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Robert Fowler, MDCM, M.Sc.
Senior scientist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave.
Toronto, ON
M4N 3M5
Phone: 416-480-6100 ext. 67471
Fax: 416-480-6191
Email: rob.fowler@sunnybrook.ca
Education:
- B.Sc., 1991, biology, University of New Brunswick, Canada
- MDCM, 1995, McGill University, Canada
- M.Sc., 2002, epidemiology, Stanford University, U.S.
Appointments and Affiliations:
- Senior scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Physician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Professor, department of medicine and interdepartmental division of critical care medicine, University of Toronto
- Director, clinical epidemiology and health care research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, U of T
Research Foci:
- Epidemiology, outcomes and care for critically ill populations across the globe
- Infection and outbreak-related critical illness
- End-of-life care comparisons and quality improvement
Research Summary:
Dr. Fowler is a clinician, teacher and supervisor for medical students, residents and clinical fellows. He has an active research program focused upon clinical outcomes of critically ill patients. He has published many research papers and holds a number of peer-reviewed grants in support of his academic work.
Selected Publications:
See current publications list at PubMed.
Related News and Stories:
- A fine balance (SRI Magazine, 2017)
- Dr. Rob Fowler receives Royal College's Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award: Award celebrates Canadian physicians who go beyond the accepted norms of routine practice (April 19, 2017)
- CIHR responds to revolt while releasing results: Peer rebellion brings promise of change to granting agency (July 18, 2016)
- Scientist bestowed with national service decoration: Congratulations to Dr. Rob Fowler (Dec. 16, 2015)
- National agency recognizes scientific excellence at Sunnybrook Research Institute: Scientists score high with multimillion-dollar funding investment (Oct. 13, 2015)
- Scientists capture tri-council funding: Operating grants support work in brain sciences and cancer research (July 15, 2014)
- Pandemic readiness: MERS-Cov and H7N9 bird flu: let's be prepared (SRI Magazine, 2013)
- Making the cut: Amid fiscal challenges, SRI researchers get funded (Feb. 7, 2013)
- Critical care (SRI Magazine, 2009)
- Canada's critically ill H1N1 patients typically young and previously healthy (Oct. 13, 2009)
- Spring up: Eleven SRI researchers are recognized by a quartet of funding bodies (June 3, 2008)
- Sex and gender play role in critical care access and treatment (Nov. 15, 2007)
- Videos teach med students to care for critically ill (Oct. 15, 2007)
- Faking it: Sunnybrook researchers investigate the role a simulated human has to play in improving medical education (May 14, 2007)
- Women, children and other patient populations frequently excluded from the most influential clinical research trials (March 28, 2007)
- Q&A: SRI chats with Rob Fowler (Sunnybrook Research Institute Research Report, 2004–2006)