Clinical Research

Bringing Discoveries to the "Bedside"

Dr. Anna Maria Chudyk

Principal Investigator
Shaping Healthcare by Addressing Real-life Experiences (SHARE)

Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Manitoba

Research Focus

Dr. Anna Chudyk’s research program focuses on transforming health research and healthcare by ensuring that the knowledge, experiences, and priorities of patients, caregivers, and communities meaningfully shape decisions and directions. As an Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba and Principal Investigator of the SHARE (Shaping Healthcare by Addressing Real-life Experiences) Lab, she works at the intersection of patient-oriented research, implementation science, and learning health systems to develop more relevant, equitable, and impactful approaches to improving health and healthcare.

Her research spans both methodological and applied patient-oriented research: a continuum of research that engages patients, caregivers, and communities as partners and focuses on the priorities and outcomes that matter to them. Methodologically, she develops, evaluates, and implements approaches that strengthen meaningful partnerships between patients, caregivers, researchers, clinicians, and health system leaders. This work examines how engagement can move beyond consultation to become an integral part of how research priorities are established, studies are designed and conducted, evidence is translated into practice, and healthcare systems learn and improve over time.

Her applied research focuses on improving healthcare experiences and outcomes by co-designing research with those most affected by health conditions and healthcare services. Current areas of research include patient engagement methods, healthcare co-design, care transitions, cardiovascular populations (including pediatric and adult congenital heart disease and cardiac surgery), and strategies to support the implementation of patient-oriented research across healthcare organizations.

Collaboration and knowledge mobilization are central to her research program. She works closely with patients, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, community organizations, and health system partners to ensure research is both scientifically rigorous and meaningful to the people it is intended to benefit. She also co-founded and co-hosts AsPERUsual: A Podcast for Practical Patient Engagement (asperusual.substack.com), which translates research into practical conversations that support researchers, patient partners, and healthcare organizations in building authentic and sustainable research partnerships.

To learn more about her research program, current projects, publications, and resources, visit https://www.patientengagementinresearch.ca/

For more information, please contact:

Anna M. Chudyk, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba

Asper Clinical Research Institute
CR3024, 369 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R2H 2A6
https://www.patientengagementinresearch.ca/
https://asperusual.substack.com/

Publications

My work focuses on producing evidence that not only advances scholarship but also changes how research and healthcare are conducted in practice. Through interdisciplinary collaborations across Canada and internationally, I have led and contributed to studies that improve patient engagement, healthcare delivery, care transitions, and health system innovation.

A current list of publications can be found on my Google Scholar profile:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PcgKHLUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

Awards

Dr. Chudky’s career has been supported by numerous competitive national and institutional awards that recognize both research excellence and leadership.

Highlights include:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Patient-Oriented Research Award – Transition to Leadership Stream Phase 1 (Postdoctoral Fellowship) & Phase 2 (Early Career Researcher)
Martha Donovan Women’s Development Leadership Award
Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Manitoba
CIHR Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (PhD)
CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (PhD)
CIHR Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (MSc)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (MSc)
Silver Quill Award

These awards (and others) have supported her career journey and development of a research program dedicated to improving healthcare by embedding patient and public perspectives throughout the research process.

Funding

Dr. Chudyk’s research program is supported by competitive funding from national, provincial, and institutional agencies, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing patient-oriented research and improving healthcare through meaningful partnerships with patients, caregivers, communities, clinicians, researchers, and health system leaders.

As Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator, she leads and contributes to interdisciplinary research that develops, applies, and evaluates patient-oriented approaches across diverse health conditions and healthcare settings.

Recently funded projects focus on:

Advancing patient-oriented research methods, including the development and evaluation of approaches to patient engagement, co-design, communication, partnership, knowledge mobilization, and stakeholder compensation.
Improving care for children, youth, and adults living with congenital heart disease, including understanding healthcare preferences, patient-valued outcomes, transitions from pediatric to adult care, and the experiences of Red River Métis people living with congenital heart disease.
Integrating patient and caregiver perspectives into cardiac surgery research, including enhanced recovery after surgery, early mobility, patient-valued outcomes, and patient-centred approaches to perioperative care.
Co-designing patient-centred mental health research, including engaging youth and caregivers to understand perspectives on pharmacogenomic testing and support more personalized approaches to mental healthcare.
Strengthening social prescribing research, including developing core outcome sets, understanding implementation, and evaluating approaches that connect people with community resources to improve health and well-being.