Ronald Barr, McGill University

Research

Administrative Data Adolescent Cancers Childhood Cancers Covid-19 Health Care Delivery Survival Treatments

Latest papers

Shifting Priorities for the Survival of My Child: Managing Expenses, Increasing Debt, and Tapping Into Available Resources to Maintain the Financial Stability of the Family.
Cancer Nursing · 2020 · senior author
Incident Vertebral Fractures in Children With Leukemia During the Four Years Following Diagnosis
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) · 2015
A mixed method approach to describe the out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by families of children with cancer
Pediatric Blood and Cancer · 2013 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$143,721
Le développement des difficultés d'adaptation sociale au cours de l'enfance : études longitudinales et expérimentales concertées
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
The early determinants of socio-economic gradients in health status and the impact of quality child care
SSHRC · 2000 · Co-investigator
$337,500

All 4 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Shifting Priorities for the Survival of My Child: Managing Expenses, Increasing Debt, and Tapping Into Available Resources to Maintain the Financial Stability of the Family.

Tsimicalis A, Stevens B, Ungar WJ, Castro A, Greenberg M, Barr R

Cancer Nursing202018 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1097/ncc.0000000000000698

02

Incident Vertebral Fractures in Children With Leukemia During the Four Years Following Diagnosis

Cummings EA, Ma J, Fernandez CV, Halton J, Alos N, Miettunen PM, Jaremko JL, Ho J, Shenouda N, Matzinger MA

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)2015103 citations

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-2176

03

A mixed method approach to describe the out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by families of children with cancer

Tsimicalis A, Stevens B, Ungar WJ, McKeever P, Greenberg M, Agha M, Guerriere D, Naqvi A, Barr R

Pediatric Blood and Cancer201353 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24324

04

Results of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Protocol 95-01 for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Moghrabi A, Levy DE, Asselin B, Barr R, Clavell L, Hurwitz C, Samson Y, Schorin M, Dalton VK, Lipshultz SE

Blood2007369 citations

DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-06-027714

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Franco, Eduardo L; Barr, Ronald D

Keywords: Administrative Data; Adolescent Cancers; Childhood Cancers; Covid-19; Health Care Delivery; Survival; Treatments

$143,721

Le développement des difficultés d'adaptation sociale au cours de l'enfance : études longitudinales et expérimentales concertées

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Richard

Keywords: prévention; difficulté d'adaptation; développement de l'enfant; famille; pairs; école; étude longitudinale; étude expérimentale

$2,500,000

The early determinants of socio-economic gradients in health status and the impact of quality child care

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Society, Culture and the Health of Canadians II

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Richard

Keywords: childhood; health; daycare settings; socio-economic status; family

$337,500

Etude longitudinale et expérimentale du développement des enfants de la naissance à l'adolescence

Co-investigatorSSHRC1994Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Richard

Keywords: Prévention; difficultés d'adaptation; développement de l'enfant; famille; pairs; école; étude longitudinale; étude expérimentale

$286,006

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

Pediatrics
Pediatrics and Child Health
Oncology
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Other

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Josephine Ho

Pediatrics and Child Health

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Jinhui Ma

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Celia Rodd

Pediatrics and Child Health

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Josephine Ho

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Administrative Data Dear Professor Barr, 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 "Shifting Priorities for the Survival of My Child: Managing Expenses, Increasing Debt, and Tapping Into Available Resources to Maintain the Financial Stability of the Family." (2020), 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 "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents" (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]

Ronald Barr

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Shifting Priorities for the Survival of My Child: Managing Expenses, Increasing Debt, and Tapping Into Available Resources to Maintain the Financial Stability of the Family.

Incident Vertebral Fractures in Children With Leukemia During the Four Years Following Diagnosis

A mixed method approach to describe the out‐of‐pocket expenses incurred by families of children with cancer

Results of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Protocol 95-01 for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care and outcomes in children and adolescents

Le développement des difficultés d'adaptation sociale au cours de l'enfance : études longitudinales et expérimentales concertées

The early determinants of socio-economic gradients in health status and the impact of quality child care

Etude longitudinale et expérimentale du développement des enfants de la naissance à l'adolescence

Frequent collaborators

Ronald Duncan Barr

Argerie Tsimicalis

Argerie Tsimicalis

Josephine Ho

Aimee Castro

Frank Rauch

Jinhui Ma

Bonnie Stevens

Frank Rauch

Celia Rodd

Josephine Ho