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Maria Chiu

Staff Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Mental Health & Addictions Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 7745

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Education

Post Doctoral Fellowship, Public Health Policy, Public Health Ontario
Post Doctoral Fellowship, Built Environment and Health, ICES, Sunnybrook Research Institute
PhD, Health Services and Outcomes Research, University of Toronto
MSc, Epidemiology, University of Toronto
BEd, Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Hon. BSc, Human Biology, Mathematics, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Social determinants of health
Mental health and addictions
Cardiovascular disorders
Chronic diseases and conditions
Statistics and research methods

Other Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
American Heart Association Early Career Committee & Minorities Committee

Recent ICES Grants

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
Ethnic disparities in health care use for infectious diseases

Principal investigator: Kwong J
Co-investigators: Chiu M, Daneman N, Rosella L, Smylie J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2013-2014; $63,897

Recent Awards & Recognition

DiverseCity Fellow

2017: Dr. Maria Chiu selected by CivicAction as a DiverseCity Fellow of 2017. The DiverseCity Fellows are emerging leaders from various sectors who have made an impact in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. CivicAction’s DiverseCity Fellows program provides opportunities for emerging leaders to further develop leadership and increase their impact.
2/1/2017
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Young Investigator Award in Epidemiology

2015: Awarded to Dr. Maria Chiu by the American Heart Association for her study “Moving to a highly walkable neighborhood and incidence of hypertension: a propensity-score matched cohort study." The award recognizes excellence in research by early career investigators and trainees.
11/11/2015
CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award

Awarded to Maria Chiu for “Deriving ethnic-specific BMI cutoff points for assessing diabetes risk”. Maria’s winning Rising Star article was cited in the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes guidelines by the American Diabetes Association.
6/1/2012

Recent ICES Publications

12/6/2016

Self-rated health and mental health of lone fathers compared to lone mothers and partnered fathers: a population-based cross-sectional study

Chiu M, Rahman F, Kurdyak P, Cairney J, Jembere N, Vigod S. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017; 71(5):417-23. Epub 2016 Dec 6.

10/21/2016

Describing the linkages of the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada permanent resident data and vital statistics death registry to Ontario’s administrative health database

Chiu M, Lebenbaum M, Lam K, Chong N, Azimaee M, Iron K, Manuel D, Guttmann A. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2016; 16(1):135. Epub 2016 Oct 21.

8/2/2016

Ethnic differences in mental illness severity: a population-based study of Chinese and South Asian patients in Ontario, Canada

Chiu M, Lebenbaum M, Newman AM, Zaheer J, Kurdyak P. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016; 77(9):e1108-16. Epub 2016 Aug 2.

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News coverage

Medscape12/6/2016Article

Single dads also struggle with mental health (log-in required)

Mississauga News10/26/2016Article

Chinese people in Greater Toronto not seeking help for mental illness, recent research shows

Toronto Star8/17/2016Article

Stigma, shame behind ethnic delays in seeking help for mental illness