Laura Rosella

Adjunct Scientist
Site Director

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Primary Care & Population Health Research Program

Phone
416-978-6064

Biography

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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
Evidence-based medicine
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

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
Using comprehensive multi-linked mortality files to evaluate health system functioning and inform health system planning in Ontario

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Gershon A, Guttman A, Henry D, Jha P, Manuel D, Tu J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2015-2017; $429,438

Recent Awards & Recognition

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
Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award

2017: Awarded to Dr. Laura Rosella by the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). This annual award acknowledges early career epidemiologists who have made significant contributions to epidemiology through research, teaching, mentoring or service.
4/2/2017

Recent ICES Publications

6/11/2018

Patient and hospital-level predictors of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) bacteremia in Ontario, Canada

Johnstone J, Chen C, Rosella L, Adomako K, Policarpio ME, Lam F, Prematunge C, Garber G; Ontario VRE Investigators. Am J Infect Control. 2018; Jun 11 [Epub ahead of print].

5/23/2018

The association between food insecurity and incident type 2 diabetes in Canada: a population-based cohort study

Tait C, L’Abbé MR, Smith PM, Rosella LC. PLoS One. 2018; 13(5):e0195962. Epub 2018 May 23.

5/17/2018

The relationship between life satisfaction and healthcare utilization: a longitudinal study

Goel V, Rosella LC, Fu L, Alberga A. Am J Prev Med. 2018; May 17 [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