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

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
Ontario’s Opioid Drug Observatory: leveraging the narcotics monitoring system to inform and evaluate provincial drug policy

Principal investigator: Gomes T
Co-investigators: Juurlink DN, Mamdani M, Paterson M, Sproule BA, Tadrous M
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CIHR Project Scheme
2016-2020: $726,752

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

9/14/2018

Opioid use after ICU admission among elderly chronic opioid users in Ontario: a population-based cohort study

Wang HT, Hill AD, Gomes T, Pinto R, Wijeysundera DN, Pinto R, Scales DC, Fowler R, Wunsch H. Crit Care Med. 2018; Sep 14 [Epub ahead of print].

8/29/2018

Contributions of prescribed and non-prescribed opioids to opioid-related deaths: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Gomes T, Khuu W, Martins D, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. BMJ. 2018; 362:k3207. Epub 2018 Aug 29.

8/21/2018

Pregabalin and the risk for opioid-related death: a nested case-control study

Gomes T, Greaves S, van den Brink W, Antoniou T, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Martins D, Juurlink DN. Ann Intern Med. 2018; Aug 21 [Epub ahead of print].

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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