IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the Year Award Recipient 2025

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) and Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Reid has received the 2025 IHSPR-CAHSPR Article of the Year (AOTY) Award for his article:

Actioning the Learning Health System: An applied framework for integrating research into health systems

Dr. Robert Reid, MD, PhD

Dr. Robert Reid is Chief Scientist Emeritus at Trillium Health Partners and a global expert and thought leader in population health, learning health systems and primary care. He is best known for leading the development of the Learning Health System (LHS) Action Framework that is now being used across Canada to guide system-based learning approaches. He is also well known for his ground-breaking work in developing and evaluating a patient-centred medical home at Group Health Cooperative, now Kaiser Permanente, work used across the world to redesign primary care systems. Until recently, Dr. Reid was the inaugural Chief Scientist and the Hazel McCallion Research Chair in Learning Health Systems at the Institute for Better Health (IBH). He was also former Senior Vice President, Science at Trillium Health Partners.

At the University of Toronto, Dr. Reid holds an academic appointment as Professor with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is also a Professor with McMaster University’s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. In 2024, Dr. Reid was awarded the Louise Lemieux-Charles Health System Leadership Award by the University of Toronto. Dr. Reid is currently providing expertise in the re-design of Ontario’s health care system through the Ontario Health Teams initiative. Dr. Reid co-leads of the Rapid Improvement and Support Exchange (RISE) which provides technical support for rapid learning and improvement.

Board certified in preventive medicine, Dr. Reid received his medical degree from the University of Alberta and completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University.

In his winning article, Dr. Reid and team build on existing learning health system (LHS) frameworks to deepen our practical understanding of the interface between research and health systems operations. It provides actionable insights on how to realize a LHS in practice.

Dr. Reid and team present a LHS action framework that describes how research and health care operations are linked and enacted to advance population health and health equity. Health systems seeking to implement a LHS approach can use this framework to identify necessary capabilities to ensure a systematic approach to learning and achieving equity-centered quadruple aim metrics.

Top 10 Articles of the 2025 Year

The IHSPR-CAHSPR AOTY competition received an impressive number of high-ranking submissions this year. We are thrilled to present the Top 10 articles (published in 2024) in recognition of the exemplary work led by the HSPR community.

Duration of risk reduction in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality after a complete colonoscopy in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Arlinda Ruco et al.

Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial

Kevin Schwartz et al.

Maternal Disability and Early Child Preventive Care

Hilary Brown et al.

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance for opioid and stimulant dispensations on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study

Amanda Slaunwhite et al.

The Impact of Primary Care Clinic and Family Physician Continuity on Patient Health Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis From Alberta, Canada

Terrence McDonald et al.

How context links to best practice use in long-term care homes: a mixed methods study

Yinfei Duan et al.

Defining equity, its determinants, and the foundations of equity science

Katrina Plamondon et al.

Effects of implementation strategies on nursing practice and patient outcomes: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Guillaume Fontaine et al.

Will they always be living the Sisyphus punishment? The triple whammy for racialized women: a qualitative investigation of primary care researchers in Canada

Monica Aggarwal and Sabrina Wong

Oral Antibiotics and Risk of Serious Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions

Erika Lee et al.

Thank you, Peer Review Committee!

The Article of the Year competition would not be possible without the volunteer commitment of exceptional members of the health services and policy research community. IHSPR and CAHSPR offer their sincere thanks to the members of this year's AOTY Peer Review Committee: Alan Katz (University of Manitoba), Carl Ardy Dubois (Université de Montréal), Christina Weise (Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research), Craig Mitton (University of British Columbia), Dee Taylor (Interior Health Authority), Fatimah Jackson-Best (McMaster University), Fiona Clement (University of Calgary), Hai Van Nguyen (Memorial University), Jean-Louis Denis (University of Toronto), Katie Aubrecht (St Francis Xavier University), Kieran Quinn (Sinai Health), Marie-Soleil Hardy (Université Laval), Mark Embrett (Dalhousie University), Onil Bhattacharyya (Women's College Hospital), Rachel Savage (Women's College Hospital), Ruth Lavergne (Dalhousie University), Shehzad Ali (University of Western Ontario), Sophia Myles (University of Ottawa), Vivian Ramsden (University of Saskatchewan).

Date modified:

2025-06-02