Sarina Isenberg

 

Bruyère Research Institute

Principal Investigator: Advancing the Care Experience in PAlliative care patient Transitions from subacute to Home – Bruyere (ACEPATH-Bruyere): Co-designing an intervention to improve patient and family caregiver experiences (ECR2022-028)

Dr. Sarina Isenberg is the Chair in Mixed Methods Palliative Care Research at Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Isenberg’s mixed methods research focuses on examining access to palliative care for marginalized and non-cancer populations, and testing ways to improve access and quality of care. Dr. Isenberg has been a co-principal and a co-investigator on 41 research projects (totaling $12 million) supported by national and international grant funding agencies. She has published over 73 peer-reviewed publications (30 articles as first/last author). She completed her PhD in social and behavioural sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.