Carole Anne Estabrooks CM FCAHS (born 1954) is a Canadian applied health services researcher. She is a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation and a professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. She has been listed amongst the highest cited researchers in her field and was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2016.
Carole A. Estabrooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) New Brunswick |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.N., 1977, University of New Brunswick M.N., PhD., University of Alberta |
| Thesis | Research utilization in nursing, an examination of formal structure and influencing factors (1997) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Alberta |
Early life and education
editEstabrooks was born in 1954[1] to parents Louise and Francis.[2] She attended the University of New Brunswick for her Bachelor of Nursing degree in 1977,[3] and later earned her Master of Nursing and PhD at the University of Alberta.[4]
Career
editAfter completing her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto[4] Estabrooks joined the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. She was appointed a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Knowledge Translation from 2005 until 2010,[5] during which she co-founded TREC (Translating Research in Elder Care) with Peter Norton to research and quantify data on patient outcomes.[6] TREC conducted randomized controlled trials, longitudinal studies, and network studies to improve care and quality of life in long-term care resident homes.[7] As a result of her efforts in patient care, she was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences[8] and given an Alumni Award of Distinction from the University of New Brunswick.[3] In 2009, Estabrooks, Sharon Straus, and Jeremy Grimshaw received a $1.8 million Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant to fund Knowledge Translation Canada: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research. Their research project aimed to create a national training initiative to enhance Knowledge Translation research.[9] Through TREC, Estabrooks, Janet E. Squires, Greta G. Cummings, Judy M. Birdsell, and Peter G. Norton developed the Alberta Context Tool (ACT), a way to measure the organizational context for healthcare settings.[10] By 2013, the ACT was used in nine countries and six languages.[11]
Upon the conclusion of her Tier 2 CRC in Knowledge Translation, Estabrooks was re-appointed to a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation[12] and received the Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations Distinguished Academic Award.[13] She was also elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing[14] and appointed to the Alzheimer Society of Canada's Culture Change in Long Term Care Homes Steering Committee.[15] By 2014, Estabrooks was listed amongst the highest cited researchers in her field[16] and awarded the CIHR Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Translation in Aging.[17] Two years later, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for "translating research into health care improvements for older Canadians."[18]
In 2018, Estabrooks and Andrea Gruneir received $512,551 from the CIHR in funding for their project Longitudinal Monitoring for Quality of Care at the End of Life in Nursing Homes.[19] She was also inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.[20]
References
edit- ^ "Carole A. Estabrooks". viaf.org. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "E. Louise (nee Ebbett) Estabrooks". brittonfh.ca. August 17, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "2007 Proudly UNB Award Recipients". unb.ca. 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Carole Estabrooks". ualberta.ca. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Exploring the Applicability of Research to the Practice of Knowledge Translation". ktecop.ca. 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "TREC History". trecresearch.ca. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Hanson, Kaitlyn (January 10, 202). "Spotlight on Care". dementiaconnections.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Estabrooks, Carole". cahs-acss.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Knowledge Translation Canada: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research". ualberta.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Estabrooks, C.A.; Squires, J.E.; Cummings, G.G. (December 15, 2009). "Development and assessment of the Alberta Context Tool". BMC Health Services Research. 9: 234. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-234. PMC 2805628. PMID 20003531.
- ^ "Speaker: Carole Estabrooks". ktdrr.org. 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Translation". chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "CAFA DISTINGUISHED ACADEMIC AWARDS, 2010". sites.ualberta.ca. September 10, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Congratulates the Five Canadian Nurses honoured as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing". casn.ca. 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Culture Change in Long Term Care Homes – Steering Committee" (PDF). alzheimer.ca. March 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Dr Carole Estabrooks makes mark on global list of most cited researchers". ualberta.ca. September 5, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Carole Estabrooks awarded 2014 CIHR Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Translation in Aging". ualberta.ca. July 4, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Poffenroth, Yolanda (August 2, 2016). "Carole Estabrooks named to Order of Canada". ualberta.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Congratulations to all CFN Investigators who received Fall 2018 CIHR Project Grants!". cfn-nce.ca. March 14, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Dr Carole Estabrooks to be inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame". ualberta.ca. February 27, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
External links
editCarole A. Estabrooks publications indexed by Google Scholar