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Kelly Grindrod

ResearcherSchool of PharmacyUniversity of Waterloo

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Kelly Grindrod

Researcher

School of Pharmacy

Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2015.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Electronic Health Records Cognitive Workflow Analysis Community-Based Primary Care Integrate Health Records Medication Therapy Management Patient Oriented Research Pharmacy Scope Of Practice Integrated Health Systems

Latest papers

The syndemic nexus: How vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 interact to influence vaccine uptake among university students.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026
Interactive, Personalized Patient Decision Aid for COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: User-Centered Design Approach
JMIR Human Factors · 2026
Accessibility of Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccination by rurality, community material deprivation, and ethnic concentration: a repeated cross-sectional geospatial analysis.
BMC public health · 2025 · senior author

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Developing an Ontario community pharmacy-based Minor ailment service Evaluation framework (DOME).
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$49,875
Crucible of Religious Interchange: Understanding the Evolving Spirituality of the Hellenistic Far East
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$94,958
The Optimizing Naloxone Dispensing in Pharmacies (ONDP) Program: The impact of an online continuing education program on naloxone dispensing in Canada.
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 12 grants and awards

45 publications.

The syndemic nexus: How vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 interact to influence vaccine uptake among university students.

AlShurman BA, Majowicz SE, Grindrod K, Goh J, Butt ZA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2026.2621473 PMID: 41639035

Interactive, Personalized Patient Decision Aid for COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: User-Centered Design Approach

Etienne D, Archambault PM, Bogoch II, Chambers CT, Chittle AD, Demers J, Driedger SM, Dubé È, Gagnon M-P, Gavaruzzi T

JMIR Human Factors2026

DOI: 10.2196/86283

Accessibility of Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccination by rurality, community material deprivation, and ethnic concentration: a repeated cross-sectional geospatial analysis.

Alsabbagh MW, Wieland M, Pan S, Waite NM, Houle SKD, Grindrod K

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24929-w PMID: 41225413

Psychometric validation of the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale for primary and booster doses among university students: A cross-sectional study.

AlShurman BA, Majowicz SE, Grindrod K, Goh J, Butt ZA

Vaccine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127368 PMID: 40483882

Understanding the shift in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its associated factors for primary and booster doses among university students: A cross-sectional study.

AlShurman BA, Majowicz SE, Grindrod K, Goh J, Zhang X, Butt ZA

Vaccine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127296 PMID: 40413901

Evaluating the effect of computer-based education on pharmacist behaviour regarding point-of-care testing.

Hussein R, Nakhla N, Shim KM, Goh J, Killeen R, Grindrod K

Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100586 PMID: 40160719

Adapting the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers to Measure Opioid-Related Stigma.

Cid A, Patten A, Beazely MA, Grindrod K

Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy12040105 PMID: 39051389

Connect, collaborate and tailor: a model of community engagement through infographic design during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vernon-Wilson E, Tetui M, DeMarco M, Grindrod K, Waite NM

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20037-3 PMID: 39300382

"Flying a plane and building it at the same time": Lessons learned from the dynamic implementation of mass vaccination clinics in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Tetui M, Tennant R, Adil M, Bala A, Burns C, Waite N, Grindrod K

Health research policy and systems2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-023-01036-z PMID: 37784061

Community efforts to promote vaccine uptake in a rural setting: a qualitative interview study.

Nanyonjo A, Nelson D, Sayers E, Lall P, Vernon-Wilson E, Tetui M, Grindrod K, Kane R, Gussy M, Siriwardena N

Health promotion international2023

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daad088 PMID: 37549195

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Kelly Grindrod

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The syndemic nexus: How vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 interact to influence vaccine uptake among university students.

Interactive, Personalized Patient Decision Aid for COVID-19 Vaccination in Canada: User-Centered Design Approach

Accessibility of Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccination by rurality, community material deprivation, and ethnic concentration: a repeated cross-sectional geospatial analysis.

Psychometric validation of the COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale for primary and booster doses among university students: A cross-sectional study.

Understanding the shift in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its associated factors for primary and booster doses among university students: A cross-sectional study.

Evaluating the effect of computer-based education on pharmacist behaviour regarding point-of-care testing.

Adapting the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers to Measure Opioid-Related Stigma.

Connect, collaborate and tailor: a model of community engagement through infographic design during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Flying a plane and building it at the same time": Lessons learned from the dynamic implementation of mass vaccination clinics in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Community efforts to promote vaccine uptake in a rural setting: a qualitative interview study.

Crucible of Religious Interchange: Understanding the Evolving Spirituality of the Hellenistic Far East

Improving work coordination through context

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Burns

Tejal Patel

Colleen McMillan

Lora Giangregorio

Paul Stolee

Jacobi Elliott

Jacobi Elliott

Joanne Ho

Joanie Sims-Gould

Holly Witteman

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai

Marie-Claude Tremblay

Beate Sander

Annie LeBlanc

Olga Theou

Nick Daneman

Kevin Schwartz

Rita Orji

Samantha Meyer

Mohammad Hajizadeh

Certina Ho

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Justine Giosa

Heather McNeil

Elena Neiterman

Andrea Chittle

Veronique Boscart

Monica Taljaard

Anna Taddio

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Neill Baskerville

Kenneth Rockwood

Andrew Costa

Stephanie Ong

Bradley Langford

Ayse Kuspinar

Certina Ho