Scott Garrison

Area of Study / Keywords

Clinical Trial Methodology Pragmatic Clinical Trials

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About

Scott is a practicing family physician with a PhD in Experimental Medicine, and a research interest in clinical trial methodology. He founded and leads a national primary care research network known as the Pragmatic Trials Collaborative (www.PragmaticTrials.ca) through which he and his colleagues conduct large community-based pragmatic trials. One of these trials, known as BedMed, engaged 437 primary care providers from 5 Canadian provinces to recruit 3,357 hypertensive primary care patients – making it the largest primary care trial ever conducted in Canada.

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Research

1. Evolving New Methods for Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Dr. Garrison, in collaboration with Alberta Health Services, is evolving new ways to incorporate large, inexpensive, and work-flow efficient clinical trials into everyday healthcare interactions.  
2. Getting the Most Out of the Therapeutics We Already Have: Does the timing of blood pressure medications (i.e. morning versus bedtime) matter to their effectiveness? Do older adults do better with less medication? Should older adults have less aggressive blood pressure targets? These are all questions Dr. Garrison and colleagues are currently exploring.

Kraut R, Wierenga F, Molstad E, Korownyk C, Perry D, Dennett L, Garrison S

PloS one. 2023 December; 10.1371/journal.pone.0295857

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Kolber MR, Klarenbach S, Cauchon M, Cotterill M, Regier L, Marceau RD, Duggan N, Whitley R, Halme AS, Poshtar T, Allan GM, Korownyk CS, Ton J, Lindblad AJ

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2023 October; 10.46747/cfp.6910675

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Garrison SR, Youngson E, Perry DA, Campbell FN, Kolber MR, Korownyk C, Allan GM, Green L, Bakal J

BMJ open. 2023 August; 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074777

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Garrison S, Tavakoli H, Sadatsafavi M, Korownyk CS, Kolber MR, Allan GM

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2023 June; 10.46747/cfp.6906409

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Garrison SR, Kelmer M, Korownyk T, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Bakal J, Singer A, Katz A, Mcalister F, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, McGrail K, Green L

BMJ open. 2023 June; 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068188

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Kirkwood J, Ton J, Korownyk CS, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Garrison S

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2023 June; 10.46747/cfp.6906e127

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Morrow RL, Mintzes B, Gray G, Law MR, Garrison S, Dormuth CR

BMJ open. 2023 March; 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068221

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Morrow RL, Mintzes B, Gray G, Law MR, Garrison S, Dormuth CR

British journal of clinical pharmacology. 2022 November; 10.1111/bcp.15574

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Liu S, Garrison SR

Trials. 2022 September; 10.1186/s13063-022-06689-9

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Gillis T, Garrison S

JMIR infodemiology. 2022 July; 10.2196/34464

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Korownyk C.S., Montgomery L., Young J., Moore S., Singer A.G., MacDougall P., Darling S., Ellis K., Myers J., Rochford C., Taillefer M.C., Michael Allan G., Perry D., Moe S.S., Ton J., Kolber M.R., Kirkwood J., Thomas B., Garrison S., McCormack J.P., Falk J., Dugre N., Sept L., Turgeon R.D., Paige A., Potter J., Nickonchuk T., Train A.D., Weresch J., Chan K., Lindblad A.J.

Canadian Family Physician. 2022 March; 68 (3):179-190 10.46747/cfp.6803179

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Morrow R.L., Mintzes B., Gray G., Law M.R., Garrison S., Dormuth C.R.

Clinical Therapeutics. 2022 March; 44 (3):374-388 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.11.019

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Garrison S.R., Kolber M.R., Allan G.M., Bakal J., Green L., Singer A., Trueman D.R., Mcalister F.A., Padwal R.S., Hill M.D., Manns B., Mcgrail K., O'neill B., Greiver M., Froentjes L.S., Manca D.P., Mangin D., Wong S.T., Maclean C., Kirkwood J.E.M., Mccracken R., Mccormack J.P., Norris C., Korownyk T.

BMJ Open. 2022 February; 12 (2) 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059711

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Mangin D., Lamarche L., Agarwal G., Banh H.L., Dore Brown N., Cassels A., Colwill K., Dolovich L., Farrell B., Garrison S., Gillett J., Griffith L.E., Holbrook A., Jurcic-Vrataric J., McCormack J., O’Reilly D., Raina P., Richardson J., Risdon C., Savelli M., Sherifali D., Siu H., Tarride J.É., Trimble J., Ali A., Freeman K., Langevin J., Parascandalo J., Templeton J.A., Dragos S., Borhan S., Thabane L.

Trials. 2021 December; 22 (1) 10.1186/s13063-021-05685-9

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Garrison SR, Korownyk CS, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Musini VM, Sekhon RK, Dugré N

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2020 September; 10.1002/14651858.cd009402.pub3

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Garrison SR, Green L, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Olivier NM, Heran BS, Flesher ME, Allan GM

Annals of family medicine. 2020 January; 10.1370/afm.2488

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Liu S, Singer A, McAlister FA, Peeler W, Heran BS, Drummond N, Manca DP, Allan GM, Korownyk C, Kolber MR, Greiver M, Garrison SR

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2019 June;

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Korownyk C, Perry D, Ton J, Kolber MR, Garrison S, Thomas B, Allan GM, Bateman C, de Queiroz R, Kennedy D, Lamba W, Marlinga J, Mogus T, Lindblad AJ

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2019 May;

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Finley CR, Chan DS, Garrison S, Korownyk C, Kolber MR, Campbell S, Eurich DT, Lindblad AJ, Vandermeer B, Allan GM

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien. 2018 November;

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McAlister FA, Garrison S, Kosowan L, Ezekowitz JA, Singer A

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018 January; 10.1161/jaha.117.007603

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Garrison SR, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, McCracken RK, Heran BS, Allan GM

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews. 2017 August; 10.1002/14651858.cd011575.pub2

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Allan GM, Finley CR, McCormack J, Kumar V, Kwong S, Braschi E, Korownyk C, Kolber MR, Lindblad AJ, Babenko O, Garrison S

BMC medicine. 2017 March; 10.1186/s12916-017-0821-9

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Liu F, Allan GM, Korownyk C, Kolber M, Flook N, Sternberg H, Garrison S

Annals of family medicine. 2016 July; 10.1370/afm.1953

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McGrail K, Lavergne R, Lewis SJ, Peterson SL, Barer M, Garrison SR

Medical care. 2015 March; 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000310

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Garrison SR, Dormuth CR, Morrow RL, Carney GA, Khan KM

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 2015 January; 10.1503/cmaj.140497

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Korownyk C, Kolber MR, McCormack J, Lam V, Overbo K, Cotton C, Finley C, Turgeon RD, Garrison S, Lindblad AJ, Banh HL, Campbell-Scherer D, Vandermeer B, Allan GM

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 2014 December; 10.1136/bmj.g7346

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Garrison SR, Dormuth CR, Morrow RL, Carney GA, Khan KM

Archives of internal medicine. 2011 December; 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1029

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Garrison SR, Birmingham CL, Koehler BE, McCollom RA, Khan KM

The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 2011 February; 10.1093/gerona/glq232

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