Dr. Catherine Varner wins 2016 CAEP New Investigator Award

We are proud to announce that SREMI clinician scientist, Dr. Catherine Varner, has been awarded the 2016 CAEP New Investigator Award for her abstract entitled “Text messaging research participants as a follow-up strategy to decrease emergency department study attrition.” This award is given annually to the CAEP member who submits the highest-ranked abstract and is within five years of appointment at the level of assistant professor.

In addition to her award-winning abstract, Dr. Varner will also be presenting the following studies at the CAEP 2016 Conference in Quebec City from June 5th-8th:

• Prevalence and geographic variability of ectopic pregnancy in Ontario using inpatient and outpatient data: a 12-year surveillance study.
• The influence of cognitive rest and graduated return to usual activities emergency department discharge instructions on symptoms of minor traumatic brain injury.
• The Family Medicine Obstetrical Ultrasound (FaMOUS) course: A model for training office-based family physicians in first trimester point of care ultrasound.

To see a complete list of 2016 CAEP award winners, click here.