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Dawn Stacey
Dawn Stacey RN, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN, CON(C)
Distinguished Professor
Vice-dean, Research, Faculty of Health Sciences

PhD Population Health, University of Ottawa
MSc Nursing, University of Ottawa
BSc Nursing, McMaster University

Room
LEE 513C


Biography

Professor Stacey holds the position of distinguished university professor. Previously, she held the University Research Chair in Knowledge Translation to Patients (2012–2024). A senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, she is also the co-scientific director of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group and member of the Centre for Implementation Research. She is internationally recognized for her expertise in decision and implementation sciences, focused on studying methods that increase research finding uptake to inform decisions affecting clinical practice, organizations and health policy.

Dawn Stacey’s research explores ways to help people make better health and health-care decisions. These decisions may have multiple options, uncertain outcomes and/or benefits and harms that people value differently.  She also explores ways to help health-care professionals better support patients making health-care decisions.


In recognition of her outstanding and continuous accomplishments in research, Professor Stacey is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and Canadian Academy of Nursing (FCAN).

  • Senior Scientist (2005–present): Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • Adjunct Professor in Shared Decision-Making (2020–present): Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark

Professor Stacey is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

Research interests

  • Patient decision aids
  • Decision coaching
  • Implementation of evidence into practice
  • Telephone-based care
  • Interprofessional approaches to shared decision making
  • Oncology nursing
  • Patient- and family-centred care

Research

Professor Stacey’s research uses co-production to develop, evaluate and implement interventions to enable patients and their families to be actively involved as partners in making health-care decisions. She leads interdisciplinary research teams to conduct original research with graduate students and knowledge users (e.g., patients, families, health-care professionals, policymakers). Her research is directly in line with the core objectives of Çï¿ûÊÓÆµâ€™s Transformation 2030 strategic plan.

The following websites disseminate her research activities:

Publications

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Key publications (*graduate students; †knowledge users)
  • Stacey D, Lewis KB, Smith M, Carley M, Volk RJ, Douglas EE, Pacheco-Brousseau L, Finderup J, Gunderson J, Barry M, Bennette CL, Bravo P, Dahl Steffensen K, Gogovor A, Graham ID, Kelly SE, Legare F, Sondergaard H, Thomson R, Trenaman L, Trevena L. . Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024.
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  • Stacey D, Ludwig C, Archambault P, Smith M, Taljaard M, Carley M, Plourde K, Boland L, Gogovor A, Graham I, Kobewka D, McLean RKD, Nelson MLA, Vanderspank-Wright B, Légaré F., (2023). . JMIR Public Health Surveill. Mar 21;9:e43652.
  • Stacey D, Carley M, Davis A, for the COSTaRS Research Group. (2023). . Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal; 33(2); 182-189.
  • Zhao J, Jull J, Finderup J, Smith M, Kienlin SM, Rahn, AC, Dunn S, Aoki Y, Brown L, Harvey G, Stacey D. (2022). . BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 22(1):265.
  • Légaré, F., Stacey, D., Forest, P.-G., Archambault, P., Boland, L., Coutu, M.-F., Giguère, A. M. C., LeBlanc, A., Lewis, K. B., & Witteman, H. O. (2022). . Zeitschrift Für Evidenz, Fortbildung Und Qualität Im Gesundheitswesen, 171, 22–29.
  • Stacey D, Volk RJ, for the IPDAS Evidence Update Leads. (2021). The International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) Collaboration: Evidence update 2.0. Medical Decision Making. 41(7), 1-5.
  • Jull J, Kopke S, †Smith M, Carley M, Finderup J, Rahn AC, Boland L, Dunn S, Dwyer AA, Kasper J, Kienlin SM, Légaré F, Lewis KB, †Lyddiatt A, Rutherford C, Zhao J, Rader T, Graham ID, Stacey D. . Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Nov 8; 11(11):CD013385. (†patient partners).
  • Stacey D, *Ludwig C, Archambault P, †Babulic K, Edwards N, †Lavoie J, Sinha S, O’Connor AM (2021) . Medical Decision Making. 41(2), 233-239.
  • Stacey D, Carley M, Newton J for the COSTaRS Research Group. (2020). Pan-Canadian Oncology Symptom Triage and Remote Support (COSTaRS) practice guides: What’s changed in version 2020. Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal. 30(4), 269-276. Guides de pratique de l’équipe pancanadienne de triage des symptômes et aide à distance en oncologie (COSTaRS) – Changements apportés à la version 2020. 30(4), 277-286.
  • Stacey D, Légaré F, Boland L, Lewis KB, Loiselle MC, Hoefel L, Garvelink M, O'Connor A. (2020). . Med Decis Making. Apr;40(3):379-398.
  • Hoefel L, O'Connor AM, Lewis KB, Boland L, Sikora L, Hu J, Stacey D. (2020). . Medical Decision Making, 40(5): 555-581.
  • Hoefel L, Lewis KB, O'Connor A, Stacey D. (2020). . Med Decis Making. May;40(4):522-539.
  • Boland L, Brosseau L, Caspar S, Graham ID, Hutchison AM, Kothari A, McNamara K, McInnes E, Angel M, Stacey D. (2020). . Implement Sci Commun. 2020 Mar 3;1:20.
  • Stacey D, Suwalska V, Boland L, Lewis KB, Presseau J, Thomson R. . Medical Decision Making. 2019 Oct;39(7):805-815.
  • Stacey D, Légaré F, *Lewis KB (2017). Patient decision aids to engage adults in treatment and screening decisions. JAMA; 318(7): 657-658.
  • Légaré, F., Stacey, D., Forest, P.-G., Coutu, M.-F., Archambault, P., Boland, L., Witteman, H. O., LeBlanc, A., Lewis, K. B., & Giguere, A. M. C. (2017). . Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes. 123-124:23-27.
  • Stacey D, Taljaard M, Dervin G, Tugwell P, O’Connor A, Pomey M-P, Boland L, Beach S, Meltzer D, Hawker G. (2016). . Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24(1), 99-107.
  • Stacey D, †Green E, †Ballantyne B, †Tarasuk J, †Skrutkowski M, Carley M, †Chapman K, Kuziemsky C, †Kolari E, Sabo B, †Saucier A, †Shaw T, †Tardif L, *Truant T, Cummings G, Howell D. (2016). . Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 13(6), 420-431.
  • Stacey D, Kryworuchko J, Belkora J, Davison BJ, Durand MA, Eden KB, Hoffman AS, Koerner M, Légaré F, Loiselle MC, Street RL. (2013) Coaching and guidance with patient decision aids: A review of theoretical and empirical evidence. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13(Suppl 2): S11.
  • Stacey D, Murray MA, Stacey D, Higuchi KS, Menard P, Davies B, Graham ID, O’Connor AM. (2009) Integrating patient decision support in an undergraduate nursing curriculum: An implementation study. International Journal Nursing Education Scholarship, 6(1), 1-18.