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Aisha Lofters

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Biography

Dr. Lofters is an adjunct scientist with ICES. She holds a PhD in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto, and is associate professor and clinician scientist with the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Lofters received her MD from the University of Maryland and practices as a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital.

  • PhD, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
  • MD, University of Maryland
  • Social determinants of health
  • Primary care/Clinical practice
  • Cancer
  • Women’s health
  • Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Family Physician, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Provincial Primary Care Lead, Cancer Screening Portfolio, Cancer Care Ontario

ICES Grants

Grant
2021 - 2024

Walk-in physician care: an integrated knowledge translation project to inform quality improvement

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Lapointe-Shaw L, Desveaux L, Ivers NM
Co-Investigators
Austin PC, Berthelot S, Bhatia RS, Kiran T, Lofters AK, Maclure M, Martin D, McBrien K, McCracken R, Paterson M, Shuldiner J
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$520,199
Grant
2021 - 2022

Big data and little behaviours: audit and feedback with or without a quality improvement toolkit to help primary care facilitate COVID-19 vaccine uptake

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Ivers NM
Co-Investigators
Bogoch I, Desveaux L, Green ME, Grimshaw JM, Kiran T, Lofters AK, Presseau J, Shuldiner J, Tadrous M, Taljaard M, Witteman HM
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$499,952
Grant
2021 - 2022

Health equity and the post COVID-19 condition

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Hawken S, Kendall C, Tanuseputro P
Co-Investigators
Bayoumi AM, Bloch G, Boucher LM, Dahrouge S, Funnell S, Hsu AT, Kiran T, Kitagawa K, Lofters AK, Manuel DG, Myran D, Ponka D, Rayner J, Shoemaker ES, Smith B, Wanigaratne S, Zygmunt AJ
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$221,728
Grant
2021 - 2022

Compounding disadvantage: COVID-19 among immigrants with cancers and with mental health and addictions disorders

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Lofters AK, Rayner J, Vahabi M, Wong JP
Co-Investigators
Damba C, Fung K, Kteily-Hawa RN, Narushima M, Tharao WE
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$426,640
Grant
2019 - 2020

Disparities in colorectal and lung cancer stage of diagnosis

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Datta GD, Lofters A
Co-Investigators
Baxter NN, Guilcher SJ, Vahabi M
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$100,000
Grant
2012 - 2015

Understanding diagnostic episodes of care in patients with early versus late cancers

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Groome P
Co-Investigators
Booth C, Gilbert J, Grunfeld E, Irish J, Langley H, Lofters A, Moineddin R, Porter G
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$413,621
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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition
01/10/2013

Career Development Award in Prevention

2013-2016: Awarded to Dr. Aisha Lofters by the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute for the project "Achieving health equity in cancer screening and prevention."

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Journal Articles

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