Anne Snowdon, University of Windsor

Research

Healthcare Delivery Healthcare Supply Chain Patient Safety Public Health

Latest papers

The digital divide among U.S. Hospitals delivering health services to populations with high social disparities.
Frontiers in digital health · 2026 · first author
Evaluating digital maturity in public health systems: a statewide cross-sectional analysis of digital public health capacity in Missouri.
Frontiers in public health · 2025 · first author
Resilience among family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
Healthcare management forum · 2025 · first author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Development of an Implementation Framework to Advance Provincial and National Health System Supply Chain Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$1,378,607
NCE-IKTP ( SCI Net) Global Network in Strategic Health Sector Supply Chain Innovation
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$14,967
NCE-IKTP (SCI Net) Global Network in Strategic Health Sector Supply Chain Innovation
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$467,783

All 10 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

The digital divide among U.S. Hospitals delivering health services to populations with high social disparities.

Snowdon A, Hussein A, Wright A, Storey T, Pratico K, Oakes R

Frontiers in digital health2026First author

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1822230 PMID: 42597168

02

Evaluating digital maturity in public health systems: a statewide cross-sectional analysis of digital public health capacity in Missouri.

Snowdon A, Wright A, Hussein A, Wymer J, Howgate J, Storey T

Frontiers in public health2025First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1680904 PMID: 41567781

03

Resilience among family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

Snowdon A, Ly C, Wright A

Healthcare management forum2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241302717 PMID: 39608762

04

Digital Maturity as a Predictor of Quality and Safety Outcomes in US Hospitals: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Snowdon A, Hussein A, Danforth M, Wright A, Oakes R

Journal of medical Internet research2024First author

DOI: 10.2196/56316 PMID: 39106100

05

The necessity of healthcare supply chain resilience for crisis preparedness.

Wright AM, Snowdon A, Saunders M, Trampas D

Healthcare management forum2024

DOI: 10.1177/08404704231207386 PMID: 37920988

06

Learning models for forecasting hospital resource utilization for COVID-19 patients in Canada.

Zhang J, Pathak HS, Snowdon A, Greiner R

Scientific reports2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-12491-z PMID: 35610273

07

Digitally enabled supply chain as a strategic asset for the COVID-19 response in Alberta.

Snowdon A, Wright A

Healthcare management forum2022First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704211057525 PMID: 35144506

08

Comparison of an Electronic and Paper-based Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool.

Snowdon A, Hussein A, Kent R, Pino L, Hachinski V

Alzheimer disease and associated disorders2015First author

DOI: 10.1097/wad.0000000000000069 PMID: 25390882

09

Development of a finite element/multi-body model of a newborn infant for restraint analysis and design

Bondy M, Altenhof W, Chen X, Snowdon A, Vrkljan B

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering201410 citations

DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.672563

10

A numerical investigation into the effect of CRS misuse on the injury potential of children in frontal and side impact crashes.

Kapoor T, Altenhof W, Snowdon A, Howard A, Rasico J, Zhu F, Baggio D

Accident; analysis and prevention2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.022 PMID: 21545877

Development of an Implementation Framework to Advance Provincial and National Health System Supply Chain Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne W

Keywords: Healthcare Delivery; Healthcare Supply Chain; Patient Safety; Public Health

$1,378,607

NCE-IKTP ( SCI Net) Global Network in Strategic Health Sector Supply Chain Innovation

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Networks of Centres of Excellence - Letters of Intent

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne

$14,967

NCE-IKTP (SCI Net) Global Network in Strategic Health Sector Supply Chain Innovation

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne

$467,783

Global Network in Strategic Health Sector Supply Chain Innovation SCI Net / Réseau mondial en innovation stratégique de la chaine logistique du secteur de la santé SCI Net

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne W.

Keywords: economic value; health sector supply chain; patient safety; e-commerce; traceability of product; strategy supply chain

$672,614

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$13,487,000

CIHR Team in Traffic and Road Injury Prevention (TRIP) Program for Canadian Children

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne

$200,000

"CIHR Team in Traffic and Road Injury Prevention (TRIP)Program for Canadian Children"

Nominated PICIHR2009Team Grant: Strategic Teams in Applied Injury Research - Full application

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne W; Howard, Andrew W

Keywords: Agent Modelling; Artificial Intelligence; Cycling Safety; Gaming Software; Geographic Information Systems; Injury Prevention For Children; Knowledge Translation; Occupant Safety; Pedestrian Safety; Vehicle Safety; Wireless Survey Management

$600,000

A population based examination of the influence of social networks on children risk of injury in vehicles using artificial intelligence computational models.

SupervisorCIHR2008Doctoral Research Award - Relief of Pain and Disability

Principal investigators: Rahaman, Shamual F

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence Agent Modelling; Child Safety In Vehicles; Injury Prevention For Children; Social Network Modeling

$33,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$17,400,000

Auto 21 The Automobile of the 21st Century

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$30,384,750

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

Brenda Vrkljan

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Healthcare Delivery Dear Professor Snowdon, 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 "The digital divide among U.S. Hospitals delivering health services to populations with high social disparities." (2026), 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 "Development of an Implementation Framework to Advance Provincial and National Health System Supply Chain Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020), 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]