Holly Witteman Explained

Holly Witteman is a health informatics researcher. She is a Full Professor (professeure titulaire) in the Department of Family & Emergency Medicine at the Université Laval, in Quebec City, Canada.[1] Witteman is the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Human-Centred Digital Health (Santé numérique axée sur les personnes).[2]

Research career

Witteman's research explores person-centred digital health, with a focus on human-computer interaction in health education, risk communication and decision making. She previously completed a PhD in human factors engineering at the University of Toronto, where she was a fellow in Health Care, Technology, and Place, and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Social Science in Medicine at the University of Michigan.[3]

In 2019, Witteman led a study, published in The Lancet, which found that when grant reviewers at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research primarily assessed the applicant as a scientist (rather than their proposed research), there were significant differences in success between male (13.9% success) and female (9.2%) principal investigators.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] In a later study, Witteman found that when the Canadian Institutes of Health Research implemented data-driven gender policy interventions in a second COVID-19 funding competition (April-May 2020), the funding competition received more grant applications from female scientists, and received and funded more grant applications which considered sex and gender in their study design.[9] [10]

In June 2020, Witteman received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research grant ($311,296) to investigate how Canadians perceive COVID-19 risk-reduction messages (such as the two-meter rule), and create digital health materials, such as videos and web applications, to help people better understand the science about COVID-19.[11] [12]

Witteman has published over 150 academic publications, which have been cited over 3,800 times, resulting in an h-index and i10-index of 30 and 67 respectively.[13] She has spoken about different aspects of academia and the COVID-19 pandemic for various media outlets, including gender bias in academic grant applications, ableism, vaccine hesitancy, and the confusing COVID-19 vaccine roll-out for people with chronic health conditions in Quebec.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] Witteman has previously co-authored an open letter calling for the Canadian Common CV (CCV) to be abandoned, which was signed by over 2,000 CCV users.[19]

Personal life

Witteman has two children, and has been living with a chronic condition since 1983 (Type I Diabetes).[20]

Selected academic publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holly Witteman – Research Center. 2021-06-06. en-US.
  2. Web site: Government of Canada. Industry Canada. 2012-11-29. Canada Research Chairs. 2021-06-06. www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca.
  3. Web site: 2013-04-15. Holly Witteman, PhD. 2021-06-06. CBSSM -- Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine. en.
  4. Witteman. Holly O.. Hendricks. Michael. Straus. Sharon. Tannenbaum. Cara. 2019-02-09. Are gender gaps due to evaluations of the applicant or the science? A natural experiment at a national funding agency. The Lancet. English. 393. 10171. 531–540. 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32611-4. 0140-6736. 30739688. 72334588. free.
  5. Web site: Women academics worry the pandemic is squeezing their research productivity. 2021-06-06. University Affairs. en-US.
  6. News: 2019-02-07. Bias against funding Canada's female scientists revealed in study. CBC News.
  7. Guglielmi. Giorgia. 2018-01-26. Gender bias goes away when grant reviewers focus on the science. Nature. en. 554. 7690. 14–15. 10.1038/d41586-018-01212-0. 2018Natur.554...14G. free.
  8. Web site: Huang. Echo. Bias against women may be preventing the best research from getting funded. 2021-06-06. Quartz. en.
  9. Web site: Langin. Katie. 2021-02-09. Pandemic hit academic mothers especially hard, new data confirm. 2021-06-06. Science AAAS. en.
  10. Witteman. Holly O.. Haverfield. Jenna. Tannenbaum. Cara. 2021-02-09. COVID-19 gender policy changes support female scientists and improve research quality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. en. 118. 6. e2023476118. 10.1073/pnas.2023476118. 0027-8424. 33531366. 8017703. 2021PNAS..11820234W. free .
  11. Web site: Government of Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. 2008-11-20. Funding Decisions Database. 2021-06-06. webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
  12. Web site: Researchers investigate the effectiveness of public health messaging during the pandemic. 2021-06-06. University Affairs. en-US.
  13. Web site: Holly Witteman. 2021-06-06. scholar.google.ca.
  14. Web site: 2021-04-14. Confusion about vaccine booking in Quebec. 2021-06-06. Toronto.com. en-CA.
  15. Web site: Haelle. Tara. 2020-09-18. It's Okay to Have Questions About a Covid-19 Vaccine. Here's What to Ask.. 2021-06-06. Medium. en.
  16. News: 2019-12-17. Women don't call their research 'novel' or 'excellent' as often as men do. CBC News.
  17. Web site: Budget 2018 gives a major boost to fundamental research in Canada. 2021-06-06. University Affairs. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2020-11-17. Starting with why: Explaining the science behind COVID-19 to enhance public health. 2021-06-06. The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall. en-US.
  19. Web site: Kill the Canadian Common CV, researchers urge the tri-council. 2021-06-06. University Affairs. en-US.
  20. Web site: 2019-02-05. Holly Witteman. 2021-06-06. Diabetes Action Canada - SPOR Network. en-US.

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