Monica Taljaard, Western University

Research

Pragmatic Trials Administrative Healthcare Data Implementation Science Methods Pragmatic Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Training Benefit-Harm Analysis

Latest papers

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
Ethical Challenges Associated with Pragmatic and Cluster RCTs.
The New England journal of medicine · 2024 · senior author
Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes
New England Journal of Medicine · 2023

All 16 publications

Latest funding

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 · Principal investigator
$531,674
A Training Platform in Pragmatic Registry-Based Trials: Connecting Canada's Health, Data, and Biomanufacturing Sectors
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$869,831

All 5 grants and awards

16 publications.

01

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Clayton L, Patton M-P, Walsh TS, Moore L, Laroche V, Greenbaum J, Kramer A, Rey VG, Khwaja K, Wise M

New England Journal of Medicine2024165 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2404360

02

Ethical Challenges Associated with Pragmatic and Cluster RCTs.

Weijer C, Taljaard M

The New England journal of medicine2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2403550 PMID: 39282923

03

Trial of an Intervention to Improve Acute Heart Failure Outcomes

Smith S, Hartleib M, Chong A, McKelvie RS, Porepa L, MacDougall A, Shadowitz S, Elbarasi E, Lee DS, Straus SE

New England Journal of Medicine2023140 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2211680

04

In reply: When and how should we cluster and cross over: methodological and ethical issues (letters 1 and 2).

Goldstein CE, Giraudeau B, Weijer C, Taljaard M

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-018-1239-3 PMID: 30341667

05

The evolving epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals during a postepidemic period (2009–2015)

Katz KC, Golding GR, Choi KB, Pelude L, Amaratunga KR, Taljaard M, Alexandre S, Collet JC, Davis I, Du T

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL201863 citations

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.180013

06

When and how should we cluster and cross over: methodological and ethical issues.

Goldstein CE, Giraudeau B, Weijer C, Taljaard M

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-018-1131-1 PMID: 29728919

07

Cluster-randomized trials: A closer look.

McRae AD, Taljaard M, Weijer C

Clinical trials (London, England)2016

DOI: 10.1177/1740774516629405 PMID: 26931364

08

Mail merge can be used to create personalized questionnaires in complex surveys.

Taljaard M, Chaudhry SH, Brehaut JC, Weijer C, Grimshaw JM

BMC research notes2015First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1570-5 PMID: 26475715

09

The Ottawa Statement on the Ethical Design and Conduct of Cluster Randomized Trials

Weijer C, Grimshaw JM, Eccles MP, McRae AD, White A, Brehaut JC, Taljaard M, Althabe F, Binik A, Brown JB

PLoS Medicine2012296 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001346

10

What is the role and authority of gatekeepers in cluster randomized trials in health research?

Gallo A, Weijer C, White A, Grimshaw JM, Boruch R, Brehaut JC, Donner A, Eccles MP, McRae AD, Saginur R, Zwarenstein M, Taljaard M

Trials2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-116 PMID: 22834691

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project 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

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

$869,831

Innovative Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Registry Trials to Improve Hemodialysis Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Garg, Amit; Cote, Brenden B; Vorster, Arris H; Blake, Peter G; Bohm, Clara; Lacson, Jr., Eduardo; Levin, Adeera; Silver, Samuel; Tonelli, Marcello

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness

$2,817,233

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

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

Monica Taljaard and Charles Weijer: 51 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Merrick Zwarenstein: 20 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Monica Taljaard: 12 shared papers
Charles Weijer and Merrick Zwarenstein: 12 shared papers
Charles Weijer and Monica Taljaard: 11 shared papers
Ariella Binik and Charles Weijer: 10 shared papers
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Ian Ball: 8 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Monica Taljaard: 7 shared papers
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 6 shared papers
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 6 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Allan Donner: 6 shared papers
Ariella Binik and Monica Taljaard: 5 shared papers
Charles Weijer and Allan Donner: 5 shared papers
Ariella Binik and Allan Donner: 4 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Merrick Zwarenstein: 4 shared papers
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Alan Tinmouth: 3 shared papers
Alan Tinmouth and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 3 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Monica Taljaard: 3 shared papers
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Dominik Mertz and Dominik Mertz: 2 shared papers
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Monica Taljaard and Monica Taljaard: 2 shared papers
Alan Tinmouth and Ian Ball: 2 shared papers
John Marshall and John Marshall: 2 shared papers
John Marshall and Ian Ball: 2 shared papers
Monica Taljaard and Monica Taljaard: 2 shared papers
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Frederick Zeiler and Ian Ball: 2 shared papers
John Marshall and Ian Ball: 2 shared papers
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Alison Fox-Robichaud and Almunder Algird: 1 shared paper
Alison Fox-Robichaud and John Marshall: 1 shared paper
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Alison Fox-Robichaud and Frederick Zeiler: 1 shared paper
Alison Fox-Robichaud and John Marshall: 1 shared paper
Ariella Binik and Charles Weijer: 1 shared paper
Almunder Algird and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
Almunder Algird and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
Almunder Algird and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Almunder Algird and Frederick Zeiler: 1 shared paper
Almunder Algird and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Charles Weijer: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Howard Abrams: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Christine Fahim: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Charles Weijer and Charles Weijer: 1 shared paper
Charles Weijer and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
Alan Tinmouth and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
John Marshall and Monica Taljaard: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Howard Abrams: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Frederick Zeiler: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Alison Fox-Robichaud: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Christine Fahim: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and John Marshall: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Dominik Mertz: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Ian Ball: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Howard Abrams: 1 shared paper
Monica Taljaard and Christine Fahim: 1 shared paper

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