Kevin Schwartz

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES UofT
Populations & Public Health Research Program

Phone
647-260-7629

Biography

Contact Kevin Schwartz

@kevin_kls

Education

Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, The Gorgas Course of Tropical Medicine
FRCPC, Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Pediatrics, University of Calgary
MSc, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
MD, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Drug prescribing behaviour
Infectious diseases

Other Affiliations

Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship Physician, Public Health Ontario
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Infectious Disease Consultant, St. Joseph's Health Centre

Recent ICES Grants

The prevention of group B streptococcal (GBS) disease in infants

Principal investigators: Crowcroft N, Fell D, Sander B
Co-investigators: Barrett J, Bolotin S, Brown KA, Fittipaldi NV, Mcgeer AJ, Murti M, Sadarangani M, Schwartz KL, Wilson K
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2022; $409,276
Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR)

Principal investigators: Brown KA, Daneman N
Co-investigators: Sander B, Schwartz KL, Stukel T
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2018-2021; $608,176
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

Recent ICES Publications

2/18/2020

Antibiotic prescribing choices and their comparative C. difficile infection risks: a longitudinal case-cohort study

Brown KA, Langford B, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Garber G, Daneman N. Clin Infect Dis. 2020; Feb 18 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa124

1/9/2020

The impact of repeated vaccination using 10-year vaccination history on protection against influenza in older adults: a test-negative design study across the 2010/11 to 2015/16 influenza seasons in Ontario, Canada

Kwong JC, Chung H, Jung JKH, Buchan SA, Campigotto A, Campitelli MA, Crowcroft NS, Gubbay JB, Karnauchow T, Katz K, McGeer AJ, McNally JD, Richardson DC, Richardson SE, Rosella LC, Schwartz KL, Simor A, Smieja M, Zahariadis G; Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN). Euro Surveill. 2020; 25(1):1900245. Epub 2020 Jan 9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.1.1900245

11/25/2019

Interfacility patient sharing and clostridioides difficile infection incidence in the Ontario hospital system: a 13-year cohort study

Brown KA, McGeer A, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Etches J, Garber G, Johnstone J, Langford B, Daneman N. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019; Nov 25 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.283

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News coverage

Healthline.com12/10/2018Article