Dr. Moira Stewart PhD, is a Distinguished University Professor at the Centre for
Studies in Family Medicine at Western University and the Dr. Brian W. Gilbert Canada
Research Chair in Primary Health Care Research. Dr. Stewart has published widely on
the topic of Patient-Centered Care and has edited, with colleagues, an international
series of books applying the patient-centered clinical method. She is Co-Principal
Investigator of a CIHR Community-based Primary Health Care Team Grant on PatientCentered Innovations for Persons with Multimorbidity. An innovation, that she led and
evaluated, integrated family physician and nurse practitioner care with home care and
secondary care. She contributes to capacity building for research as the Principal
Investigator on a CIHR Strategic Training Grant on interdisciplinary primary health care
research called TUTOR-PHC. Dr. Stewart works with 50 clinicians on a project creating
a researchable database of the Electronic Medical Record data in Southwestern
Ontario. She works closely with policy-makers on collaborative programs of research
such as the Primary Health Care Program funded by Ontario's Health System Research
Fund. Dr. Stewart received the James Mackenzie Medal of the Royal College of
General Practitioners (2004), The College of Family Physicians of Canada Family
Medicine Researcher of the Year Award (2007), the Martin J. Bass Recognition Award,
Department of Family Medicine (2008), is Co-recipient of the Dean’s Award of
Excellence – Team Award at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (2010),
Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2010), Recipient of The
College of Family Physicians of Canada, Outstanding Family Medicine Research Article
Award for “Integrating Physicians Services in the Home – An Evaluation of an
Innovative Program” (2011) and The College of Family Physicians of Canada Lifetime
Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research (2012).