Diego Llovet

Research Interests

• Use of socio-behavioral approaches to inform cancer control policies, programs and services
• Qualitative research methods
• Characteristics of effective audit and feedback interventions to improve clinical practice
• Effective health communication for cancer screening

Current Appointments

• Scientist, Primary Care and Lung Screening, Prevention and Cancer Control, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health

Selected Past Appointments

• Lead Researcher – Qualitative, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Education and Credentials

• PhD, Sociology, York University
• MA, Sociology, York University
• Licenciatura, Sociology, University of Buenos Aires

Skills and Experience

• Evaluation of the training needs of the Quality Management Partnership mammography facility leads.
• Development of effective reminders to prompt primary care providers to use their Screening Activity Report.
• Design of effective audit and feedback interventions for practice improvement in endoscopy.
• Identification of barriers to follow-up colonoscopy among patients with an abnormal FOBT result.
• Development of effective correspondence for ColonCancerCheck and the Ontario Cervical Screening Program.
• Development of a questionnaire to collect lung cancer risk information to determine a person’s eligibility for low-dose CT lung cancer screening.
• Identification of primary care providers’ preferences regarding their role in a provincial low-dose CT lung cancer screening program.
• Analysis of the perspectives of primary care providers and high risk individuals regarding the introduction of low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Ontario.
• Research techniques: in-depth interviews, cognitive interviews, focus groups, modified-Delphi groups, and co-creation workshops.  

Selected Publications