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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mathematics in Canada Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Allan Donner is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their work spans several areas primarily within medicine and economics, with a particular focus on maternal and perinatal health as well as cancer-related economic evaluations.

The scientist has contributed research across the following main fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, Donner's work further concentrates on these subfields:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

The core topics covered in their publications include:

  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Donner has authored papers such as:

  • Survey of Mode of Delivery and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Canada, published in 2022 in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • P2.17A.04 Cost Effectiveness of a System-Level Precision Medicine Intervention for Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients, published in 2024 in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Rebecca Attenborough
  • Phil Murphy
  • Jie Yang
  • B. Anthony Armson
  • George Carson

Their research has appeared notably in these venues:

  • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
  • Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Donner has been recognized with the following honors:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007 (Academy of Science)
  • Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 1989

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed.

    Jan Kottner;Laurent Audige;Stig Brorson;Allan Donner

  • The impact of patient-centered care on outcomes.

    Moira Stewart;Judith Belle Brown;Allan Donner;Ian R. McWhinney

  • Sample size and optimal designs for reliability studies

    S. D. Walter;M. Eliasziw;A. Donner

  • Design and Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials in Health Research

    Allan Donner;Neil Klar

  • Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

    Camilla Zimmermann;Nadia Swami;Monika Krzyzanowska;Monika Krzyzanowska;Breffni Hannon;Breffni Hannon

  • A Randomized Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

    Alexandra Kirkley;Trevor B. Birmingham;Robert B. Litchfield;J. Robert Giffin

  • Early combined immunosuppression or conventional management in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease: an open randomised trial

    Geert D'Haens;Filip Baert;Gert van Assche;Philip Caenepeel

  • Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in Latin America

    José Villar;Eliette Valladares;Daniel Wojdyla;Nelly Zavaleta

  • Shift work and vascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Manav V Vyas;Amit X Garg;Arthur V Iansavichus;John Costella

  • Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study

    José Villar;Guillermo Carroli;Nelly Zavaleta;Allan Donner

  • WHO antenatal care randomised trial for the evaluation of a new model of routine antenatal care

    José Villar;Hassan Ba'aqeel;Gilda Piaggio;Pisake Lumbiganon

  • Sample size requirements for reliability studies

    Allan Donner;Michael Eliasziw

  • RANDOMIZATION BY CLUSTER SAMPLE SIZE REQUIREMENTS AND ANALYSIS

    Allan Donner;Nicholas Birkett;Carol Buck

  • Issues in the meta-analysis of cluster randomized trials

    Allan Donner;Neil Klar

  • Extension of the modified Poisson regression model to prospective studies with correlated binary data

    G Y Zou;Allan Donner

  • A school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence: a cluster randomized trial.

    David A. Wolfe;Claire V. Crooks;P. Jaffe;Debbie Chiodo

  • Pitfalls of and controversies in cluster randomization trials.

    Allan Donner;Neil Klar

  • Wald's Test as Applied to Hypotheses in Logit Analysis

    Walter W. Hauck;Allan Donner

  • Responsiveness of the short form-36, disability of the arm, shoulder, and hand questionnaire, patient-rated wrist evaluation, and physical impairment measurements in evaluating recovery after a distal radius fracture

    Joy C. MacDermid;Robert S. Richards;Allan Donner;Nicolas Bellamy

  • Sample size requirements for the design of reliability study: review and new results

    M M Shoukri;M H Asyali;A Donner

  • Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in

    José Villar;Eliette Valladares;Daniel Wojdyla

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Eliasziw
Michael Eliasziw University of Calgary
Brian G. Feagan
Brian G. Feagan University of Western Ontario
Jeremy M. Grimshaw
Jeremy M. Grimshaw Ottawa Hospital
Gary Rodin
Gary Rodin Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Camilla Zimmermann
Camilla Zimmermann University of Toronto
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens University of California, Los Angeles
Martin P Eccles
Martin P Eccles Newcastle University
William J. Sandborn
William J. Sandborn University of California, San Diego
Sujit K. Bhattacharya
Sujit K. Bhattacharya Indian Council of Medical Research
Malcolm J. Moore
Malcolm J. Moore Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

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