====== Pat Armstrong ======

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===== Affiliations =====

==== Canadian Health Coalition ====

Armstrong is a member of the board for the [[Canadian Health Coalition]], a lobbying organization interacting with government to increase socialized healthcare in Canada.((Armstrong, P. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (p. 1). https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Congregate-Care-Setting-Working-Group_Pat-Armstrong_20210821.pdf)) ((//Pat Armstrong.// (2021, July 21). Canadian Health Coalition. https://www.healthcoalition.ca/team/pat-armstrong/)) Armstrong notes that this is a potential conflict of interest in her disclosures to the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.

==== Canadian Health Services Research Foundation ====

Armstrong held a [[Canada Health Services Research Foundation]]/[[Canadian Institute of Health Research]] Chair in Health Services.((//Pat Armstrong.// The Conversation. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://theconversation.com/profiles/pat-armstrong-524727))

==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====

Armstrong sits on the Congregate Care Setting Working Group of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved December 24, 2021, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#armstrong-pat))

==== Royal Society of Canada ====

In 2011, Armstrong was elected as a Fellow to the [[Royal Society of Canada]].((//Pat Armstrong.// Canadian Scholars. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/M1fhA))

==== Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ====

Armstrong received a grant from the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC) to study families and [[COVID-19]] in long-term care.((Armstrong, P. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (p. 1). https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Congregate-Care-Setting-Working-Group_Pat-Armstrong_20210821.pdf)) ((//Covid-19, families and long-term residential care – Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care.// (2021). York University. https://reltc.apps01.yorku.ca/covid-19-familes-and-long-term-residential-care))
==== York University ====

Armstrong is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at [[York University]].((//Pat Armstrong.// (2018, May 24). York University. https://profiles.laps.yorku.ca/profiles/patarmst/)) She is the principal investigator for the school’s Re-imagining Long-Term Care project.((//Team – Re-imagining Long-term Residential Care.// York University. Retrieved December 24, 2021, from https://reltc.apps01.yorku.ca/our-team#principal-investigator))

===== Publications =====

==== Books ====

Armstrong is the author, co-author, or editor of over 25 books.((//Pat Armstrong.// Canadian Scholars. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://archive.ph/M1fhA)) While she does retain some royalties from her books, most of the money goes to charities.((Armstrong, P. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table (p. 1). https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Congregate-Care-Setting-Working-Group_Pat-Armstrong_20210821.pdf)) ((//Results for “au: Armstrong, Pat.”// WorldCat. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A+Armstrong%2C+Pat.&qt=results_page))

==== Research ====

  * [[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34998729/|December 18, 2021]]: //Excess Mortality in Long-Term Care Residents With and Without Personal Contact With Family or Friends During the COVID-19 Pandemic//((Savage, R. D., Rochon, P. A., Na, Y., Strauss, R., Brown, K. A., Costa, A. P., Gill, S., Johnstone, J., Tanuseputro, P., Stall, N. M., & Armstrong, P. (2021). //Excess Mortality in Long-Term Care Residents With and Without Personal Contact With Family or Friends During the COVID-19 Pandemic.// Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2021.12.015))
    * Funded by [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES), which is itself funded by the [[Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care]]. ICES' Board of Directors includes representatives from [[Ontario Health]], [[Statistics Canada]], [[University Health Network]], [[Canadian Institute for Advanced Research]] (CIFAR), [[Hamilton Health Sciences]], and the [[Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence]].((//Mark Daley Biography.// ICES. Retrieved January 21, 2022, from https://www.ices.on.ca/About-ICES/Board-of-Directors/Bios/Mark-Daley-bio)) ((//Annual Report 2020/21 (p. 6).// (2021). ICES.))