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Lisa Puchalski Ritchie

MD, FRCPC, PhD, MA

Scientist

Email: lisa.puchalskiritchie@utoronto.ca

Research Programs

Biography

Dr. Puchalski Ritchie is a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute in the Knowledge Translation Program. She is an emergency physician at University Health Network, and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, at the University of Toronto and Assistant Professor (status only) at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. 

She is a clinical epidemiologist with a research focus on the use of knowledge translation strategies to improve health care delivery and outcomes for high burden local identified priority health conditions in resource limited health care settings. 

Please note: Dr. Puchalski Ritchie is not taking any summer students in 2024.

Recent Publications

  1. Puchalski Ritchie, LM, Gamble, K, Vila Ortiz, M, Abalos, E, Ani-Amponsah, M, Duhau, M et al.. A knowledge translation toolkit for maternal health implementation planning in low- and middle-income countries: development and pilot evaluation in two countries. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (11):. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018616. PubMed PMID:41320200 PubMed Central PMC12666081.
  2. Tahmo, NB, Idemili, C, Noah, A, Odhiambo, B, Kyalo, C, Ligare, F et al.. Community participatory approaches in infectious disease dynamic transmission modelling: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (10):e098196. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098196. PubMed PMID:41120146 PubMed Central PMC12542573.
  3. Kent, JT, Puchalski Ritchie, LM, Klaiman, M, Dell, EM, Garnett, M, Landes, M et al.. Correction: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study. CJEM. 2025;27 (1):76. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00819-9. PubMed PMID:39531112 .
  4. Nowacki, A, Kebede, S, Thompson, M, McKnight, A, Azazh, A, Ritchie, LMP et al.. The Addis Ababa toxicology curriculum project: educational needs assessment for the toxicology modules of an emergency medicine training program. Int J Emerg Med. 2024;17 (1):131. doi: 10.1186/s12245-024-00696-0. PubMed PMID:39358712 PubMed Central PMC11446013.
  5. Kent, JT, Puchalski Ritchie, LM, Klaiman, M, Dell, EM, Garnett, M, Landes, M et al.. Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study. CJEM. 2024;26 (7):463-471. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00716-1. PubMed PMID:38960973 .
  6. Adombire, S, Baiden, D, Puts, M, Puchalski Ritchie, LM, Ani-Amponsah, M, Cranley, L et al.. Knowledge, skills, attitudes, beliefs, and implementation of evidence-based practice among nurses in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2024;21 (5):542-553. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12734. PubMed PMID:38853345 .
  7. Bhuiya, AR, Sutherland, J, Boateng, R, Bain, T, Skidmore, B, Perrier, L et al.. A scoping review reveals candidate quality indicators of knowledge translation and implementation science practice tools. J Clin Epidemiol. 2024;165 :111205. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2023.10.021. PubMed PMID:37939744 .
  8. Gamble, K, Murthy, S, Silverberg, SL, Gobat, N, Puchalski Ritchie, LM. Canadian critical care nurses experiences on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative descriptive study. BMC Nurs. 2022;21 (1):330. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-01105-8. PubMed PMID:36443791 PubMed Central PMC9706905.
  9. Bhuiya, AR, Makarski, J, Hayden, L, Perrier, L, Munce, S, Lewis, I et al.. Identifying candidate quality indicators of tools that support the practice of knowledge translation: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2023;21 (1):264-278. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-22-00055. PubMed PMID:36111878 .
  10. Adombire, S, Puts, M, Puchalski Ritchie, LM, Ani-Amponsah, M, Cranley, L. Knowledge, skills, attitudes, beliefs, and implementation of evidence-based practice among nurses in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evid Synth. 2022;20 (10):2519-2527. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00313. PubMed PMID:36081358 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Emergency Physician, University Health Network