dr. Chi-Ling joanna sinn, phd scientist
Joanna Sinn is a Research Scientist with St. Joseph’s Centre for Integrated Care and part of the BDG scientific leadership team. Dr. Sinn is a health services epidemiologist and program evaluator specialising in integrated health systems research, implementation, and evaluation. She conducts collaborative community-based research employing mixed methods, participatory approaches, and broad engagement strategies across the knowledge-to-action cycle.
Dr. Sinn is passionate about community health priorities, especially those at the intersection of individual and community health as well as social, economic, and physical environments. Dr. Sinn’s current research focuses on home and community care and housing with supports. Her approach to research brings system partners together with system data to identify needs, develop new models of care, and evaluate meaningful outcomes. She also frequently draws upon quality improvement principles to translate research outputs into better processes, programs, and policies.
She has received national and provincial awards, including the CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award and CIHR Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, for her research in health services and policy.
Selected Publications
Strum RP, Drennan IR, Mowbray FI, Mondoux S, Worster A, Babe G, Costa AP. Increased demand for paramedic transports to the emergency department in Ontario, Canada: a population-level descriptive study from 2010 to 2019. CJEM. 2022 Nov;24(7):742-750. doi: 10.1007/s43678-022-00363-4.
Strum RP, Costa AP. Implementing machine learning in paramedicine. CMAJ. 2022 Jan 17;194(2):E54. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.80405.
Strum RP, Tavares W, Worster A, Griffith LE, Costa AP. Emergency department interventions that could be conducted in subacute care settings for patients with nonemergent conditions transported by paramedics: a modified Delphi study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Jan 11;10(1):E1-E7. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210148.
Strum RP, Mondoux S, Mowbray FI, Miller P, Worster A, Ferron R, Costa AP. Quantifying the escalating impact of paramedic transported emergency department visits for opioid-related conditions in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 8;18(9):e0291194. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291194.
Strum RP, Mowbray FI, Mondoux SE, Costa AP. Evaluating emergency department transfers from urgent care centres: insights for paramedic integration with subacute healthcare. BMJ Open Qual. 2023 Mar;12(1):e002160. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002160.
training and awards
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS-D) and Master’s (CGS-M)
McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) Scholarship in Aging Research
Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) Patient & Community Engagement in Primary Health Care Research Fellowship
Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student Leadership Award
Research keywords
integrated care, continuing care, home care, congregate settings, population health, health equity, patient & community engagement, quality improvement