Karen Burns, Université de Montréal

Research

Acute Lung Injury Blood Transfusions Clinical Trials Critical Care Mechanical Ventilation Patient-Centred Quality Of Care Resuscitation

Latest funding

The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Understanding decision making in organ donation: a national study
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$669,375
The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000

All 3 grants and awards

The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Clinical Research Infrastructure Support for COVID-19

Principal investigators: Fowler, Robert A; Burns, Karen E; Choong, Karen; Cook, Deborah J; Gilfoyle, Elaine; Lamontagne, Francois; Marshall, John C; McIntyre, Lauralyn A; Meade, Maureen O; Muscedere, John; Seely, Andrew J; Sinuff, Tasnim; Turgeon, Alexis F

Keywords: Acute Lung Injury; Blood Transfusions; Clinical Trials; Critical Care; Mechanical Ventilation; Patient-Centred; Quality Of Care; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Traumatic Brain Injury

$150,000

Understanding decision making in organ donation: a national study

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chasse, Michael; Jordison, Kimberly D; Presseau, Justin

Keywords: Consent; Epidemiology; Organ Donation; Organ Transplantation

$669,375

The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Principal investigatorCIHR2014ICRH Community Development Program Grants - Critical Care Clinical Trials

Principal investigators: Hebert, Paul C; Burns, Karen E; Choong, Karen; Cook, Deborah J; Fowler, Robert A; Gilfoyle, Elaine; Lamontagne, Francois; Marshall, John C; McIntyre, Lauralyn A; Meade, Maureen O; Muscedere, John; Seely, Andrew J; Sinuff, Tasnim; Turgeon, Alexis F

Keywords: Acute Lung Injury; Blood Transfusions; Clinical Trials; Critical Care; Mechanical Ventilation; Patient-Centred; Quality Of Care; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Traumatic Brain Injury

$1,500,000

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: Acute Lung Injury Dear Professor Burns, 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]. Your research on acute lung injury 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 "The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group" (2020), 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]