Joanna Sinn is a health services epidemiologist and program evaluator specialising in integrated health systems research, implementation, and evaluation. She conducts collaborative community-based research employing mixed methods, participatory approaches, and broad engagement strategies across the knowledge-to-action cycle.
Dr. Sinn’s research covers a variety of settings where housing and support services are co-located, such as residential care facilities and rooming houses. These settings are often intertwined with other determinants of health, including poverty, employment, social supports, and issues of housing quality and stability. Her approach to research brings system partners together with system data to identify needs, develop new models of care, and evaluate meaningful outcomes. She also frequently draws upon quality improvement principles to translate research outputs into better processes, programs, and policies.
She has received national and provincial awards, including the CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award and CIHR Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, for her research in health services and policy.
