Grant Awards
Since 2006, CIORA has funded 122 projects and provided over $9 million in research funding.
2024 CIORA Grant Award Recipients Announced!
Over $200,000 granted to support research projects related to rheumatic diseases.
The Canadian Rheumatology Association Foundation (CRAF) is pleased to announce that its research granting division, the Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology cAre (CIORA), will be funding 1 two-year grant, 1 one-year grant and 1 community grant for a total of $221,318 to projects that will enhance access and innovation for rheumatology care. View Full Release.
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| Year | Title | Principal Investigator | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | A pragmatic trial to compare differences in retention in first-line advanced therapy in RA: A comparison between TNF inhibitors (TNFi) and JAK inhibitors (JAKi) | Pope, J. | $120,000 |
| 2024 | Early detection of psoriatic arthritis: Implementing an interdisciplinary triage clinic | Chow, N. Chandran, V, Gladman, D. |
$54,628 |
| 2024 | Comorbidity Management in Rheumatic Disease: Assessing a Potential Care Gap in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis | Lue, S. Yeung, Y. Schulz, C. |
$46,690 |
| 2023 | Multicriteria decision analysis with 1000Minds for developing scleroderma renal crisis classification criteria | Hudson, M. Johnson, S. Denton, C. |
$58,815 |
| 2023 | Peripartum outcomes of women with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus | Keeling, S. | $72,750 |
| 2023 | Early Adalimumab Induction for Treatment of Steroid-Dependent Checkpoint Inhibitor Associated Inflammatory Arthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial | Jamal, S. Appleton, T. |
$116,400 |
| 2023 | Collaborative, participatory co-production of a clinical dashboard for patients with inflammatory arthritis to enhance patient-centred care and shared decision-making | Mosher, D. | $116,400 |
| 2023 | Identifying Facilitators of and Barriers to Digital Health Literacy in Pediatric Rheumatic Disease Patients and Their Families | Rosenberg, A. | $56,677 |
| 2022 |
Personalized therapy in lupus pregnancies
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Vinet, E. | $114,000 |
| 2022 |
Assessing the timeliness of referrals in rheumatology for chronic inflammatory arthritis from a centralized referral system
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Beausejour, M. Boire, G. Feldman, D. |
$111,074 |
| 2022 | Digital FDG PET/CT versus temporal artery biopsy and ultrasound for first-line diagnostic imaging of giant cell arteritis | Abikhzer, G. | $109,326 |
| 2022 |
Development and pilot of a shared-care model for rheumatoid arthritis leveraging an “on-demand” follow-up strategy
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Barber, C. | $109,796 |
| 2022 | Reducing Urgent Care Wait Times in Community Rheumatology: A Quality Improvement Project | Gottheil, S. | $41,430 |
| 2021 | Supporting Equitable Outcomes in Diverse Populations with Rheumatoid Arthritis Through Appropriate Guideline Implementation, Practice and Policy Approaches | Barnabe, C. | $99,796 |
| 2021 |
Going beyond pain: Expansion of the JIA Option Map to support young people and their families to manage juvenile idiopathic arthritis in their daily lives
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Toupin April, K. Stringer, E. |
$119,865 |
| 2021 |
A Community-based Adaptation of the Small Changes Behavioural Weight Loss Treatment Approach for Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with Comorbid Obesity
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Teo, M. | $57,795 |
| 2021 | The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Access to Rheumatology Services and Treatment – A Population-Based Approach | Widdifield, J. | $115,000 |
| 2021 |
Biosimilars of Rituximab in ANCA-associated Vasculitis compared to the Originator (BRAVO): a CanVasc multi-centre study
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Mendel, A. Barra, L. Pagnoux, C. |
$119,792 |
| 2021 |
Adapting and Evaluating an Evidence-Based Online Behavioural Intervention to Manage Insomnia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Da Costa, D. | $118,903 |
| 2020 |
Improving the care of cancer patients receiving immunotherapy who develop rheumatic immune-related complications, and those with pre-existing rheumatic disease, through online education with health care providers: An Initiative of CanRIO (Canadian Research Group of Rheumatology in Immuno-Oncology)
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Roberts, J.H. Ye, C. |
$77,148 |
| 2020 |
Health Economic Evaluation of the Mandatory Switching Policy for Biosimilars in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Bansback, N. | $96,984 |
| 2020 | Measuring Quality of Heart Failure Care in Inflammatory Arthritis – Are We Making the Mark? | Kuriya, B. Eder, L. |
$104,000 |
| 2020 |
Safety and effectiveness of biosimilar anti-TNF agents in British Columbia – Exploiting a natural experiment from a change in health policy
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Lacaille, D. | $114,000 |
| 2020 |
Work disability and function in systematic lupus erythematosus: a national mixed-methods sequential explanatory study
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Nowrouzi-Kia, B. Touma, Z |
$117,098 |
| 2019 | Making medication decisions for family planning and pregnancy among women with rheumatoid arthritis (MOTHERS) | De Vera, M. | $58,238 |
| 2019 |
Optimizing early treatment strategies in early RA through shared decision-making
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Barber, C. Hazlewood, G. |
$119,700 |
| 2019 |
Promoting engagement in physical activity among adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Development of a social network-based intervention
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Cavallo, S. Stinson, J. Duffy, C. |
$70,000 |
| 2019 | Perspectives on the implementation of a multidisciplinary conference fee code for community-based patients with rheumatic disease in BC (RHEUM-NURSE) | Harrison, M. | $66,665 |
| 2019 | Keeping Stable Inflammatory Arthritis Patients in their Communities with the Advanced Clinician Practitioner in Arthritis Care (ACPAC) | Bell, M. | $107,675 |
| 2019 |
Physical activity in axial spondyloarthritis: development and implementation of an evidence-based health technology approach to improve adherence to recommended guidelines
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Passalent, L. | $71,240 |
| 2018 | Power to the Patients: Reshaping Knee Osteoarthritis Diagnosis and Secondary Prevention with E-Health | Li, L. Esdaile, J. |
$115,000 |
| 2018 | Proof of concept study of an EMR reminder intervention to optimize the primary and secondary prevention of comorbidities in people with inflammatory arthritis | Avina-Zubieta, A. | $95,000 |
| 2018 | Raising Awareness of the Burden of Giant Cell Arteritis: Occurrence, healthcare use, costs and health outcomes | Widdifield, J. Barra, L. |
$115,000 |
| 2018 | An initiative to address Indigenous patient and community educational needs in rheumatic diseases | Loyola Sanchez, A. Barnabe, C. |
$115,000 |
| 2018 | MyArthritisGuide for rheumatoid arthritis will improve patient’s activation towards self-care | Fortin, P. | $115,000 |
| 2018 | The iParent2Parent Program: Peer Mentoring for Parents of Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | Ahola Kohut, S. | $115,000 |
| 2017 | Aspirin patterns of use and adherence for prevention of preeclampsia in SLE pregnancies | Vinet, E. | $83,000 |
| 2017 | Raising Awareness of the Under-Recognized Burden of Psoriatic Disease | Eder, L. Tu, K. |
$119,024 |
| 2017 | The Scleroderma Support group Leader Education (SSLED) Program Feasibility Trial: A Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network (SPIN) Project | Thombs, B. Hudson, M. |
$75,000 |
| 2017 | Bringing Patients and Therapies Together Sooner: Building Clinical Trial Capacity in Myositis to Facilitate Early Access to Treatments and Improved Outcomes | Hudson, M. | $119,300 |
| 2017 | Referral to rheumatologists by physiotherapists to enhance access to care: ability and acceptability | Feldman, D. Bernatsky, S. Woodhouse,L. |
$117,160 |
| 2017 | Self-assessment Triage in Inflammatory Arthritis: A Pilot Study | Bell, M. Koehler, B. |
$70,000 |
| 2017 | A multi-disciplinary, community-based group intervention for fibromyalgia: A pilot randomized controlled trial | Teo, M. Oelke, N. |
$91,231 |
| 2017 | Pilot study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that still screen depressed using the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) questionnaire, despite adequate control of systemic and joint inflammation | Boire, G. Dobkin, P. Gaboury, I. |
$75,000 |
| 2016 | Incorporating Patients’ Preferences into Canadian Rheumatology Association Treatment Recommendations for Rheumatoid Arthritis | Hazlewood, G. | $46,970 |
| 2016 | Needs and barriers to pregnancy counseling in women with rheumatoid arthritis | Vinet, E. | $68,600 |
| 2016 | Hip fracture In patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: incidence, complications and health services used (HIRA Study) | Jones, A. Lacaille, D. |
$54,872 |
| 2016 | Strategies to enhance Influenza/Pneumococcal vaccination coverage among rheumatoid arthritis patients | Colmegna, I. Lavoie, K. |
$119,000 |
| 2016 | Understanding the Barriers to Self-Management Support for Underserved Populations Living with Arthritis and Co-morbidities and Developing Patient-derived Tools for Healthcare Policy and Practice | Lacaille, D. | $116,858 |
| 2016 | Quality of referrals to pediatric rheumatology in Northern Alberta and its effects on access to care. | Chan, M. | $12,769 |
| 2016 | Measuring geographic variation in access to care for rheumatoid arthritis patients and related outcomes: A patient-centered approach | Marshall, D. Barber, C. |
$117,846 |
| 2016 | Assessing the Provision, Patterns, and Costs of Waiting for Rheumatology Care: A step towards Optimizing the Care of Rheumatic Diseases | Kuriya, B. Bernatsky, S. Widdifield, J. |
$120,000 |
| 2015 | Improving the Care of Patients with Systemic Vasculitis through the Development of Management Recommendations and Educational Materials: A Canadian Vasculitis | Pagnoux, C. | $89,170 |
| 2015 | Supporting Patient care with Electronic Resource (SuPER): Efficacy of an online decision aid for patients considering biologic therapy for rheumatoid arthritis | Li, L. Lacaille, D |
$51,130 |
| 2015 | The Economic Challenges of SLE: Measuring and Mitigating the Impact | Clarke, A. | $111,800 |
| 2015 | Translating Research into Practice: Identifying Factors that Influence the Uptake of Canadian Research Findings into the Clinical Care of Children with Arthritis | Stringer, E. | $74,990 |
| 2015 | Understanding the Effects of Creating and Viewing Art and Digital Stories with Pediatric Rheumatology Patients, Healthcare Teams and in Educating the Community | Miettunen, P | $52,841 |
| 2015 | Do persons with rheumatic diseases have timely access to chronic pain services? | Perreault, K. | $68,540 |
| 2015 | Preventing rheumatoid arthritis (Pre-RA): perspectives of people at risk and of rheumatologists on selected interventions | Harrison, M. Hudson, M. |
$82,933 |
| 2015 | Testing of System-Level Performance Measures for Inflammatory Arthritis | Barber, C. | $110,000 |
| 2015 | Pharmacist-led CVD Intervention for Inflammatory Arthritis Patients | Marra, C. | $99,627 |
| 2014 | Development and usability testing of a personalized risk communication tool to facilitate the shared decision of methotrexate treatment options in early rheumatoid arthritis | Hazlewood, G. | $23,195 |
| 2014 | Improving patient outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis may require a deeper understanding of medication adherence | Bell, M. | $74,486 |
| 2014 | INflammatory arthritis patients’ perspectives, priorities, and opinions on interventions FOR MEDication adherence (INFORMED) | De Vera, M. | $61,578 |
| 2014 | Massage Therapy for children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis experiencing pain: a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | Campillo, S, | $37,062 |
| 2014 | Measuring the impact of an Innovative Educational Intervention in Inflammatory Arthritis: a natural evolution of the CHU de Québec’s multidisciplinary information session | Michou, L. | $78,700 |
| 2014 | Predicting disease course in children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis | Guzman, J | $65,053 |
| 2014 | Adult axial spondyloarthritis screening and referral practices amongst primary care physicians, physiotherapists and chiropractors working in community practice in the province of Ontario | Passalent, L. | $33,892 |
| 2014 | Addressing rural and remote access disparities for patients with inflammatory arthritis through telehealth/videoconferencing and innovative inter-professional care models | Taylor-Gjevre, R. | $120,000 |
| 2014 | Case Managers to Improve the Management of Inflammatory Arthritis and Associated Comorbidities with First Nations Communities: A Proof of Concept Study | Lacaille. D Barnabe, C. |
$120,000 |
| 2014 | Collaborative Care Model Involving eHealth to Improve Treatment Adherence and Health Outcomes of Patients with Gout | De Vera, M. | $119,108 |
| 2014 | Moving on: Perspectives of young people with arthritis, their caregivers, and health care providers on transition | Luca, N. | $74,953 |
| 2012 | Does early, aggressive, and persistent use of DMARD therapy reduce downstream healthcare care costs attributable to RA: an instrumental variable approach using observational administrative data | Bansback, N. | $72,944 |
| 2012 | Identifying and Addressing Real and Perceived Barriers to Therapeutic Education Programs to Inform New Models of Care | Thorne, C. Bain, L. Beattie, K. |
$57,900 |
| 2012 | Increasing access to inflammatory arthritis education in rural communities in Ontario using telemedicine | Kennedy, C. Shupak, R. |
$68,827 |
| 2012 | Inflammatory Arthritis and Psoriasis – Developing a Co-management Strategy | Chandran, V. | $120,000 |
| 2012 | ‘Training the Rheumatologists of Tomorrow: A Qualitative Case Study’ | Cividino, A. | $75,000 |
| 2012 | Optimizing the Coordination of Care between Rheumatologists and Primary Care Physicians for patients with Inflammatory Arthritis | Bombardier, C. Tu, K |
$120,000 |
| 2012 | Disease Trajectory in First Nations with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Impact of Delayed and Disrupted Treatment on Outcomes | Peschken, C. | $74,158 |
| 2012 | The Early Arthritis Screening & Treatment (EAST) program for Eastern Quebec | Fortin, P. | $120,000 |
| 2011 | Access and utilization of health care for rheumatoid arthritis in Aboriginal people of Alberta | Jones, C.A. | $58,513 |
| 2011 | Birth outcomes in women who had juvenile idiopathic arthritis | Feldman, D. | $60,000 |
| 2011 | Capacity building for knowledge exchange in rheumatoid arthritis detection and prevention studies at First Nations communities | El-Gabalawy, H. | $60,000 |
| 2011 | Development and Pilot Testing of a Patient Passport for Rheumatoid Arthritis | Lacaille, D. | $59,839 |
| 2011 | The development, implementation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary patient education program for ankylosing spondyltis and related axial spondyloarthritis | Passalent, L. Kang, R. | $56,487 |
| 2011 | What matters the most for parents, patients and clinicians in predicting the course of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis? | Guzman, J. | $55,166 |
| 2011 | Physician’s Tool to Evaluate Joint and Bone Complaints. | Bell, M. | $47,808 |
| 2011 | ‘The Window of Opportunity’: Seizing the Opportunity for Positive Lifestyle Modifications in Early Inflammatory Arthritis | Barnabe, C. | $48,716 |
| 2010 | A Randomized Trial of Physician Education and Feedback from Practice Audits in Seronegative Arthritis to Close the Care Gap | Pope. J. | $40,000 |
| 2010 | Development of Thermography as a Tool to Assist in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Arthritis | Yacyshyn, E | $21,000 |
| 2010 | From Prediction to Proof: Using Linked Data to Observe Reductions in RA Costs Following Expansion of Biologic Therapies | Anis, A. | $57,312 |
| 2010 | Health Literacy in Rheumatology | Thompson, A. | $50,000 |
| 2010 | Improving Medication Access for First Nations with inflammatory Arthritis | Peschken, C. | $38,003 |
| 2010 | Rheumatology Care Partnerships | Bernatsky, S. | $30,000 |
| 2010 | Supporting “effective consumers” : Using a decision aid to improve patients’ decisions about methotrexate use for rheumatoid arthritis | Li, L. | $39,971 |
| 2010 | Work Instability in a Large Multicentre Cohort of Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis | Rohekar, S. | $25,000 |
| 2010 | Detecting Inflammatory Arthritis in a First Nations Community | Barnabe, C. | $40,490 |
| 2010 | Evaluating Cardiac Risk in Patients with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis | Keeling, S. | $37,850 |
| 2010 | Programme de reconnaissance et acheminement rapide de patients avec arthrite (PRADA) | Masetto, A. | $39,000 |
| 2010 | Peer to Peer Mentoring For Individuals with Early Inflammatory Arthritis: An Effective Study (Pilot RCT) | Bell, M. | $46,506 |
| 2009 | Barriers to Paediatric Rheumatology Subspecialty Care in British Columbia | Shiff, N | $48,600 |
| 2009 | Determinants of involvement in active physical and other leisure activities in children and youth with juvenile idiopathic arthritis? | Feldman, D Cavallo, S | $60,000 |
| 2009 | Early Detection of Axial Spondyloarthritis: An interdisciplinary approach | Passalent, L Hawke, C | $51,171 |
| 2009 | Facilitating Patient Utilization of Multidisciplinary Care in Inflammatory Arthritis | Pope, J | $17,946 |
| 2009 | Field validation of an early inflammatory arthritis detection tool | Marra, C | $57,341 |
| 2009 | System Level Evaluation of the ACPAC Program Graduates: Determining Collaborative Practice Behaviour Following the Introduction of an APP in Arthritis Care Across Diverse Clinical Settings in Ontario | Lundon, K | $49,898 |
| 2009 | The Launch of the Interprofessional TAP Training Program | Bain, L | $59,800 |
| 2008 | Creation of a validated web-based curriculum in rheumatology: improving education of our allied health practitioners | Thompson, A. | $75,000 |
| 2008 | Does an interactive on-line learning program, involving simulation, improve medical residents’ knowledge and skill to manage patients with inflammatory arthritis? | Wadey, V. | $50,600 |
| 2008 | The Sensitivity of the GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) Examination for Detecting Inflammatory Arthritis in Primary Care | Beattie, K. | $50,705 |
| 2008 | A randomized controlled trial comparing the effect of peripheral magnetic resonance imaging, radiography and standard of care on pharmacotherapeutic escalation in early inflammatory arthritis | Adachi, J. | $74,420 |
| 2008 | Field validation of an early inflammatory arthritis detection tool | Bell, M. | $75,000 |
| 2008 | Time to get an appointment to a rheumatologist and for rehabilitation services: is rheumatoid arthritis prioritized? | Feldman, D. | $60,316 |
| 2008 | The Development of The Arthritis Program-Training Program | Joshi, R. | $75,000 |
| 2006 | Development of an Instructional Video to Teach an Age Specific Screening Musculoskeletal Examination for Health Professionals | Cividino, A. | $31,342 |
| 2006 | Moving from Discourse to Action: Using Innovative Knowledge to Improve Care in RA | Bernatsky, S. | $41,973 |
| 2006 | Comprehensive Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis | Pope, J. | $49,000 |
| 2006 | Canadian Arthritis Referral Study | Thompson, A. | $37,500 |
| 2006 | How Long Does it Take to be seen by a Canadian Rheumatologist? | McKendry, R. | $27,900 |
| 2006 | Implementation of an Early Intervention and Self-Management Program for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients | Joshi, R. | $20,310 |
| 2006 | A Multi-Disciplinary Based Community Assessment Clinic for Early Rheumatoid Arthritis | Kagal, A. | $50,000 |
| 2006 | Multi-Disciplinary Arthritis Centre in St. John’s | Khraishi, M. | $57,600 |