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Bruyère Research Institute

Jason Nickerson

RRT, FCSRT, PhD, CHE

 

Investigator

Adjunct Professor, Common Law
University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics

Humanitarian Representative to Canada
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)


About:

Jason Nickerson, PhD is a respiratory therapist, an Investigator at Bruyère Research Institute, an Adjunct Professor in Common Law at the University of Ottawa's Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, and works as the Humanitarian Representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). His research interests are at the intersection of health systems, health policy, and health strategy related to humanitarian emergencies, public health crises, and the care of older adults and residents in long-term care.


Research Interests:

Public health, population health, long-term care, complex-continuing care, respiratory therapy, health policy.


Select Publications:

Beall RF, Glazer T, Ahmad H, Buell M, Houston AR, Kesselheim AS, Nickerson JW, Kaplan W. (2022). Postoperative outcomes for Nunavut Inuit at a Canadian quaternary care centre: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open.


Welch V, Mathew CM, Babelmorad P, Li Y, Ghogomu ET, Borg J, Conde M, Kristjansson E, Lyddiatt A, Marcus S, Nickerson JW, Pottie K, Rogers M, Sadana R, Saran A, Shea B, Sheehy L, Sveistrup H, Tanuseputro P, Thompson-Coon J, Walker P, Zhang W, Howe TE. (2021). Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults living at home: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews.


Bertram JR, Porath A, Seitz D, Kalant H, Krishnamoorthy A, Nickerson J, Sidhu A, Smith A. (2020). Canadian Guidelines on Cannabis Use Disorder Among Older Adults. Canadian Geriatrics Journal.


Kendzerska T, Nickerson JW, Hsu AT, Gershon AS, Talarico R, Mulpuru S, Pakhale S, Tanuseputro P. (2019). End-of-life care in individuals with respiratory diseases: a population study comparing the dying experience between those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.


Contact:

jason.nickerson@toronto.msf.org