Anna Santos Salas, RN, PhD

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing
Email
avs@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-3618
Address
7-00 University Terrace
8303 112 St NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 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.


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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 Competition

Research - 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 Competition

Research - 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 Competition

Research - 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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