Investigators

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Frank J. Molnar M.SC., MDCM, FRCP(C)
Telephone number: (613) 798-5555 ext. 16486
fmolnar@ottawahospital.on.ca

• Staff, Division of Geriatric Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital
• Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa
• Affiliate Investigator, the Ottawa health Research Institute
• Scientist, the Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute

Major Research Interests and Activities:
Dr. Molnar's major research activities center around the development of
screening tools for geriatric problems (especially driving safety and
cognitive impairment) which can be employed in the primary care setting.
This research is supported by the Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute
(affiliated with the University of Ottawa) and by the Clinical Epidemiology
Program of the Ottawa Health Research Institute. As a founding member of a national driving research collaboration (CanDRIVE) headquartered at the
Elisabeth Bruyere Research Institute (SCO Health Services), Dr. Molnar is
interested in forming further collaborations on projects addressing the
development of primary care screening tools for driving safety. His
particular area of interest is the field of dementia and driving.

Grants
1. co-principal investigator on a CIHR funded pilot prospective cohort study
assessing driving safety (The Canadian Safe Driving Study - pilot #1).
2. co-principal investigator for the Ottawa site of the Canadian Study of
Health and Aging #3 ($125,000 grant from CIHR).
3. co-investigator supervising the outcome measurement component of an
ongoing randomized-controlled trial which is studying the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary care map approach in a Congestive Heart Failure clinic
($180,000 grant from the Ontario Women's Health Initiative).
4. co-investigator on the $1.25 Million CanDRIVE CIHR New Emerging Team grant.
5. co-investigator on a multicentre driving study - Safe Transportation for
Seniors: Determinants and Strategies to Promote Safety in a Vehicle
($293,140 grant from AUTO21).
6. co-investigator on a pilot study in the Ottawa Hospital E.R. which
explores recruitment strategies and the feasibility of assessment measures
in driving safety research ($80,000 grant from Physicians Services
Incorporated).

Publications

Original Research
1. Fitch K, Molnar FJ, Man-Son-Hing M. Pharmacological treatment of major depression in older people: survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians.

2. Kaethler Y, Molnar FJ, Mitchell SJ, Soucie P, Man-Son-Hing M. Defining the Concept of Frailty: a Survey of Multidisciplinary Health Professionals. Geriatrics Today - journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society March 2003

3. Aminizadeh F, Dalziel W, Molnar FJ. Targeting Frail Older Adults for Outpatient Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Management Services: an overview of concepts and criteria. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 2002 ; 12 : 82 - 92.

4. Azad N, Byszewski A, Amos S, Molnar FJ. A Survey of the Impact of Driving Cessation on Older Drivers. Geriatrics Today - journal of the Canadian Geriatrics Society 2002 ; 5 :170 - 174

5. Man-Son-Hing M, Laupacis A, O(Rourke K, Molnar FJ, Mahon J, Chan K, Wells G. Determining the clinical importance of study results: a review Journal of General Internal Medicine 2002 ; 17 : 469 - 476

6. Chan K, Man-Son-Hing M, Molnar FJ, Laupacis A. How well is the clinical importance of study results reported - an assessment of randomized controlled trials. CMAJ 2001 ; 165(9) : 1197 - 1202

7. Njegovan V, Hing M, Mitchell S, Molnar FJ. The Hierarchy of Functional Loss Associated with Cognitive Decline in Older Persons. Journal of Gerontology 2001 ; 56(10) : M638 - M643

8. Man-Son-Hing M, Molnar FJ, St John P, Brymer C, Rockwood K. Increasing Physicians( Response Rates to Mailed Surveys: Effect of Investigator's Name Recognition. Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and surgeons of Canada 2000 ; 33(1) : 7 -9.

9. Burback D, Molnar FJ, St John P, Man-Son-Hing M. Key Methodological features of randomized controlled trials of Alzheimer's disease therapy: minimal clinically important difference, sample size and trial duration. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 1999 ; 10 : 534 - 540.

10. Molnar FJ, Man-Son-Hing M, Dalziel WB, Mitchell SL, Power BE, Byszewski AM, St. John P. Assessing the quality of newspaper medical advice columns for elderly readers Canadian Medical Association Journal 1999 ; 161 : 393 - 395. - review of this study also published in the BMJ Oct 1999.

11. Molnar FJ, Man-Song-Hing M, St John P, Brymer C, Rockwood K, Hachinski V. Subcortical Vascular Dementia: survey of treatment patterns and research considerations. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1998 ; 25 : 320 - 324.

12. Molnar FJ, Dalziel WB. The Pharmacoeconomics of Dementia Therapies; Bringing the Clinical, Research and Economic Perspectives Together. Drugs and Aging 1997 ; 10(3) : 219 - 233.

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