Andrea Gershon

Senior Core Scientist
Lung Health Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Phone
416-480-6100 Ext. 3619

Other Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Scientist, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Research Director and Respirologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Adjunct Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children

Recent ICES Grants

A virtual transition intervention for children and adults transitioning to home ventilation: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Principal investigators: Amin R, Buchanan F, Gershon AS, Paquet M, Pizzuti R, Rose L
Co-investigators: Bhatia RS, Chiang J, Cornejo Palma DF, Dainty KN, Fraser IM, Goldstein RS, Katz SL, Leasa DJ, Lim A, Mckay SM, Mckim D, Moretti M, Nonoyama ML, Sidhu A, Tandon A, Toonders BE, Workentin KM

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Team Grant
2019-2023; $884,250

Improving the health of people with obstructive lung disease

Principal investigator: Gershon A

Canadian Lung Association, Operating Grant
2016-2019; $125,000

Using comprehensive multi-linked mortality files to evaluate health system functioning and inform health system planning in Ontario

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Gershon A, Guttman A, Henry D, Jha P, Manuel D, Tu J

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2015-2017; $429,438

Recent Awards & Recognition

American Thoracic Society Early Career Achievement Award

2015: The American Thoracic Society (ATS) Assembly on Behavioral Science and Health Services Early Career Achievement Award recipient Andrea Gershon for her scientific contributions in the area of lung disease.

4/24/2015

2013 PSI Foundation Fellowship

Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Gershon as the 2013 PSI Fellow in Translational Health Research. Read more about Dr. Gershon's fellowship on the PSI website.

7/8/2013

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Department of Medicine Junior Investigator Award

2012: Awarded to Dr. Andrea Gershon. Presented to a faculty member in their first five years of appointment who has made a contribution to basic science, clinical epidemiology, health services or education research.

11/15/2012

Recent ICES Publications

12/2/2019

Sex differences in health services and medication use among older adults with asthma

To T, Gray N, Ryckman K, Zhu J, Fong I, Gershon A. ERJ Open Res. 2019; Dec 2 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00242-2019

11/26/2019

Effect of asthma exacerbation during pregnancy in women with asthma: a population-based cohort study

Abdullah K, Zhu J, Gershon A, Dell S, To T. Eur Respir J. 2019; Nov 26 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01335-2019

9/24/2019

Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations in older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Gershon AS, Chung H, Porter J, Campitelli MA, Buchan SA, Schwartz KL, Crowcroft NS, Campigotto A, Gubbay JB, Karnauchow T, Katz K, McGeer AJ, McNally JD, Richardson DC, Richardson SE, Rosella LC, Simor AE, Smieja M, Zahariadis G, Kwong JC. J Infect Dis. 2019; Sep 24 [Epub ahead of print].