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Shannon Sibbald

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Associate ProfessorSchool of Health StudiesWestern University

Shannon Sibbald

Associate Professor

School of Health Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2026.

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Publications

150

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Research

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Chronic Disease Management Copd Mixed Methods Spread Care Plans Co-Design Community Care Services Individuals With Disabilities

Latest papers

"I need to find ways, and I've not yet been successful": Exploring adaptive challenges and adaptive leadership as experienced by patients with gastrointestinal malignancy.
PEC innovation · 2026 · senior author
Community led lung health support groups: processes, perspectives and roles for researchers.
Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025 · first author
Quantifying sustained health system benefits of primary care-based integrated disease management for COPD: a 6-year interrupted time series study.
Thorax · 2024

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Barriers to COPD Research Participation and Support Group Engagement Through an Equity
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$6,000
Developing Integrated Care Pathways for Chronic Disease Management
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$6,000
A Population Health approach to Chronic Disease Management: an exploratory study
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$6,000

All 18 grants and awards

21 publications.

"I need to find ways, and I've not yet been successful": Exploring adaptive challenges and adaptive leadership as experienced by patients with gastrointestinal malignancy.

Sanatani M, Black M, Tsvetkova E, Harris-Schulz K, Malik S, Sibbald S

PEC innovation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pecinn.2026.100490 PMID: 42502576

Community led lung health support groups: processes, perspectives and roles for researchers.

Sibbald S, Barber M, Urbshott K, Buttar E

Breathe (Sheffield, England)2025First author

DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0187-2024 PMID: 40007531

Quantifying sustained health system benefits of primary care-based integrated disease management for COPD: a 6-year interrupted time series study.

Licskai C, Hussey A, Rowley V, Ferrone M, Lu Z, Zhang K, Terebessy E, Scarffe A, Sibbald S, Faulds C, O'Callahan T, To T

Thorax2024

DOI: 10.1136/thorax-2023-221211 PMID: 38889973

Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design.

Mathews M, Lyons R, Harris S, Hedden L, Choi YH, Donnan J, Green ME, Harvey E, Reichert SM, Ryan B, Sibbald S, Meredith L

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088737 PMID: 38858140

Revealing administrative staff roles in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of family physicians' perspectives.

Marshall EG, Moritz LR, Buote R, Mathews M, Lukewich J, Brown JB, Sibbald S, Munene A, Hedden L, Ryan D, Spencer S

Frontiers in health services2024

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2024.1471236 PMID: 39660225

An Innovative Patient-Centred Approach to Heart Failure Management: The Best Care Heart Failure Integrated Disease-Management Program

Licskai C, Hussey A, Ferrone M, Faulds C, Fisk M, Narayan S, Callahan TO', Scarffe A, Sibbald S, Singh D

CJC Open20241 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.03.015

The impact of funding models on the integration of registered nurses in primary health care teams: protocol for a multi-phase mixed-methods study in Canada.

Mathews M, Spencer S, Hedden L, Lukewich J, Poitras ME, Marshall EG, Brown JB, Sibbald S, Norful AA

BMC primary care2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01900-x PMID: 36402965

Interdisciplinary Health Care Evaluation Instruments: A Review of Psychometric Evidence.

Kang HJ, Flores-Sandoval C, Law B, Sibbald S

Evaluation & the health professions2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/01632787211040859 PMID: 34409879

Interprofessional team-based geriatric education and training: A review of interventions in Canada.

Flores-Sandoval C, Sibbald S, Ryan BL, Orange JB

Gerontology & geriatrics education2021

DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2020.1805320 PMID: 32787710

Healthcare teams and patient-related terminology: a review of concepts and uses.

Flores-Sandoval C, Sibbald S, Ryan BL, Orange JB

Scandinavian journal of caring sciences2021

DOI: 10.1111/scs.12843 PMID: 32236976

Understanding Barriers to COPD Research Participation and Support Group Engagement Through an Equity

SupervisorCIHR2026Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Charles-Obazei, Stephanie

Keywords: Copd; Gaps In Care; Social Challenge; Under-Representation

$6,000

Developing Integrated Care Pathways for Chronic Disease Management

SupervisorCIHR2025Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Charles-Obazei, Stephanie

Keywords: Canadians; Care; Chronic Condition; Chronic Disease; Healthcare Systems; Integrated Care Pathways; Management; Patient

$6,000

A Population Health approach to Chronic Disease Management: an exploratory study

SupervisorCIHR2024Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Charles-Obazei, Stephanie

Keywords: Best Care Copd; Chronic Disease Management; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Integrated Care; Ndigenous; Ontario Health Teams; Population Health

$6,000

Implementation, Equity and Impact: Examining specialized geriatric care programs in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2023PG - PA: The Science of HSPR: Methods, Theories, Approaches & Frameworks

Principal investigators: Elliott, Jacobi B; Kay, Kelly A

Keywords: Equity And Diversity; Geriatrics; Health Services; Mixed-Methods; Person-Centred Care

$100,000

Network for Integrated Care Excellence (NICE) Canada: Transforming Health with Integrated Care Knowledge Mobilization and Impact Hub

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: THINC Knowledge Mobilization & Impact Hub

Principal investigators: Wodchis, Walter P; Lewanczuk, Richard Z

Keywords: Implementation Science; Integrated Care; Knowledge Mobilization; Knowledge Translation

$2,200,000

The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Addressing Transitions in Care for Medically Complex, Unattached, and Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Transitions in Care

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria; Harris, Stewart B; Hedden, Lindsay K

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Chronic Disease Management; Complications; Determinants Of Health; Diabetes; Family Medicine; Multiple Methods; Primary Health Care; Quadruple Aim; Qualitative Interviews

$895,670

A Community of Practice Approach to Non-Suicidal Self Injury Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKinley, Gerald P.

Keywords: non-suicidal self injury; social media; community of practice; life course; artificial intelligence; health promotion

$49,316

A Community of Practice Approach to Non-Suicidal Self Injury Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKinley, Gerald P.

Keywords: non-suicidal self injury; social media; community of practice; life course; artificial intelligence; health promotion

$50,316

Pandemic Planning for Primary Care: Developing an Integrated Response Framework for Family Physicians, Nurses, and Pharmacists

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerg. COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities- Health care systems and services

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria; Hedden, Lindsay K; Lukewich, Julia; Marshall, Emily G

Keywords: Community-Based Pharmacists; Covid19; Document Analysis; Family Physicians; Logic Models; Mixed Methods; Narrative Synthesis; Pandemic Preparedness; Primary Care; Primary Care Nurses

$499,616

Achieving the quadruple aim: An assessment of a participatory approach to developing individual patient-centred care plans for community-care services

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: Quadruple Aim and Equity

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria; Dunne, Brian J; Sibbald, Shannon L

Keywords: Care Plans; Co-Design; Community Care Services; Individuals With Disabilities; Particpatory; Qualitative Interviews; Residential Services; Scoping Review; Support Services

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chronic Disease Management Dear Professor Sibbald, 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 ""I need to find ways, and I've not yet been successful": Exploring adaptive challenges and adaptive leadership as experienced by patients with gastrointestinal malignancy." (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 "Achieving the quadruple aim: An assessment of a participatory approach to developing individual patient-centred care plans for community-care services" (2021), 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]

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Shannon Sibbald

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"I need to find ways, and I've not yet been successful": Exploring adaptive challenges and adaptive leadership as experienced by patients with gastrointestinal malignancy.

Community led lung health support groups: processes, perspectives and roles for researchers.

Quantifying sustained health system benefits of primary care-based integrated disease management for COPD: a 6-year interrupted time series study.

Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design.

Revealing administrative staff roles in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of family physicians' perspectives.

An Innovative Patient-Centred Approach to Heart Failure Management: The Best Care Heart Failure Integrated Disease-Management Program

The impact of funding models on the integration of registered nurses in primary health care teams: protocol for a multi-phase mixed-methods study in Canada.

Interdisciplinary Health Care Evaluation Instruments: A Review of Psychometric Evidence.

Interprofessional team-based geriatric education and training: A review of interventions in Canada.

Healthcare teams and patient-related terminology: a review of concepts and uses.

A Community of Practice Approach to Non-Suicidal Self Injury Research

A Community of Practice Approach to Non-Suicidal Self Injury Research

Frequent collaborators

Anita Kothari

Lindsay Hedden

Maria Mathews

Teresa To

Yun-Hee Choi

Marie-Eve Poitras

Bridget Ryan

Lindsay Hedden

Zihang Lu

Guangyong Zou

Merrick Zwarenstein

Julia Lukewich

Maureen Dobbins

Jennifer Donnan

Robert McKelvie

Stewart Harris