Associate Professor

Sheila Dunn

DFCM

MD,MSc

Location
Women's College Hospital
Address
Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville St, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1B6
Research Interests
Health Service Delivery, Family Planning and Abortion, Cancer Care, Disadvantaged Populations
Accepting
CREMS Students, Graduate Students, Summer Students

DFCM Associate Professor and Clinician Investigator
Research Director, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Women's College Hospital
Scientist, Women's College Research Institute

Cross appointment: Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Degrees and Certification: BSc, MD, MSc (Clinical Epidemiology), University of Toronto;  CCFP (EM), FCFP

Clinical and programmatic work has included emergency medicine (1982-2000), Medical Director of Women's College Sexual Assault Care Centre (1984-94), Medical Director of the Bay Centre for Birth Control, Women's College Hospital (1993-2006) and staff physician Women's College Family Practice Health Centre (current).

Research Synopsis

Dr. Dunn's research focus is women's reproductive health, specifically emergency contraception, contraception and medical abortion, and cancer screening for vulnerable populations, particularly issues related to access to care and study of innovative models of care to enhance access and quality.

Honours and Awards

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2016 Professional Development Award for Mentorship, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Professional Development Award for Mentorship.

2011 Best Oral Abstract, Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Annual Clinical Meeting.

2010 Dr. Elizabeth Anne Beattie Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Pre-clerkship Curriculum, Dept of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. 

2005 Academic Family Physician of the Year, Dept of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto. 

2004 May Cohen Award for Gender Equity, Association of Medical Colleges of Canada. 

2002 Marion Powell Award, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre and Organon Canada. For leadership, commitment and dedication to the advocacy of women’s health over the duration of her or his career.

Grants

2016 - 2018 Norman W, Kendall T. Collaborator(s): Blake J, Bryan S, Dunn S, Guilbert E, Munro S, Stroulia E, Brant R, Christilaw J, Emberley P, Kaczorowski J, Renner R, Teng F, Brooks M, Costescu D, Foster A, Meuser J, Soon J, Waddington A.  Mifepristone implementation in Canada (The CART-Mife Study). Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Partnerships for Health System Improvement: $160,000 CAD 

2013 - 2017 Norman, WV. Collaborator(s): Cristilaw JE, Bryan S, Geber J, Kendall P, Brant RF, Dunn SF, Kaczorowski JA, Ogilivie GS, Shechter S, Shoveller JA.   Contraception Cost-effectiveness Modeling (CART-CCM). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Partnership for Health System Improvement: $587,864 CAD.

2015 Aug - 2015 Dec Norman W. Collaborator(s): Costescu D, Dunn S, Foster A, Janssen P, Kaczorowski J, Kendall T, Mason R, Renner R, Samiedaluie S, Waddington A.  Planning for the CONNECT study: Integrating family planning into community services for women experiencing IPV. Society of Family Planning. 2015 Interdisciplinary Innovation Grants: . 25,000 USD. 

2015 Apr - 2016 Apr Dunn S, Kapralos B, McCarthy L, Chan A, Feuerstein E, Agarwal P, Bhattacharyya O, Bhatia S. Development and Pilot evaluation of a interactive mobile App. M-app to support decision making in Emergency contraception. Academic Health Sciences Centre. Academic Funding Plan Innovations Fund: . 13,850.28 CAD. 

2014 Apr - 2015 Apr Dunn S, Feuerstein E, Gyles A, Britton E, Brandes S, McCarthy L. Post-coital IUDs for Emergency Contraception: A Program to Increase Utilization. Academic Health Sciences Centre. Academic Funding Plan Innovations Fund: 20,292.26 CAD.

2014 Apr - 2015 Apr Ivers N, Hawker G, Dunn S, Gakhal N. Audit and feedback of patient reported outcomes to improve care for osteoarthritis. Women’s College Hospital (Toronto, ON). Academic Health Sciences Centre. Academic Funding Plan Innovations Fund: . 20,292 CAD

2013 Oct - 2014 Oct Dunn S, Ahmad F, Burns R, Cleverly S, Ferguson L, Ginsburg O, Lofters A, Moravac M, Nuttall R, Wyatt M. Towards Equity in Cancer Screening: Multicultural Tools and Strategies for Improving Breast and Cervical Screening Among Canadian Newcomers. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Population and Public Health; Gender and Health: 25,000 CAD.

2013 Aug - 2015 Jul Lofters A, Lobb R, Grunfeld E, Dunn S, Tinmouth J.  Investigating quality improvement change cycling strategies to increase provider use of evidence-based interventions for cancer screening: an exploratory study. Canadian Cancer Society: 99,834 CAD. 

2013 Apr - 2015 Sep McCarthy, L, Dunn S, Gruneir A, Moineddin R, Rochon P, Whitehead C.Co-Investigator. Furthering the Foundations for a New System of Care for Vulnerable Older Adults: A Primary Care Team-Based Approach. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR):  95,123 CAD. 

2013 Apr - 2014 Mar Dunn S, Feuerstein E, Gyles A, Britton E, Brandes S, McCarthy L. Post-coital IUDs for Emergency Contraception: A Program to Increase Utilization. Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Academic Health Sciences Centre. Academic Funding Plan Innovations: 17,662 CAD. 

2012 Oct - 2013 Sep Dunn S, Guilbert E, Geber J, Manson H, Scott-Parker J, Ferris A Norman W, Shoveller J. Defining National Sexual and Reproductive Health Indicators. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Planning Grant: 25,000 CAD.

2012 Jul - 2013 Jun Whitehead C, Bourgeois N, McCarthy L, Dunn S, Rochon P, O’Brien T, Fernandez L, Novak M.  Foundations for a Primary Care Patient-Centered Model for Vulnerable Older Adults. Academic Funding Plan Innovations Fund: . 30,000 CAD. [Grants]

2012 Jun Co-Investigator. VICToRS: Virtual Interprofessional Case-learning Tools for improving Real. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). PI: Norman, W. 25,000 CAD. [Grants] Planning to develop the research program VICToRS.

2012 Apr - 2013 Mar Dunn S, Feuerstein E, Copes D, McCandless D, Morgan R, Gyles A Moineddin R. Development and Evaluation Of Remote Follow-up after Medical Abortion Using Telephone and Serum Pregnancy Testing. Academic Health Sciences Centre. Academic Funding Plan Innovations Fund: 30,000 CAD.

2011 Jul - 2014 Jun McPherson H, O’Neill J, Dunn S, Glazier R, Blacker S. Engaging Marginalized Women in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening. Cancer Care Ontario: 591,164 CAD