Kate Dunn, York University

Research

Community Engaged Health In Visual Media Hepatitis Implementation Science Indigenous Wellbeing Knowledge Mobilization Liver Health Administrative Data

Latest papers

Correction: Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study).
Implementation science communications · 2026
Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study).
Implementation science communications · 2025
The Creation of a Tool to Measure Engagement in Patient-Oriented Research.
Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) · 2020

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Braiding Indigenous Knowledge of wellness with innovations in clinical access to enhance awareness, access and action for liver wellness and hepatitis C
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$761,174
The crisis of legitimacy in government health services: Understanding public trust, values, and engagement with the Ontario health system
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$286,282
Establishing the Framework for Decentralized Hepatitis C Point-of-Care Testing and Treatment in Canada: An Implementation Science-based Approach
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$656,371

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Correction: Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study).

Mooney M, Weight C, Biondi MJ, Grebely J, Kronfli N, Barnett T, Bruneau J, Dunn K, Elakpa DN, Etherington C, Greenaway C, Martel-Laferrière V, Mendlowitz A, Taylor N, Fontaine G

Implementation science communications2026

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-01014-w PMID: 42310812

02

Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study).

Mooney M, Weight C, Biondi MJ, Grebely J, Kronfli N, Barnett T, Bruneau J, Dunn K, Elakpa DN, Etherington C, Greenaway C, Martel-Laferrière V, Mendlowitz A, Taylor N, Fontaine G

Implementation science communications2025

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00837-3 PMID: 41408357

03

The Creation of a Tool to Measure Engagement in Patient-Oriented Research.

Keller M, Plishka C, King M, Gunderson J, Stobart CA, Dunn K, Haver CRA

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)2020

DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26141 PMID: 32249737

Braiding Indigenous Knowledge of wellness with innovations in clinical access to enhance awareness, access and action for liver wellness and hepatitis C

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dunn, Kate; Fontaine, Guillaume

Keywords: Community Engaged; Health In Visual Media; Hepatitis; Implementation Science; Indigenous Wellbeing; Knowledge Mobilization; Liver Health

$761,174

The crisis of legitimacy in government health services: Understanding public trust, values, and engagement with the Ontario health system

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Scott, Kerry

$286,282

Establishing the Framework for Decentralized Hepatitis C Point-of-Care Testing and Treatment in Canada: An Implementation Science-based Approach

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fontaine, Guillaume; Bartlett, Sofia R; Biondi, Mia J; Dickie, Melisa C; Feld, Jordan J; Grebely, Jason; Klein, Marina B; Presseau, Justin

Keywords: Barriers And Facilitators; Hepatitis C Virus Infection; Implementation Science; Implementation Strategies; Infectious Diseases; Knowledge Translation; Marginalized Populations; Rapid Point-Of-Care Testing

$656,371

Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health.

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - General

Principal investigators: Dunn, Kate; Edwards, Candi L; Biondi, Mia J; Feld, Jordan J; Hillier, Sean A; Hill, Marissa; Scott, Kerry

Keywords: Community Engaged; Conversational Interview; Hepatitis C; Indigenous Health; Positive Impact; Qualitative; Upstream Determinants; Wholistic

$125,000

Implementation of The Ontario Hepatitis C Elimination Roadmap: Evaluation of Recommended Interventions

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Infection and Immunity (Early Career Research Support)

Principal investigators: Biondi, Mia J; Dunn, Kate; Feld, Jordan J; Flemming, Jennifer A

Keywords: Administrative Data; Cascade Of Care; Hepatitis C Virus; Priority Populations; Program Evaluation; Provincial Elimination

$300,000

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

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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2026

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community Engaged Dear Professor Dunn, 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 "Correction: Scaling up point-of-care hepatitis C testing in Canada: protocol for a multilevel implementation science study of clinical processes, barriers, facilitators and implementation strategies (SCALE-POCT study)." (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 "Braiding Indigenous Knowledge of wellness with innovations in clinical access to enhance awareness, access and action for liver wellness and hepatitis C" (2026), 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]