Populations & Public Health Research Program

Program Lead: Jeff Kwong
Program Coordinator: popadmin@ices.on.ca

The Populations and Public Health Research Program consists of scientists with diverse research interests in Indigenous health, the environment/housing, injuries/trauma, infectious disease/immunization and population health. Program scientists actively pursue the integration and use of novel data sets (e.g., immigration data, transportation data, air and noise pollution data, laboratory testing data) and methods (e.g., risk prediction algorithms, machine learning, causal inference, economic analyses) to conduct research on how best to promote health and prevent disease for all segments of the population.

Reducing health disparities among women experiencing imprisonment: an evaluation of the impact of transferring responsibility for prison healthcare to the Ministry of Health

Principal investigators: Liauw J, Hutcheon JA, Kouyoumdjian FG, Slaunwhite AK
Co-investigators: McLeod KE, Ogilvie GS, Palis H, Proctor L, Sharifi N
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000
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)

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
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2021-2022; $308,904
Person-centred segmentation: characterizing population segments to inform care

Principal investigators: Kuluski KH, Rosella LC
Co-investigators: Donnelly CA, Green ME, Logozzo J, Mansfield EA, McCarthy L, Slater MB, Wood B
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000

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collaborations and partnerships

Public Health Ontario (PHO)

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Health Canada

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

The Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Recent Awards & Recognition

Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship

2022: Awarded to Dr. Tiffany Fitzpatrick
9/10/2022
Royal Society of Canada College Member

2022: Awarded to Dr. Sharmistha Mishra. Members are mid-career leaders who provide the Royal Society of Canada with a multigenerational capacity to help Canada and the world address major challenges and seize new opportunities including those identified in emerging fields.
9/6/2022
Fields Institute Fellow

2022: Awarded to Dr. Sharmistha Mishra. Fellows are chosen in recognition of their outstanding contributions.
6/15/2022