Dr. Jennifer Knopp-Sihota
Dr. Jennifer Knopp-Sihota
Associate Professor
Contact information
Email: jknopp@athabascau.ca
Phone:
Jennifer Knopp-Sihota, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Disciplines at Athabasca University. Jennifer has taught various courses in the Nurse Practitioner graduate program as well as supervised graduate student projects and theses in the Master in Health Studies (MHS) and Master in Nursing (MN) programs.
Jennifer’s research focuses on improving clinical outcomes and quality of care for nursing home residents with dementia. She recently completed an Alzheimer Canada funded pilot project developing a RAI-MDS based pain assessment scale for residents with advanced dementia. Jennifer holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant to further refine and validate this pain scale.
Jennifer is a member of the University of Alberta based TREC investigator team where she holds Adjunct Associate Professor status. Other research projects focus on solutions for improving nursing home care, including non-pharmacological interventions to reduce dementia related behaviors, deprescribing and polypharmacy, and enriching the work life of caregivers.
Jennifer lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her family and works clinically as a Nurse Practitioner in both acute and primary care.
Research interests
- Dementia & dementia behaviours
- Deprescribing
- Health services delivery
- Knowledge translation
- Older adult’s / nursing homes
- Pain assessment and management
- Polypharmacy
- Quality of care / Quality improvement
- Systematic reviews
- Quantitative methods
- Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) – Co-Investigator
Educational credentials
- Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016
Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC)
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 2012
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing - Master of Nursing (MN) 2001
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing - Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) 1996
University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing
Professional affiliations
- Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses (CAAPN), member.
- College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) — NP practice permit.
- Nurse Practitioner Association of Alberta (NPAA), member.
- Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) — Investigator (research).