Kimia Honarmand’s bio
Dr. Kimia Honarmand is an adult critical care specialist and clinical epidemiologist. She holds a Masters Degree from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto and is completing a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster University. Her research focuses on stakeholder perceptions regarding emerging and controversial practices and procedures in organ donation and transplantation. She has led several funded studies to evaluate the perceptions of healthcare providers and the general public in Canada regarding heart donation after circulatory death determination using mixed methods approaches. She has expertise in various research methodologies, including systematic review and meta-analysis, observational study designs, and qualitative and mixed methods research. She has over 30 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an investigator and methodologist with the Stakeholder Engagement Working Group for the Death Definition & Determination Clinical Practice Guidelines led by Canadian Blood Services (CBS), and as guideline methodologist on several Clinical Practice Guidelines sponsored by the Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).