Laura Rosella

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)
Site Director

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Populations & Public Health Research Program

Phone
416-978-6064

Biography

Contact Laura Rosella

@LauraCRosella

Education

PhD, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
MPH, Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
BSc, Life Sciences and Statistics, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Health and wellness promotion
Endocrine and metabolic disorders
Social determinants of health
Health services research
Diet and nutrition

Other Affiliations

Affiliate Scientist, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Faculty Affiliate, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Member, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Vulnerable Populations/Population Health

Recent ICES Grants

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes incidence: finding synergy among science, policy, and action

Principal investigator: Booth GL
Co-investigators: Campbell DJ, Fazli GS, Mishra S, Moineddin R, Parsons JA, Rosella LC, Shah BR, Taylor GW
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000
Person-centred segmentation: characterizing population segments to inform care

Principal investigators: Kuluski KH, Rosella LC
Co-investigators: Donnelly CA, Green ME, Logozzo J, Mansfield EA, McCarthy L, Slater MB, Wood B
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000
Intergenerational impacts of diabetes among First Nations mothers and their children

Principal investigator: Shah BR
Co-investigators: Funnell S, Green ME, Jones C, Mulder C, Phillips-Beck W, Rosella LC, Wahi G, Walker J, Wicklow BA
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000

Recent Awards & Recognition

Member Royal Society of Canada

2021: Dr. Laura Rosella elected Member of Royal Society of Canada.
9/9/2021
Canada Research Chair

2020: Dr. Laura Rosella named Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics (renewal).
12/21/2020
Connaught Global Challenge Award

2018: Dr. Laura Rosella awarded $250,000 to launch a global network to advance innovative research and training in predictive analytics. Read more.
7/23/2018

Recent ICES Publications

9/6/2022

Suboptimal oral health and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the presence of competing death: a data linkage analysis

Aldossri M, Saarela O, Rosella L, Quiñonez C. Can J Public Health. 2022; Sep 6 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00675-z

7/22/2022

Clarifying rural-urban disparities in alcohol-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: a spatial analysis

Friesen EL, Yu W, Buajitti E, Selby P, Rosella L, Kurdyak P. J Rural Health. 2022; Jul 22 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12702

7/10/2022

Rural-urban disparities in post-discharge outcomes following alcohol-related hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Friesen EL, Myran D, Yu W, Rosella L, Selby P, Kurdyak P. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022; Jul 10 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109568

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News coverage

The Star2/21/2022Article

Do vaccine passports work? Ontario’s was followed by a bump in second doses

The Star5/25/2021Article

Knowing diabetes risk years ahead could mean targeted prevention, lower costs: study

CityNews11/18/2020Video