Janet Smylie

Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Populations & Public Health Research Program

Phone
416-864-6060 Ext. 3380

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Education

FCFP
MPH, Johns Hopkins University
MD, Queen’s University

Other Affiliations

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Scientist, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
Director, Well Living House Applied Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child and Family Health

Recent ICES Grants

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

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
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
2020-2021; $1,293,631
Indigenous Health Counts in Urban Homelands: Estimating COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality among Indigenous Populations Living in Ontario Cities

Principal investigators: Rotondi MA, Bourgeois C, Smylie JK
Co-investigators: McConkey S, Mishra S, Muir N, Walker J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
2020-2021; $395,460
Unlocking health information for older First Nations populations

Principal investigator: Walker J
Co-investigators: Bronskill S, Henry D, Schull M, Smylie J, Warry W
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2015-2018; $203,107

Recent Awards & Recognition

Slaight Family Foundation Grant

2017: $1 million grant awarded to Dr. Janet Smylie to train health care personnel to overcome racial biases which can lead to health care delivery inequities. Read more about the grant.
3/8/2017
Top 20 Pioneers in Family Medicine Research in Canada

2015: Dr. Janet Smylie recognized by The College of Family Physicians of Canada for her work with, and personal investment in, the health care of Indigenous communities in Canada.
10/16/2015
CIHR Applied Public Health Chair

2014: Awarded to Dr. Janet Smylie for "Clearing the Pathways to Health Equity: CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Indigenous Health Information and Knowledge Systems".
10/10/2014

Recent ICES Publications

10/28/2022

Differential patterns by area-level social determinants of health in COVID-19 related mortality and non-COVID-19 mortality: a population-based study of 11.8 million people in Ontario, Canada

Wang L, Calzavara A, Baral S, Smylie J, Chan AK, Sander B, Austin PC, Kwong JC, Mishra S. Clin Infect Dis. 2022; Oct 28 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac850

8/2/2022

Uncovering SARS-COV-2 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto and London, Ontario

Smylie J, McConkey S, Rachlis B, Avery L, Mecredy G, Brar R, Bourgeois C, Dokis B, Vandevenne S, Rotondi MA. CMAJ. 2022; 194(29):E1018-26. Epub 2022 Aug 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.212147

10/9/2018

Our health counts: population-based measures of urban Inuit health determinants, health status, and health care access

Smylie J, Firestone M, Spiller MW, Tungasuvvingat Inuit. Can J Public Health. 2018; 109(5-6):662-70. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

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News coverage

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Janet Smylie

Education

Other Affiliations

Recent ICES Grants

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

Indigenous Health Counts in Urban Homelands: Estimating COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality among Indigenous Populations Living in Ontario Cities

Unlocking health information for older First Nations populations

Recent Awards & Recognition

Slaight Family Foundation Grant

Top 20 Pioneers in Family Medicine Research in Canada

CIHR Applied Public Health Chair

Recent ICES Publications

Differential patterns by area-level social determinants of health in COVID-19 related mortality and non-COVID-19 mortality: a population-based study of 11.8 million people in Ontario, Canada

Uncovering SARS-COV-2 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto and London, Ontario

Our health counts: population-based measures of urban Inuit health determinants, health status, and health care access

News coverage

COVID-19 vaccination rate lower among urban Indigenous people, study shows. Why?

Mistrust and ‘ill-equipped’ hospitals: Here's why nearly half of Toronto's Indigenous population remains unvaccinated

Outrage brewing after U of S and CIHR support professor who falsely claimed to be Indigenous