Meet the Team
Dr. Joanna Sinn, PhD
(@JoannaSinn)
Research Scientist
Joanna Sinn is a Research Scientist with St. Joseph’s Centre for Integrated Care and part of the BDG scientific leadership team. Dr. Sinn is a health services epidemiologist and program evaluator specialising in integrated health systems research, implementation, and evaluation. She conducts collaborative community-based research employing mixed methods, participatory approaches, and broad engagement strategies across the knowledge-to-action cycle.
Dr. Sinn is passionate about community health priorities, especially those at the intersection of individual and community health as well as social, economic, and physical environments. Dr. Sinn’s current research focuses on home and community care and housing with supports. Her approach to research brings system partners together with system data to identify needs, develop new models of care, and evaluate meaningful outcomes. She also frequently draws upon quality improvement principles to translate research outputs into better processes, programs, and policies.
She has received national and provincial awards, including the CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award and CIHR Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, for her research in health services and policy.
RESEARCH KEYWORDS
integrated care, continuing care, home care, congregate settings, population health, health equity, patient & community engagement, quality improvement
What motivates your work in integrated care?
“I am privileged to be at the table with patients, families, and providers and learn from them. We share examples of integrated care in action and work together to address existing gaps in the context of achieving the quintuple aim. Creating new partnerships, building on collective expertise and energy, and seeing ideas come to life are the most rewarding parts of my day.” - Joanna