Research Grants & Publications
Grants
1. Mackie A (NPA), Abrahamayan L, Kaul P, Anthony SJ, Killackey T, Blissett S, Siu S, Schwerzmann M, Tam J. Optimizing Care Transitions Across the Lifespan in Congenital Heart Disease. Heart and Stroke/Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Congenital Heart Disease Team Grant. $1,750,000 (04/2024 – 04/2029)
2. Toulany A (NPA), Killackey T (PA), Smith K (PA). Co-Applicants: Cleverley K, Dimitropoulos G, Fournier A, Gajaria A, Harley M, Munce S, Noyek S, Orkin J, Rotteau L, Trbovich P, Tsimicalis A, Woodgate R. Collaborators: Harley M, McCauley D, Sochaniwskyj M. Mapping the Journey for Youth Transitioning to Adult Care. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant. $398,268 CAD (04/2024 – 04/2028).
3. Munce (NPA) Jarrett (Co-PI) Toulany (Co-PI) Killackey (Co-I) Youth and Family Specific Engagement in Research (UNITE): A Framework Development Project. CIHR – Healthy Youth Catalyst Grant. (2023). $99,975
4. Killackey, T (PI). (2023) Improving Transitions for Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease Through Virtual Support Interventions: Systematic Review. York University Faculty of Health Junior Faculty Research Fund/Minor Grants Application. $4491.00. (11/2023-11/2024)
5. Singh M, (PI), Stinson J, (Co-PI), Corkum P, Weiss S, Bastien C, Di Renna T, Bosma R, Rosenbloom B, Killackey T, Nishat F, Alidina Z. (2023). Usability Testing of the “Better Nights Better Days or BNBD”-Youth Program with Young Adults with Chronic Pain. Knowledge Mobilization in Priority Populations (KMPP) competition, Research Hub 2: Children, Adolescents & Young Adults. $20,000. 2023-2024
6. Birnie KA (PI), Noel ME (PI), Stinson JN (PI). Co-Investigators: Ahola Kohut SH, Baerg K, Barwick MA, Battaglia M, Boerner KE, Campbell F, Carreiro E, Cornish P, Dick BD, Doré-Bergeron M, Findlay SM, Finley GA, Gill JS, Hudspith M, Ingelmo PM, Killackey T, Lalloo C, Lamontagne C, Mohabir V, Nishat FT, Oberlander TFA, Palermo TM, Pham Q, Poolacherla YR, Poulin PA, Rash JA, Rasic NF, Soltani S. Evaluating a virtual stepped care portal in youth awaiting tertiary chronic pain care: An Implementation-Effectiveness Hybrid Type III study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Project Grant. $546,209. 2022-2025
7. Stinson J, Noel M, Birnie K, Lalloo C, Nishat F, Ahola Kohut S, Baerg K, Barwick M, Battaglia M, Campbell F, Cornish P, Dick B, Dore-Bergeron M, Findlay S, Finley A, Gill J, Ingelmo P, Killackey T, Lamontagne C, Oberlander T, Palermo P, Poolacherla R, Poulin P, Rash J, Rasic N, Soltani S, Chupick-Hall K, Harbour K, Kemp H, Oprea A, Rehmanji Y, Surrey L. Evaluating a virtual stepped care portal in youth awaiting tertiary chronic pain care: An Implementation-Effectiveness Hybrid Type III study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Fall 2021 - Bridge Funding. $411,188. 2022 – 2024.
8. Lau J, Gomes T, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Buchman D, Dosani N, Killackey T, Moineddin R, Sproule B, Tedesco A, Wegier P, Zimmermann C, Cheung M, Cory S, Douglas A, Herx L, Jennings S, Lachance J, Landis L, Muckle W, Olivier S, Leece P. Observing, Understanding and Telling stories at end of Life for Opioid Use Disorder patients (OUTLOUD): Mixed-methods research and knowledge translation. CIHR Project Grant Fall 2021. $520, 000.
9. Stinson J, O’Hare J, Cambell F, Killackey T, Taylor K, Merklinger S, Russel J, Vanderlaan R, Nishat F. (2021-2022) iCanCope Post-Operative Pain: Tailoring a mobile pain-management app for youth postcardiac surgery. 2021 Seed Grant by the SickKids Pain Centre and the Labatt Family Heart Centre. $9,991
10. Stinson J, Noel M (Co-PI), Birnie K (Co-PI), Lalloo C, Ali S, Baerg K, Barwick M, Battaglia M, Campbell F, Cornish P, Killackey T, Oberlander T, Poulin P, Rash J, Soltani S, Wedster F, Gill J, Nakiganga S, Backlin G, Kan W, Taylor A. Power over Pain Portal: A stepped-care virtual solution to deliver early intervention to Canadian youth with chronic pain. CIHR Operating Grant: Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, youth and families in Canada. 2021 - 2022. $149,999.
11. Killackey T, Ahola Kohut S, Stinson J, Morgan C, Gill N, Aiello S, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Graham J, Veloso L, Desbiens C, Desbiens C. Virtual peer-to-peer mentoring for adolescents with congenital heart disease: An implementation study. Labatt Family Heart Centre, Innovation Fund Award. Spring 2021, $25,0000.
12. Stinson J, Birnie K, Noel M, Killackey T, Campbell F, Lalloo C, Siden H, Oberlander T, Kirby-Allen M, Swidrovich J, Marianayagam J, Jordan I, Jordan E, Swidrovich J, Harris C. Ensuring equity and inclusion in virtual care best practices to support vulnerable populations of youth with chronic pain. Ontario Spor Support Unit: EMPOWER III Awards. 2020-2021, $25,0000.
13. Stinson J, Noel M (Co-PI), Birnie K, Choniere M, Poulin P, Lalloo C, Campbell F, Finley A, Lamontagne C, Ali S, Nicholas D, Oberlander T, Dick B, Rasic V, Baerg K, Findlay S, Baerveldt A, Poolacheria R, Doré M, Ingelmon P, Pagé G, Swidrovich J, Montgomery L, Mesaroli G, Killackey T, Kelly L, Smith A, Szatmari P, Battaglia M, Kopala Sibley D, Béleanger R, Victor C, Singh M, Mohabir V, Marianayagam J, Jordan I, Benayon M, Taylor A.CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery. 2020 - 2021, $200,000.
14. Birnie KA, Noel ME, Stinson JN, Arnold P, Campbell F, Jordan E, Jordan I, Killackey T, Lalloo C, Lorenzetti D, Marianayagam J, Neville A, Pavlova M. Rapid evidence and gap map of virtual care solutions for youth and families to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pain, mental health, and substance use. CIHR Operating Grant-Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use. $49,940.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Goldie G, Dobson KL, Munce SEP, Killackey T, Bayley M, Stapleford C, Kua A, White J, Perrier L, Kokorelias KM. Future care planning of adults with childhood-onset neurodevelopmental disabilities: A Scoping Review. Submitted to the Journal of Developmental Disabilities on December 21, 2023
Rosenbloom, B.N., Anderson, R., Jordan, I., Killackey, T., Stinson, J., Richards, D., Marianayagam, J., Campbell, F., Isaac, L., Tyrell, J., Rasic, N., Birnie, K.A. (2023). Empathizing with patients, families, and healthcare professional experiences with perioperative care: Human-centered design in the development of a pediatric transitional pain service. Submitted to The Canadian Journal of Pain. November 22, 2023.
Killackey, T., Nishat, F., Elsman, E., Lawson, E., Kelenc, L., & Stinson, J.N. (2023). Transition Readiness in Chronic Illness: Scoping Review of New Measures. Health Care Transitions. 1; 100022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hctj.2023.100022
Peter E, Mohammed S, Boakye P, Rose D, Killackey T, MacIver J. Registered Practical Nurses' Experiences of the Moral Habitability of Long-Term Care Environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Canadian Journal on Aging. 42 (4), 719-727. muse.jhu.edu/article/912246
Soltani, S., Killackey, T., Birnie, K.A., Brennenstuhl, S., Choiniere, M., Pagé, G., Dassieu, L., Lacasse, A., Lalloo, C., Poulin, P., Ingelmo, P., Ali, S., Battaglia, M., Campbell, F., Smith, A., Benayon, M., Jordan, I., Marianayagam, J., Harris, L., Mohabir, V., Stinson, J.*, Noel, M.*, on behalf of COVIDChildPain Team. (2023). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with chronic pain, parents, and siblings: A pan-Canadian study. European Journal of Pain. http://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2157
Killackey, T., Soltani, S. Noel, M., Birnie, K.A., Choinière, M., Pagé, MG., Dassieu, L., Lacasse, A., Lalloo, C., Poulin, P., Ali, S., Baerg, K., Battaglia, M., Campbell, F., Mohabir, V., Nishat, F., Kelly R., Lund, T., Isaac-Bertrand, A., Benayon, M., Jordan, I., & Stinson, J. (2022). “We survived the pandemic together”: The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian Families Living with Chronic Pain. Canadian Journal of Pain. Feb 6;7(2):2157251. DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2022.2157251
Osei-Twum J, Wiles B, Killackey T, Lalloo C, Stinson JN. (2022). Impact of Project ECHO® on Patient and Community Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review. Academic Medicine. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004749
Graham C, Schonnop R, Killackey T, Kavalieratos D, Bush SH, Steinberg L, Mak S, Quinn K, Isenberg SR. (2022). Exploring health care providers’ experiences of providing collaborative palliative care for patients with advanced heart failure at home: a qualitative study. Submitted to Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(13), e024628 https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.024628.
Birnie K.A., Killackey, T., Backlin, G., Gavin, F., Harris, C, Jordan, I., Kim, L., Marianayagam, J., Swidrovich, J., Lalonde, C., Tunji Ajayi, L., Oberlander, T., Kirby Allen, M., Lambert, S., Siden, H., Swidrovich, J., Noel, M., Lalloo, C., Stinson, J. (2022). Ensuring Equity and Inclusion in Virtual Care Best Practices for Diverse Populations of Youth with Chronic Pain. Healthcare Quarterly. 24(Special Issue):25-3 doi:10.12927/hcq.2022.26778
Killackey, T., Baerg, K., Dick, B., Birnie, Choinière, M., Pagé, MG., Dassieu, L., Lacasse, A., Lalloo, C., Poulin, P., Ingelmo, P., Ali, S., Battaglia, M., Campbell, F., Smith, A., Harris, L., Mohabir, V., Nishat, F., Benayon, M., Jordan, I., Marianayagam, J., Noel, M., & Stinson, J. (2022). Experiences of Pediatric Pain Professionals Providing Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study. Children. 9(2), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9020230
Peter E, Mohammed S, Killackey T, MacIver J, Variath C. (2022). Nurses’ Experiences of Ethical Responsibilities of Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nursing Ethics. doi: 10.1177/09697330211068135. Epub ahead of print January 27, 2022.
Lopez L, Weerasinghe N, Killackey T. (2021). The Contemporary Crisis of Hallway Healthcare: Implications of Neoliberal Health Policy on the Rise of Emergency Overcrowding. Nursing Inquiry, e12464.
Breakey, V., Gupta, A., Johnston, D., Portwin, C., Laverdiere, C., Lemay, S., Dick, B., Hundert, A., Nishat, F., Killackey, T., Nguyen, C., Lalloo, C., & Stinson, J. (2021). Teens Taking Charge: Pilot Randomized Control Trial of a Web-Based Self-Management Program for Adolescents with Cancer. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527530211068778
Peter E, Variath C, Mohammed S, Gray M, Killackey T, Maciver J, Chiasson C. (2022). Nurses’ Experiences of their Ethical Responsibilities during Coronavirus Outbreaks: A Scoping Review. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 08445621221080153
Neville, A., Lund, T., Soltani, S., Jordan, A., Stinson, J., Killackey, T., Birnie, K. A., & Noel, M. (2021). Pediatric chronic pain in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic: Lived experiences of youth and parents. Journal of Pain. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2021.11.012
Birnie KA, Pavlova M, Neville A, Noel ME, Jordan I, Jordan E, Marianayagam J, Stinson JN, Lorenzetti D, Faulkner V, Killackey T, Campbell F, Lalloo C. (2021). Rapid evidence and gap map of virtual care solutions across a stepped care continuum for youth with chronic pain and their families in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. PAIN. DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002339
Birnie KA, Killackey T, Stinson JN, Noel ME, Lorenzetti D, Marianayagam J, Jordan I, Jordan E, Neville A, Pavlova M, Campbell F, Lalloo C. (2021). Best practices for virtual care to support youth with chronic pain and their families: A rapid systematic review to inform healthcare and policy during COVID-19 and beyond. Pain Reports. 6(2). p. e935 DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000935
Killackey T, Noel M, Birnie KA, Manon C, Page G, Dassieu L, Lacasse A, Lalloo C, Poulin P, Ingelmo P, Ali S, Battaglia M, Campbell F, Smith A, Benayon M, Jordan I, Marianayagam J, Harris L, Mohabir V, & Stinson J. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic Impact and Response in Canadian Pediatric Chronic Pain Care: A National Survey of Medical Directors and Pain Professionals. Canadian Journal of Pain. 5(1). P139-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2021.1931069
Keri M, Souter Z, Killackey T, Delgado D. (2021). Optimizing Telemetry Monitoring for Inpatient Units: Using a Gap Analysis Tool to Standardize a Telemetry Program. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 31(1):13-21.
Mohammed S, Peter, E, Killackey T, & MacIver J, (2021). The "nurse as hero" discourse in the COVID-19 pandemic: a poststructural discourse analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Available online January 26, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103887
Isenberg S, Killackey T, Saunders S, Scott M, Ernecoff N, Bush S, Varenbut J, Lovrics E, Stern M, Hsu A, Bernstein M, Zimmermann C, Wentlandt K, Mahtani R. (2021). “Going home [is] just a feel-good idea with no structure”: A qualitative exploration of patient and family caregiver expectations and experiences of transitioning from hospital to home in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.02.026
Saunders S, Weiss ME, Meaney C, Killackey T, Varenbut J, Lovrics E, Ernecoff NC, Hsu A, Stern M, Mahtani R, Wentlandt K, Isenberg SR. (2020). Examining the course of transitions from hospital to home-based palliative care: a mixed methods study. Palliative Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692163211023682
Morey T, Scott M, Saunders S, Varenbut J, Howard M, Tanuseputro P, Webber C, Killackey T, Wentlandt K, Zimmerman C, Bernstein M, Ernecoff N, Hsu A, Isenberg S. (2020). Transitioning From Hospital to Palliative Care at Home: Patient and Caregiver Perceptions of Continuity of Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Accepted 23 December 2020, Available online 29 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.12.019
Killackey, T., Lovrics, E., Saunders, S., Isenberg, S.R. (Submitted January 2020). Palliative care transitions from acute care to community-based care: A qualitative systematic review of the experiences and perspectives of health care providers. Palliative Medicine.
Cranley LA, McGilton K, Slaughter S, Caspar S, Heisey M, Huang M & Killackey T. (submitted December 2019). Strategies to facilitate shared decision-making in long-term care. International Journal of Older People Nursing.
Killackey, T., Peter, E., MacIver, J., & Mohammed, S., (2019). Advance Care Planning in Heart Failure: A Narrative Synthesis of the Perspectives of Patients, Family Members, and Healthcare Providers. Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 29(3),16-25.
Killackey, T., & Morley, G. (2019). To Tweet or not to Tweet? An argument for nursing presence in the Twittersphere. Nursing Ethics, 26(7–8), 1903- 1905. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019876801
Saunders S, Killackey T, Kurahashi A, Walsh C, Wentlandt K, Scott M, Lovrics E, Mahtani R, Bernstein M, Zimmerman C, Goldman R, Isenberg SR. (2019). Systematic Review of palliative care transitions between acute care to home-based care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 58 (4) 721–734.e1 IF: 3.249 ISSN 0885-3924, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.005
Killackey, T., Peter, E., MacIver, J., & Mohammed, S., (2019). Advance Care Planning for the Chronically Ill: The Merits of a Relational Autonomy Approach. Nursing Ethics. Published online: May 23, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733019848031
Macklin, J.A., Djihanian, N., Killackey, T. and MacIver, J. (2019). Engaging Patients in Care (EPIC): A Framework for Heart Function and Heart Transplant–Specific Patient Engagement. Canadian Journal of Cardiology Open, 1(2):43-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2019.01.002
Saari, M., Patterson, E., Killackey, T., Raffaghello, J., Rowe, A., & Tourangeau, A.E. (2017).Home-based supportive care: Barriers and facilitators to expanded unregulated care provider roles in Ontario, Canada. Home Healthcare Services Quarterly (Published online October 19,2017) DOI:10.1080/01621424.2017.1393482
Killackey, T., MacIver, J., Strachan, P., Ross, H., & You, J. (2017). Put Me in Coach! Exploring Opportunities for Nurses to Act as Advance Care Planning Coaches in Heart Failure Care. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 33(10), S210-S211. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2017.07.415
Killackey, T., MacIver, J., Murphy, P., Storey, H., Eason, M., & McKneally, M. (2016).Introducing Advance Care Planning Prior to High-Risk Operations: A Pilot Project in theCardiovascular Surgery Department. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 32(10), S329
Doran, D., Blais, R., Baker, G. R., Harrison, M. B., Lang, A., Macdonald, M., McShane, J & Killackey, T. (2014). The safety at home study: An evidence base for policy and practice change. Healthcare Quarterly, 17 (3): 42-47.
Doucette E, Cyr J, Graham R, Killackey T, Leblanc L, Martinson K, Verleun J. BiVADs: A bridge to the future for patients and their families; the art and science of nursing combined in the face of technology in Dynamics 2012 Fall; 23(3): 20-3
Published Conference Abstracts
Killackey, T., Maciver, J., Mohammed, S., & Peter, E. (2020). Advance Care Planning for Patients with Heart Failure: An Exploration of Relational Autonomy in the Context of Future Care Decision Making (TH311B). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(2), 410-411. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.046
Killackey, T., Lovrics, E., Saunders, S., & Isenberg, S. (2020). Palliative Care Transitions from Acute Care to Community-Based Care: A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Experiences and Perspectives of Health Care Providers (FR420C). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(2), 458-459. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.133
Isenberg, S., Killackey, T., Kurahashi, A., Walsh, C., Wentlandt, K., Lovrics, E., ... & Goldman, R. (2020). Palliative Care Transitions from Acute Care to Community-Based Care—A Systematic Review (FR420A). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 59(2), 457. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.12.131
Killackey, T., MacIver, J., Murphy, P., Storey, H., Eason, M., & McKneally, M. (2016). Introducing Advance Care Planning Prior to High-Risk Operations: A Pilot Project in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 32(10), S32