Laura Rosella

Adjunct Scientist
Site Director

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Primary Care & Population 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

Scientist, Public Health Ontario
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Member, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
President, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Recent ICES Grants

Influenza vaccines, statins, and laboratory-confirmed influenza outcomes in older adults: can vaccines and statins reduce the burden of influenza?

Principal investigator: Kwong J
Co-investigators: Buchan S, Campitelli M, Rosella L, Schwartz K
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2018-2020; $202,725
Population health analytics in action: improving impact, sustainability and equity in the health care system

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Henry D, Stukel T, Walker J, Wodchis W
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme Grant
2016-2021; $1,155,257
Population health impact assessment tools: using population health data to imrpove chronic disease prediction

Principal investigator: Manuel D
Co-investigators: Jha P, Rosella L, Tu J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2015-2018; $124,739

Recent Awards & Recognition

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
Top 40 under 40

2018: Dr. Laura Rosella named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40. The annual list recognizes the achievements of 40 Canadians who have demonstrated remarkable success while under 40 years of age.
7/3/2018
The Bill Silverman Prize

2017: Awarded to Drs. Laura Rosella and David Henry for the paper “Risk of bias in systematic reviews of non-randomized studies of adverse cardiovascular effects of thiazolidinediones and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: application of a new Cochrane risk of bias tool” by Cochrane at its annual summit. The prize is offered annually and explicitly acknowledges Cochrane's value of criticism, with a view to helping to improve its work, and thus achieve its aim of helping people make well-informed decisions about health care by providing the best possible evidence on the effects of healthcare interventions.
9/15/2017

Recent ICES Publications

11/7/2018

Accuracy of health administrative data to identify cases of reportable travel or migration related infectious diseases in Ontario, Canada

Savage RD, Rosella LC, Crowcroft NS, Horn M, Khan K, Varia M, PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0207030. Epub 2018 Nov 7.

10/27/2018

Mortality and chronic disease risk associated with poor life satisfaction: a population-based cohort study

Rosella LC, Fu L, Buajitti E, Goel V. Am J Epidemiol. 2018; Oct 27 [Epub ahead of print].

8/27/2018

Characteristics and outcomes of young children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza or respiratory syncytial virus in Ontario, Canada, 2009-2014

Buchan SA, Chung H, Karnauchow T, McNally JD, Campitelli MA, Gubbay JB, Katz K, McGeer AJ, Richardson DC, Richardson SE, Simor A, Smieja M, Zahariadis G, Tran D, Crowcroft NS, Rosella LC, Kwong JC. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018; Aug 27 [Epub ahead of print].

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News coverage

The Star3/15/2017Article

Newcomers to Canada benefit from ‘healthy immigrant effect,’ Toronto study finds

The Globe and Mail11/14/2016Article

High-income men now outliving low-income women in Canada, study finds

CTV News8/17/2015Article