Project directory
The project directory includes Institute for Work & Health (IWH) research studies that were initiated in 2015 onward (as well as a few large studies that were ongoing in 2015). The directory also includes studies conducted under IWH’s Systematic Review Program since it began in 2005. For information on Institute studies initiated before 2015, see our Accomplishments Reports. Studies are either ongoing or completed. Ongoing studies are listed in alphabetical order. Completed studies are listed by year of completion, beginning with the most recently completed.
| Project title | Status |
|---|---|
Cost to Canadians of excluding people with disabilities from the labour marketResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Young Jung |
Ongoing |
Extended working life and its interaction with health, wellbeing and quality of life: a multi-country initiative (THRIVE)Research team: Cameron Mustard (PI), Emile Tompa |
Ongoing |
Financial incentives to promote employment of people with disabilities: when and how they work bestResearch team: Emma Irvin (PI), Quenby Mahood, Kathy Padkapayeva, Emile Tompa, Heather Johnston, Maureen Haan, Rebecca Gewurtz, Dan Samosh |
Ongoing |
Inter-jurisdictional comparison of OHS and workers’ compensation system performanceResearch team: Christopher McLeod, Ben Amick, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Cameron Mustard, Peter Smith, Alex Collie, Mieke Koehoorn, Allen Kraut |
Ongoing |
System-based return-to-work and disability management interventions: a systematic reviewResearch team: Kim Cullen (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Morgane Le Pouésard, Dwayne Van Eerd, Ben Amick, Siobhan Cardoso, Quenby Mahood, Ron Saunders, Judy Geary, Ulrik Gensby |
Ongoing |
Tracking long-term outcomes of injured workers in Ontario to better target supportsResearch team: Emile Tompa (PI), Qing Liao, Cameron Mustard, Ron Saunders |
Ongoing |
Analyzing the adequacy of benefits among workers’ compensation claimants in Ontario, 1999-2005Research team: Emile Tompa (PI), Qing Liao, Cameron Mustard, Ron Saunders |
Completed 2017 |
Providing research evidence for WHO guideline on rehabilitation servicesResearch team: Andrea Furlan (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Cynthia Chen, Mary Cicinelli, Jocelyn Dollack, Emma Irvin, Carol Kennedy-Yee, Quenby Mahood, Claire Munhall, Mark Bayley, Rohit Bhide, Alicia Costante, C Borkhoff, Shivang Danak, John Flannery, Laura Fullerton, Stanislav Marchenko, M Sachdeva, Gaetan Tardif, Judy David, Robert McMaster, Mario Giraldo-Prieto |
Completed 2017 |
Role of health-care providers in the workers’ compensation system and return-to-work processResearch team: Agnieszka Kosny (PI), Dorcas Beaton, Andrea Furlan, Marni Lifshen, Basak Yanar, Juliette Cooper, Mieke Koehoorn, Ellen MacEachen, Barbara Neis |
Completed 2017 |
Understanding the relationship between osteoarthritis and work: a systematic reviewResearch team: Monique Gignac (PI), Emma Irvin (PI), Kim Cullen, Dorcas Beaton, Quenby Mahood, Dwayne Van Eerd, Catherine Backman, Christopher McLeod |
Completed 2017 |
Understanding the use and impact of early opioid prescriptions for work-related low-back painResearch team: Sheilah Hogg-Johnson (PI), Nancy Carnide, Andrea Furlan, Hyunmi Lee, Pierre Côté, Mieke Koehoorn |
Completed 2017 |
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