Associate Dean, Research, Simon Fraser University School of Medicine
Profile
Kimberlyn McGrail is Scientific Advisor for Population Data BC and the Scientific Director and CEO of Health Data Research Network Canada. Her research interests are quantitative policy evaluation and all aspects of population data science. Kim was the inaugural Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Population Data Science, the 2009-10 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice, 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research.
Publications
Garrison SR, Bakal JA, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Green LA, Kirkwood JEM, McAlister FA, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, Singer AG, Katz A, Kelmer MD, Gayayan A, Campbell FN, Vucenovic A, Archibald NR, Yeung JMS, Youngson ERE, McGrail K, O'Neill BG, Greiver M, Manca DP, Wang T, Manns BJ, Mangin DA, MacLean C, McCormack J, Wong ST, Norris C, Allan GM. Interaction Between Chronotype and the Timing of Antihypertensive Medication on Cardiovascular Events and Death. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Oct 9:e044278. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.044278. Online ahead of print. Read more
Tsuei SH, McGrail K, Law M, Stucchi A, Hedden L. How do medical and social contexts affect telemedicine efficiency and quality? A propensity-score matching protocol in Canada's primary care. BMJ Open. 2025 Sep 23;15(9):e097225. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097225. Read more
Schummers L, Cheng L, Odendaal M, Rodriguez-Llorian E, Kuo IF, Norman WV, Black A, Stucchi A, Helmer-Smith M, Nethery E, Downey A, Guindon GE, McGrail K, Brennand EA, Lee S, Metcalfe A, Bryan S, Darling EK, Bertazzon S, Poliquin V, Nickel NC, Clement F, Law MR. Effect of universal no-cost coverage on use of long-acting reversible contraception and all prescription contraception: population based, controlled, interrupted time series analysis. BMJ. 2025 Jul 28;390:e083874. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-083874. Read more
Trenaman L, Guh D, Bryan S, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Yu M, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Can patient-reported data improve predictions about who will be a high-need, high-cost patient in British Columbia? Qual Life Res. 2025 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-025-04008-8. Online ahead of print. Read more
Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Lavergne MR, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Austin N, Halas G, Spencer S, Thelen R, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Shiplett H, Strumpf EC. Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 20;15(6):e103894. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103894. Read more
Paprica PA, Wodchis WP, Mcgrail KM. Advice or Advocacy - Varying Perceptions of Health Services and Policy Researcher Activities. Healthc Policy. 2025 May;20(3):27-34. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27519. Read more
Garrison SR, Bakal JA, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Green LA, Kirkwood JEM, McAlister FA, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, Singer AG, Katz A, Kelmer MD, Gayayan A, Campbell FN, Vucenovic A, Archibald NR, Yeung JMS, Youngson ERE, McGrail K, O'Neill BG, Greiver M, Manca DP, Kraut RY, Wang T, Manns BJ, Mangin DA, MacLean C, McCormack J, Wong ST, Norris C, Allan GM. Antihypertensive Medication Timing and Cardiovascular Events and Death: The BedMed Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4390. Online ahead of print. Read more
Hoben M, Dampf H, Devkota R, Corbett K, Hogan DB, McGrail KM, Maxwell CJ. Facility-Level Variation of Resident Loneliness in Assisted Living and Associated Organizational Context Factors: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 May;40(5):e70093. doi: 10.1002/gps.70093. Read more
Singal D, Dahl L, Brownell M, Dormuth C, Bolton JM, Enns JE, Hanlon-Dearman A, Katz A, Katz LY, Kelly LE, Leong C, McGrail K, Nickel NC, Ruth C, Dahl M, Kim J, Chateau D. Use of prescription opioids and other psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and their impact on the mother and developing child: protocol for a cohort study using linked administrative data from Manitoba and British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025 May 2;15(5):e097657. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097657. Read more
Trenaman L, Guh D, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Bryan S, Li LC, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Longitudinal trajectories of healthcare costs among high-need high-cost patients: a population-based retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 25;15(4):e089693. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089693. Read more
Schummers L, Law MR, McGrail K, Darling EK, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Gayowsky A, Gozdyra P, Norman WV. Changes in local access to mifepristone dispensed by community pharmacies for medication abortion in Ontario: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study. CMAJ. 2025 Apr 6;197(13):E345-E354. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241505. Read more
King C, Lavergne MR, McGrail K, Strumpf E; QC-BC Patient Enrolment Project Team. The effect of enrolment policies on patient affiliation to a family physician: A quasi-experimental evaluation in Canada. Health Policy. 2025 Apr 2;156:105313. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105313. Online ahead of print. Read more
Aaltonen M, McGrail K, Raitanen J, Martin-Matthews A. Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care. Can J Aging. 2025 Mar 28:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0714980825000066. Online ahead of print. Read more
Li SS, McGrail K, Rosychuk RJ, Law MR, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers. Outcomes for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 presenting to emergency departments in Canada, compared with housed patients. CMAJ. 2025 Mar 10;197(9):E236-E243. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241282. Read more
Sharma K, Cheng L, Dormuth CR, McGrail KM, De Vera MA, Clement F, McCracken RK, Mamdani M, Law MR. The impact of eliminating out-of-pocket payments for medicines on low-income households: a controlled interrupted time series analysis using linked administrative data from British Columbia. Health Policy. 2025 Feb 17;155:105270. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105270. Online ahead of print. Read more