2021-26 | University of Toronto | Research Grant | | President’s Impact Award | $50,000 |
2023-24 | CIHR | Catalyst Grant | Prof. Vahid Sarhangian | U-Prep: Workforce planning for inpatient medical and intensive care physician services to support health system planning and pandemic resilience | $150,000 |
2023-24 | Ontario Ministry of Health | Research Contract | Prof. Audrey laport | Transportation of medically stable patients in Ontario | $10,000 |
2019-24 | NSERC | Discovery Grant | | Quantitative modelling for capacity planning in mental health and addictions with a focus on dementia | $155,000 |
2021-23 | Sunnybrook Health Science | Research Grant | Dr. Richard Hoang | Redesign of the Sunnybrook trauma bay | $28,000 |
2022 | Ontario Ministry of Health | Research Contract | Prof. Audrey Laporte | Transportation of medically stable patients in Ontario | $20,000 |
2021-22 | UHN Digital | Research Contract | | Facility layout planning using simulation (GHSM) | $28,000 |
2020-22 | University Health Network | Research Contract | | Scheduling Efficiency for MRI machines across five hospitals | $28,000 |
2020-22 | Public Health Ontario | Research Contract | Dr. Kevin Brown PHO | Utilization impact of Internet of Healthcare Things at Mackenzie Health | $28,000 |
2020-21 | Mackenzie Health | Research Contract | | Predicting the impact of comcommitent antibiotic use on community based C-difficile in Ontario | $14,000 |
2019-21 | Princess Margaret Cancer Centre | Research Contract | Dr. Srini Raman | Radiation therapy scheduling | $28,000 |
2019-21 | Scarborough Health Network | Research Contract | | Modelling nurse supply across the hospital | $32,000 |
2018-20 | Mitacs | Elevate | | Ontario primary and mental health policy decision tool | $110,000 |
2019 | Mitacs | Accelerate | | Predicting in-patient discharges to identify bed availability for housekeeping during Emergency Department surge using machine learning algorithms | $30,000 |
2018-19 | Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services | Research Contract | Co-PIs: Chi-Guhn Lee & Vahid Sarhangian | Quantitative metrics and methods for perioperative supply chain management | $255,617 |
2018-19 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Grant | Co-PI: Dionne Aleman | Big data insights into imaging demand and wait times in Ontario | $60,000 |
2013-19 | NSERC | Discovery Grant | | Healthcare applications | $150,000 |
2017-18 | Mackenzie Health | Research Contract | | Privacy innovation project | $23,520 |
2017 June-Dec | Mitacs | Accelerate | | Implementing advance scheduling technology to reduce MRI/CT patient wait time | $30,000 |
2015-17 | Ontario Centres of Excellence | Research Grant | Co-PI: Nicole Mittmann | Evaluation of MacKenzie Health Internet of Things | $100,000 |
2014-15 | Hamilton Health Sciences | Research Contract | | Simulation model for hospital porters | $8,000 |
2014-15 | Scarborough Hospital | Research Contract | | Perioperative simulation and bed capacity planning | $35,000 |
2012-15 | CIHR | Research Grant | PI: Raisa Deber | Development of a microsimulation tool to inform finance decision-making in healthcare | $31,134 |
2011-15 | NSERC | CREATE Sub-Grant | | Primary care location/allocation | $84,000 |
2009-15 | NSERC | CREATE Grant | PI: Vedat Verter | Simulation in CDU | $124,000 |
2009-15 | NSERC | hSITE sub-grant | | Problem definition and issue prioritization in the Sunnybrook emergency room | $126,000 |
2009-15 | NSERC | Strategic grant | PI: David Plant | hSITE: Problem definition and issue: Priorization in the Sunnybrook emergency room | $99,000 |
2009-15 | NSERC | Strategic Research Network | PI: David Plant | Healthcare support through information technology enhancements | $6,000,000 |
2014 Mar.-Dec. | Toronto Western Hospital | Research Contract | | Perioperative simulation | $25,000 |
2014 Jan.-Feb. | Four Newfoundland Health Regions | Research Contract | | Urgent colonoscopy wait time improvement project | $100,000 |
2013-14 | Canada Health Infoway | Research Contract | | Assessment of electronic medical record use in ambulatory hospital clinics | $49,300 |
2013-14 | Hamilton Health Sciences | Research Contract | | Simulation modelling support | $25,000 |
2013-14 | Mitacs | Accelerate | | Investigation of suitability and feasibility of home dialysis | $30,000 |
2013-14 | Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Support | Research Contract | | A social network for agencies and community partners in the Kingston area | $24,300 |
2013-14 | Toronto General Hospital | Research Contract | | Perioperative simulation | $25,000 |
2009-14 | CIHR | Team Grant | PI: Tom Noseworthy | Total joint replacement: Strategic management for timely care | $1,500,000 |
2013 Feb-Aug | St. Michael’s Hospital | Research Grant | | Emergency Department simulation | $22,500 |
2012-13 | Hamilton Health Sciences | Research Contract | | Simulation modelling support | $25,000 |
2012-13 | Johnson & Johnson | Research Contract | | Determinants of access to cardiac ablation services in Ontario | $40,000 |
2012-13 | Memorial University, Newfoundland | Research Contract | | Health human resource planning of physiotherapists and occupational therapists in Newfoundland and Labrador | $10,000 |
2011-13 | McGill University | Research Grant | | Information flow in order life cycle: Tracking and reporting order status | $17,500 |
2011-13 | Telus | Research Grant | | Information flow in order life cycle: Tracking and reporting order status | $15,217 |
2008-13 | Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical | Team Grant | PI: Cy Frank | Creating bone & joint health from the bedside to the bench and back again | $5,067,000 |
2008-13 | NSERC | Discovery Grant | | Healthcare applications | $125,000 |
2011-12 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Contract | | Development of models for cancer care planning: Provincial planning operations research collaboration | $96,750 |
2011-12 | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Research Grant | | Bed capacity simulation model | $25,000 |
2011-12 | Hamilton Health Sciences | Research Contract | | Bed allocation model | $25,000 |
2011-12 | Mitacs | Accelerate | | Improving cancer care operations | $12,000 |
2011-12 | Saskatchewan Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Contract | | Operating room allocation | $50,000 |
2010-12 | Mitacs | Accelerate | co-PI: Timothy Chan | Clinic planning and scheduling at Princess Margaret Hospital | $30,000 |
2009-12 | Mitacs | Accelerate | | Scheduling systemic therapy patients at Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre | $45,000 |
2011 Mar.-May | Mississauga Halton Community Care Access Centre | Research Contract | | Program Cost Analysis | $18,222 |
2010-11 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Contract | | Development of models for cancer care planning: Provincial planning operations research collaboration | $96,750 |
2008-11 | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Grant | | Developing a system dynamics model of the Ontario health care system | $125,000 |
2007-11 | CHSRF – Research, Exchange, and Impact for System Support | Research Grant | PI: Michael Schull | Waiting with an emergency | $810,000 |
2009-10 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Contract | | Development of models for cancer care planning: Provincial planning operations research collaboration | $91,000 |
2009-10 | Lakeridge Health | Research Contract | | A decision support tool to assist the 14 Ontario LHINs with allocation of aging at home funds | $83,000 |
2009-10 | William Osler Health Centre | Research Contract | | Simulation model for operating room planning | $22,000 |
2009 Jan.-Sep. | Centre for Health Quality Improvement | Research Contract | | Patient flow simulation model | $49,000 |
2008-09 | Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons | Research Contract | | Cardiac surgery forecasting model | $13,500 |
2008-09 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Contract | | Development of models for cancer care planning: Provincial planning operations research collaboration | $129,167 |
2008-09 | CIHR Workshop Funding | Research Grant | | What is blocking patient flow? Capacity Planning Workshop | $20,000 |
2007-09 | CE LHIN | Research Contract | | A decision support tool to assist the CE LHIN with allocation of aging at home funds | $25,000 |
2008 | Mitacs | Networking Event | | Support ORAHS 2008 PhD Workshop | $20,000 |
2007-08 | Cancer Care Ontario | Research Contract | | Development of models for cancer care planning: Provincial planning operations research collaboration | $96,750 |
2007-08 | CIHR Timely Access to Health Care | Research Grant | | Operations research in queue management: Development of scheduling systems for hip and knee replacement surgery | $100,000 |
2007-08 | CIHR/HTX (Hamilton Health Sci, St. Mike’s, Mt. Sinai, Visual8) | Research Grant | | A simulation-based peri-operative decision support system | $110,000 |
2006-08 | North York General Hospital | Research Contract | | Evaluation of Urgent Care Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital surge capacity protocol demonstration projects | $200,000 |
2006-08 | Western Canada Wait List Project | RA Support | Sherry Oh | Prioritized wait list management | $60,000 |
2005-08 | MDS | Research Grant | PI: B. Golden | Idealized-design in cancer care delivery | $500,000 |
2003-08 | NSERC | Discovery Grant | | Healthcare resource utilization | $125,000 |
2007 | Department of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Toronto | Research Contract | | Develop a system dynamics model to predict the numbers of doctors in various specialties in the future | $10,000 |
2007 | Mitacs | Workshop | Martin Puterman plus 3 others | Operations Research in Health Care Conference | $8,000 |
2007 | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Contract | | Environmental scan for hospital bed capacity planning | $30,000 |
2006-07 | Canada Health Infoway/Scarborough Hospital | Research Contract | | Enhancing emergency services: A patient-centred approach | $1,220,990 |
2006-07 | Hospital for Sick Children and Philips Corp. | Research Contract | Pat McKeever | Kids and Ambient MRI (KAMRI) technology research | $200,000 |
2006-07 | Mitacs | Network Seed Grant | Marty Puterman | Operations research models in health care | $40,000 |
2006-07 | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Contract | PI: Jon Dreyer | Predictors of workload in the emergency room (POWER 2) | $437,781 |
2006-07 | St. Michael's Hospital & Hamilton Health Science | RA Support | Daphne Sniekers | Perioperative decision support system | $12,000 |
2006-07 | Trillium Health Centre | RA Support | Rasha Rashidi | Diagnostic imaging analysis | $14,500/yr |
2006 | Cardiac Care Network of Ontario | RA Support | Rink Krackman | Systems dynamics model of HR strategic planning | $5,000 |
2005-06 | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Contract | | Predicting hospital performance and secondary effects in funded surgery volumes for reduction of wait lists | $23,000 |
2005-06 | North York General Hospital | RA Support | Rodney Lau | Modelling the fracture clinic | $15,600 |
2005-06 | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care | Research Contract | PI: Jon Dreyer | Predictors of workload in the emergency room (POWER 1) | $399,670 |
2004-06 | Cardiac Care Network | Research Grant | Jean Yong | Hamilton Health Sciences simulation | $28,000 |
2004-06 | Ontario HIV Treatment Network | RA Support | G. Zaric | HIV resource allocation in sub-Saharan Africa | $40,000 |
2005 | Toronto Western Hospital | RA Support | Margreet van der Drift | Process analysis in the fracture clinic | $10,000 |
2004-05 | CIHR / Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | International symposium Grant | B. Sobolev, A Levy | Health care modeling: linking operations and health services research | $43,000 |
2004-05 | Toronto Western Hospital | RA Support | Hannah Wong | Modelling general medicine patient flow | $27,600 |
2003-05 | Mt. Sinai Hospital | RA Support | Govind Adaikappan | Modelling the neonatal ICU | $27,600 |
2003-05 | OHA Change Foundation | Grant | | Decision support simulation model for resource management of an acute care hospital | $185,000 |
2003-05 | The Ottawa Hospital | RA Support | Sonia Vanderby | Modelling emergency patient admissions | $27,600 |
2003-05 | Trillium Health Centre | RA Support | Caroline Chan | Modelling cardiovascular services | $27,600 |
2003-04 | NSERC | Research Tools & Instruments | | A strategic model of the healthcare system | $34,222 |
2002-04 | CIHR | Operating Grant | M. Schull, G. Zaric | Causes and relationships between overcrowding and waiting in different emergency departments: The CROWDED study | $196,956 |
2002-04 | SSHRC | Operating Grant | M. Schull, G. Zaric | Causes and relationships between overcrowding and waiting in different emergency departments: The CROWDED study | $16,000 |
1999-03 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Scheduling applications | $96,180 |
1999-00 | NSERC | Equipment Grant | | Home care modelling | $10,333 |
1998-99 | Ontario Quebec Exchange | | | Health scheduling | $2,300 |
1995-99 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Practical scheduling applications | $72,000 |
1997-98 | Ontario-Quebec Projects of Exchange | | | Scheduling applications in health care | $3,500 |
1995-96 | Ontario-Quebec Projects of Exchange | | | Tabu search for hot strip mill scheduling | $1,800 |
1994-95 | Ontario-Quebec Projects of Exchange | | | Tabu search for hot strip mill scheduling | $2,120 |
1992-95 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Practical scheduling applications | $66,000 |
1991-92 | NSERC | Equipment Grant | | Practical scheduling applications | $40,791 |
1990-92 | Ontario Ministry of Health | | L. O'Brien-Pallas | Scheduling operating rooms | $231,780 |
1989-92 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Timetabling student courses | $52,500 |
1986-89 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Timetabling student courses | $40,500 |
1983-86 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Timetabling student courses | $19,080 |
1982-83 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Timetabling student courses | $16,000 |
1981-82 | NSERC | Operating Grant | | Timetabling student courses | $6,000 |