Dr. Jennifer Knopp-Sihota NP Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Contact
- Email: jknopp@athabascau.ca
- Phone: 1-866-901-2831
- Edmonton, Alberta
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University
Associate Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
Education
- Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015), Translating Research in Elder Care, University of Alberta
- PhD (2012), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
- MN (2001), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
- BScN (1996), Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
Research Interests
- Chronic disease
- Dementia & dementia behaviours
- Health services delivery
- Knowledge translation
- Older adult’s / nursing homes
- Pain
- Quality of care / Quality improvement
- Systematic reviews
- Quantitative methods
- Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) – Co-Investigator
Clinical Background
I have been a nurse practitioner (NP) for over 15 years in Alberta and practice clinically in acute care at the University of Alberta Hospital and in primary care with Indigenous Services Canada, Government of Canada.
Grants - Recent
2018/04 – 2021/03
CIHR: Project Grant. Improving Pain Assessment in Nursing Home Residents with Dementias. (PI): Knopp-Sihota, J. A., Co-Is: Doupe, M., Estabrooks, C. A., Hoben, M., Kaasalainen, S., Parker, D., Poss, J., Thompson, G. KUs: Mann, J., VanWicklin, C. ($577,574).
2016 – 2019
CIHR: Project Scheme. Safer Care for Older People in (residential) Environments (SCOPE). PI: Wagg, A. S., Estabrooks, C. A.(Co-Is): Andersen, E., Anderson, M., Anderson, R., Baumbusch, J., Berta, W. B., Clement, F., Cranley, L., Cummings, G., Dearing, J., Doupe, M., Ginsburg, L., Holroyd-Leduc, J., Keefe, J., Knopp-Sihota, J., Lanham, H., McGregor, M., Norton, P., Profetto-McGrath, J., Reid, C., Senthilselvan, S., Smith, M., Squires, J., Collaborators: Anderson, C., Collins, M., Dewar, L., Dacombe Dewar, L., Forbes, H., Kozak-Campbell, C., Lamont, L., McKenzie, I., Mansell, L., McLeod, D., Regier, C., Risling, E., Taylor, D., Thompson, G., Trinidad, G., Schultz, M. ($1,195,000).
2015 – 2018
Alzheimer’s Society of Canada: Alzheimer Society Research Program. Improving Assessment of Pain in Nursing Home Residents with Moderate to Severe Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Knopp-Sihota, J. A. (PI), Estabrooks, C. A., Squires, J. E., Hoben, M., Poss, J. ($120,000)