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.

Harnessing population-based data on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use to improve community-based outreach to at-risk youth in Ontario

Principal investigators: Antoniou T, Challacombe LA
Co-investigators: Bacon J, Gomes T, Tan DH, Wilton J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Catalyst Grant
2019-2020; $39,987
The burden of cancer and the role of engagement in HIV care in mitigating cancer risk in people living with HIV in Ontario

Principal investigator: Burchell A
Co-investigators: Antoniou T, Kendall C, Moineddin R
Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), Innovation Fund
2019-2020; $50,000
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