Research Interests: social epidemiology, health equity, disability and complex chronic conditions
Dr. Sara Guilcher (PT, PhD) is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and has cross-appointments to the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Guilcher also has scientific appointments at ICES (ICES@UofT), the Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, and West Park Healthcare Centre. As a clinician scientist with a background in physical therapy, Dr. Guilcher is a Canadian Institutes for Health Research-funded Embedded Clinician Researcher working with Health Quality Ontario (Ontario, Canada).
Dr. Guilcher’s goals are to create science, work and inform policy that optimizes integration of care for whole-person activation among individuals with complex health and social needs (e.g., multimorbidity, disability). Specifically, Dr. Guilcher’s research aims to understand longitudinal care trajectories/journeys, and how we can optimize integration of care for whole-person activation, and design/evaluate interventions to address critical system and care gaps. Improving activation through prevention and rehabilitation services within integration of care models has impact at the patient/caregiver, clinical and system levels. Leveraging the intersection of rehabilitation sciences, implementation sciences with learning health systems,
Dr. Guilcher has expertise in transitions in care, system integration, evaluation, multimorbidity, disability, equity, and mixed-methods. Current projects co-led with Dr. Kerry Kuluski include understanding and evaluating trajectories of care for persons with hip fracture and delay in discharge.
Dr. Guilcher has a MSc in Physical Therapy from the University of Toronto, MSc in Psychology (Clinical) from Western University and PhD in Clinical Epidemiology- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation from the University of Toronto. During her doctoral training, Dr. Guilcher completed two collaborative programs: (1) Ontario Training Collaborative Program in Health Services and Policy Research and (2) Collaborative Program in Women’s Health. Dr.Guilcher also completed two post-doctoral fellowships: Canadian Institutes for Health Research Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research Training Action For Health Equity Interventions (ACHIEVE) program at the Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario; and Health System Performance Network.
MSc. Student
Masters