Dr. Barbera is nationally and internationally recognized health services researcher. In 2018 she moved to Calgary to become the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and the University of Calgary. She also Chairs the Radiation Medicine Operations Committee, and Co-Chairs the Patient Reported Measurement Advisory Council for Cancer Care Alberta. Her academic areas of interest include health services research, quality of care and patient reported outcomes and symptom management. She has published extensively on health service use at the end of life in cancer patients. She has also done extensive work using a unique patient reported symptom dataset in Ontario. As the former lead of Cancer Care Ontario’s Patient Reported Outcome Program she has considerable knowledge and experience with using patient reported outcomes in routine care. Her active clinical practice is in breast cancer. She also has years of experience treating gynecologic malignancies. Dr. Barbera has previously received funding as a Principal Investigator from CIHR, CCSRI, OICR and ARCC and has over 150 peer-reviewed publications.
Area of Focus
- Health services research
- Quality of care
- Symptom management
- Patient experience
- Patient reported outcomes in clinical care
Summary of Research
Dr. Barbera is nationally and internationally recognized health services researcher. In 2018 she moved from Toronto to Calgary and was the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Arthur JE Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the University of Calgary from 2018-2026. She chaired the Radiation Medicine Operations Committee within Cancer Care Alberta from 2018-2022. She is current Co-Chair of the Patient Reported Measurement Advisory Council for Cancer Care Alberta and academic lead for the Calgary based Person-centered Radiation Oncology Service Enhancement Program (PROSE). Her academic areas of interest include health services research, quality of care and patient reported outcomes and symptom management. She has published extensively on health service use at the end of life in cancer patients. She has also done extensive work using a unique patient reported symptom dataset in Ontario. As the former lead of Cancer Care Ontario’s Patient Reported Outcome Program she has considerable knowledge and experience with using patient reported outcomes in routine care. Her active clinical practice is in breast cancer. She also has years of experience treating gynecologic malignancies. Dr. Barbera has previously received funding as a Principal Investigator from CIHR, CCSRI, OICR and ARCC and has over 175 peer-reviewed publications.
Area Of Focus
- Health services research
- Quality of care
- Symptom management
- Patient experience
- Patient reported outcomes in clinical care
Summary Of Research
Dr. Barbera is nationally and internationally recognized health services researcher. In 2018 she moved from Toronto to Calgary and was the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Arthur JE Child Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the University of Calgary from 2018-2026. She chaired the Radiation Medicine Operations Committee within Cancer Care Alberta from 2018-2022. She is current Co-Chair of the Patient Reported Measurement Advisory Council for Cancer Care Alberta and academic lead for the Calgary based Person-centered Radiation Oncology Service Enhancement Program (PROSE). Her academic areas of interest include health services research, quality of care and patient reported outcomes and symptom management. She has published extensively on health service use at the end of life in cancer patients. She has also done extensive work using a unique patient reported symptom dataset in Ontario. As the former lead of Cancer Care Ontario’s Patient Reported Outcome Program she has considerable knowledge and experience with using patient reported outcomes in routine care. Her active clinical practice is in breast cancer. She also has years of experience treating gynecologic malignancies. Dr. Barbera has previously received funding as a Principal Investigator from CIHR, CCSRI, OICR and ARCC and has over 175 peer-reviewed publications.