Dr. David Streiner

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Dr. David Streiner

Senior Scientist
Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest

Professor
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Cross-Appointments, Departments of Social Work; Public Health Science;
Nursing; and Rehabilitation

Professor Emeritus
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University

Affiliate Member
Group de recherche inter-universitaire en soins infirmiers de Montreal

Research Focus

One of my research foci is the measurement of quality of life, from both a conceptual and a measurement point of view. This has centered mainly around three groups; the elderly, children with epilepsy, and extremely low birth weight infants. It also involves using some of the newer techniques in measurement, such as Item Response Theory. A second focus is a longitudinal follow-up study of the extremely low birth weight children, whom we have been following for nearly 25 years. The third focus is on the epidemiology of psychological problems in the elder, primarily using the large data bases gathered by Statistics Canada.

Publications

510 publications in total

Books

  1. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (1986). PDQ Statistics. Toronto: B. C. Decker.
  2. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R., Munroe Blum, H. (1989). PDQ Epidemiology. Toronto: B. C. Decker.
  3. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R. (1989). Health measurement scales: A practical guide to their development and use. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  4. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (1994). Biostatistics: The bare essentials. St. Louis: Mosby. a. Translated into Spanish (1996)
  5. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R. (1995). Health measurement scales: A practical guide to their development and use (2nd ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  6. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R. (1996). PDQ Epidemiology (2nd ed.), St. Louis: Mosby. a. Translated into Japanese (2000)
  7. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (1997). PDQ Statistics (2nd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. a. Translated into Japanese (2000)
  8. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (2000). Biostatistics: The bare essentials (2nd ed.), Toronto: B. C. Decker. a. Translated into Italian (2000)
  9. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (2003). PDQ Statistics (3rd ed.). Toronto: B. C. Decker.a. Translated into Japanese (2004)
  10. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R. (2003). Health measurement scales: A practical guide to their development and use (3rd ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  11. Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. (2007). Biostatistics: The bare essentials (3rd ed.), Toronto: B. C. Decker.
  12. Streiner, D. L., Norman, G. R. (in press). Health measurement scales: A practical guide to their development and use (4th ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  13. Verster, J.C., Pandi-Perumal, S.R., Streiner, D.L. (Eds) (2008). Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illness. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
  14. Cairney, J., Streiner, D.L. (Eds) Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  15. Streiner, D.L., Sidani, S. (Eds) When Research Goes Off the Rails. New York: Guilford.

Education

1958-1963
College: City College of New York,
Major Area: Psychology
Degree: B.A. (1963)

1963-1968
University: Syracuse University
Major Area: Clinical Psychology
Degree: M.S. (1965)
Ph.D. (1968)

Internship: Syracuse Veterans' Administration Hospital
Dates: 9/66 8/67

Registration: C. Psych. (Ontario, No. 682))
Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology

Academic Appointments

9/68-2/71 Staff and Research Psychologist, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario

9/68-9/69 Clinical Associate, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University

9/69-1/73 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University

2/71-6/74 Co ordinator of Research, Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital

1/73-7/79 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University

6/74-6/86 Chief Psychologist, McMaster University Medical Centre

6/76-10/80 Associate Member, Department Clinical Epidemiology and Bio¬statistics, McMaster University

1/79-12/84 Associate Co ordinator of Research, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University

7/79-9/98 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University

10/80-6/86 Joint Member, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University

3/86-3/86 Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Hawaii

6/86-9/98 Staff Psychologist, Chedoke McMaster Hospitals

6/86-9/98 Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University

8/87-1/90 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Smith College

1/90-12/92 Visiting Professor, School of Social Work, Smith College

11/92-9/98 Associate Member, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

9/93-8/94 Adjunct Practicum Supervisor, Department of Psychology, York University

3/97-4/97 Visiting Professor, University of Adelaide/Women’s and Children’s Hospital

10/98 - Professor Emeritus, McMaster University

10/98 - Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

10/98 - Assistant Vice President for Research, Baycrest

10/98 - Director, Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest

Executive Positions (External)

3/76-12/81 Board Chairman, Hamilton March of Dimes

9/79-8/83 Member, Board of Directors, Ontario March of Dimes

8/80-7/81 Member, Executive Committee, Ontario March of Dimes

1/81-8/86 Chair, Home Support Services Committee, Hamilton March of Dimes

3/81-5/82 Chief Presiding Officer, Burlington Special Needs Housing Committee

6/81-7/83 President, Hamilton Niagara Academy of Psychology

7/82-1/84 Member, Mental Health Task Force, Hamilton Wentworth District Health Council

4/83-4/84 Member, Executive Board, Ontario Association of Public Hospital Chief Psychologists

7/83-12/83 Member, Advisory Committee, Project on the Unemployed Adult in Burlington, Burlington Social Planning Council

9/87-8/90 Chair, Section of Health Psychology, Canadian Psychological Association

9/88-8/91 Member, Professional Affairs Committee,Canadian Psychological Association

10/89-10/89 Member, Canadian Consensus Conference on the Assessment of Dementia

10/97-6/02 Technical Panel, Resource-Based Relative Value Schedule Commission, Ontario Ministry of Health/Ontario Medical Association

7/99-3/05 Research Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees, Bloorview MacMillan Research Institute

1/01- Chair, Jurisprudence and Ethics Examination Committee, College of Psychology of Ontario

6/01- Member, Steering Committee, Ontario Rehabilitation Research Network

12/01- Member, Board of Directors, Hamilton UJA Federation

10/06- Chair, Scientific Steering Committee, Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Research Projects

Rochon, P. A., Gurwitz, J. H., & Streiner, D. L. Reducing adverse drug events in the nursing home. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 4/00-3/03. US$245,550.

Rochon, P. A., Anderson, G., Gurwitz, J. H., Streiner, D. L., & Bronskill, S. Optimizing prescribing in long-term care in Ontario. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 6/00-5/01. $46,019.

Saigal, S., Boyle, M., Streiner, D. L., & Pinelli, J. Extremely low birthweight infants at adulthood: Sociological and health outcomes. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 6/00-7/03. $506,583.

Huijbregts, M. P. J., Teare, G., Kay, T. M., McCullough, C., & Streiner, D. L. A prospective multi-centre longitudinal validation study for the Continuing Care Activity Measure (CCAM): Reliability, validity and responsiveness in the long term care population. The Drummond Foundation, 6/00-5/01. $23,695.

Busto, U. E., Streiner, D. L., Herrmann, N., & Sproule, B. A. The comparative pharmacological effects of temazepam, diphenhydramine, and valerian in elderly subjects. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 4/01-4/04. $240,476.

Saigal, S., Boyle, M., Streiner, D. L., Pinelli, J., Goddeeris, J., & Paneth, N. Adult functioning of extremely low birthweight infants. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. 4/01-3/05. $1,161,977 (US).

Rhodes, A., Links, P. S., Streiner, D. L., Dawe, I., & Cass, D. Hospitalization for deliberate self-poisoning. SMH Inner City Health Program. 4/01-9/01. $9,167.

Cheung, A. M., Cameron, J., Stewart, D. E., Coyte, P. C., Streiner, D. L., & Feldberg, G. D. When home care ends and institutional care begins: A longitudinal study of stroke survivors and their family caregivers. 4/01-4/04. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. $162,427.

Liu, B., Anderson, G., Mamdami, M., Mittman, N., Herrmann, N., & Streiner, D. L. The risk of hip fracture associated with individual antidepressant drugs: A cohort study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 4/01-3/02. $77,506.

Dawson, D., Feinstein, A., Stuss, D., Streiner, D. L., Warkentin, P., & Racine, D. The identification and early treatment of mild brain injury: Strategies for improved practice in the primary care setting. Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, 4/01-3/02. $115,000.

Park, N. W., Black, S., Leach, L., Moscovitch, M., & Streiner, D. L. Training of novel naturalistic actions post stroke: A scaffolded approach to rehabilitation. Heart and Stroke of Canada. 9/01-8/02. $76,195.

Parikh, S. V., Zaretsky, A., Yatham, L., Beaulieu, S., Levitt, A., Streiner, D. L., Young, T., & Patelis-Siotis, I. Psychoeducation versus cognitive-behavioral therapy in bipolar disorder. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 4/02-3/05. $683,000.

Huijbregts, M. P. J., Myers, M. A., Streiner, D. L., Teasell, R., Roy, E., & Smith, T. Effectiveness and feasibility of two community-based programs for stroke survivors and care partners: The Living With Stroke and the Stroke Self Management Program. Collaborative Research Program in Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care, 6/02-5/03. $5,000.

Lanctot, K., Rochon, P. A., Black, S. E., Freedman, M., Gurwitz, J. H., Herrmann, N., & Streiner, D. L. Interactions between herbal medicines and conventional drug therapy. Alzheimer Society of Canada, 6/02-5/03. $119,474.

McMain, S. F., Gnam, W. H., Links, P., Korman, L., Cardish, R. J., Dawe, I., Quastel, A., & Streiner, D. L. Hope for the chronically suicidal patient: Evaluating the clinical and health services impact of dialectical behavior therapy in individuals with borderline personality disorder. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 6/02-5/07. $932,364.

Van Reekum, R., Bayley, M., Griffen, S., Masanic, C., Rapoport, M., Streiner, D. L., Stuss, D., Velikonja, D., Verhoeff, N. P. A randomized controlled trial of the effects of donepezil on cognitive, behavioural, and functional outcome in traumatic brain injury. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 6/02-5/06. $334,326.

Urbach, D., McIlroy, J., & Streiner, D. L. A measure of acute health status following abdominal surgery. Physicians Services Incorporated Foundation, 10/02-09/04. $133,000.

Naglie, I. G., Beattie, B. L., Bergman, H., Black, S. E., Borrie, M. J., Freedman, M., Hogan, D. B., Irvine, M. J., Krahn, M. D., MacKnight, C. R., Patterson, C. J., Ritvo, P. G., Streiner, D. L., & Tomlinson, G. A. Canadian Alzheimer’s disease quality of life. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 10/02-9/06. $565,419.

Sidani, S., Leclerc, C., & Streiner, D. L. Evaluating the effectiveness of the abilities-focused approach to morning care. Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, 6/03 – 5/05. $185,360.

Kagan, A., O’Neil-Christie, C., McEwen, S., Willems, J., Simmons-Mackie, N., Streiner, D. L., Threats, T., Huijbregts, M., & Shumway, E. The Communicative Access Improvement Project (CAIP). Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. 6/03-5/04. $63,900.

Pinelli, J. M., Boyle, M., Crooks, D., Saigal, S., & Streiner, D. L. Experiences of young adult extremely low birthweight survivors, their parents and siblings. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 10/03-9/05. $93,194.

Ronen, G. M., Streiner, D. L., Cunningham, C., Boyle, M. H., & Rosenbaum, P. L. Quality of life in children with epilepsy: What constellation of factors is important? Child Neurology Foundation, 10/03-9/05. $75,000 (US).

Streiner, D. L., Cairney, J., Agbayewa, M. O., Cohen, M. M., Conn, D. K., Lin, E., McCleary, L., & Romans, S. E. Psychiatric disorders, associated risk factors and mental health service use among adults aged 55 and older in Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 11/03-10/04. $40,000.

Romans, S. E., Cairney, J., Cohen, M. M., & Streiner, D. L. Gender issues in depression and anxiety for Canadians less than 65 years of age. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 11/03-10/04. $39,830.

Streiner, D. L. Development of a training module for the Executive Training for Research Application program. Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, 12/03-11/04. $54,000.

Waraich, P. S., Streiner, D. L., Campbell, J. A., Goldner, E. M., Jones, W. N., Kiseley, S. R., & Rhodes, A. E. Validation of administrative cases of major depressive disorder using CCHS 1.2 data. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 11/03-10/04. $40,000.

Cairney, J., Wade, T., Boyle, M., Streiner, D. L., Goering, P., & Lin, E. Single mothers and mental health care use. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 6/04-5/05, $28,862.

Sidani, S., Davis, A. M., Streiner, D. L., Doran, D. M., Beaton, D. E., & McGilton, K. S. Examining the utility of different methods for assessing outcomes. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2/04-12/06. $161,816.

Addington, J., Zipursky, R., Boydell, K., Noh, S., Dewa, C., & Streiner, D. L. Psychosocial interventions for preventing or delaying psychosis. Ontario Mental Health Foundation, 6/04-5/ 07. $997,972.

Kagan, A., O’Neil-Christie, C., McEwen, S., Willems, J., Simmons-Mackie, N., Streiner, D. L., Threats, T., Huijbregts, M., & Shumway, E. A participation-based framework for outcome measurement in aphasia. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. 6/04-5/07. $376,998.

McGillis Hall, L. M., Pringle, D., Doran, D. M., Streiner, D. L., & Pink, G. H. Nurse staffing models, resident outcomes and system cost outcomes in long-term care. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 8/04-2/07. $302,632.

Rhodes, A. E., Jaakkimainen, R. L., Lindsay, M. P., Links, P., Spence, J. M., & Streiner, D. L. Sefl-poisoning: The ins and outs of service use. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 9/04-8/06. $128,160.

Naglie, I. G., Beattie, B. L., Bergman, H., Black, S. E., Borrie, M. J., Freedman, M., Hogan, D. B., Irvine, M. J., Krahn, M. D., MacKnight, C. R., Patterson, C. J., Ritvo, P. G., Streiner, D. L., & Tomlinson, G. A. Canadian Alzheimer’s disease quality of life. Alzheimer Society of Canada, 9/04-8/06. $113,752

Cairney, J., Boyle, M., Goering, P. N., Lin, E., Streiner, D. L., & Wade, T. Mental health care use among single and married mothers. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 9/04-8/05. $33,154.

Rueda, S., Bayoumi, A., Singer, J., Streiner, D. L., Darling, P., Chin, T., Walker, S., Gough, K., & Rourke, S. B. Effects of smoked cannabis on body weight, food intake, and appetite stimulation in HIV/AIDS: An open-label, single arm, dose titration study. Ontario HIV Treatment Network, 2/05-1/07. $256,500.

Cairney, J., Wade, T., & Streiner, D. L. Hearing loss and psychological distress in older adults. SSHRC. 4/05-3/08. $62,256.

McMain, S., Links, P., Korman, L., Streiner, D. L., Bergmans, Y., & Warwar, S. The importance of positive emotion in reducing suicidal behaviour: A psychotherapy process-outcome study. Ontario Mental Health Foundation. 4/05-3/07. $127,610.

Marziali, E., Streiner, D. L., Coyte, P., & McCleary, L. Development and evaluation of an assessment tool for estimating dementia caregiver resources, vulnerabilities, and homecare service needs. Alzheimer Society of Canada. 5/05-6/07. $150,000.

Marziali, E., Streiner, D. L., Hoch, J., Garcia, L., Tjam, E., & Health Service Partners. Internet based interventions for dementia caregivers: Economic analysis of a home-based e-health program. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. 7/05-9/07. $425,000.

Huijbregts, M. P. J., Streiner, D. L., Cameron, J., Kagan, A., McEwen, S. E. & Taylor, D. Filling the community programming gap in northern Ontario: Tele-health dissemination of a stroke self-management program. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, 8/05-7/08. $407,595.

Naglie, I. G., Beattie, B. L., Bergman, H., Black, S. E., Borrie, M. J., Freedman, M., Hogan, D. B., Irvine, M. J., Krahn, M. D., MacKnight, C. R., Patterson, C. J., Ritvo, P. G., Streiner, D. L., & Tomlinson, G. A. Longitudinal Canadian Alzheimer’s disease quality of life: Follow-up assessments. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 11/05-10/06. $50,000.

Davis, A., Badley, E., Beaton, D., Cote, P., Flannery, J., Gignac, M., Hogg-Johnson, S., Mahomed, N., Schemitsch, E., & Streiner, D. L., Outcome measurement: The importance of time. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 3/06-2/10. $624,224.

Dawson, D., Polatajko, H., Lemsky, C., Levine, B., & Streiner, D. L. A real-world intervention for improving quality of life for adults with executive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury. Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, 4/06-5/07. $75,000.

Rochon, P. A., Chan, A., Ferris, L., Gold, J., Hoey, J., Lexchin, J., Maskalyk, J., Moher, D., Naylor, C., Streiner, D. L., & Taback, N. Evaluation of the integrity of clinical research in Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 7/06-6/08. $456,048.

Williams, A., Eyles, J., Streiner, D. L., & Newbold, K. B. Operationalizing sense of place: Establishing a survey measurement tool. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 03/06-02/07. $67,000.

Naglie, I. G., Beattie, B. L., Bergman, H., Black, S. E., Borrie, M. J., Freedman, M., Hogan, D. B., Irvine, M. J., Krahn, M. D., MacKnight, C. R., Patterson, C. J., Ritvo, P. G., Streiner, D. L., & Tomlinson, G. A. Longitudinal Canadian Alzheimer’s disease quality of life: Follow-up assessments. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 11/06-10/08. $212,000.

Awards

U.S. Public Health Fellowship (8/63 6/64)
U.S. Public Health Fellowship (8/67 6/68)
Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association
Citation Award, International Association of Personnel in Employment Security
First Prize, International Bureau for Epilepsy & Sanofi-Synthelabo Price for
Assessing Costs in Epilepsy award for best research in the area of QOL in
children with epilepsy (with G. Ronen and P. Rosenbaum) (2002)
Third Prize, Dorfman Journal Paper Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (with M. J. Rapoport, S. McGullagh, and Anthony Feinstein (2003)
1st Graduate Course Director Award, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto (2004)
Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology/Canadian Psychiatric Association Alexander Leighton Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology (2004)
Fellow, Society for Personality Assessment

Curriculum Vitae

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Contact

Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit
Baycrest
3560 Bathurst Street, 734
Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1
Telephone: (416) 785 2500, x2534
Fax: (416) 785-4230
E-Mail: dstreiner@klaru-baycrest.on.ca