Kara Schick-makaroff

Biography

Degrees: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta (2011-2015) PhD (Nursing), University of Victoria (2007-2011) MN (Policy & Practice), University of Victoria (2001-2005) BScN, University of Saskatchewan (1994-1999) Awards: Can-SOLVE CKD - KRESCENT New Investigator Award (Canadians Seeking Solutions & Innovations to Overcome Chronic Kidney Disease; Kidney Research Scientist Core Education & National Training Program) for the program of research Electronic patient-reported outcomes in clinical kidney practice (ePRO Kidney). Funding provided by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Canadian Society of Nephrology. July 2016-June 2019. ($245,000) Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC Branch, 2013 Research Award. KRESCENT (Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program), Postdoctoral Fellowship for the project, Health-related quality of life assessment in clinical nephrology nursing practice. Funding provided by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Kidney Foundation of Canada, and Canadian Society of Nephrology. Oct 2011-Sept 2014. ($165,000) Kidney Foundation of Canada, Allied Health Doctoral Fellowship for the project, Stories of end-stage renal disease: Listening for the unsayable. Sept 2010-Sept 2011. ($58,000) Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Doctoral Fellowship through the project, Re-storying life within life-threatening illness. PI: Dr. Laurene Sheilds. Oct 2007-Aug 2010.

Research Interest

Dr. Schick-Makaroff's research interests are centered upon enhancement of quality of life for people living with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. While she has specifically focused on chronic kidney disease, she has also been engaged in research with people living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, palliative care, COPD, heart failure, and nurses with disabilities. A major component in Dr. Schick-Makaroff's research involves the use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) in the multidisciplinary care of people living with life-threatening illnesses. Her research interests also include ethical nursing leadership, mixed methods research, narrative inquiry, and research synthesis.