Catherine Tong

Easy Eats: A College-Community Collaboration to Create Recipes and Test Texture Modified Foods for Long-Term Care Residents with Dysphagia

Sujit Abraham, Nicole Detlor, Cynthia Riddle, Sean Duffy et autres

In long-term care (LTC), the prevalence of dysphagia can range from 7-70%. A common part of a dysphagia treatment plan is the recommendation of a texture modified diet (TMD). In the LTC setting, TMDs are strongly associated with undernutrition and unintended weight …

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Implementation and Evaluation of an Integrated Care Team for Refugee Health: A Case Study in Ontario, Canada

Catherine Tong, Alexandra Whate, Wajma Attayi, Debbie Engel et autres

Background: Refugees face significant barriers in accessing primary care, often resulting in poorer health outcomes. This case study evaluates the implementation of a multidisciplinary Integrated Care Team (ICT) for refugees, in Ontario, Canada. The aim of the ICT was to transition refugees …

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Exploring Personal Support Worker Education, Recruitment, and Retention in Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

Alison Kernoghan, Danielle Just, Catherine Tong, Linda Sheiban Taucar et autres

Background: Long-term care (LTC) homes across Canada are facing a crisis in worker recruitment and retention. In the province of Ontario, personal support workers (PSWs) make up 58% of the LTC workforce and play a key role in addressing staffing shortages. Despite …

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TGF-β serves as a critical signaling determinant of liver progenitor cell fate and function

Catherine Tong, Seddik Hammad, MPA Ebert, Steven Dooley

Background and Aims: Liver progenitor cells (LPCs) performing vital liver function can rescue patients with acute liver failure (ALF) from death. To date, key signaling controlling LPC proliferation and initiating liver functional gene expression remains largely unknown. This study investigates the crosstalk …

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From cirrhosis to cancer: α-SMA+ CAF and CD68+ macrophage rewiring in the cirrhosis–HCC transition

Seddik Hammad, Catherine Tong, Laura Robrahn, Sophia Müller‐Dott et autres

Introduction and aims: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, often arises in the context of cirrhosis. This study investigates the spatial dynamics and functional contributions of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs/CAFs), macrophages (Mph/TAMs), and hepatocytes across distinct regions—distant …

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Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk

Seung Hoan Choi, Sean J. Jurgens, Ling Xiao, Matthew C. Hill et autres

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A statistical framework for multi-trait rare variant analysis in large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies

Xihao Li, Han Chen, Margaret Sunitha Selvaraj, Eric Van Buren et autres

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“When in Rome…”: structural determinants impacting healthcare access, health outcomes, and well-being of South Asian older adults in Ontario using a multilingual qualitative approach

Diya Chowdhury, Catherine Tong, Kimberly J. Lopez, Elena Neiterman et autres

With the increase in international migration, the need for an equitable healthcare system in Canada is increasing. The current biomedical model of healthcare is constructed largely in the Eurocentric tradition of medicine, which often disregards the diverse health perspectives of Canada's racialized …

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“…but I know something’s not right here”: Exploring the diagnosis and disclosure experiences of persons living with ALS

Kathleen M. Foldvari, Paul Stolee, Elena Neiterman, Véronique Boscart et autres

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), an incurable motor neuron disease, primarily affects those between the ages of 60-79, and has an approximate post-diagnosis life-expectancy of only two to five years. The condition has an unpredictable but ultimately terminal trajectory that poses challenges …

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Technology-Enhanced Faculty Development: Future Trends and Possibilities for Health Sciences Education

Teresa M. Chan, Yusuf Yılmaz, Sarrah Lal, Catherine Tong et autres

[Introduction]: "Engagement is the focus of technology-enhanced faculty development. Unfortunately, faculty development (i.e. “teaching the teacher”) can sometimes fail to mirror the advances we have created for our students, leaving room for innovation, modernization, and change. While research has shown learning outcomes …

Technology-Enhanced Faculty Development: Future Trends and Possibilities for Health Sciences Education

Teresa M. Chan, Yusuf Yılmaz, Sarrah Lal, Catherine Tong et autres

[Introduction]: "Engagement is the focus of technology-enhanced faculty development. Unfortunately, faculty development (i.e. “teaching the teacher”) can sometimes fail to mirror the advances we have created for our students, leaving room for innovation, modernization, and change. While research has shown learning outcomes …

Medical Interpreting Services for Refugees in Canada: Current State of Practice and Considerations in Promoting this Essential Human Right for All

Akshaya Neil Arya, Ilene Hyman, Tim Holland, Carolyn Beukeboom et autres

Language barriers, specifically among refugees, pose significant challenges to delivering quality healthcare in Canada. While the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the emergence and development of innovative alternatives such as telephone-based and video-conferencing medical interpreting services and AI tools, access remains uneven across Canada. …

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