Andrea Gershon

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status)
Lung Health Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055

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

Assessing the patient, provider and policy impacts of a positive airway pressure device recall for obstructive sleep apnea: a mixed-methods evaluation

Principal investigators: Ayas N, Kendzerska T, Pendharkar SR
Co-investigators: Fenton ME, Gagliardi AR, Gershon AS, Hawken S, Kaminska M, Mackenzie CA, McBrien K, Povitz M

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2025; $321,300

Quantifying the burden of and assessing risk factors for non-smoking-related chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Ontario

Principal investigators: Blazer A, Gershon A
Co-investigator: Stanbrook M

University of Toronto Department of Medicine, New Investigator Grant
2021-2022; $10,000

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

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

2/1/2022

Is overreliance on short-acting β2-agonists associated with health risks in the older asthma population?

To T, Zhu J, Terebessy E, Zhang K, Gershon AS, Licskai C. ERJ Open Res. 2022; Feb 1 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00032-2022

1/13/2022

Trends in non-receipt of recommended chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medication

Poon M, Pequeno P, Aaron SD, Stanbrook M, Wong H, Cram P, Gershon AS. ERJ Open Res. 2022; 25(2):00584-02021. Epub 2022 Jan 13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00584-2021

11/17/2021

Polysomnographic markers of obstructive sleep apnea severity and cancer-related mortality: a large retrospective multicenter clinical cohort study

Kendzerska T, Gershon AS, Povitz M, Boulos MI, Murray BJ, McIsaac DI, Bryson GL, Talarico R, Hilton J, Malhotra A, Leung RS. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021; Nov 17 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202106-738OC