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Penny Brasher

Senior Scientist
Academic Appointment
Senior Scientist
Contact Info
penny.brasher@ubc.ca
604-875-4111 x 68167

Biography

Dr. Penny Brasher is a senior research scientist and director at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation. She has served on ethics boards and grant review committees, most recently as a scientific officer for Canadian Institutes of Health Research Randomized Controlled Trials 2. Dr. Brasher’s research interests include clinical epidemiology, clinical trial methodology, core outcome sets, secondary use of administrative data and statistical education.

Publications

  • Trials -

    Using ActionADE to create information continuity to reduce re-exposures to harmful medications: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

    Hau JP, Brasher PMA, Cragg A, Small S, Wickham M, Hohl CM
  • Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open -

    Microdosing and standard-dosing take-home buprenorphine from the emergency department: A feasibility study.

    Moe J, Badke K, Pratt M, Cho RY, Azar P, Flemming H, Sutherland KA, Harvey B, Gurney L, Lockington J, Brasher P, Gill S, Garrod E, Bath M, Kestler A
  • Rehabilitation psychology -

    Avoidance and endurance coping after mild traumatic brain injury are associated with disability outcomes.

    Cassetta BD, Cairncross M, Brasher PMA, Panenka WJ, Silverberg ND
  • Critical care explorations -

    Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Cerebral Autoregulation and Optimal Mean Arterial Pressure in Patients With Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicenter Feasibility Study.

    Griesdale DEG, Sekhon MS, Wood MD, Cardim D, Brasher PMA, McCredie V, Sirounis D, Foster D, Krasnogolova Y, Smielewski P, Scales DC, Ainslie PN, Menon DK, Boyd JG, Field TS, Dorian P,
  • JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery -

    Effect of Fluorescence Visualization-Guided Surgery on Local Recurrence of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Durham JS, Brasher P, Anderson DW, Yoo J, Hart R, Dort JC, Seikaly H, Kerr P, Rosin MP, Poh CF
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