Tara Gomes

Core Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Phone
416-864-6060 Ext. 77046

Assistant
Cecilia Barnes, Research Administrative Assistant, 416-480-4055 Ext. 6903

Biography

Contact Tara Gomes

@Tara_Gomes

Education

PhD, University of Amsterdam
MHSc, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Toronto
BSc, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph

Research Focus

Drug prescribing behaviour
Statistics and research methods
Health policy/reform
Addiction

Other Affiliations

Scientist, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
Scientific Lead and Co-Principal Investigator, Ontario Drug Policy Research Network

Recent ICES Grants

Ontario healthcare implementation laboratory: a learning health system approach that leverages data to improve quality in primary care

Principal investigator: Ivers N
Co-investigators: Gomes T, Grimshaw J, Schwartz K, Tinmouth J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant
2018-2022; $1,250,000
Improving healthcare system efficiency and sustainability through pharmaceutical policy: the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network

Principal investigators: Gomes T, Mamdani M
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Health System Research Fund
2017-2021; $1,908,539
Population-based assessment of opioid use before and after total joint arthroplasty

Principal investigator: Ravi B
Co-investigators: Gomes T, Juurlink D, Kreder H, Redelmeier D.
Physicians' Service Incorporated Foundation, Operating Grant
2017-2018; $73,906

Recent Awards & Recognition

CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award

2017: Tara Gomes received the award for the paper “Sensitivity and specificity of administrative mortality data for identifying prescription opioid-related deaths” published in CMAJ. The award was presented at the 2017 Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research conference in Toronto on May 26.

IHSPR's Article of the Year Award recognizes research published in a peer-reviewed journal that has contributed to the advancement of health services and policy research in Canada.
5/26/2017

Recent ICES Publications

12/3/2018

Do diagnostic and procedure codes within population-based, administrative datasets accurately identify patients with rectal cancer?

Musselman RP, Gomes T, Rothwell DM, Auer RC, Moloo H, Boushey RP, van Walraven C. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018; Dec 3 [Epub ahead of print].

11/26/2018

Comparative risk of harm associated with trazodone or atypical antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia: a retrospective cohort study

Watt JA, Gomes T, Bronskill SE, Huang A, Austin PC, Ho JM, Straus SE. CMAJ. 2018; 190(47):E1376-83. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

11/1/2018

Regional variation in healthcare spending and mortality among senior high-cost healthcare users in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective matched cohort study

Muratov S, Lee J, Holbrook A, Costa A, Paterson JM, Guertin JR, Mbuagbaw L, Gomes T, Khuu W, Tarride JE. BMC Geriatr. 2018; 18:262. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

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News coverage

The Star8/29/2018Article

Prescription opioids a factor in many overdose deaths, study shows

Medpage Today8/20/2018Article

Anticonvulsant with opioids tied to higher mortality

CTV4/26/2018Article