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Gillian Booth

Senior Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 3891

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Education

MSc, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
MD, University of Toronto
MSc, Pharmacology, Queen's University
BSc, Life Sciences, Queen's University

Research Focus

Endocrine and metabolic disorders
Social determinants of health
Health policy/reform
Environmental issues

Other Affiliations

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Endocrinologist, St. Michael's Hospital

Recent ICES Grants

Building healthier cities: a Canadian initiative to identify environmental solutions to curb obesity (the "Healthy Cities, Healthier Lives" Research Program)

Principal investigator: Booth G
Co-investigator: Chen H, Hoch J, Moineddin R, Rosella L
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme Grant
2015-2022; $1,250,340
The Cardiac, Vascular, Cognitive Dysfunction (CVCD) cohort alliance

Principal investigators: Anand S, Friedrich M, Tu J
Co-investigators: Booth G, Chiu M, Lee D, Ko D, et al.
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Team Grant
2013-2017; $13,699,636
The Cardiac, Vascular, Cognitive Dysfunction (CVCD) cohort alliance

Principal investigators: Anand S, Friedrich M, Tu J
Co-investigators: Booth G, Chiu M, Lee D, Ko D, et al.
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Team Grant
2013-2017; $1,999,852

Recent Awards & Recognition

Foundation Scheme Live Pilot 1 Grant

2015: Awarded to Dr. Gillian Booth for building healthier cities: a Canadian initiative to identify environmental solutions to curb obesity (The 'Healthy Cities, Healthier Lives' research program).
7/22/2015
Mid-Career Investigator Heart and Stroke Foundation, Ontario

2013 - 2017: Awarded to Dr. Gillian Booth over four years. Dr. Booth's research topic is "Population-based strategies for reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease due to diabetes."
7/1/2013

Recent ICES Publications

5/2/2018

Identifying diabetes cases from administrative data: a population-based validation study

Lipscombe LL, Hwee J, Webster L, Shah BR, Booth GL, Tu K. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018; 8:316. Epub 2018 May 2.

8/5/2017

Effect of multiparity and ethnicity on the risk of development of diabetes: a large population-based cohort study

Almahmeed B, Shah BR, Mukerji G, Ling V, Booth GL, Feig DS. Diabet Med. 2017; 34(11):1637-45. Epub 2017 Aug 5.

5/15/2017

Influence of environmental temperature on gestational diabetes risk

Booth GL, Luo J, Park AL, Feig DS, Moineddin R, Ray JG. CMAJ. 2017; 189(19):E682-9. Epub 2017 May 15.

See more ICES Publications

News coverage

CBC5/15/2017Article

'Get outside and embrace the cold:' Gestational diabetes linked to warmer temperatures

New York Times5/24/2016Article

Walkable neighborhoods cut obesity and diabetes rates

CTV News8/17/2015Article

Health costs for diabetes expected to rise as population ages: researcher