Assistant Professor

Karen Fleming

DFCM

MD, MSc

Location
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Address
2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada ON M4N 3M5
Research Interests
Chronic Diseases, Education Research, Health Promotion, Women's Health, Mixed Methods
Accepting
CREMS Students, Summer Students, Volunteers

Dr. Karen Fleming is an assistant professor with the department of family and community medicine at the University of Toronto. She is also the chief for department of family and community medicine at Sunnybrook. Her portfolio also includes the education scholarship lead and the director of mentorship and continuing professional development for the division of family medicine obstetrics at Sunnybrook.

Dr. Fleming established the Women and Babies 4P Maternal Health Clinic in 2014 for women whose pregnancies were complicated by gestational hypertension or preeclampsia. The clinic provides inter-professional education and counselling to improve women’s future health.

Research Synopsis

Dr. Fleming's research interests include:

  • chronic disease prevention for women
  • exercise in pregnancy for sedentary women and elite athletes
  • pregnancy complications as predictors of women's future health
  • exercise as medicine across the lifespan to improve health for not one, but two, generations

Honours and Awards

2019 Excellence in Education: “Educating Beyond Sunnybrook Award”, Annual Sunnybrook Education Advisory Council (SEAC). Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. 

2018 Excellence in Creative Professional Activity-Fully Affiliated, DFCM Awards of Excellence, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto 

2018 Role Modeling Clinical Excellence, Faculty Development Awards, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto 

2008 Mentorship Award, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto 

2004 Excellence in Course/Program Development and Coordination, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Grants

2019 Using Whiteboard Videos to Raise Awareness of Hypertension in Pregnancy: Design and user testing of a patient education resource. Funding Source: Sunnybrook Education Advisory Council (SEAC) and the Education Research Unit (ERU). (PI). $10,000.00 

2018-2019 Developing an Effective Maternity Care eModule for Family Medicine Residents. Funding Source: Sunnybrook Education Advisory Council and Education Research Unit – Education Research & Scholarship Grant. (PI). $9,900. 

2017-2019 Developing an effective maternity care eModule for Family Medicine Residents. Funding Source: Art of the Possible grant. (Co-PI). $5,000.