John A. Staples
MD, FRCPC, FACP, MPH
UBC Division of General Internal Medicine
UBC Rank: Clinical Associate Professor
Areas of
Focus
Dr. Staples aims to improve clinical care and strengthen population health through research.
- Unplanned hospital readmissions
- Hospital discharge before medical approval
- Substance use and injury risk
- Medical fitness-to-drive
- Analysis of population-based administrative data
Affiliations & Awards
- Michael Smith Health Research BC
- Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI)
- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (C2E2)
- Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants (2016, 2019, 2021, and 2022)
- Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award (2021)
- Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) Grant-in-aid (2019)
- VCHRI Innovation & Translation Awards (2017, 2021)
- VCHRI Mentored Clinicain Scientist Award (2019)
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) (2022)
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