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New release: 2022-2023 Evidence with Impact report.
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Jeff Kwong

Senior Core Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Program Lead
Populations & Public Health Research Program

Biography

Dr. Kwong joined ICES as a scientist in 2007. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in microbiology & immunology at McGill University, he completed his MD, postgraduate training in public health and preventive medicine, and a master's degree in epidemiology in the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kwong is also a scientist at Public Health Ontario, a family physician at the Toronto Western Family Health Team, a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Key research interests include infectious diseases epidemiology and health services research using linkable data, influenza vaccine and vaccination program evaluation (vaccine coverage, vaccine effectiveness, vaccine safety, vaccination program strategies) and assessing the burden of infectious diseases.

  • FRCPC, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Toronto
  • MSc, Epidemiology, University of Toronto
  • CCFP, University of Toronto
  • MD, University of Toronto
  • BSc, Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University
  • Immunization
  • Infectious diseases
  • Primary care/Clinical practice
  • Scientist, Public Health Ontario
  • Family Physician, Toronto Western Family Health Team
  • Associate Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
  • Professor and Clinician Scientist, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

ICES Grants

Grant
2021 - 2024

Population based risk of mycobacterial diseases associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Granting Agency
University of Toronto Department of Medicine
Principal Investigators
Brode S
Co-Investigators
Kwong J, Marras T, Stanbrook M
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$10,000
Grant
2021 - 2023

Safety immUnogenicity of COVID-19 vaCcines in systEmic immunE mediated inflammatory Diseases (SUCCEED)

Granting Agency
COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF)
Principal Investigators
Bernatsky S, Widdifield J
Co-Investigators
Avina-Zubieta A, Barnabe C, Boire G, Bowdish D, Chandran V, Colmegna I, Colwill K, Cook R, Durocher Y, Fortin P, Garner S, Gingras A, Haroon N, Hazlewood G, Hitchon C, Inman R, Kaplan G, Kuriya B, Kwong J, Lacaille D, Larché M, Marshall J, McGeer A, Nazy I, Piguet V, Rahman P, Silverberg M, Watts T, Wood H
Grant Type
Operating grant
Grant Amount
$3,131,216
Grant
2021 - 2022

What impacts COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Métis Citizens in Ontario? A population-based data linkage study

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Cooke MJ
Co-Investigators
Chaurasia A, Edwards SA, Gonneville S, King KD, Kwong JC, Mecredy G, Walker J
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$181,960
Grant
2021 - 2022

Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Janjua NZ, Kwong JC, Mishra S, Sander BH, Sbihi H
Co-Investigators
Chan A, Cheung AM, Greenberg A, Juando Prats C, Kustra R, Mac S, Moriarty TJ, Nacul L, Parsons JA, Rose CL
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$499,645
Grant
2021 - 2022

Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Hogan C, Irvine MA, Janjua NZ, Kwong JC, Mishra S, Sander BH, Sbihi H
Co-Investigators
Abdia Y, Baral SD, Brown KA, Buchan S, Daneman N, Galanis E, Gubbay JB, Hoang L, Jassem AN, Krajden M, Kustra R, Mubareka S, Murti M, Patel S, Prystajecky NA, Rose CL, Sekirov I, Smolina E, Tyson JR, Vanniyasingam T, Velásquez García HA
Grant Type
Operating Grant
Grant Amount
$451,188
Grant
2020 - 2021

Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Mishra S, Janjua NZ, Katz A, Kwong JC, Maheu-Giroux M, Williamson T
Co-Investigators
Baral SD, Bogoch, I, Boily M, Brisson M, Buckeridge DL, Chan A, de Montigny S, Eastwood CA, Khan K, Krajden M, Kustra R, Mâsse BR, McGeer AJ, Otterstatter MC, Smylie JK, Wang L
Grant Type
COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
Grant Amount
$1,293,631
Grant
2020 - 2021

Improving Canadian Outcomes Research On the Novel SARS-CoV-2 using Analytics: the CORONA Consortium

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Lee DS, Mcalister FA
Co-Investigators
Khan NA, Krahn AD, Lindsay MP, Nagpal S, Zieroth SR, Abdel-Qadir HM, Austin PC, Bainey KR, Bakal JA, de Mestral C, Ezekowitz JA, Goodman SG, Greiner R, Ha AC, Jackevicius CA, Kapral MK, Kaul PR, Ko D, Kwong JC, Liu PP, Rochon PA, Roifman I, Ross HJ, Sandhu R, Schull MJ, Sun L, Udell JA, van Diepen S, Wang B, Welsh RC, Wijeysundera HC, Yu AYX
Grant Type
COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
Grant Amount
$409,179
Grant
2019 - 2022

Is Ontario prepared for the return of measles?

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Bolotin S, Crowcroft NS
Co-Investigators
Brisson M, Deeks SL, Goneau LW, Halperin SA, Hatchette TF, Kwong JC, McLachlan E, Severini A, Wilson S
Grant Type
Project Grant
Grant Amount
$436,050
Grant
2019 - 2021

The benefits of pneumococcal vaccination for seniors: a Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases interdisciplinary project on healthy aging and immunization science

Granting Agency
Connaught Fund
Principal Investigators
Brown A
Co-Investigators
Allin S, Crowcroft N, Deeks S, Fuller-Thomson E, Gibson J, Gray-Owen S, Gubby J, Kwong J, Philpott D, Rudzicz F, Sander B, Upshut R, Watts T, Wilson S
Grant Type
The Connaught Global Challenge Award
Grant Amount
$248,789
Grant
2018 - 2021

Impact of maternal pertussis immunization on pregnancy outcome and child health

Granting Agency
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
Bolotin S, Crowcroft NS, Fell DB
Co-Investigators
Biringer A, Cook JL, Dubey V, Halperin SA, Hawken S, Jamieson FB, Kwong JC, Sadarangani M, Walker MC, Wilson K
Grant Type
Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount
$336,600
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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition
01/07/2013

CIHR New Investigator Award

2013 – 2018: Awarded to Dr. Jeff Kwong

Awards & Recognition
01/06/2013

CIHR New Investigator Prize of Excellence in Research on Aging

2013 – 2014: Awarded to Dr. Jeff Kwong for "Epidemiologic Advances using Linked Data (IDEAL-Data)"

Awards & Recognition
01/06/2011

Award for Research Excellence, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

2011-2012: Awarded to Dr. Jeff Kwong.

Awards & Recognition
01/06/2008

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Career Scientist Award

2008 – 2013: Awarded to Dr. Jeff Kwong.

Awards & Recognition
01/05/2008

University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine Clinican Scientist Award

2008: Awarded to Dr. Jeff Kwong.

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Journal Articles

Journal Article
22/02/2024

Measuring waning protection from seasonal influenza vaccination during nine influenza seasons, Ontario, Canada, 2010/11 to 2018/19

Chung H, Campitelli MA, Buchan SA, Campigotto A, Crowcroft NS, Gubbay JB, Jung JKH, Karnauchow T, Katz K, McGeer AJ, McNally JD, Richardson DC, Richardson SE, Rosella LC, Russell ML, Schwartz KL, Simor A, Smieja M, Sundaram ME, Warshawsky BF, Zahariadis G, Kwong JC; Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Provincial Collaborative Network (PCN) Investigators. Euro Surveill. 2024; 29(8):2300239. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Journal Article
19/02/2024

A multiprovincial retrospective analysis of the incidence of myocarditis or pericarditis after mRNA vaccination compared to the incidence after SARS-CoV-2 infection

Naveed Z, Chu C, Tadrous M, Veroniki AA, Li J, Rouleau I, Febriani Y, Calzavara A, Buchan S, Nasreen S, Schwartz KL, Wilton J, Seo CY,  Thampi N, Wilson S, Naus M, De Serres G, Janjua NZ, Kwong JC; Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Provincial Collaborative Network investigators. Heliyon. 2024; Feb 19 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article
12/02/2024

COVID-19 vaccines and adverse events of special interest: a multinational Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) cohort study of 99 million vaccinated individuals

Faksova K, Walsh D, Jiang Y, Griffin J, Phillips A, Gentile A, Kwong JC, Macartney K, Naus M, Grange Z, Escolano S, Sepulveda G, Shetty A, Pillsbury A, Sullivan C, Naveed Z, Janjua NZ, Giglio N, Perälä J, Nasreen S, Gidding H, Hovi P, Vo T, Cui F, Deng L, Cullen L, Artama M, Weintraub E, Lu H, Clothier HJ, Batty K, Paynter J, Petousis-Harris H, Buttery J, Black S, Hviid A. Vaccine. 2024; Feb 12 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article
29/11/2023

Effectiveness of maternal influenza vaccination during pregnancy against laboratory-confirmed seasonal influenza among infants under 6 months of age in Ontario, Canada

Fell DB, Russell M, Fung SG, Swayze S, Chung H, Buchan SA, Roda W, Smolarchuk C, Wilson K, Crowcroft N, Schwartz KL, Gubbay JB, McGeer A, Smieja M, Richardson DC, Katz K, Zahariadis G, Campigotto A, Mubareka S, McNally D, Karnauchow T, Zelyas N, Svenson LW, Kwong JC. J Infect Dis. 2023; Nov 29 [Epub ahead of print].

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