Statistical Ecology
Compositional Data Analysis
Zero-Inflated Models
Multivariate Data Analysis
Statistical Computing
Quantitative Fatty Acid Signature Analysis (QFASA)
Statistical Analysis in the field of Gerontology

2017 SASE Faculty Research Fund - $2500
2015 NSERC Discovery Grant - $55,000
2015 University Research Fund Grant - $5,000
2012 NSERC Discovery Grant Extension - $16,000
2009 Atlantic Health Sciences Health Promotion and Research Fund (PI)- $6,700
2008 NSERC Discovery Grant - $24,000
2005 University Research Fund Grant - $4000

Stewart, C. (2017) An approach to measure distance between compositional diet estimates containing essential zeros. Journal of Applied Statistics, 44(7), 1137-1152.

Steeves, H., McMeans, B., Field, C., Stewart, C., Arts, M., Fisk, A., Lydersen, Ch., Kovacs, K and MacNeil, A. (2016) Non-parametric spatio-temporal variability in the fatty-acid profiles among Greenland Sharks. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531541600148X

McCloskey, R., Donovan, C., Stewart, C. and Donovan, A. (2015). How Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Resident Aides Spend Time in Nursing Homes: An Observational Study International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(9), 1475-1483.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., Stewart, C. (2015) The Untold Story of Being Designated an Alternative Level of Care Patient. Healthcare Policy, 11(1), 76-84.

Donovan, C., Stewart, C., McCloskey, R. and Donovan, A. (2014). How do residents spend their time in nursing homes? Canadian Nursing Homes , 25(3), 13-17.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., Keeping-Burke, L., and Stewart, C. (2014) Recruitment and Retention Challenges in a Technology-Based Study with Older Adults Discharged from a Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit. Rehabilitation Nursing. DOI: 10.1002/rnj.149

Stewart, C., Iverson, S. and Field, C. (2014) Testing for a change in diet using fatty acid signatures. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 21, 775-792.

McCloskey, R. Jarrett, P., Stewart, C., Nicholson, P. and Jacob, C. (2014). Alternate Level of Care Patients in Hospital: What does dementia have to do with this? Canadian Geriatrics, 17 (3), 88-94.

Wernham , M., Jarrett, P., Stewart, C., MacDonald, E., MacNeil, D., Hobbs, C. (2014) Comparison of the SIMARD MD to clinical impression in assessing fitness to drive in patients with cognitive impairment. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 17(2), 63-69.

Stewart, C. (2013) Zero-inflated beta distribution for modeling the proportions in quantitative fatty acid signature analysis. Journal of Applied Statistics , 40(5), 985-992.

Stewart, C. and Field, C. (2011) Managing the Essential Zeros in Quantitative Fatty Acid Signature Analysis. Journal of Agriculture, Biological, and Environmental Statistics , 16 (1), 45-69.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., Knudson, C., Quinn, S., and Stewart, C. (2009). Exploring the Role of a Nurse Practitioner in Long-Term Care. Canadian Journal of Geriatrics 12 (4), 10-15.

Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., Stewart, C., McCollum, A., Oakley, H. (2013, March) Long Stay Hospital Patients in Acute Care Hospital beds – What does Dementia have to do with this? The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry , 21(3), Supplement, S141.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P. and Stewart, C. (2012, November) The Relationship between Dementia and Alternate Level of Care Patients in Hospitals. Gerontologist , 52(S1), 569.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P. and Stewart, C. (2012, November) Journey across the Care Continuum Patient and Family Perspectives. Gerontologist, 52(S1), 573.

Stewart, C., Lang, S., Steeves, H., Brown, M., Iverson, S. and Bowen, D. (2016, July) Assessing changes in the diet of individual grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) over time based on QFASA diet estimates. 26th Annual Conference of The International Environmetrics Society. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., McCollum, A., Stewart, C. (2013, April) What do We Know about the Patients who are Alternate Level of Care in Horizon Health Network? Canadian Geriatrics Society 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting. Toronto, ON

Zaihra, T. and Stewart, C. (2012, February) Using Zero-Inflated Count Models to Predict Software Defects in NASA Data. American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice. Orlando, FL, USA.

Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., and Stewart, C. (2011, October) The Relationship between Dementia and Alternate Level of Care Patients in Hospitals. 6th Canadian Conference on Dementia. Montreal, QC.

Jarrett, P., McCloskey, R., Stewart, C., Nicholson P., Jacobs C., and Oakley H. Who are the Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patients in one Atlantic Canada Community?. (2011, October) Canadian Association on Gerontology and 4th Pan American Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Ottawa, ON.

McCloskey, R., Jarrett, P., and Stewart, C. (2010, November) An Evaluation of a Model of Care in a New Brunswick Nursing Home: Transition to Shared-Care with a Nurse. <\i> The Gerontological Society of America's 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting. New Orleans, LA, U.S.A.