Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing
- avs@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-3618
- Address
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7-00 University Terrace
8303 112 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2T4
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Health equity palliative care cancer care access to health care qualitative research
About
I lead a research program dedicated to advance health equity in the care of people from underserved communities affected by cancer. This entails understanding the underlying roots of social and health inequities as well as the design of programs to address these. I follow community-based research approaches and work closely with patient partners who bring lived experiences, expertise, and the perspectives of their communities. I am currently working with members of Latin American, Black African, and South Asian communities to improve access to cancer care and palliative and end-of-life care. I collaborate with research leaders from cancer care systems in Alberta and other Canadian and international jurisdictions.
I hold an Associate Adjunct Professor appointment in the Division of Palliative Care Medicine, Department of Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.
Courses
NURS 499 - Scholarly Project in Nursing
Preparation and presentation of a nursing scholarly project. Prerequisites: NURS 399. Available only to Nursing students in the Honors program.
NURS 595 - Foundations of Scholarship/Critical Thought
Develop critical thinking skills through exposure to approaches to knowledge and knowledge production in diverse disciplines and cultures, including Indigenous ways of knowing. Emphasis is placed on issues of inequality, inclusion, and power in knowledge production, and systematic scholarly analyses of everyday nursing experiences.
Scholarly Activities
Research - Improving equity and wellness in cancer care with racialized advanced cancer patients of African and Latin American descent
2022-12-01 to 2025-11-30
Role: Principal Investigator
Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Society Health Equity Grants (HE-22) Grant #: 707676
Canadian Cancer Society Results of the September 2022 Health Equity Research Grants CompetitionResearch - Increasing access to cancer care for racialized populations of Latin American, South Asian, and Black African descent
2025-01-01 to 2027-12-31
Role: Principal investigator
Sponsor Canadian Cancer Society – Health Equity Research grants 2024 Grant #: 708603
Canadian Cancer Society Results of the 2024 Health Equity Research Grants CompetitionResearch - Increasing access to palliative care for advanced cancer patients from racialized communities of African and Latin American descent
2022-11-15 to 2025-11-14
Role: Principal investigator
Sponsor: Canadian Cancer Society Accelerator Grants (ACC-22) Grant #: 707648
Canadian Cancer Society Results of the July 2022 Accelerator Grants CompetitionResearch - Setting Patient-Oriented Research Priorities to Advance Equity in Cancer Care in Alberta
2024-11-01 to 2027-03-31
Role: Principal investigator
CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grants - Strategy for Patient Oriented Research and Alberta Health Services Cancer Care Alberta (matching funds)
Featured Publications
Santos Salas, A., Watanabe, S. M., Sinnarajah, A., Bassah, N., Huang, F., Alcalde-Castro, J., Judge, H., O’Rourke, H. M., Camargo Plazas, P., Salami, B., Santana, M., Abdel-Rahman, A., Wildeman, T., Vaughn, L., Ahmed, S., Iyiola, I., & Patient Advisory Council.
Frontiers in Oncology. 2025 February; 15 10.3389/fonc.2025.1469037
Santos Salas, A., Bassah, N., Pujadas Botey, A., Robson, P., Beranek, J., Iyiola, I, & Kennedy, M.
Oncology Reviews. 2024 November; 18 10.3389/or.2024.1427441
Anna Santos Salas, Bronwen LeGuerrier, Lucas Horvath, Nahyeni Bassah, Bisi Adewale, Olga Bardales, Wendy Duggleby, Bukola Salami, Sharon M. Watanabe
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2024 July; 10.1016/j.apjon.2024.100520
Bassah, N., Beranek, J., Kennedy, M., Onabadejo, J., & Santos Salas, A.
International Journal for Equity in Health. 2024 April; 10.1186/S12939-024-02173-9
Santos Salas, A., Watanabe, Sharon M., Sinnarajah, A., Bassah, N., Huang, F., Turner, J., Alcalde-Castro, J., O’Rourke, H. M., Camargo Plazas, P., Salami, B., Santana, M., Campbell, K., Abdel-Rahman, A., Wildeman, T., Vaughn, L., Judge, H., Ahmed, S., Adewale, B., Iyiola, I., Patient Advisory Council.
BMC Palliative Care. 2023 December; 22 10.1186/S12904-023-01323-0
Katerenchuk, Jessica, Santos Salas, Anna
Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal. 2023 November;
Santos Salas, A., Bablitz, C., Morris, H., Vaughn, L., Bardales, O., Easaw, J., Wildeman, T., Duggleby, W., Salami, B., & Watanabe, S. M.
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice. 2023 August; 43 (8):365 - 374 10.24095/hpcdp.43.8.02
Bassah, N., Vaughn, L., & Santos Salas, A.
Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2023 March; 79 (11):4112 - 4126 10.1111/jan.15646
Rozendo, C.A., Santos Salas, A.; Cameron, B.L
Nurse Education Today. 2017 January; 51
Santos Salas, A; Fuentes, J.; Armijo-Olivo, S., Saltaji, H., Watanabe, S.; Chambers, T.; Walter, L.; & Cummings, G
Supportive Care in Cancer. 2016 January; 24 (2):985-1000
Cameron B., Camargo, M. d P., Santos Salas, A., Bourque Bearskin, L., & Hungler, K
Advances in Nursing Science. 2014 January; 27 (3):E1-E16
Cameron BL, Santos Salas A, deMoissac, D
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2011 January; 43 (3):16-37
Santos Salas, A., Watanabe, S. M., Tarumi, Y., Wildeman, T., Hermosa García, A. M., Adewale, B.; & Duggleby, W.
Supportive Care in Cancer.. Published online April 10, 2019
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