Dr. Stuart Nicholls

Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Program Facilitator, Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activities (OPERA), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Methods Centre

Dr. Stuart Nicholls is the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Program Facilitator in the Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activities (OPERA) at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Methods Centre. Dr Nicholls consults with researchers to provide methodological guidance regarding all aspects of Patient-Oriented Research and patient engagement. He has over 20 years of health research experience, publishing over 100 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Nicholls is a member of the Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) Consortium and a former member of the Health Canada/Public Health Agency of Canada Research Ethics Board. He is fairly active on twitter where he posts mainly about patient engagement in research with the odd dad joke.

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