Kevin Schwartz

Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES UofT Populations & Public Health Research Program

Biography

Dr. Schwartz is a paediatrician and infectious disease consultant. He has a Masters of Science in clinical epidemiology and works as an infection control and antimicrobial stewardship physician at Public Health Ontario. He is studying community antimicrobial use patterns to slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

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

Drug prescribing behaviour
Infectious diseases

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

ICES Grants

Grant

2021 - 2022

Incidence and risk factors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and related adverse health outcomes among Ontario long-term care residents and marginalized older community-dwelling adults with COVID-19 (I-CARE)

Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators: Daneman N, MacFadden DR, Maxwell CJ, Mishra S, Schwartz KL
Co-Investigators: Brooks JI, Bowdish DM, Bronskill SE, Burrows LL, Langford BJ, Leung E, Leung V, Manuel DG, McGeer AJ, Morris AM, Nott C, Raybardhan S, So M, Soucy J
Grant Type: Operating Grant
Grant Amount: $308,904

Grant

2019 - 2022

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

Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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
Grant Type: Project Grant
Grant Amount: $409,276

Grant

2018 - 2022

Ontario healthcare implementation laboratory: a learning health system approach that leverages data to improve quality in primary care

Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators: Ivers N
Co-Investigators: Gomes T, Grimshaw J, Schwartz K, Tinmouth J
Grant Type: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant
Grant Amount: $1,250,000

Grant

2018 - 2021

Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR)

Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators: Brown KA, Daneman N
Co-Investigators: Sander B, Schwartz KL, Stukel T
Grant Type: Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount: $608,176

Grant

2018 - 2020

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

Granting Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators: Kwong J
Co-Investigators: Buchan S, Campitelli M, Rosella L, Schwartz K
Grant Type: Project Scheme Grant
Grant Amount: $202,725

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Journal Articles

Journal Article

28/02/2025

Patterns of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in older adults by social determinants of healthcare access: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Sapin ME, Maxwell CJ, Clarke AE, Cooper C, So M, Schwartz KL, Daneman N, Mishra S, MacFadden D. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2025; S1198-743X(25)00086-2.

Journal Article

30/12/2024

Evaluating harms associated with prolonged antibiotic duration of therapy in community dwelling older adults: a cohort study using instrumental variable analysis

Langford BJ, Brown KA, Lau C, Calzavara A, Krueger C, Leung V, Daneman N, Schwartz KL. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; Dec 30 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

02/12/2024

Long-term risk of infection among patients colonized with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens: a population-wide cohort study

Blagojevic C, Brown KA, Diong C, Fridman DJ, Johnstone J, Langford BJ, Lee SM, MacFadden DR, Schwartz KL, Daneman N. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 2; 11(12):ofae712.

Journal Article

30/11/2024

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe omicron-related outcomes in children aged 5 to 11 years in Ontario: a Canadian immunization research network (CIRN) study

Piché-Renaud PP, Drover SSM, Austin PC, Morris SK, Buchan SA, Nasreen S, Schwartz KL, Tadrous M, Thampi N, Wilson SE, Wilson K, Guttmann A, Kwong JC. Vaccine. 2024; Nov 30 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

24/10/2024

Burden of infant group B Streptococcus disease and impact of maternal screening and antibiotic prophylaxis in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Fakhraei R, Fell DB, El-Chaâr D, Thampi N, Sander B, Brown KA, Crowcroft N, Bolotin S, Barrett J, Darling EK, Fittipaldi N, Lamagni T, McGeer A, Murti M, Sadarangani M, Schwartz KL, Yasseen A, Tunis M, Petrcich W, Wilson K. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024; 39:100914.

Journal Article

19/09/2024

Association between maternal mRNA covid-19 vaccination in early pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring: population based cohort study with sibling matched analysis

Jorgensen S, Drover S, Fell D, Austin P, D’Souza R, Guttmann A, Buchan S, Wilson S, Nasreen S, Brown K, Schwartz K, Tadrous M, Wilson K, Kwong J. BMJ Medicine. 2024; 3:e000743.

Journal Article

03/07/2024

Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study

Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, Macfadden DR, Langford BJ, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024; Jul 3 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

10/06/2024

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Ontario physicians: a descriptive population-based retrospective cohort study

Liu CW, Jeyakumar N, McArthur E, Sontrop JM, Myran DT, Schwartz KL, Sood MM, Tanuseputro P, Garg AX. BMJ Open. 2024; 14(6):e080461. Epub 2024 Jun 10.

Journal Article

05/06/2024

Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial

Schwartz KL, Shuldiner J, Langford BJ, Brown KA, Schultz SE, Leung V, Daneman N, Tadrous M, Witteman HO, Garber G, Grimshaw JM, Leis JA, Presseau J, Silverman MS, Taljaard M, Gomes T, Lacroix M, Brehaut J, Thavorn K, Gushue S, Friedman L, Zwarenstein M, Ivers N. BMJ. 2024; 385:e079329. Epub 2024 Jun 5.

Journal Article

17/05/2024

Association between infectious diseases consultation and mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study

Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, MacFadden DR, Langford BJ, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. Clin Infect Dis. 2024; May 17 [Epub ahead of print].

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News Coverage

News Release

23/10/2023

New study confirms safety and benefits of maternal COVID-19 vaccination for newborns

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Kevin Schwartz

Biography

Education

Research Focus

Other Affiliations

ICES Grants

Incidence and risk factors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and related adverse health outcomes among Ontario long-term care residents and marginalized older community-dwelling adults with COVID-19 (I-CARE)

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

Ontario healthcare implementation laboratory: a learning health system approach that leverages data to improve quality in primary care

Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR)

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

Journal Articles

Patterns of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in older adults by social determinants of healthcare access: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Evaluating harms associated with prolonged antibiotic duration of therapy in community dwelling older adults: a cohort study using instrumental variable analysis

Long-term risk of infection among patients colonized with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens: a population-wide cohort study

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe omicron-related outcomes in children aged 5 to 11 years in Ontario: a Canadian immunization research network (CIRN) study

Burden of infant group B Streptococcus disease and impact of maternal screening and antibiotic prophylaxis in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Association between maternal mRNA covid-19 vaccination in early pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring: population based cohort study with sibling matched analysis

Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Ontario physicians: a descriptive population-based retrospective cohort study

Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial

Association between infectious diseases consultation and mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study

News Coverage

New study confirms safety and benefits of maternal COVID-19 vaccination for newborns

Get in touch with
Kevin Schwartz

Kevin Schwartz

Biography

Education

Research Focus

Other Affiliations

ICES Grants

Incidence and risk factors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and related adverse health outcomes among Ontario long-term care residents and marginalized older community-dwelling adults with COVID-19 (I-CARE)

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

Ontario healthcare implementation laboratory: a learning health system approach that leverages data to improve quality in primary care

Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR)

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

Journal Articles

Patterns of outpatient antibiotic prescribing in older adults by social determinants of healthcare access: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Evaluating harms associated with prolonged antibiotic duration of therapy in community dwelling older adults: a cohort study using instrumental variable analysis

Long-term risk of infection among patients colonized with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens: a population-wide cohort study

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe omicron-related outcomes in children aged 5 to 11 years in Ontario: a Canadian immunization research network (CIRN) study

Burden of infant group B Streptococcus disease and impact of maternal screening and antibiotic prophylaxis in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Association between maternal mRNA covid-19 vaccination in early pregnancy and major congenital anomalies in offspring: population based cohort study with sibling matched analysis

Epidemiology and clinical relevance of persistent bacteraemia in patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective cohort study

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Ontario physicians: a descriptive population-based retrospective cohort study

Mailed feedback to primary care physicians on antibiotic prescribing for patients aged 65 years and older: pragmatic, factorial randomised controlled trial

Association between infectious diseases consultation and mortality in hospitalized patients with Gram-negative bloodstream infection: a retrospective population-wide cohort study

News Coverage

New study confirms safety and benefits of maternal COVID-19 vaccination for newborns

Get in touch with Kevin Schwartz

Get in touch with
Kevin Schwartz