Denise Campbell-Scherer

Area of Study / Keywords

chronic disease management Multimorbidity obesity practice transformation RE-AIM Sustainability practice facilitation

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About

Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, and the Associate Dean of the Office of Lifelong Learning and Physician Learning Program at the University of Alberta. She completed a Bachelors in Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, and a PhD in Pathology at Queen's University prior to studying Medicine at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2000. She  completed residency in family medicine at McMaster University in 2002. She has worked in rural Northern Canada, the University of Michigan, and the University of Alberta as a family physician, with extensive experience in residency education and evidence-based medicine. 

As co-lead of the Physician Learning Program Dr. Campbell-Scherer’s team focuses on crossing the quality chasm by creating clinically actionable information and engaging with physicians, teams, partners, and patients to co-create sustainable solutions to advance practice (albertaplp.ca).  She heads interdisciplinary research teams,The 5As Team (5AsT) Program (https://obesitycanada.ca/5as-team) and The Illuminate Lab.  5AsT aims to improve the primary care of patients living with obesity, and has culminated in Dr Campbell-Scherer serving on the executive of the 2020 Canadian Adult Obesity Guidelines. Most recently she co-lead with Dr Yvonne Chiu of the Multicultural Health brokers Co-operative, the Illuminate Project which sought to understand and mitigate the entangled impacts of COVID-19 on people in vulnerable circumstances in ethnocultural communities. In addition, she has been an active co-lead and co-investigator on several large national and provincial research grants including BETTER, BETTER2, and BETTERWISE projects (www.better-program.ca) that are seeking to transform primary prevention and screening of multiple conditions in diverse regions of Canada. 

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Research

Active Grants

• 2018-2022, Co-Applicant. J. Grimshaw, S. Bhatia, S. Dowling, A. Hall, P. Parfrey, J. Presseau, M. Taljaard, PI's. De-implementing low value care: a research program of the Choosing Wisely Canada Implementation Research Network. Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant. Total Funding: $1,500,000.
• 2018-2021, Designated Knowledge User, with M. Griever, F. Burge, NM. Ivers, AG. Singer, PA. OBrien, S. Dahrouge, MT. Lussier, M. Twohig, NA. Drummond, DP. Manca. SPIDER-NET, A structured process informed by data, evidence, and research-network: An apporach to support primary care practices in optimizing the management of patients with complex needs. CIHR, SPOR PIHCIN, Total Funding: $249,988.
• 2016-2021, Collaborative Co-Lead with D. Manca, E. Grunfeld, M. Shea-Budgell, K. Aubrey-Bassler. Building on Existing Tools to Improve Cancer and Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening in Primary Care for Wellness of Cancer Survivors and Patients: the BETTERWISE project. AIHS CPRO: Total funding: $2,705,822.
• 2017-2019, Collaborative Co-Lead with DE Nease. AHRQ R13 Grant Healthcare Effectiveness Outcomes Research Group, NAPCRG National Practice Based Research Network Conferences. Total Funding: $105,000 USD.
• 2016-2018, Lead. Using human-centred design to support personalized obesity prevention and management. Canadian Institutes for Health Research (Strategy for patient-oriented research (SPOR)- Patient collaboration grant). Total funding: $25,000. 
• 2016-2018, Collaborative Co-Lead with A. Sharma. Improving Obesity Management Training in Family Medicine. Novo Nordisk-unrestricted educational grant. Total Funding: $86,937.
• 2015-2018, Co-Investigator. D. Klein, PI. CHANGE Cancer Alberta. Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Innovation Stream.Total Funding: $1,218,351.
• 2016-2018, Co-Applicant. D. Marshall, J. Cibere, S. Teare PI’s. Building Partnerships to Improve Care of Early Knee Osteoarthritis Patients: Co-developing a Risk Management Tool. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Knowledge to Action Grant. Total Funding: $200,000.

Completed Grants

• 2017, Lead. Meeting Grant. Developing international partnerships for improving obesity prevention & management training in primary care. Worldwide Universities Network AB unit & the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta. Total Funding: $7500.
• 2016-2017, Co-Principal Investigator with T. Luig. Implementation of Complex Interventions: Understanding the Interactions Between Implementation Process, Context, and Outcomes in the 5As Team Intervention Study. Northern Alberta Family Medicine Fund. $5000.
• 2013-2017, Collaborative Co-Lead with A. Sharma, S. Fielding. Implementation and Validation of the "5As framework of obesity management" in primary care, Alberta Innovates- Health Solutions CRIO. Total Funding: $748,500.
• 2015-2016, Co-Investigator. CHANGE Cancer Alberta. D. Klein, PI. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), PA: INMD Start-up Funds (Clinicians and New Investigators).Total Funding: $100,000.
• 2014-2016, Principal Applicant. Relationship between depression and diabetes in primary care in Canada. Northern Alberta Family Medicine Fund NAAFP Grants.Total Funding: $5,000.
• 2014-2016, Co-Applicant. O. Babenko, PI. Explorations of resident self-assessment, performance, and overall perceptions of utility of the academic benchmarking exam. Northern Alberta Family Medicine Fund NAAFP Grant.Total Funding: $2,500.
• 2015, Collaborative Co-Lead with A. Sharma, K. Courneya. The 5As Team Cancer (5AsT-C) Program: Improving Cancer Prevention and Cancer Survivor Wellness by Improving Obesity Management in Primary Care. AIHS CPRO LOI Competition. Total Funding: $8051.
• 2015, Collaborative Co-Lead with D. Manca, E. Grunfeld, M. Shea-Budgell, K. Aubrey-Bassler. Building on Existing Tools to Improve Cancer and Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening in Primary Care for Wellness of Cancer Survivors and Patients: the BETTERWISE project. AIHS CPRO LOI Competition. Total funding: $9900.
• 2014-2015, Co-Investigator. D. Klein, D. Heyland, PI's. Promoting Health of Older Adults through CHANGE Technology Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: eHealth Innovations and Aging: Total Funding: $92,112.
• 2014-2015, Co-Investigator. D. Klein, PI. An evaluation of the CHANGE lifestyle intervention in primary care: a Co-Investigator multicenter cluster randomized trial. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Bridging Funding Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes.Total Funding: $100,000.
• 2012-2014, Co-Investigator. D. Manca, E. Grunfeld, PI's. BETTER2 Project ("Building on Existing Tools to Improve Chronic Disease Prevention and Screening in Family Practice" - focusing on remote, rural, and urban Canadian communities). Canadian Partnership Against Cancer CLASP. Total Funding: $1,499,981.
• 2011-2013, Co-Investigator. N. Oelke, PI. Developing an Alberta/BC Research Team to Address a Research Agenda in Chronic Disease Management. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Planning Grant. Total Funding: $19,525.
• 2009-2012, Co-Investigator. D. Manca, E. Grunfeld, PI's. Building on existing tools to improve chronic disease prevention and screening in family practice: The BETTER Project. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Coalitions Linking Action & Science Prevention, Total Funding: $2,361,058.

 

Hao R, Myroniuk T, McGuckin T, Manca D, Campbell-Scherer D, Lau D, Yeung RO.

BMC Primary Care. 2022 May; 23 (124):1-8 doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01731-w

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Schroeder D, Luig L, Finch T, Beesoon S, Campbell-Scherer D.

Implementation Science Communications. 2022 February; 3 (1) doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00264-8.

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Ofosu NN, Luig T, Chiu Y, Mumtaz N, Yeung RO, Lee KK, Wang N, Omar N, Yip L, Aleba S, Maragang K, Ali M, Dormitorio I, Campbell-Scherer DL

BMC Public Health. 2022 February; 22 (345) doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12305-3

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McGuckin T, Crick K, Myroniuk TW, Setchell B, Yeung RO, Campbell-Scherer D.

BMC Open Quality. 2022 January; 11 (1):1-11 doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001491

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Proceedings of the 4th UK Implementation Science Research Conference. Implementation Science. 2021 December; doi.org/10.1186/s13012-021-01163-7

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Sekhon S, Crick K, Myroniuk T, Ghosh M, Yeung R, Campbell-Scherer D.

Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2021 December; 6 (4):1-7 doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab184

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Swaleh R, McGuckin T, Myroniuk TW, Manca D, Lee K, Sharma AM, Campbell-Scherer D, Yeung RO

CMAJ Open. 2021 December; 9 (4):E1141-E1148 doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200231

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Shewchuk P, Green LA, Barber T, Miller J, Teare S, Campbell-Scherer D, Mrklas KJ, Li LC, Marlett N, Wasylak T, Lopatina E, McCaughey D, Marshall DA.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2021 November; 5 (11) doi:10.2196/30495

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Schroeder D, Luig T, Beesoon S, Robert J, Campbell-Scherer D, Brindle M

BMJ Open. 2021 September; 11 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044720

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Denise Campbell-Scherer, Yvonne Chiu, Nicole Naadu Ofosu, Thea Luig, Karen Heather Hunter, Badi Jabbour, Sauleha Farooq, Ali Mahdi, Aline Gayawira, Fransiska Awasis, Funke Olokude, Hannah Goa, Hina Syed, Judy Sillito, Lydia Yip, Lyn Belle, Mawien Akot, Monique Nutter, Nadia Farhat, Yan Wang, Niga Jalal, Saida Khalif, Shiva Chapagain, Stephanie Fernandez, Susan Azarcon and Zhewar Hama

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 2021 August; 193 (31):E1203-E1212 https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210131

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Archundia Herrara MC, Campbell-Scherer DL, Bell RC, Chan CB.

Nutrients. 2021 July; 13 doi.org/10.3390/nu13072301

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Official Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2021 July; doi:10.3138/jammi.6.s1.abst

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Noel G, Pasay D, Campbell-Scherer D, Saxinger L.

Visible Language. 2021 April; 55 (1):67-96 doi.org/10.34314/vl.v55i1.4605