Sara Ahmed

Sara Ahmed, PhD, is an associate professor in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy and a member of the faculty of medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is an FRSQ senior research scholar and also holds an appointment in the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation and the McGill University Health Center. Supported by federal, provincial, and private industry funds, her research includes studies that 1) develop and evaluate the impact of chronic disease digital health interventions, 2) evaluate knowledge exchange and transfer interventions related to best practices for chronic disease management, and 3) address the challenges of using patient reported outcomes (e.g. health-related quality of life, self-efficacy) and the use of advanced psychometric approaches for improving the precision and efficiency of outcome evaluations.

 

Healthcare workers from Switch Health administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Ontario Khalsa Darbar pop-up vaccination clinic, set up with support from Amazon Canada, at the Sikh Gurudwara in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada May 4, 2021.
Governance

Canada's New Immigrants and the Path to Digital Health Dividends

by Lauren Allison, Mohammed AlKhaldi, Sara Ahmed

Even before the pandemic, there was a digital health divide, but COVID-19 has magnified it for immigrant communities

Where policy meets health: European Union leaders take part in the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak began, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2020. The photo shows a large round table from above with various leaders seated far apart from one another. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Governance

A New Era for Health Policy and Systems Research

by Mohammed AlKhaldi, Hamza Meghari, Sara Ahmed

It is now time to boost and embed health policy and systems research to handle crucial questions related to COVID-19