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Charles Weijer

ResearcherMedicineWestern University

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Charles Weijer

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
46 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 17 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2010.

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Academic metrics

119

Publications

930

Citations

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Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Ethics Pragmatic Trials Administrative Healthcare Data Implementation Science Methods Pragmatic Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Training

Latest papers

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.
Critical care medicine · 2026 · senior author
Supporting Informed Surrogate Decision-Making in Deceased Donor Intervention Research: Co-Creating Educational Materials With Families.
Critical care explorations · 2026
The ethical permissibility of financial incentives.
Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2026 · senior author

All 119 publications

Latest funding

Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$745,872
A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$3,479,320
Ethical issues in cluster randomized trials: using stakeholder and patient engagement to generate guidance for the ethical design and conduct of trials evaluating clinical, health policy, health systems, and public health interventions
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$531,674

All 11 grants and awards

119 publications.

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Walser E, Goldstein CE, Shaw JF, Geres H, Iansavitchene A, Menon K, Pupulin S, Slessarev M, Taljaard M, Weijer C

Critical care medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007340 PMID: 42704256

Supporting Informed Surrogate Decision-Making in Deceased Donor Intervention Research: Co-Creating Educational Materials With Families.

Murphy N, Weijer C, Beitel J, Donaghy M, French N, Goddard C, Gross JA, Slessarev M

Critical care explorations2026

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001416 PMID: 42101200

The ethical permissibility of financial incentives.

Al P, Brehaut J, Gillies K, Presseau J, Yee ML, Weijer C

Medicine, health care, and philosophy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11019-025-10315-1 PMID: 41483034

Practical guide for determining whether healthcare providers are research participants in cluster randomised trials.

Nix HP, Goldstein CE, Taljaard M, Weijer C

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109131 PMID: 41956549

Identifying ethical issues in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials to inform the Ottawa Statement update: a systematic review of trials published 2016–2022

Goldstein CE, Shaw JF, Binik A, Nix HP, Ortiz-Reyes L, Mazzetti T, Sergeant A, Weijer C, Taljaard M

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112051

Organ procurement organizations should develop policy regarding surrogate consent for normothermic regional perfusion

Murphy NB, Weiss MJ, Beed S, Chartier-Plante S, Chaudhury P, Gross JA, Healey A, Isac G, Kramer A, Slessarev M

American Journal of Transplantation20262 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2025.10.014

Sequential Transplant Research: A Consensus Guideline Endorsed by the International Society for Organ Donation Professionals, the Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, and the Canadian Society of Transplantation.

Meade MO, Cumyn A, D'Aragon F, Chaudhury P, Treleaven D, Parpia S, Selzner M, Shamseddin MK, Gill JS, Singh JM

Transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000005851

Are pragmatism and ethical protections in clinical trials a zero-sum game?

Nix HP, Weijer C, Taljaard M

Clinical trials (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1177/17407745241284798 PMID: 39410779

Recognition, remuneration and reimbursement of patient and public involvement partners in pragmatic randomised controlled trials. A survey of author practices.

Nicholls SG, Nevins P, Fox G, Vanderhout S, Brehaut J, Carroll K, Fergusson D, Hilderley A, MacArthur C, Potter BK, Smith M, Spinewine A, Weijer C, Taljaard M

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00796-y PMID: 41382181

Patient engagement and shared decision-making in trial recruitment intervention studies: a systematic review.

Morgan TL, Hudek N, Carroll K, Yee ML, Inglis J, Fergusson DA, Gillies K, Richards DP, Semchishen SN, Presseau J, Grimshaw J, Graham ID, Rodger M, Taljaard M, Marlin S, Weijer C, MacLennan G, Brehaut JC

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00806-z PMID: 41351018

Building a national platform for trust-preserving implementation of normothermic regional perfusion in deceased organ donation in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E; Lingard, Lorelei A; Slessarev, Marat; Weiss, Matthew

Keywords: Educational Resource Development; Ethics; Ethics Analysis; Implementation; Innovation; Normothermic Regional Perfusion; Organ Donation; Organ Transplantation; Qualitative Research

$745,872

A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Principal investigators: Garg, Amit; Basile, Erika; Bhatia, Rajan S; Clemens, Kristin K; Dixon, Stephanie N; Ethier, Jean-Francois; Fowler, Robert A; Gagnier, Joel J; Garrison, Scott R; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Hohl, Corinne M; Ivers, Noah M; Jairath, Vipul; James, Matthew T; Jerath, Angela; Katz, Alan; Krzyzanowska, Monika K; LeBlanc, Annie; Lee, Douglas S; Mcalister, Finlay A; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McIntyre, Lauralyn A; Mittmann, Nicole; Naylor, Kyla; Presseau, Justin; Schull, Michael J; Sontrop, Jessica M; Spence, Jessica; Swartz, Richard; Taljaard, Monica; Tangri, Navdeep; Udell, Jacob A; Weijer, Charles E; Zwarenstein, Merrick F

Keywords: Administrative Healthcare Data; Implementation Science; Methods; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial; Training

$3,479,320

Ethical issues in cluster randomized trials: using stakeholder and patient engagement to generate guidance for the ethical design and conduct of trials evaluating clinical, health policy, health systems, and public health interventions

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Benefit-Harm Analysis; Cluster Randomized Trials; Ethics Guidelines; Gatekeepers; Informed Consent; Patient And Stakeholder Engagement; Pragmatic Trials; Research Ethics; Research Ethics Committee Review; Vulnerable Research Participants

$531,674

A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

Keywords: Administrative Healthcare Data; Implementation Science; Methods; Pragmatic Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial; Training

$869,831

The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gofton, Teneille E; Dhanani, Sonny; Meade, Maureen O; Slessarev, Marat

Keywords: Propsective

$684,676

Selling Health: How do pharmacists consider their ethical conduct in relation to front-of-store stales?

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Shelley, Jacob J; Minaker, Leia

Keywords: Community Pharmacy; Ethics; Legal Analysis; Pharmacy; Policy Analysis; Population Health; Professional Ethics; Qualitative Methods

$99,150

An Integrated Platform for Innovative Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Registry Trials in Hemodialysis

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Garg, Amit; McCormick, Michael; Blake, Peter G; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; McIntyre, Christopher W; Molnar, Amber; Taljaard, Monica; Weijer, Charles E; Zwarenstein, Merrick F

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease; Cluster-Randomized Registry Trials; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Dialysis; Healthcare Databases; Hemodialysis; Implementation Research; Kidney Health; Pragmatic Trials; Quality And Safety

$2,970,675

The ethics of neuroimaging after serious brain injury

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E; Owen, Adrian M

Keywords: Decision Making Capacity; Electroencephalography; Ethics; Families; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Qualitative Methods; Quality Of Life; Serious Brain Injury; Vegetative State; Welfare

$343,718

CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRHOLDER / TITULAIRE DE CHAIRE DE RECHERCHE DU CANADA

Nominated PICIHR2011Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Risk in the ethics of research involving children

SupervisorCIHR2010Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Binik, Ariella

Keywords: No

$6,000

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

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Charles Weijer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Ethical and Methodological Features of Cluster Randomized Trials in Critical Care Settings: A Systematic Review.

Supporting Informed Surrogate Decision-Making in Deceased Donor Intervention Research: Co-Creating Educational Materials With Families.

The ethical permissibility of financial incentives.

Practical guide for determining whether healthcare providers are research participants in cluster randomised trials.

Identifying ethical issues in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials to inform the Ottawa Statement update: a systematic review of trials published 2016–2022

Organ procurement organizations should develop policy regarding surrogate consent for normothermic regional perfusion

Sequential Transplant Research: A Consensus Guideline Endorsed by the International Society for Organ Donation Professionals, the Canadian Donation and Transplant Research Program, and the Canadian Society of Transplantation.

Are pragmatism and ethical protections in clinical trials a zero-sum game?

Recognition, remuneration and reimbursement of patient and public involvement partners in pragmatic randomised controlled trials. A survey of author practices.

Patient engagement and shared decision-making in trial recruitment intervention studies: a systematic review.

Frequent collaborators

Monica Taljaard

Marat Slessarev

Merrick Zwarenstein

Jamie Brehaut

Monica Taljaard

Ariella Binik

Teneille Gofton

Amit Garg

Marat Slessarev

Andrew Healey

Allan Donner

Deborah Cook

Justin Presseau

Sonny Dhanani

Raphael Saginur

Kusum Menon

Lauralyn McIntyre

Kednapa Thavorn

Steven Hawken

Jennifer Chandler

Kednapa Thavorn

Fiona Webster

Erika Basile

Anton Skaro

John Marshall

Maureen Meade

Lorelei Lingard

Claudio Martin

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Mira Johri

Dean Fergusson

Sarah Munce

Shane English

Colin McCartney

Jeremy Grimshaw

Navdeep Tangri

Amber Molnar

Sanjay Pandeya

Claudio Rigatto