Mika Nonoyama
PhD
Associate Professor
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Faculty of Health Sciences
Health Clinician Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children Associate Professor (status-only), Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto Assistant Professor (status-only), Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
Contact information
Shawenjigewining Hall
- Room 439
North Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5
905.721.8668 ext. 5329
Research topics
- chronic respiratory disease management (COPD, lung cancer)
- long-term and prolonged mechanical ventilation
- exercise and rehabilitation
- pediatric respiratory therapy
Research and expertise
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Background and interests
Dr. Mika Nonoyama’s research program is in respiratory therapy, specifically, respiratory disease management across all age groups. Programs across the whole health-care continuum are needed to improve prevention; provide effective management; and supply alternative, consistent models of service delivery for those living with respiratory-related diseases and disorders. Dr. Nonoyama is involved with several different research areas to help address these issues. First, she is invested in optimizing the quality of health-care services for individuals affected by long-term respiratory failure and use of prolonged or long-term mechanical ventilation. Secondly, she is a Health Clinician Scientist at SickKids, researching innovative approaches to paediatric respiratory therapy. Finally, she has an interest in the management of chronic respiratory disease, including rehabilitation and exercise. The goals for her research are to gather information and understand, develop and evaluate effective respiratory therapies to help individuals affected by respiratory related diseases and disorders across their life span.
Dr. Nonoyama is a registered respiratory therapist with a PhD in the Rehabilitation Science Institute from the University of Toronto. She completed post-doctoral fellowships at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the University of Toronto's Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University; she holds a status-only Associate Professor position in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto, and a Health Clinician Scientist position at SickKids in the Respiratory Therapy Department and Clinical Health Evaluative Sciences. She volunteers for many organizations, including the Ontario and Canadian Lung Associations and the Respiratory Therapy Society of Ontario.
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Publications
For a comprehensive list of publications, visit GoogleScholar, ResearchGate, ORCID and the SickKids Research, Education and Clinical Hub (REACH).
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Research collaborators
- College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario (CRTO): General Certificate #001869
- Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT)
- Respiratory Therapy Society of Ontario (RTSO)
- Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS)
- Ontario Respiratory Care Society (ORCS)
- Ontario Thoracic Society (OTS)
- American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC)
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG)
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Courses taught
Courses taught (past and present) at the undergraduate level:
- HLSC 3910U: Research Methods for Health Care Professionals: Theory and Application
- HLSC 4998U: Research Practicum
- HLSC 4807U: Perspectives in Aging
Courses taught (past and present) at the graduate level:
- HLSC 5122G: Successful Aging
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Graduate student research
- Samantha Mekhuri: The Influence of Weather on Individuals with Chronic Lung Disease.
- Shirley Quach: A Survey of Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation Best Practice.
- Samira Ansari: Unplanned Extubations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Kristopher Knopf: Extubation Readiness in Critically Ill Children: A Scoping Review.
- Elise Cunningham: Pilot Study on Nordic Pole Walking and Individuals with Cancer: Effects on Physical Function and Quality of Life.
- Lily Yang: Home Mechanical Ventilation: Developing a Risk Profile through a Retrospective Review Using the World Health Organization’s International Patient Safety Event Classification
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Grants
Research activity
Role
Value
2019 Canadian Institutes of Health Research: Transitions in Care Team Grant, Phase 1
Co-applicant
$949,813
2019 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Transitions in Care Evaluation Operating Grant
Co-applicant
$199,692
2018 Network for Canadian Oral Health Research: New Frontier Seed Grant Program
Co-investigator
$20,000
2018 The Canadian Lung Association - Breathing as One: Allied Health Research Grant
Co-investigator
$20,000
2017 HSBC Bank Canada Catalyst Research Grant from The Hospital for Sick Children
Principal Investigator
$49,040
2017 Ontario Tech University Teaching Innovation Fund (TIF)
Co-investigator
$7,932
2016 Muscular Dystrophy Canada Respiratory Care Grant
Co-investigator
$49,998
2016 Ontario Lung Association
Project Manager
$5,500
2016 Post-Polio Health International (including International Ventilator Users Network)
Co-Principal Investigator
$147,000
2015 Muscular Dystrophy Canada Respiratory Care Grant
Co-investigator
$49,505
2015 Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals
Co-investigator
$19,929
2014 Muscular Dystrophy Canada Respiratory Care Grant
Co-investigator
$49,690
2014 Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals
Principal Investigator
$26,748
2014 The ALS Society of British Columbia
Principal Investigator
$7,600
2013 Sick Kids Norman Saunders Complex Care Grant
Co-investigator
$30,000
2012 Toronto East General Hospital Community Based Research Fund
Co-investigator
$10,518
2012 Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals
Principal Investigator
$15,248
2012 Ontario Lung Association, Ontario Respiratory Care Society
Principal Investigator
$15,000
2012 Ontario Lung Association National Grant Review/Grant-in-Aid
Principal Investigator
$49,326
2011 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Partnerships for Health Systems Improvement
Co-investigator
$348,864
2011 The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Association
Co-investigator
$99,793
2008 Health Force Ontario’s Optimizing Use of Health Providers’ Competencies Fund
Co-applicant
$250,000
2008 Ontario Lung Association, Ontario Respiratory Care Society
Co-investigator
$12,867
2007 Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals
Co-investigator
$4,332
2007 Ontario Lung Association, Ontario Respiratory Care Society
Co-investigator
$4,000
2006 Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada
Co-investigator
$5,000
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Education
- PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto
- Respiratory Therapy Diploma, The Michener Institute of Education at UHN