Populations & Public Health Research Program

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.

Recent Publications

9/24/2019

One-year mortality after emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid poisoning: a population-based analysis

Leece P, Chen C, Manson H, Orkin AM, Schwartz B, Juurlink DN, Gomes T. Ann Emerg Med. 2019; Sep 24 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.07.021.

9/17/2019

Emergency department use in people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada

Tuinema J, Orkin AM, Cheng SY, Fung K, Kouyoumdjian FG. CJEM. 2019; Sep 17 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1017/cem.2019.401.

8/29/2019

Influenza vaccine effectiveness among patients with cancer: a population-based study using health administrative and laboratory testing data from Ontario, Canada

Blanchette PS, Chung H, Pritchard KI, Earle CC, Campitelli MA, Buchan SA, Schwartz KL, Crowcroft NS, Gubbay JB, Karnauchow T, Katz K, McGeer AJ, McNally JD, Richardson DC, Richardson SE, Rosella LC, Simor A, Smieja M, Zahariadis G, Campigotto A, Kwong JC. J Clin Oncol. 2019; Aug 29 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.19.00354.

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Recent ICES Grants

The benefits of pneumococcal vaccination for seniors: a Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases interdisciplinary project on healthy aging and immunization science

Principal investigator: Brown A
Co-investigators: Allin S, Crowcroft N, Deeks S, Fuller-Thomson E, Gibson J, Gray-Owen S, Gubby J, Kwong J, Philpott D, Rudzicz F, Sander B, Upshut R, Watts T, Wilson S

Connaught Fund, The Connaught Global Challenge Award
2019-2021; $248,789

A population-based study of emergency general surgery conditions in patients with solid organ transplants

Principal investigator: Gomez D
Co-investigator: Baxter NN

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2021; $126,225

Is Ontario prepared for the return of measles?

Principal investigators: Bolotin S, Crowcroft NS
Co-investigators: Brisson M, Deeks SL, Goneau LW, Halperin SA, Hatchette TF, Kwong JC, McLachlan E, Severini A, Wilson S

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2022; $436,050

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