Xiao S, Tourangeau A, Widger K, Berta W

Journal of clinical nursing2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.70466 PMID: 42504636

Assessing the impact of day programs on individuals living with dementia and their family/friend caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): protocol of a prospective cohort study combined with a qualitative evaluation.

Hoben M, Ubell A, Maxwell CJ, Allana S, Doupe MB, Symonds-Brown H, Hogan DB, Daly T, Tate KC, Wagg A, Nguyen H, Berta W, Bethell J, Caspar S, Goodarzi Z, McGrail K, Cummings GG, Rowe M, Kay K, Kostyk P, Lazaruk K, MacLean B, Mann J, Prescott K

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23896-6 PMID: 40830776

How does integrated knowledge translation work? A realist review.

Kothari A, Sibbald SL, McCutcheon C, Berta W, Urquhart R, Horsley T, Comer L, Graham ID

Health research policy and systems2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-025-01374-0 PMID: 40764562

A realist review of factors critical for the implementation of eHealth in chronic disease management.

Shahid N, Parker G, Bielecki JM, Rac V, Berta W

BMC health services research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12361-0 PMID: 40176012

'We listened and supported and depended on each other': a qualitative study of how leadership influences implementation of QI interventions.

Ginsburg L, Easterbrook A, Geerts A, Berta W, van Dreumel L, Estabrooks CA, Norton PG, Wagg A

BMJ quality & safety2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017795 PMID: 39532527

Development and evaluation of tailored, theory-informed training to support the implementation of an outcome measure: an explanatory sequential mixed method study.

Ataman R, Ahmed S, Allegue DR, Filali-Mouhim A, Misana A, Auger C, McKerral M, Berta W, Thomas A

Disability and rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2462196 PMID: 39973231

Understanding Adaptive Leadership in the Context of Nursing Homes.

Wang J, Anderson R, Perez JS, Estabrooks CA, Berta W, Lanham HJ, Duan Y, Iaconi A, Beeber A

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2024

DOI: 10.1177/07334648241243312 PMID: 38566520

Sustainability of an outcome measure in outpatient stroke rehabilitation: A realist evaluation.

Ataman R, Ahmed S, Berta W, Thomas A

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2024

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13972 PMID: 38361260

Collaborative sustainability planning for an outcome measure in outpatient stroke rehabilitation: A qualitative description study.

Ataman R, Ahmed S, Berta W, Thomas A

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2024

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13963 PMID: 38254335

Harnessing Advice Networks for Innovation Diffusion and System-Level Transformation in Long-Term Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duan, Yinfei; Estabrooks, Carole Anne

Keywords: Continuing Care; Diffusion Of Innovations; Learning System; Long-Term Care Homes; Social Networks

$325,125

INtegrated Smart ImplemeNtation of Care (IN-SINC) in Rehabilitation

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research - Implementation Science

Principal investigators: Ahmed, Sara; Auger, Claudine; Lattas, Mary; Thomas, Aliki

Keywords: Health Services; Implementation Science; Integrated Care; Learning Health System; Patient Oriented Research; Rehabilitation

$400,000

Capacity Building in the Long-term Care Home Sector through the Co-creation of Climate Resilience Plans

Co-investigatorCIHR2024CG: CBR in Climate Change Pri. Areas-Health Imp. of Climate Change Older Adults

Principal investigators: Baumbusch, Jennifer L; Croll, Lara E

Keywords: Climate Adaption; Climate Mitigation; Climate Resilience; Long-Term Care; Multiple Case Study Methodology; Qualitative Research

$125,000

Assessing the Impact of DAy programs on individuals living with Dementia and their family/friend Caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): A prospective, cross-provincial cohort study

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Grant: Eval.of Dementia Prog-Strm 2-Azrieli Found. in any relevant res. Area

Principal investigators: Hoben, Matthias; Ubell, Andrea L; Allana, Saleema; Baumbusch, Jennifer L; Doupe, Malcolm B; Maxwell, Colleen J; Symonds-Brown, Holly J

Keywords: Day Programs; Dementia; Family/Friend Caregivers

$750,000

Balancing Infection Prevention and Control Measures with Person-Centered Care to Support Resident Well-Being in Long-Term Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cranley, Lisa A; Godkin, Dianne

Keywords: Care Partners; Ethical Tensions; Infection Prevention And Control Measures; Long-Term Care; Person-Centered Care; Resident Well-Being

$508,724

Adult DAy Programs and Their effects on individuals with Dementia and their Caregivers (ADAPT-DemCare): Developing program theories on the how and why

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr: BHCIA: KS/Mobiliz. Grants-Caregivers/Care Prov./Aging with Neurodiversity

Principal investigators: Hoben, Matthias; Ubell, Andrea L; Goodarzi, Zahra S

Keywords: Adult Day Program; Aging In Place; Dementia; Family/Friend Caregivers; Mental Health; Program Theory; Realist Review

Understanding and leveraging the role of networks and network actors in the implementation of practice change innovations in Ontario's long term care homes

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Central Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: Bashir, Kainat

Keywords: Care Of Aging Population; Experiential Learning; Implementation Science; Infection Prevention And Control; Knowledge Translation; Long-Term Care; Organization And Management; Pandemic; Social Network Analysis

$20,000

Balancing Infection Prevention and Control Measures with Person-Centered Care to Support Resident Well-Being in Long-Term Care.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cranley, Lisa A

Keywords: Ethical Tensions; Infection Prevention And Control Protocols; Long-Term Care; Person-Centered Care; Resident Well-Being

$100,000

Relational coordination and resident and worker outcomes in long-term care

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cranley, Lisa A.

Keywords: relational coordination; mixed methods; long-term care; resident well-being; staff outcomes

$117,062

Relational coordination and resident and worker outcomes in long-term care

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cranley, Lisa A.

Keywords: relational coordination; mixed methods; long-term care; resident well-being; staff outcomes

$49,106

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Whitney Berta

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Caregiver Attitudes, Motivations and Care Quality in Residential Memory Care: a Scoping Review Protocol.

Quality Indicators to Evaluate Discharge Planning Processes in Mental Healthcare Settings: A Modified Delphi Survey of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.

Assessing the impact of day programs on individuals living with dementia and their family/friend caregivers (AIDA-DemCare): protocol of a prospective cohort study combined with a qualitative evaluation.

How does integrated knowledge translation work? A realist review.

A realist review of factors critical for the implementation of eHealth in chronic disease management.

'We listened and supported and depended on each other': a qualitative study of how leadership influences implementation of QI interventions.

Development and evaluation of tailored, theory-informed training to support the implementation of an outcome measure: an explanatory sequential mixed method study.

Understanding Adaptive Leadership in the Context of Nursing Homes.

Sustainability of an outcome measure in outpatient stroke rehabilitation: A realist evaluation.

Collaborative sustainability planning for an outcome measure in outpatient stroke rehabilitation: A qualitative description study.

Relational coordination and resident and worker outcomes in long-term care

Relational coordination and resident and worker outcomes in long-term care

Frequent collaborators

Adrian Wagg

Liane Ginsburg

Audrey Laporte

Matthias Hoben

Matthias Hoben

Malcolm Doupe

Kimberley Widger

Carole Estabrooks

Kerry Kuluski

Yinfei Duan

Raisa Deber

Aliki Thomas

Kristin Cleverley

Tyrone Perreira

Monika Kastner

Susan Law

Karen Born

Jennifer Knopp-Sihota

Lisa Cranley

Robin Urquhart

Sara Ahmed

Fiona Webster

Onil Bhattacharyya

Doris Howell

Mark Dobrow

Nigar Sekercioglu

Margaret Andrea Baumann

Jenna Evans

Tamara Daly

Kimberlyn McGrail

Anita Kothari

Ivy Bourgeault

Elizabeth Lin

Margaret Anne Denton

Geoffrey Anderson

Brenda Gamble

Michelle Nelson

Ivy Bourgeault

Lianne Jeffs

Jennifer Gibson