Amy Hsu
PhD
Investigator
Chair in Primary Health Care Dementia Research
University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Institute and Bruyère Health Research Institute
Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
Adjunct Professor
School of Industrial Design, Carleton University
Affiliate Researcher
Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care, Perley Health
About:
Amy Hsu, PhD, is an Investigator at the Bruyère Health Research Institute and holds a uOttawa Brain and Mind-Bruyère Health Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care Dementia Research. She is also a Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Her research uses population-level health administrative data to examine older adults' health and health care needs, especially in those living with dementia and individuals needing long-term care.
Hsu has expertise in prediction modelling and long-term care research. Since 2019, she has been a Principal Investigator or co-investigator on 50 funded projects, totaling over $185 million in research funding. In 2021, she was awarded the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine’s Early-Career Researcher of the Year in Epidemiology and Public Health.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hsu led the development of the first national report examining the impact of COVID -19 on residents in Canadian long-term care homes. She also represents Canada in an international collaborative focusing on issues affecting residents and workers in long-term care. She is one of the principal scientists leading the development, implementation, and evaluation of RESPECT (Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in their Communities Tool), a predictive tool supporting earlier identification of palliative care needs in older adults in home care and in long-term care. The RESPECT calculator, which is hosted on ProjectBigLife.ca, has been used by over 400,000 users worldwide and has been implemented in home care programs and long-term care homes in several Canadian provinces.
Research Interests:
Long-term care, health care needs of people living with dementia, palliative care, primary care, research using health administrative data, prediction modelling, health economics.
Select Publications:
Murmann M, Manuel DG, Tanuseputro P, Bennett C, Pugliese M, Li W, Roberts R, Hsu AT. (2024). Estimated mortality risk and use of palliative care services among home care clients during the last 6 months of life: a retrospective cohort study. Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Hsu AT, Manuel DG, Spruin S, Bennett C, Taljaard M, Beach S, Sequeira Y, Talarico R, Chalifoux M, Kobewka D, Costa AP, Bronskill SE, Tanuseputro P. (2021). Predicting death in home care users: derivation and validation of the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT). Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Ng R, Lane N, Tanuseputro P, Mojaverian N, Talarico R, Wodchis WP, Bronskill SE, Hsu AT. (2020). Increasing Complexity of New Nursing Home Residents in Ontario, Canada: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Luo H, Koponen M, Roethlein C, Becker C, Bell JS, Beyene K, Chai Y, Chan A, Chui C, Haenisch B, Hartikainen S, Hsu AT, Ilomaki J, Kim JH, Knapp M, Kunkel E, Lai E, Lau KK, Lau W, Lee H, Liao T-C, Lum T, Man K, Shin J-Y, Tolppanen A-M, Wong G, Wong I. (2023). Trends in survival following dementia diagnosis: a multinational cohort study. Research Square.
Hsu AT, Berta W, Coyte PC, Laporte A. (2016). Staffing in Ontario's Long-Term Care Homes: Differences by Profit Status and Chain Ownership. Canadian Journal on Aging.
Contact:
ahsu@bruyere.org