Jamie Brehaut
Associate Professor and Senior Scientist
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine
Canada
Biography
Jamie Brehaut holds a PhD in cognitive psychology from McMaster University. Trained in issues of human memory, attention, and cognition, he also has expertise in psychological theory, knowledge translation, judgement and decision making, decision support, and computer usability techniques. He is a Scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, and a CIHR New Investigator in the area of Knowledge Translation. The primary areas of his research include: 1) Identifying and evaluating cognitive theories relevant to health care knowledge translation and decision support; 2) Understanding and modeling factors related to the health of parents of children with health problems.
Research Interest
Health Research, health care, psychological theory, knowledge translation, judgement and decision making, decision support, and computer usability techniques
