Dr. Jamie Brehaut

Dr. Jamie Brehaut
Dr. Jamie Brehaut
Professor and Senior Scientist
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital General Campus

PhD

Room
501 Smyth Road, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), Room L1284; Box 201B
Phone
613-737-8899 ext. 73820 (Office)
613-739-6938 (Fax)


Biography

Dr. Jamie Brehaut is a Senior Scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Full Professor in the School of Epidemiology & Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and member of the Centre for Implementation Science and the Ottawa Methods Centre. Dr. Brehaut holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from McMaster University.  Trained in issues of human memory, attention, and cognition, Dr. Brehaut has expertise in knowledge translation  and implementation, psychological theory, judgement and decision making, decision support, and issues in caregiver health. Much of his work focuses on the application of psychological theory to facilitate health care practice change and ethical issues in health care decision making. His work involves a wide range of clinical disciplines (e.g. emergency medicine, critical care, oncology, lab medicine, public health).

Research interests

  • Theories and frameworks in implementation science
  • Application of cognitive theories in knowledge translation
  • Audit and Feedback
  • Informed consent
  • Caregiver health
  • Ethics and recruitment in clinical trials