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Mandana Vahabi

Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Phone
416-979-5000 Ext. 2725

Contact Mandana Vahabi

Education

PhD, Health Behaviour and Communication, University of Toronto
MHSc, Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Toronto
BSc, Nursing, University of Toronto
BSc, Nutrition, University of Toronto

Research Focus

Social determinants of health
Access to health care
Equity in health care
Ethnicity
Women's health

Other Affiliations

Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University
Co-Director, Centre for Global Health and Health Equity, Ryerson University
Associate Member, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University

Recent ICES Grants

Disparities in colorectal and lung cancer stage of diagnosis

Principal investigators: Datta GD, Lofters A
Co-investigators: Baxter NN, Guilcher SJ, Vahabi M
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2019-2020; $100,000

Recent Awards & Recognition

Dean's Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity Award

2014: Awarded to Dr. Mandana Vahabi by Ryerson University for her scholarly, research and creative achievements which contributed to evidence-informed practice, innovative research methodology, and catalysts in policy change.
2/15/2014

Recent ICES Publications

9/22/2017

Cervical cancer screening among women from Muslim-majority countries in Ontario, Canada

Lofters AK, Vahabi M, Kim E, Ellison L, Graves E, Glazier RH. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017; 26(10):1493-9. Epub 2017 Sep 22.

9/13/2017

Breast cancer screening utilization among women from Muslim majority countries in Ontario, Canada

Vahabi M, Lofters A, Kim E, Wong JP, Ellison L, Graves E, Glazier RH. Prev Med. 2017; 105:176-83. Epub 2017 Sep 13.

4/22/2016

Breast cancer screening disparities among immigrant women by world region of origin: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada

Vahabi M, Lofters A, Kumar M, Glazier RH. Cancer Med. 2016; 5(7):1670-86. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

See more ICES Publications