Monika Krzyzanowska

Administrative Assistant: Tracy Howze-Innes, tracy.howze-innes@sunnybrook.ca

Research Synopsis

Dr. Krzyzanowska's research lies at the intersection between the science and the practice of cancer care delivery with the overarching goal to understand and improve the quality of care received by patients with cancer treated in routine care settings across the continuum of care. She has taken two approaches to achieve this goal: (1) projects that involve population-based performance measurement to define ways to measure quality and identify gaps in care; and (2) intervention studies focusing on specific quality issues in the oncology population such as drug safety, symptom management and models of care. By combining intervention studies with population-based research she is able to look at healthcare delivery issues from different, but complementary perspectives, have impact at both the micro (institution) as well as macro (population) level and close the loop between quality measurement, quality improvement and care innovation.