Sheri Horsburgh

Completed a Masters in Genetic Counselling at University of Toronto. Canadian certified Genetic Counsellor with the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors.  Currently working as a clinical manager supporting inpatient and outpatient teams within the Geriatrics Program at Ontario Shores.  Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University (2020-2023).

Research Practice Areas

Non-Pharmacological Interventions in Dementia Care
Innovative Practice in Geriatric Mental Health Care
Integration of Experiential Learning in Clinical Care

Areas of Research

Exploring novel non-pharmacological interventions in dementia care
Exploring integration of technology in non-pharmacological interventions
Supporting Resilience and Skills-Building in Family Caregivers of Dementia Inpatients
 

Research Team/Collaborators

Dr. Winnie Sun – Ontario Tech University
Dr. Wally Bartfay – Ontario Tech University
Dr. Alvaro Quevedo - Ontario Tech University
Dr. Ramiro Liscano – Ontario Tech University
Dr. Miguel V. Martin – Ontario Tech University
Dr. Nancie Im-Bolter – Trent University
Dr. Joel Sadavoy, Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Lyn Zhu – Ontario Shores
Dr. Mary Chiu – Ontario Shores
Dr. Sayani Paul – Ontario Shores

Recent Publications

Pauley, T., Duff-Woskosky, A., Paul, S., Horsburgh, S., et al. Creation of a Clinical Demonstration Unit (CDU): Embedding academic research into point of care on in Ontario, Canada; in preparation

Horsburgh S, Paul S., Desai C., Manorath K., Earle, J., Duff-Woskosky, A. (2021) Effect of Bright Light Therapy on sleep and behavioural symptoms in patients with dementia, in preparation

Bartfay W, Wu T, Bartfay E, Zavitz K, Earle J, Horsburgh S, Duff-Woskosky A, Konstantinidis T, Martin J, Theiventhiran D. A Personalized Music Intervention (PMI) To Decrease BPSDS in Patients with Dementia on A Geriatric Dementia Unit: Promoting Patient Centred Care and Quality of Life. American Journal of Biomedical Science and Research. 2020 9(4).

Sun, W and Horsburgh, S: Using Virtual Reality-Based Reminiscence Therapy to Promote Social Connectedness of Persons with Dementia; Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, Winter 2020 Vol. 4 No. 1

Bartfay W, Ali M, Horsburgh S, Duff-Woskosky A and Earle J.A Systematic Review of the Literature for the Effects of Music on Dementia Patients Gerontology & Geriatric Research, , Feb 2020 Volume 1(1): 11-12.

Lebo MS, Zakoor KR, Chun K, Speevak MD, Waye JS, McCready E, Parboosingh JS, Lamont RE, Feilotter H, Bosdet I, Tucker T, Young S, Karsan A, Charames GS, Agatep R, Spriggs EL, Chisholm C, Vasli N, Daoud H, Jarinova O, Tomaszewski R, Hume S, Taylor S, Akbari MR, Lerner-Ellis J; Canadian Open Genetics Repository Working Group. Data sharing as a national quality improvement program: reporting on BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant-interpretation comparisons through the Canadian Open Genetics Repository (COGR). Genet Med. 2018 Mar;20(3):294-302. 

Keir M, Al-Jundi W, Ouzounian M, Crean AM, Hemeon S, Horsburgh S, Forbes TL, Oechslin EN. Management of bilateral axillary aneurysms, threatened limb, and diffuse vasculopathy in a patient with ACTA2 mutation.  Can J Cardiol. 2017 Apr;33(4):554.e1-554.

Taylor RA, Fraser M, Livingstone J, Espiritu SM, Thorne H, Huang V, Lo W, Shiah YJ, Yamaguchi TN, Sliwinski A, Horsburgh S, Meng A, Heisler LE, Yu N, Yousif F, Papargiris M, Lawrence MG, Timms L, Murphy DG, Frydenberg M, Hopkins JF, Bolton D, Clouston D, McPherson JD, van der Kwast T, Boutros PC, Risbridger GP, Bristow RG. Germline BRCA2 mutations drive prostate cancers with distinct evolutionary trajectories.  Nat Commun. 2017 Jan 9;8.

Lerner-Ellis J, Wang M, White S, Lebo MS, Horsburgh S et al: Canadian Open Genetics Repository Group. Canadian Open Genetics Repository (COGR): a unified clinical genomics database as a community resource for standardising and sharing genetic interpretations.J Med Genet. 2015 Jul;52(7):438-45

Walker R, Louis A, Berlin A, Horsburgh S, Bristow RG, Trachtenberg J. Prostate cancer screening characteristics in men with BRCA1/2 mutations attending a high-risk prevention clinic.Can Urol Assoc J. 2014 Nov;8(11-12)

Matthew AG, Paradiso C, Currie KL, Finelli A, Hartman ME, Trachtenberg L, Shuman C, Horsburgh S, Chitayat D, Trachtenberg J, Ritvo P. Examining risk perception among men with a family history of prostate cancer.Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Nov;85(2):251-7

Goh ES, Li C, Horsburgh S, Kasai Y, Kolomietz E, Morel CF. The Roberts syndrome/SC phocomelia spectrum--a case report of an adult with review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A. 2010 Feb;152A(2):472-8

Matthew AG, Goldman A, Trachtenberg J, Robinson J, Horsburgh S, Currie K, Ritvo P. Sexual dysfunction after radical prostatectomy: prevalence, treatments, restricted use of treatments and distress.  J Urol, 174(6)2105-10, 2005.

Horsburgh, S, Matthew A, Bristow R, Trachtenberg J. Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a pilot study investigating medical characteristics of patients participating in a prostate cancer prevention clinic.  Prostate 65(2): 124-9, 2005.

Hodgkinson KA, Murphy J, O’Neill S, Brzustowicz L, Bassett AS. Genetic counseling for schizophrenia in the era of molecular genetics.  Can J Psychiatry 46(2) 123-30, 2001.

Bassett AS, Chow EW, O’Neill S, Brzustowicz LM. Genetic insights into the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia.  Schizophr Bull 27(3)417-30, 2001.  

Boerkoel CF, O’Neill S, Weksberg R, et al.  Manifestations and treatment of Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia; 14 new cases and a review of the literature.  Eur J Pediatr, 159: 1-7, 2000.

Poster presentations

Vargas Martin M,  P´erez Valle E, 2 , and Horsburgh S. Artificial Empathy for Clinical Companion Robots with Privacy-by-Design, EAI MobiHealth 2020

Bartfay W, Duff-Woskosky A, Hernandez A, Gamble B, Zavitz K, Horsburgh S, and Earle J. Towards co-designing of a clinical demonstration unit: Staff and family perspectives on improving quality of life and recovery on a geriatric dementia unit using technology. Poster Presentation. Canadian Conference on Dementia 2019.

Saleh M, Horsburgh S, Shago M, Faghfoury H. A novel 0.34 Mb Microduplication of 9q34.3 in a patient with congenital cardiac defects and learning disabilities , European Society of Human Genetics 2013.

Klatt R, Edwards C, Vethanyagam D, Ratjen F, Wilcox P, Horsburgh S, Faughnan M. Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: A Canadian Perspective,  American College of Medical Genetics meeting, 2012 A0380

Horsburgh S, Care M, Janson A, Johnson J, Anjum U, Morel C.  Is there evidence for genotype-phenotype correlation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? Canadian Association of Genetic Genetics, 2009

Horsburgh S Long QT syndrome: Our experience with Diagnostic and Predictive Testing - Oral Presentation, Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors, 2007

O’Neill S, Scutt LE, Chow E, Bassett AS. Behavioural markers for schizophrenia in 22q11 Deletion syndrome: a genetic subtype.  International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, Whistler BC, 2001.

O’Neill S, Ghelani K, Rovet J, Chitayat D. Physical and psychological development of individuals diagnosed prenatally with 45,X/46,XX.  American Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Philadelphia, 2000.