Email: Deborah.Kopansky@unityhealth.to dkgiles@cmcc.ca
CMCC Phone #: 647-805-2022
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Dr. Deborah Kopansky-Giles, BPHE, DC, FCCS, FICC, MSc, is a Professor at CMCC, Department of Research and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
She is actively engaged in collaborative, primary care health service delivery research (locally and internationally) with a focused area related to integrative models of health care, competency-based education, and interprofessional education. Deborah sits on the Research Committee of World Spine Care and the secretariat of the Global Spine Care Initiative.
She is an Executive Committee member of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health International Coordinating Council, sits on the WHO Health Workforce Education Hub and is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Toronto. She has been actively involved in WHO work on Integrated, People-Centred Care, Healthy Ageing and Global Health Workforce programs over the past 15 years.
For 20 years, Deborah has been on staff at the Unity Health Toronto (St. Michael’s Hospital) in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. She has been a board member for the OCA, the CCA and represented Canada as a WFC Executive Council member for 15 years.
Research evidence use in the multi-disciplinary, multi-sector setting of motor vehicle collision injury claims
A scoping review of the factors influencing the use of research evidence in chiropractic
Assessing research culture and capacity amongst faculty at a North American chiropractic institution: An explanatory mixed methods study
Symptom change, including adverse events, following chiropractic care during pregnancy: an observational study
Self-reported levels of anxiety, confidence and competence of chiropractic students during simulation-based education: a retrospective review
Memorial University (Diana De Carvalho)
University of British Columbia (Christie Newton, Robert Patrella)
University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres (Andre Bussieres)
Curtain University (Andrew Briggs)
University of Sydney (Lyn March, Marita Cross)
University of Adelaide (Mellick Chehade)
Truro University (Anthony Woolf)
Teesside University (Daniel Moore, Faye Deane)
Unity Health Toronto (St. Michaels’ Hospital)
Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health
World Spine Care (Scott Haldeman, Jean Moss et al)
Newfoundland & Labrador Chiropractic Association (Darrell Wade)
British Columbia Chiropractic Association (Liza Kallstrom, Moe Baloo, Kyle Stunden)
Pierre Côté, Ontario Tech University
Jessica J. Wong, Ontario Tech University
Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Silvano A. Mior, Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
Chao Ren, Hong Kong University
Agency/Organization: Employment & Social Development Canada, Canadian Chiropractic Association, British Columbia Chiropractic Association Title: All hands-on deck! Enhancing comprehensive primary care by integrating musculoskeletal care on interprofessional teams – supporting education, competency attainment and optimizing integration Role: Primary Investigator
Agency/Organization: Employment & Social Development Canada, St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation Title: Transforming support for isolated older adults through social prescribing within team-based primary care in Toronto, Ontario Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Agency/Organization:Healthcare Excellence Canada Title: Strengthening primary care: Implementation and Evaluation Plan Review Role: Co-Investigator
Agency/Organization: University of Toronto, AoP Grant Title: Design, development and advancement of a community of practice for Health Professional Educators: Exploring an innovative approach to supporting HPEs in family medicine at the University of Toronto Role: Co-Primary Investigator
Agency/Organization: St. Michael’s Hospital DFCM Research Fund Title: Perspectives of learners and facilitators on in-person versus virtual inter-professional education (IPE) learning: A mixed methods study Role: Co-Primary Investigator
