Dr. Eva Grunfeld

Director, Knowledge Translation Research, Health Services Research Program

Eva Grunfeld

The focus of Dr. Eva Grunfeld’s research is the evaluation of access to, and quality of, cancer care across the cancer control continuum – from screening to end-of-life care.

The objective of her research is to understand the complex factors that may limit the application of research within the healthcare system and to find and test ways to overcome them. Her research goal is to accelerate the translation of research into practice so that it is implemented throughout the cancer control system to benefit the population. She is internationally recognized for her knowledge of cancer survivorship and on integration of cancer care.

Current affiliations

Director, Knowledge Translation Research, Health Services Research Program, Cancer Care Ontario and OICR
Giblon Professor and Vice Chair (Research) Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinician Scientist II, OICR
Chair, Institute Advisory Board, Institute for Cancer Research, Canadian Institute for Health Research
Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation;
Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Research interests

Knowledge translation
Cancer survivorship
Coordination and quality of cancer care
Pragmatic clinical trials
Integration of cancer care

Select publications

Krzyzanowska MK, Enright K, Moineddin R, …, Grunfeld E. Can Chemotherapy-Related Acute Care Visits Be Accurately Identified in Administrative Data? J Oncol Pract. 2018;14(1):e51-e58.
Grunfeld E. It takes a team: CanIMPACT: Canadian team to improve community-based cancer care along the continuum. Can Fam Physician. 2016; 62(10):781-782.
Rubin G, Berendsen A, Crawford SM, …, Grunfeld E, …, Zimmermann C. The expanding role of primary care in cancer control. Lancet Oncol. 2015; 16(12):1231-72.
Grunfeld E, Manca D, Moineddin R, …, Mamdani M. Improving chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: results of the BETTER pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2013; 14:175.
Grunfeld E, Julian J, Pond G, …, Levine MN. Evaluating survivorship care plans: results of a randomized clinical trial with breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29(36): 4755-62.

See Dr. Grunfeld’s recent publications on PubMed or on Google Scholar.

Awards

College of Family Physicians of Canada, Lifetime Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research, 2018
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Award for Research Mentorship, 2018
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Excellence In Leadership, 2018
Israel Cancer Research Fund, Scientific Honoree, 2014
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Gibon Professorship, 2008 (ongoing)
Dalhousie University, Cameron Chair, 2007-2008
Cancer Care Nova Scotia, Peggy Davison Cancer Research Scientist, 2004-2008
Dalhousie University, Senior Clinical Research Scholar, 2004-2008
Ontario Ministry of Health, Career Scientist (Provincial competition), 1995-2005

Previous experience

Director, Cancer Outcomes Research, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
Active Staff, Division of Medical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Professor and Senior Clinical Scholar, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa
Active Staff, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital
Fellow, National Cancer Institute of Canada, University of Oxford
D.Phil., Epidemiology, University of Oxford
MD, McMaster University, Hamilton

Opportunities to collaborate

Co-Principal Investigator of Building on Existing Tools to Improve Cancer and Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening in Primary Care for Wellness of Cancer Survivors and Patients: The BETTER WISE Project. Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions Cancer Prevention Research Opportunity. PI: Dr. Donna Manca
Principal Investigator of the Knowledge Translation Research Network: Implementation of Innovations at OICR
Principal Investigator of the Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum (CanIMPACT) with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Visit OICR’s Collaborative Research Resources directory for more opportunities to collaborate with OICR researchers.

Contact information

Julia Baxter
Program Coordinator
family.healthcare@utoronto.ca

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