Carolyn Snider

Emergency Physician at Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre & Medical Director Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program

  • Winnipeg MB

An academic emergency medicine physician dedicated to advocating for people affected by violence

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Biography

Dr. Snider graduated from McMaster Medical School in 2003, completed her Master of Public Health degree in Injury Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2007 and her Emergency Medicine training at the University of Toronto in 2008. In 2016-2017, Dr. Snider has been authoring a report for the World Health Organization on the role of emergency medicine in responding to violence. Prior to moving to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the summer of 2011, Dr. Snider worked at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto as an emergency and trauma physician and as an injury researcher. She is the Past Chair of the Trauma Illness and Injury Prevention Committee for the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Snider’s primary research focus is the design, implementation and evaluation of interventions for preventing youth violence. Dr. Snider practices mixed method research, using large administrative databases, community based participatory research, concept mapping and clinical trial methodologies – all with an integrated knowledge translation approach. Dr. Snider started EDVIP – the Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program – and much of her evaluation work now revolves around this program. Dr. Snider’s appreciates her current funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research, Research Manitoba, the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Manitoba Medical Services Foundation and the Winnipeg Foundation

Industry Expertise

Medical/Dental Practice
Health Care - Providers
Health Care - Services

Areas of Expertise

Emergency Medicine
Trauma Care
Youth Violence
Intimate Partner Violence

Accomplishments

Anna Jarvis Award for Teaching Excellence in Emergency Medicine

2010-06-01

The Anna Jarvis Award for Teaching Excellence in Emergency Medicine was established in 1993 to recognize excellence in formal teaching among the faculty in Emergency Medicine. Formal teaching includes that occurring at bedside, didactic lectures and seminars/workshops.

Professorship, The Gerry McDole In Improved Healthcare Delivery to Rural, Remote and Underserved Populations of Manitoba

2013-11-01

Presented to a faculty member in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Manitoba for research in health service delivery and/or health policy development. The goal of the professorship is to improve the delivery of healthcare services to rural, remote and underserved populations of Manitoba.

The Alan Drummond Advocacy Award, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

2015-06-06

Presented to a Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians member who has demonstrated exemplary leadership, commitment and dedication to the cause of advancing the discipline at the regional, national or international level through advocacy efforts.

Education

Queen's University

B.Comm

Commerce

1996

University of Toronto

BSc

Science

2000

McMaster University

MD

Medicine

2003

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Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba
  • Scientist, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

Stomping out Youth Violence

Winnipeg Free Press  print

2013-11-19

Winnipeg free press article on launch of EDVIP

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Emergency intervention

Winnipeg Free Press  print

2013-10-31

Print media on launch of EDVIP

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ER doctor targets youth violence with unique program

CBC News  online

2013-11-19

Online article on launch of EDVIP

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Event Appearances

Using community based participatory research to develop an ED-based violence intervention program and the use of an alternative randomized control trial design

National Network of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs  Philadelphia, PA, USA

2013-09-26

Meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials of Hospital-Based Violence Interventions on Repeat Intentional Injury

Society of Academic Emergency Medicine  San Diego, California, USA

2015-05-14

Injury Prevention Successes and Opportunities for Future Injury Research by Emergency Physicians

University of Saskatchewan Research Day  Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

2015-05-27

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Research Grants

WrapAround Care for Youth Injured by Violence: A Pilot Randomized Control

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

2013-10-01

This grant support the pilot study of the Wraparound care for youth injured by violence study which established the Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program (EDVIP)

WrapAround Care for Youth Injured by Violence: A Randomized Control Trial

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

2015-10-01

This amount was a bridging grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Tri-Council Bridging Award

Research Manitoba

2016-09-01

This bridge award is to support ongoing research on the Emergency Department Violence Intervention Program

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Articles

Improving Bicycle Safety in Canada.

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Letovsky E, Rowe B, Friedman S, Snider C, Sullivan E

2016-06-04

doi: 10.2310/8000.2014.201402

CAEP 2014 Academic Symposium: "How to make research succeed in your emergency department: How to develop and train career researchers in emergency medicine"

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Perry JJ, Snider CE, Artz JD, Stiell IG, Shaeri S, McLeod S, Le Sage N, Hohl C, Calder LA, Vaillancourt C, Holroyd B, Hollander JE, Morrison LJ

2016-06-04

doi: 10.1017/cem.2015.63

A too-early lesson

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Snider C

2015-05-28

doi: 10.1017/cem.2014.43

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