Director, Knowledge Translation Research, Health Services Research Program, Cancer Care Ontario and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Vice-Chair, Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Professional Summary & Appointments
2008 – Present: Professor, Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Clinician Scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Director, Knowledge Translation Research Network, Health Services Research Program, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Vice-Chair, Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2012 – Present: Staff Physician, General Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Professor, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Full Member, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada
2008 – Present: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
2011 – Present: Adjunct Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
Honours & Awards
2013: Outstanding Contribution to Family Medicine Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
2008-present: Giblon Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
2008-present: Clinician Scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
2007-2008: Cameron Chair in Cancer Control Research
2004-2008: Senior Clinical Research Scholar, Dalhousie University
2004-2008: Peggy Davison Cancer Research Scientist, Cancer Care Nova Scotia
1995-2000; 2000-2005: Career Scientist, Ontario Ministry of Health (Provincial competition)
Current Research Projects
2014 – 2016: Knowledge Translation Research Network: Implementation of Innovations. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Principal Investigator.
2014 – 2016: Ambulatory Toxicity Management. Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). Co-Principal Investigator.
2014 – 2016: What is the role of middle managers in innovation implementation in the cancer system? Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Co-Investigator.
2013 – 2018: Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum (CanIMPACT). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Principal Investigator.
2012 – 2015: Understanding Diagnostic Episodes of Care in Patients with Early versus Late Cancers. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Co-Investigator.
2011 – 2015: A Pan-Canadian platform for the development of biomarker-driven subtype specific management of ovarian carcinoma. The Canadian Ovarian Cancer Research Consortium (COCRC). The Terry Fox Research Institute. Co-Investigator.
Representative Publications
Grunfeld E, Earle C, Stovall E. A Framework for Cancer Survivorship Research and Translation to Policy. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011;20:2099-2104. Principal Author
Grunfeld E, Julian J, Pond G, Maunsell E, Coyle D, Folkes A, Joy A, Provencher A, Rayson D, Rheaume D E, Porter G, Paszat L F, Pritchard K, Robidoux A, Smith S, Sussman J, Dent S, Sisler J, Wiernikowski J, Levine M N. Evaluating survivorship care plans: results of a randomized clinical trial with breast cancer patients. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29(36): 4755-62. Principal Author
Grunfeld E, Hodgson DC, Del Giudice ME, Moineddin R. Population-based longitudinal study of follow-up care for breast cancer survivors. J Oncol Pract. 2010;6:174-181. Principal Author
Grunfeld E, Levine M, Julian J, Coyle D, Szechtman B, Mirsky D, Verma S, Dent S, Sawka C, Pritchard K, Ginsburg D, Wood M, Whelan T. Randomized trial of long-term follow-up for early-stage breast cancer: a comparison of family physician versus specialist care. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Feb 20;24(6):848-55. Principal Author
