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    QEII Foundation TRIC Grants

    QEII Foundation donors help advance health care for Atlantic Canadians.

QEII Foundation TRIC grants overcome the barriers to change by providing the resources needed to turn science and theory-based ideas into improved practice and clinical innovation.

Translating Research Into Care
Integrating research to achieve an improved healthcare system

QEII Foundation Translating Research Into Care (TRIC) grants are made possible through donors who believe in the power of research to advance health care.

A first of their kind to be funded in Canada, QEII Foundation TRIC grants combine the expertise of scientists and health administrators to create direct, positive changes in health care for Atlantic Canadians and their loved ones. This partnership offers the benefit of research constantly being evaluated against, and integrated into, improvements to the healthcare system.

These grants are awarded twice a year by a committee of physicians, nurses, healthcare administrators and patients. 

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These QEII Foundation TRIC grants were approved for funding in the Fall 2021 competition, for a total of $147,755 in funded research initiatives:


Co-designing a medical assistance in dying (MAID) support plan for patients, families, and informal supporters in Nova Scotia   |  Level one ($3,000)

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Dr. Ellen T. Crumley, Cheryl Tschupruk
  • Team: Dr. Gord Gubitz, Mr. John McCarthy, Ms. Nicole Phinney, Dr. Erika Leck, Erica Maynard, Ms. Rachel Giacomantonio, Ms. Jenny Hasselman


Seeing red: Towards improving recognition, documentation and outcome measurement of incontinence-associated dermatitis and intertrigo in the ICU  |  Level one ($3,000)

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Dr. Ann Gordon, Brian Gambin
  • Team: Ms. Tanya Tupper


The impact of nurse-led education through a post-discharge transitional liver care (TLC) clinic on self-efficacy and rates of hepatic decompensation  |  Level one ($3,000)

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Dr. Tasha Kulai, Kim Munroe
  • Team: Dr. Jennifer Jones, Ms. Sarah De Coutere


Health system visits and pain control for hip and knee arthroplasty patients  |  Level one ($2,966) 

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Dr. Glen Richardson, Randi Monroe
  • Team: Dr. Michael Dunbar, Ms. Emily Johnston, Ms. Starla Burns, Ms. Lynn Lethbridge


Optimization of workup pathways to improve patient experience at Cape Breton Cancer Centre: the timely access and patient support (taps) model  |  Level two ($30,000) 

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Dr. Abdulmajeed Dayyat, Dr. Helmut Hollenhorst
  • Team: Dr. Amanda Caissie, Dr. Kwamena Beecham, Dr. Ashraf Mahmoud-Ahmed


The integration of a community paramedicine service with a multidisciplinary rapid assessment team (RAT) to support emergency department discharge of older adults with frailty: a prospective implementation study  |  Level three ($58,658)

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Judah Goldstein, Lisa MacDonald, Mr. Kendall Murphy 
  • Team: Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Ms. Karen Nicholls, Dr. Olga Theou, Dr. Judith Godin, Dr. Alix Carter, Ms. Michelle Harrison, Ms. Michelle Depodesta, Mr. Charbel Daniel, Ms. Erin McNeil, Dr. Samuel Searle, Bethany Stewart, Dr. Osama Loubani, Dr. Samuel Campbell, Ms. Francine Butts, Mr. Tyler MacCuspic


A feasibility study examining the implementation of a brief, group-based intervention for eating disorders in Nova Scotia  |  Level three ($47,131)

  • Scientific and administrative principal investigators: Aaron Keshen, Neal Henderson
  • Team: Emilie Lacroix, Sara Bartel, Dr. Susan Gamberg, Laura Dixon, Victoria Taylor, Sarrah Ali, Victoria Brown, Jessica Wournell, Glenn Waller