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Biography

Dr. Johnston focused on researching palliative and end-of-life care.聽 She led the Network of End of Life Studies and was a consultant epidemiologist with the Cancer Care Program, Nova Scotia Health Authority.

Education

• BSc in Honours Biophysics, McGill University
• MHSA, University of Alberta
• Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Western Ontario

Selected Publications

• Tweel M, Johnston GM, Hajizadeh M (2023) Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer incidence among women in Canada. Cancer Control. 30:1-8 DOI: 10.1177/10732748231197580
  
  
• Hajizadeh M, Charles M, Johnston GM, Urquhart R (2022) Socioeconomic inequalities in colorectal cancer incidence in Canada: trends over two decades. Cancer Causes and Control 33(2):193-204
  
  
• Taghavi M, Johnston G, Urquhart R, Henderson D, Tschupruk C, Tupala B (2021) Workforce Planning for Community-based Palliative Care Specialist Teams using Operations Research. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 61(5):2012-22
  
  
• Johnston G (2020) Jesus practiced Advance Care Planning. Palliative Medicine Reports 1(1):242-245
  
  
• Park G, Johnston G, Urquhart R, Walsh G, McCallum M (2018) Comparing enrolees to non-enrolees of cancer patient navigation at end of life. Current Oncology. 25(3):e184-e192
  
  
• Johnston G, Urquhart R, Lethbridge L, MacIntyre M (2016) Increasing our understanding of dying of breast cancer: comorbidities and care. Progress in Palliative Care 24(3): 147-152
  
  
• Burge F, Lawson B, Johnston G, Asada Y, McIntyre P, Grunfeld E, Flowerdew G (2015) Preferred and actual location of death: What factors enable a preferred home death? Journal of Palliative Medicine 18(12): 1054-9