Dr. Dave Barber is co-investigator on a $1M project that will help frail and elderly patients diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. The project team will design and implement an imaging technology that will evaluate the presence of bleeding on or in the brain of patients awaiting CT imaging. 

Dr. Susan Phillips has received two CIHR grants to support her work in gender studies. 

GENDER-NET Plus, Gender, and UN Sustainable Development Goals (CIHR, European Union, Swedish Research Council): Evolving Gender Differences in Health & Care Across Cohorts. Principal Investigator. 745,950 Euro; March 2019 to March 2022 

Queen’s Family Medicine-Emergency Medicine (FM-EM) has partnered with Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH) in a training program that comes with a two-year return of service contract.  

Dr. Susan Phillips, Director of Research for the department and the Centre for Studies in Primary Care, has received a College of Family Physicians of Canada Lifetime Achievement in Family Medicine Research Award. 

This award honours trailblazers and leaders who have made a significant contribution to family medicine research during their active careers. It publicly recognizes their work and the discipline of family medicine. 

A program designed to support aging well at home, co-led by Dr. Catherine Donnelly, occupational therapist at Queen’s Family Health Team’s Belleville site, has received more than $1M in provincial funding to expand.  

Queen’s Family Medicine is pleased to announce Dr. Sarah Funnell as Indigenous Health Director.   

Working with Indigenous health leads at each of the program’s four sites, Dr. Funnell will advance the department’s program-wide core curriculum in Indigenous health. She will also provide consultation regarding recruitment, admission, and support of Indigenous residents.