Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

Faculty of Medicine

Gabriela Ilie, PhD

Professor, Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Endowed Soillse Scientist in Prostate Cancer Quality of Life Research

Gabriela-Ilie

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Department of Community Health and Epidemiology , Department of Urology , Department of Psychology and Neuroscience , Department of Radiation Oncology

Email: Gabriela.Ilie@dal.ca
Mailing Address: 
Centre for Clinical Research, Room 401
5790 University Ave, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 1V7
 
Research Topics:
  • Cancer
  • Prostate cancer
  • Breast cancer
  • Cancer Survivorship
  • Chronic Disease
  • Psychosocial Oncology
  • Mental health
  • Quality of Life
  • Implementation science
  • Patient Education and Empowerment Programs
  • Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS)
  • Population health
  • Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Substance use and addiction
  • Injury prevention
  • Knowledge translation
  • Translational research
  • Blue Zones

Awards

  • Winner of the Canadian Psychosocial Oncology Association (CAPO) Innovation Award, 2025
  • Winner of the Public Impact Award, Research Nova Scotia, Discovery Awards Nov 2024
  • Winner of the QEII Innovation - One to Watch 2023 Award, Nova Scotia

Biography

Dr. Gabriela Ilie is Professor at Dalhousie University and holds the Faculty of Medicine Endowed Soillse Scientist position in Prostate Cancer Quality of Life Research. She is an internationally recognized researcher in cancer survivorship, psychosocial oncology, population health, and implementation science, with a program of research focused on developing, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based interventions that empower people affected by cancer and chronic disease to improve their health and quality of life.

A central focus of Dr. Ilie’s work is the development and implementation of Patient Empowerment Programs (PEPs): comprehensive, digitally delivered interventions that translate evidence in exercise, nutrition, mental health, stress reduction, sleep, intimacy, social connection, and self-management into practical strategies that patients can integrate into everyday life. Together with radiation oncologist Dr. Rob Rutledge, she developed the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP), which has progressed from randomized clinical evaluation to large-scale Phase 4 implementation in Canada and internationally. This work has expanded into CancerPEP, PEPLife (for people living with chronic conditions tested as part of the Pictou County PEP trial), and BreastCancerPEP.

Her research spans the full translational continuum, from epidemiology and patient-reported outcomes to randomized clinical trials, implementation science, health equity, and the integration of evidence-based supportive care into real-world health systems and community settings. A defining principle of her work is meaningful patient and community engagement. Patients participate as Research Citizens and partners in shaping research priorities, intervention design, implementation, and knowledge translation, helping ensure that programs respond to the needs of the communities they are intended to serve.

Dr. Ilie leads and collaborates on multidisciplinary research involving clinicians, scientists, trainees, patients, health systems, cancer organizations, and community partners in Canada and internationally (New Zealand, South Africa, Europe). Her research has contributed to the growing evidence that accessible, digitally delivered, multidimensional supportive-care interventions can improve mental health, functional outcomes, health behaviours, quality of life, and patient empowerment while helping address disparities in access to cancer survivorship support.

Her work has been recognized with the 2025 Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology Innovation Award, the 2024 Research Nova Scotia Public Impact Award, and the 2023 QEII Innovation – One to Watch Award.

Dr. Ilie is deeply committed to mentorship, knowledge translation, and public engagement. She has trained and mentored graduate students, medical trainees, research staff, and emerging investigators and has delivered more than 200 invited talks, educational sessions, and community presentations. Her scholarship includes more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, with work appearing in leading medical, oncology, urology, population-health, and digital-health journals. Across her research, teaching, mentorship, and community engagement, her overarching goal is to help transform cancer survivorship care from a model centred primarily on disease treatment to one that equips people with evidence-based tools to live well during and beyond cancer.

Dr. Ilie’s commitment to knowledge translation and public engagement also extends to film. She and Dr. Rob Rutledge are featured alongside four cancer survivors in EMPOWER, a documentary exploring the human impact of the Patient Empowerment Program and the role of movement, nutrition, mindfulness, social connection, and other evidence-informed practices in helping people live well with and beyond cancer. The film premiered at Dalhousie University in 2025 and was subsequently named Best Documentary at the Mosaic International Film Festival and selected for the CineHealth Film Festival. Through the lived experiences of patients and the story behind the development of PEP, EMPOWER brings the principles of whole-person, patient-centred cancer care to audiences beyond traditional academic and clinical settings.

Research Interests

  • Prostate cancer; cancer epidemiology; cancer pre, during and post treatment interventions
  • Healthy Living Habits formation
  • Patient Education and Empowerment programs
  • Psycho-social-oncology interventions
  • Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) & Quality of Life (QOL)
  • Mental health
  • Implementation science
  • Randomized Clinical Trials
  • Substance use and addiction
  • Chronic Disease
  • Concussions and traumatic brain injury; Injury prevention

Affiliations

  • Senior Scientist, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute 
  • Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
  • Associate Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
  • Adjunct Associate Professor University of Toronto, Music and Health Research Collaboratory

Education

  • Postdoc (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
  • Postdoc (St. Michael’s Hospital)
  • PhD (University of Toronto)
  • MA (York University)
  • BA Honours (York University)

Selected Publications

*corresponding author

**trainee

  • Ilie, G.*, Murphy, S., MacDonald, C., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2025). Digital delivery of a six-month home-based empowerment program improves mental health in rural adults with chronic conditions: A single-arm prospective interventional trial. Digital Health, 12, 20552076251413351. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251413351
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2026). Editorial: Empowering oncologists for whole-person cancer care—A missing piece in modern oncology. ASCO Daily News.
  • Chedrawe, E., Smith, N. K., Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R. A., Mason, R., Kokorovic, A., MacDonald, C., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Abou-Samra, E., Bourne, A., Hagerman, L. P.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2026). Mediation analysis of adherence to pelvic floor muscle training and weekly self-monitoring on urinary symptoms in men with localized prostate cancer: A secondary analysis of the Prostate Cancer–Patient Empowerment Program randomized controlled trial. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 20(8), E304–E312.
  • MacNevin, W., Smith, N. K., Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R. J., Kokorovic, A., Bailly, G., Evans, H., Jana, K., Nayak, J. G., Wallis, C. J. D., Ellard, S., Thoms, J., Thompson, R., Pan, L., Chan, E., Flax, S., Patil, N., Bowes, D., … Rutledge, R. D. H. (2026). Equitable reach, engagement, and mental health outcomes of a digital prostate cancer survivorship program across rural and urban settings: Results from an international Phase 4 trial. JU Open Plus, 4(6). https://doi.org/10.1097/JU9.0000000000000458
  • Brodovsky, M., Smith, N. K., Ilie, G.*, et al. (2026). Equitable engagement and functional recovery among Black patients enrolled in a digital prostate cancer survivorship program: Preliminary race subgroup findings from a Phase 4 implementation trial. Canadian Urological Association Journal. In print.
  • de Lima, S., Smith, N. K., Ilie, G.*, et al. (2026). Early mental health gains in younger men enrolled in a digital prostate cancer survivorship program: Preliminary age subgroup results from an international Phase 4 implementation trial. Canadian Urological Association Journal. In print.
  • Salman, B., Smith, N. K., Ilie, G.*, Mason, R., Rendon, R. A., Kokorovic, A., MacDonald, C.**, Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Wilke, D., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2026). Urinary and sexual function do not mediate psychological distress reduction in the PC-PEP randomized controlled trial: A secondary mediation analysis. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 20(10). https://cuaj.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/9558
  • Power, B., Smith, N., Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R., Kokorovic, A., MacDonald, C., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Wilke, D., Langley, E., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2026). Mediating effects of diet and physical activity on weight loss among men with localized prostate cancer: A secondary analysis of the PC-PEP Phase 3 randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Men's Health, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883261457532
  • MacNevin, W., Lukic, R., Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R. A., Mason, R., Kokorovic, A., Bailly, G., Patil, N., Bowes, D., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2025). Psychological distress in prostate cancer: Validation of the K10 scale using a crossover randomized clinical trial. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 20(1), E8–E15. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.9294
  • Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R., Kokorovic, A., Wilke, D., Bailly, G., Woods, L., Dickens, P., Thomson, R., Wallis, C., Thoms, J., Evans, H., Jana, K., Ellard, S., Pan, L., Bowes, D., Patil, N., Chan, E., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2025). Empowering prostate cancer survivors: Multidomain improvements and global implementation of a six-month patient activation program. European Urology Open Science, 81, S138.
  • Rutledge, R. D. H., Rendon, R., Mason, R., Kokorovic, A., Bailly, G., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Wilke, D., Chan, E., Corkum, M., Pan, L., Ellard, S., Jana, K., Evans, H., Thoms, J., Wallis, C., Thompson, R., Woods, L., Ramiah, D., & Ilie, G.* (2025). A six-month multicomponent empowerment intervention improves urological, sexual, and psychological outcomes in prostate cancer survivors. European Urology Open Science, 81, S41.
  • Nuyens, A.**, Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R., Hajizadeh, M., Koto, P., Foley, M., Kokorovic Patil, A., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Wilke, D., MacDonald, C.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2025). Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Pro-gram (PC-PEP): A Comprehensive Health Economic Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial. [Submitted for Publication].
  • Ilie, G.*, Knapp, G., Davidson, A., Snow, S., Dahn, H. M., MacDonald, C.**, Tsirigotis, M.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2024). The Cancer Patient Empowerment Program: A Comprehensive Approach to Reducing Psychological Distress in Cancer Survivors, with Insights from a Mixed-Model Analysis, Including Implications for Breast Cancer Patients. Cancers, 16(19), 3373. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193373
  • Burgher, C.**, Ilie, G.*, Mason, R., Rendon, R., Kokorovic, A., Bailly, G., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Wilke, D., MacDonald, C.**, Tsirigotis, M.**, Butler, C.**, Bell, D., Spooner, J.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2024). Assessing the Impact of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) on Relationship Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Support Group Participation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Current Oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 31(10), 6445–6474. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100479
  • MacDonald, C.**, Ilie, G.*, Kephart, G., Rendon, R., Mason, R., Bailly, G., Bell, D., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Wilke, D., Kokorovic, A., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2024). Mediating Effects of Self-Efficacy and Illness Perceptions on Mental Health in Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Randomized Controlled Trial. Cancers, 16(13), 2352. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16132352
  • MacNevin, W.**, Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R., Spooner, J.** Chedrawe, E.**, Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Bell, D., Wilke, D., Zahavich, J. B. L., MacDonald, C.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2024). PC-PEP, a Comprehensive Daily Six-Month Home-Based Patient Empowerment Program Leads to Weight Loss in Men with Prostate Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Clinical Trial. Current Oncology, 31(3), 1667-1688. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31030127
  • Lawen, T.**, Ilie, G.*, Mason, R., Rendon, R., Spooner, J.**, Champion, E., Davis, J., MacDonald, C.**, Kucharczyk, M. J., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Bell, D., Lawen, J., Wilke, D., Kephart, G., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2024). Six-Month Prostate Cancer Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) Improves Urinary Function: A Randomized Trial.  Cancers, 16(5), 958.  https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16050958
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. (2023). Reply to Matthias May, Ingmar Wolff, and Sabine D. Brookman-May's Letter to the Editor re: Gabriela Ilie, Ricardo Rendon, Ross Mason, et al. European Urology, 83, 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.08.028
  • Gillis, C. J.**, Sherazi, A., Rendon, R. A., Ilie, G.*, & Mason, R. (2024). Examining the utility of routine perioperative hemoglobin monitoring in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy. Canadian Urologic Association Journal, 18(6). https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.8603
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. (2023). PC-PEP, a comprehensive daily six-month home-based prostate cancer: Patient empowerment program improves quality of life, physical fitness, and urinary function outcomes among prostate cancer patients with localized disease - Secondary analyses of a randomized clinical trial. Annals of Oncology, 34(2), S858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2023.09.2724
  • Spooner, J.**, Masoumi-Ravandi, K., MacNevin, W., Ilie, G., Skinner, T., & Powers, A. L. (2024). Septic and febrile kidney stone presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic: What is the effect of reduced access to care during pandemic restrictions? Canadian Urological Association Journal, 18(1), E19-E25. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.8450
  • Ilie, G.*, MacDonald, C.**, Richman, H., Rendon, R., Mason, R., Nuyens, A.**, Bailly, G., Bell, D., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Champion, E., Wilke, D., Massoeurs, L.**, Hassan, N.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2023). Assessing the Efficacy of a 28-Day Comprehensive Online Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) in Facilitating Engagement of Prostate Cancer Patients in Their Survivorship Care: A Qualitative Study. Current Oncology, 30(9), 8633-8652. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090626
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. (2023). Reply to Zhipeng Mai, Weigang Yan, and Zhien Zhou’s Letter to the Editor re: Gabriela Ilie, Ricardo Rendon, Ross Mason, et al. European Urology, 84, e48-e49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.05.015
  • Burge, L.**, Ilie, G.*, MacDonald, C.**, Riel, H.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2023). Changes in Stress Reduction Following a 28-Day Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program (PC-PEP) among Prostate Cancer Survivors. Current Oncology, 30, 7936-7949. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30090577
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. (2023). Reply to André Pontes-Silva's Letter to the Editor re: Gabriela Ilie, Ricardo Rendon, et al. European Urology, 83, 561-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.08.027
  • Ilie, G.*, & Rutledge, R. (2023). Reply to Mauricio Plata, Cesar Diaz Ritter, and Nicolás Badillo’s Letter to the Editor re: Gabriela Ilie, Ricardo Rendon, Ross Mason, et al. European Urology, 84, e26-e27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.04.019
  • Hood, K.*, Sweeney, E., Ilie, G., Keltie, E., & Kim, J. (2023). Toenail arsenic species and metallome profiles associated with breast, cervical, prostate, and skin cancer prevalence in the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health cohort. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1148283. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1148283
  • Ilie, G.*, Rendon, R., Mason, R., MacDonald, C.**, Kucharczyk, M. J., Patil, N., Bowes, D., Bailly, G., Bell, D., Lawen, J., Ha, M., Wilke, D., Massaro, P., Zahavich, J., Kephart, G., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2023). A Comprehensive 6-mo Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program Decreases Psychological Distress Among Men Undergoing Curative Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial. European Urology, 83(6), 561–570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2023.02.009
  • Ilie, G.*, Rutledge, R., & Sweeney, E. (2021). An Examination of the Role of Socioeconomic Status in the Relationship between Depression and Prostate Cancer Survivorship in a Population-Based Sample of Men from Atlantic Canada. Oncology, 99(4), 260-270. https://doi.org/10.1159/000512444
  • Wickens, C. M., Stoduto, G., Ilie, G., Di Ciano, P., McDonald, A. J., Mistry, A., Alawi, A., Sharma, S., Hamilton, H., Nigatu, Y. T., Elton-Marshall, T., & Mann, R. E. (2022). Driving under the influence of cannabis among recreational and medical cannabis users: A population study. Journal of Transport & Health, 25, 101402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101402
  • Chan, V., Marcus, L., Burlie, D., Mann, R. E., Toccalino, D., Cusimano, M. D., Ilie, G., & Colantonio, A. (2022). Social determinants of health associated with psychological distress stratified by lifetime traumatic brain injury status and sex: Cross-sectional evidence from a population sample of adults in Ontario, Canada. PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0273072. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273072
  • Keltie, E., Hood, K. M., Cui, Y., Sweeney, E., Ilie, G., Adisesh, A., Dummer, T., Bharti, V., & Kim, J. S. (2022). Arsenic speciation and metallomics profiling of human toenails as a biomarker to assess prostate cancer cases: Atlantic PATH cohort study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 818069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.818069
  • MacNabb, K., Smith, N., Robinson, A., Ilie, G.*, & Asbridge, M. (2022). Self-reported injuries among Canadian adolescents: Rates and key correlates. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice, 42(5), 199–208. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.42.5.03
  • MacDonald, M.**, Ilie, G., Power, L.*, Whalen, S., Parker, R., Skinner, T. A., & Powers, A. G. L. (2022). Effect of tranexamic acid on bleeding outcomes after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Endourology, 36(5), 589–597. https://doi.org/10.1089/end.2021.0762
  • Massoeurs, L.**, Ilie, G.*, Lawen, T.**, MacDonald, C.**, Bradley, C.**, Vo, J. D. C., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2021). Psychosocial and functional predictors of mental disorder among prostate cancer survivors: Informing survivorship care programs with evidence-based knowledge. Current Oncology, 28(5), 3918–3931. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28050334
  • Bradley, C.**, Ilie, G.*, MacDonald, C.**, Massoeurs, L.**, Vo, J. D. C.-T., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2021). Treatment regret, mental and physical health indicators of psychosocial well-being among prostate cancer survivors. Current Oncology, 28(5), 3900–3917. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28050333
  • McDonald, A. J., Cook, S., Turner, N. E., Ialomiteanu, A. R., Mann, R. E., Bondy, S. J., Roerecke, M., McCready, J., Millstone, D., Hamilton, H. A., Elton-Marshall, T., Rehm, J., Kurdyak, P., Ilie, G., Vingilis, E. R., Wickens, C. M., van der Maas, M., & Cusimano, M. D. (2021). Adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and psychological distress, hazardous drinking, and problem gambling: A population-based study. Psychiatry Research, 301, 113985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113985
  • Gillis, C.**, Ilie, G.*, Mason, R., Bailly, G., Lawen, J., Bowes, D., Patil, N., Wilke, D., Rutledge, R. D. H., Bell, D., & Rendon, R. (2021). Personality traits and urinary symptoms are associated with mental health distress in patients with a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Current Oncology, 28(4), 2993–3002. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28040262
  • Ilie, G.*, Rutledge, R., & Sweeney, E. (2021). Post-treatment adverse health correlates among prostate cancer survivors in a sample of men residing in Atlantic Canada. Current Oncology, 28(4), 2812–2822. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol28040246.
  • Moodie, L.**, Ilie, G.*, Rutledge, R., Pantelis, A., & Kirkland, S. (2020, November). Assessment of current mental health status in a population-based sample of Canadian men with and without a history of prostate cancer diagnosis: An analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 586260. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.586260
  • Singh, S.**, Adisesh, A., Ilie, G.*, & McDonald, T. J. (2020). An examination of the association between lifetime history of prostate and pancreatic cancer diagnosis and occupation in a population sample of Canadians. PLOS ONE, 15(2), e0227622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227622
  • Ilie, G.*, White, J.**, Mason, R., Rendon, R., Bailly, G., Lawen, J., Bowes, D., Patil, N., Wilke, D., MacDonald, C.**, Rutledge, R. D. H., & Bell, D. G. (2020). Current mental distress among men with a history of radical prostatectomy and related adverse correlates. American Journal of Men's Health, 14(5), 1557988320957535. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988320957535
  • Carpino, M.**, Ilie, G., Langile, D., Asbridge, M. (2020). Cannabis-related driving and passenger behaviours among high school students: a cross-sectional study using survey data. CMAJ Open, 8(4), E754. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200081
  • Ilie, G.*, Tremhold, M., Boak, A., Mann, R. E., Adlaf, E. M., Asbridge, M., Hamiltonn, H., Rehm, J., Rutledge, R., & Cusimano, M. (2020). Adolescent traumatic brain injuries: Onset, mechanism and links with current academic performance and physical injuries. PLOS One, 15(3), e0229489. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229489
  • Turner, N. E., Cook, S., Shi, J., Elton-Marshall, T., Hamilton, H., Ilie, G., Wickens, M. C., McDonald, A. J., Trajtenberg, N., Cusimano, M., & Mann, R. E. (2020). Traumatic brain injuries and problem gambling in youth: Evidence from a population-based study of secondary students in Ontario, Canada. Plos One, 15(10), e0239661. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239661
  • Ilie, G.*, Rutledge, R., & Sweeney, E. (2020). Anxiety and depression symptoms in adult males in Atlantic Canada with or without a lifetime history of prostate cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 29(2), 280–286. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5244
  • McDonald, A. J., Cook, S., Turner, N., Ialomiteanu, A. R., Mann, R., Bondy, S., Roerecke, M., McCready, J., Millstone, D., Hamilton, H., Elton-Marshall, T., Rehm, J., Kurdyak, P., Ilie, G., Vingilis, E., Wickens, C., van der Maas, M., & Cusimano, M. (2020). Adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Psychological Distress, Hazardous Drinking, and Problem Gambling. A Population-Based Study. Psychiatric Research, 301, 113985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113985
  • Ilie, G.*, MacDonald, M.**, Bell, D., Rendon, R., Langille, G., Bailly, G., Mason, R., Bowes, D., Wilke, D., Patil, N., Lawen, J., Grantmyre, J., Thompson, R., MacDonald, C.**, O'Malley, P., Pan, L., Bagnell, S., Campbell, H., Acker, M., Massaro, P., Padmore, D., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2020). An examination of the relationship between mental distress, functional and psychosocial quality of life indicators in a population-based sample of prostate cancer survivors who received curative treatment. Urology Practice, 23(2), 10–15. https://doi.org/10.1097/UPJ.0000000000000104
  • Dahn, H., Thomson, C., Bowes, D., Ilie, G., & Rutledge, R. (2020). “Resilience by Design” - Description of a Pilot Radiation Oncology Wellness Program. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 139(1), S47. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-8140(19)33156-1
  • Ilie, G.*, Mason, R., Bell, D., Bailley, G., Rendon, R. A., Mann, R., Lawen, J. G., Bowes, D., Wilke, D., Patil, N., & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2019). Development and Initial Evaluation of Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Quality of Life Among Prostate Cancer Survivors. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, 1067-1080. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-019-00108-y
  • Ilie, G.*, Bradfield, J. A.**, Moodie, L.**, Lawen, T.**, Ilie, A. I.**, Lawen, Z.**, Blackman, C**.,  Gainer, R.**, & Rutledge, R. D. H. (2019). The role of response-shift in studies assessing quality of life outcomes among cancer patients: A systematic review. Frontiers in Oncology, 9, 783. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.00783
  • Turner, N. E., McDonald, A. J., Ialomiteanu, A. R., Mann, R. E., McCready, J., Millstone, D., Hamilton, H., Elton-Marshall, T., Rehm, J., Kurdyak, P., Ilie, G., Wickens, C. M., Lan Le, T., van der Maas, M., Faregh, N., Cook, S., Bondy, S., Sanchez, S., & Cusimano, M. D. (2019). Moderate to severe gambling problems and traumatic brain injury: A population-based study. Psychiatric Research, 272, 692-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.170
  • Nussbaum, D., MacEacheron, M., Douglass, M., Watson, M., Daoud, S., Ilie, G., & DeKeseredy, W. (2019). Modeling of forensic population current crime severity, based on past crime severity. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 37(1), 5-40.
  • Ilie, G.*, Wickens, C. M., Ialomiteanu, A., Adlaf, E. M., Asbridge, M., Hamilton, H., Mann, R. E., Rehm, J., Rutledge, R., & Cusimano, M. D. (2019). Traumatic brain injury and hazardous/harmfl drinking: concurrent and single associations with poor mental health and roadway aggression. Psychiatric Research, 272, 458-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.069
  • Moran, K., Sinclair, L., Freire, S., Bowes, D., Best, L., Cherpack, A., Darling, M., Day, T., Trask, J., & Ilie, G.* (2018). Describing a process for creating a patient visible quality educational display to increase patient engagement in Radiation Oncology throughout the Canadian Maritimes Provinces. Journal of Cancer Education, 34(5), 973-999. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-018-1402-0
  • Karkada, M., Costa, A. F., Imran, S. A., Hart, R., Bullock, M., Ilie, G., Rajaraman, M. (2018). Incomplete thyroid ultrasound reports in patients with thyroid nodules: implications regarding risk assessment and management. American Journal of Roentgenology, 211(6), 1348-1353. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.18.20056
  • Ilie, G.*, Adlaf, E. M., Mann, R. E., Ialomiteanu, A., Hamilton, H., Rehm, J., Asbridge, M., & Cusimano, M. D. (2018). Associations between self-reported lifetime history of traumatic brain injuries and current disability assessment in a population sample of Canadian adults. PLOS One Journal, 13(1), e0188908 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188908
  • Wickens, C. M., Flam-Zalcman, R., Stoduto, G., Docherty, C., Watson, T. M., van der Maas, M., Brands, B., Ilie, G., Matheson, J., Mann, R. E., & Thomas, R. K. (2018). The Impact of Remedial Programme Participation on Convicted Drinking Drivers’ Alcohol and Other Drug Use 6 Months Following Programme Completion. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 16, 598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9799-y
  • Wickens, C. M., Flam-Zalcman, R., Mann, R. E., Stoduto, G., Nochajski, T., Koski-Jännes, A., Herie, M., Watkin-Merek, L., Rush, B., Thomas, R. K., LaFontaine, S., Watson, T. W., Matheson, J., Ilie, G., Mehra, K., Le, T. L., & Rehm, J. (2018). Evaluating moderators of beneficial effects of severity-based assignment to substance use treatments in impaired drivers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 93, 49-56.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.07.003
  • Nussbaum, D., MacEacheron, M., Douglass, M. D., Watson, M., Daoud, S. L. S. B., Ilie, G., & DeKeseredy, W. (2018). Towards an empirical method to predict severity of violent recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behaviour, (In Print)
  • Ilie, G.*, Wickens, C.M., Vingilis, E.R., Mann, R.E., Hailton, H., Toplak, M., Adlaf, E.M., Kolla, N., Ialomiteanu A. van der Mass, M., Asbridge, M., Rehm, J., Cusimano, M.D. Associations between a history of traumatic brain injuries and conduct disorder during youth in a population sample of Canadian adults. Psychiatry Research, 2017: 258, 184-188. 
  • Wickens CM, Flam-Zalcmann RF, Mann RE, Stout G, Nochajski T, Koski-Jannes A., Herie M, Watkin-Merek L, Rush B., Thomas RK, Watson TM, Matheson J, Ilie G., Brands B, Rehm J. Evaluating Moderators of beneficial Effects Severity-Based Assignment to Substance Abuse Treatments in Impaired Drivers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2018.07.003
  • Wickens, C.M., Flam-Zalcman, R., Stoduto, G., Docherty, C., Marie Watson, T., van der Maas, M., Brands, B., Ilie, G., Matheson, J., Mann, R.E., & Thomas, R.K. The Impact of Remedial Programme Participation on Convicted Drinking Drivers’ Alcohol and Other Drug Use 6 Months Following Programme Completion. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2017), p.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-017-9799-y
  • Ilie G*, Wickens CM, Mann RE, Ialomiteanu A, Adlaf EA, Hamilton H, Asbridge M, Rehm J,  Cusimano MD. Roadway aggression among drivers and passengers with or without a history of traumatic brain injury. Violence and Victims, Aug 15 2017. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00027. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Ilie G*, Mann R., Boak A, Adlaf E, Halimton HA, Rehm J, Cusimano MD. Possession of weapon and school violence among adolescents and their association with history of traumatic brain injury, substance use and mental health issues. Injury, 2017, 48(2); 285-292.
  • Cusimano MD, Topolovec-Vranic J, Zhang S, Mullen SJ, Wong M, Ilie G. Factors Influencing the Underreporting of Concussion in Sports: A Qualitative Study of Minor Hockey Participants. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 2017, 27(4): 375-380.
  • Ilie G*, Cusimano MD, Li W. Prosodic Processing post traumatic brain injury - A systematic review. Systematic reviews 2017; 6: 1. doi:  10.1186/s13643-016-0385-3       
  • Ilie G*, Mann R., Boak A, Adlaf E, Asbridge M, Rehm J, Cusimano MD. Cross-sectional examination of the association of co-occurring alcohol misuse and traumatic brain injury on mental health and conduct problems in adolescents in Ontario, Canada. British Medical Journal Open – Neurology 2016;6:e011824. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011824.
  • Ilie G*, Mann, R. Ialomiteanu A, Adlaf E, Hamilton H, Wickens C, Asbridge M, Rehm J, Cusiamano MD. (2016) Road rage and traffic accidents among adults with a history of traumatic brain injuries. Brain Injury, 30(5-6):753.
  • Ilie G*, Mann RE, Adlaf EM, Hamilton H, Asbridge M, Jürgen R, Cusimano DM. (2015) The association between traumatic brain injury and ADHD in a Canadian adult sample. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 69, 174-179.
  • Cusimano M, Pshonyak I, Yongjun-Lee M, Ilie, G. (2015) Causes of 30-day readmission after neurosurgery of the spine. Journal of Neurosurgery, 10/2015.
  • Ilie G*, Ialomiteanu A, Adlaf EM, Mann RE, Hamilton H, Asbridge M, Jürgen R, Cusimano DM. (2015) Associations between a history of traumatic brain injuries and current cigarette smoking, cannabis use, nonmedical opioid use, and elevated psychological distress in a population sample of Canadian adults. Journal of Neurotrauma, 69:174-179.
  • Ilie G*, Mann R, Ialomiteanu A, Adlaf E, Hamilton H, Wickens C, Asbridge M, Rehm J, Cusimano, MD. (2015) Traumatic brain injury, driver aggression and motor vehicle collisions in Canadian adults. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 81: 1-7.
  • Ilie G*, Adlaf EM, Mann RE, Boak A, Hamilton H, et al. (2014) The Moderating Effects of Sex and Age on the Association between Traumatic Brain Injury and Harmful Psychological Correlates among Adolescents. PLoS ONE 9(9): e108167.
  • Ilie G*, Boak A, Adlaf EM, Mann RE, Hamilton H, Asbridge M, Jürgen R, Cusimano DM. (2014) Suicidality, bullying and other conduct and mental health correlates of traumatic brain injury in adolescents. PLoS One, 9(4); e94936.
  • Ilie G*, Boak A, Adlaf EM, Asbridge M, Cusimano MD. (2013) Prevalence and Correlates of Traumatic Brain Injury Among Adolescents. Journal of American Medical Association, 309(24): 1-2.
  • Stoduto G, Mann RE, Flam-Zalcman RE, Sharpley J, Brands B, Butters J, Smart RG, Wickens K, Ilie G, Thomas RK. (2013) Impact of Ontario’s remedial program for convicted drinking drivers on substance use and problems. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 201-217.
  • Ilie G*, Rehana R. (2013) Effects of individual music playing and music listening on acute stress recovery. Canadian Journal for Music Therapy, 19(1); 23-46.

Selected awards and honours

  • Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Seed funding recipient, 2020
  • Research Nova Scotia, Establishment grant recipient, 2019
  • Early Career Investigator Award Program CIHR-ICR, 2019
  • Prostate Cancer Canada, Discovery grant recipient, 2018
  • CIHR, Secondary Data analysis recipient, 2017
  • DMRF Endowed Chair 2016
  • Member of the College of Reviewers CIHR, 2016-present
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship
  • Canadian Institute of Health Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship, St. Michael’s Hospital, Division of Neurosurgery
  • Nominated by 500 Students TVO Best Lecturer, University of Toronto 2009, 2010
  • NSERC IRDF Doctoral Fellowship
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship
  • National Science and Engineering Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship
  • Member, Dean’s Honour Roll, York University