Seizure outcome of pediatric epilepsy surgery
Systematic review and meta-analyses
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- Received August 2, 2019
- Accepted in final form December 10, 2019
- First Published January 29, 2020.
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- Elysa Widjaja, MD, MPH,
- Puneet Jain, MD,
- Lindsay Demoe, BA,
- Astrid Guttmann, MD,
- George Tomlinson, PhD and
- Beate Sander, PhD
- Elysa Widjaja, MD, MPH,
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(i) American Journal of Neuroradiology, editorial board member, 2013-present (ii) Epilepsy and Behavior, editorial board member, 2017- present
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(i) Canadian Institute of Health Research, 133708, PI, 2014-2019 (ii) Ontario Brain Institute, PI, 2018-2023
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(i) Pediatric Epilepsy Research Foundation, PI, 2019-2021
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- Puneet Jain, MD,
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- Lindsay Demoe, BA,
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- Astrid Guttmann, MD,
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2018 - 2022 Nominated-PI Optimizing Canada's Healthcare for REfugees (OCHRE). Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Project Scheme Grant. (Glazier R, Rayner J, Co- PIs) $585,224 CAD 2018 - 2020 Co-PI Building Partnerships with Southern Ontario First Nations around Indigenous Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. ChildBright SPOR Network Grant. (Walker J, Co-PI) $319,233 CAD ($211,176 CAD from CIHR) 2012 - 2017 PI Evidence-Informed Health Services Delivery for Canadian Children and Youth. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Applied Chair in Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Services and Policy Research Award. $425,000 CAD Â Operating funding
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- George Tomlinson, PhD and
(1) Non-profit entity: Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, for position on DSMB of SPRINT clinical trial of hydroxyurea for prevention of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell disease. (2) Non-profit entity: member of Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board
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(1) Non-profit entity, American Society of Hematology, compensation for travel and time spent as faculty at Clinical Research Training Institute, 20189 and 2019
Canadian Medical Association Journal, biostatistical consultant, 2019
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(1) Non-profit entity: St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, for consultation on analysis of clinical trial (2) Non-profit entity: CAMH, Toronto, for consultation on analysis of clinical trial
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- Beate Sander, PhD
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Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR): Apr 2019  Mar 2024 Principal Investigator: Canada Research Chair in Economics of Infectious Diseases (Tier 2). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada Research Chairs. $600,000 CAD. Oct 2019 - Sep 2022 Co-Investigator: The Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Hepatitis C Viral infection in the First Nations Population in Ontario $650,250 CAD Operating Funding. Apr 2019  Mar 2022: Principal Investigator: The Prevention of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) disease in infants. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project Grant. Principal Investigators: Natasha Crowcroft (Nominated PI), Deshayne Fell, Beate Sander. Co-investigators: Jon Barrett, Shelly Bolotin, Kevin Brown, Nahuel Fittipaldi, Allison McGeer, Michelle Murti, Manish Sadarangani, Kevin Schwartz, Kumanan Wilson $409,276 CAD Operating Funding. Jun 2018  May 2022 Principal Investigator: A National Research Network on Lyme Disease. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Team Grant. Principal Investigators: Kieran Moore (Nominated PI), Cécile Aenishaenslin, George Chaconas, Rylan Egan, Todd Hatchette, Manisha Kulkarni, Patrick Leighton, Tara Moriarty, Muhammad Morshed, Janet Parsons, Samir Patel, Deanna Bubola, Marg Cox, Lorette Anne Dennis, Donna Enright, Bruce Roxburgh, Beate Sander, Triant Steuart, Miriam Verheyden, Heather Wise. Co-Investigators: 78 Co-Investigators $4,000,000 CAD. Network Funding. Oct 2018ÂSep 2021 Co-Investigator: Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project Grant. Principal Investigators: Kevin Brown, Nick Daneman Co-Investigators: Vanessa Allen, Gary Garber, Jennie Johnstone, Bradley Langford, Derek MacFadden, Samir Patel, Frank Rudzicz, Beate Sander, Kevin Schwartz, Therese Stukel, Margot Yann $608,176 CAD. Operating funding. Mar 2018ÂFeb 2019 Co-Investigator: The cost-utility of active surveillance compared with initial treatment for low risk prostate cancer in the Âreal worldÂ: A population-based study from the Canadian healthcare payer perspective University of Toronto, Astellas Grant, 2018 Principal Applicant: Shabbir Alibhai Co-Applicants: Antonio Finelli, Beate Sander, George Tomlinson, Narhari Timilshina $50,000 CAD. Operating funding. Apr 2018ÂMar 2021 Principal Investigator: Achieving hepatitis C elimination in Canada; addressing the needs of the diverse groups at risk Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project Grant. Principal Investigators: Christina Greenaway (Nominated PI), Naveed Janjua, Jeff Kwong, Beate Sander Co-Investigators: Laurent Azoulay, Karine Blouin, Julie Bruneau, Melisa Dickie, Jordan Feld, Murray Krahn, Mel Krajden, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Donald Murphy, Michael Otterstatter, Robert Platt, Eleanor Pullenayegum, Hasina Samji, Mark Tyndall, Bryna Warshawsky, William Wong $1,197,225 CAD. Operating funding. Oct 2017ÂSep 2020 Principal Investigator: Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage: addressing knowledge gaps for the use of tranexamic acid. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Operating Grant. Principal Investigators: Rohan DÂSouza (Nominated PI), Jose Carvalho, Murray Krahn, Kellie Murphy, Beate Sander, Prakesh Shah, Nadine Shehata, George Tomlinson, Marcin Wasowicz Co-Investigators: Kristina Khanduja $225,000 CAD. Operating funding. Oct 2017ÂSep 2019 Co-Investigator: Global Fibrosis Network. Connaught Fund. Connaught Global Challenge Award. Principal Investigator: Craig Simmons Co-Investigators: Richard Gilbert, Christopher McCulloch, Beate Sander $250,000 CAD. Network funding. Apr 2017ÂMar 2020 Co-Investigator: From Patient to Policy: Using data to drive TB elimination in Canada's foreign born population. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project Scheme Grant. Principal Investigators: James Johnston, Sarah Brode, Christina Greenaway, Naveed Janjua, Kevin Schwartzman Co-Investigators: Faiz Ahmad Khan, Robert Balshaw, Michael Campitelli, Victoria Cook, Frances Jamieson, Jeffrey Kwong,Liane Macdonald, Fawziah Marra, Theodore Marras, Maureen Mayhew, Richard Menzies, Kevin Pottie, Elizabeth Rea, Beate Sander $1,208,699 CAD. Operating funding. OTHER: Jul 2019 - Nov 2019; Principal Investigator: Economic Evaluation of Palivizumab Vaccination. Public Health Agency of Canada. $24,750. Operating funding. Aug 2018 - Aug 2019; Principal Investigator: Evidence to Decision Framework: Influenza Diagnostics. World Health Organization. $18,647. Operating funding.
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- From the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (E.W., A.G., G.T., B.S.), University of Toronto, ON, Canada; Diagnostic Imaging (E.W.); Division of Neurology (E.W., P.J.); Neuroscience and Mental Health (L.D.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; ICES (A.G., B.S.), Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Pediatrics (A.G.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) Collaborative (G.T., B.S.), University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; and Public Health Ontario (B.S.), Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Correspondence
Dr. Widjaja Elysa.Widjaja{at}sickkids.ca
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