Aidan Hollis, University of Calgary

Research

Antibiotics Antimicrobial Resistance Conservation Incentives Pharmaceutical Industry C. Difficile Diagnostics Diarrhea

Latest papers

The launch and diffusion of new patented medicines by therapeutic value
Health Affairs Scholar · 2026
Divergent Effects of Conflict Exposure on Gendered Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria.
Journal of interpersonal violence · 2026 · senior author
Biosimilar Policies and Their Impact on Market Penetration of Adalimumab, Etanercept and Infliximab: A Policy Synthesis and Descriptive Analysis in 13 OECD Countries
BioDrugs · 2025

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,700,000
Aligning industry incentives with AMR control goals: Exploring the feasibility of an antibiotic susceptibility bonus for drugs to treat Gram-negative infection
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$151,700
C. difficile near patient testing versus centralized laboratory testing: a cluster randomized trial
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$328,950

All 4 grants and awards

38 publications.

01

The launch and diffusion of new patented medicines by therapeutic value

Zhang W, Guh DP, Tam ACT, Grootendorst P, Hollis A, Anis AH

Health Affairs Scholar2026

DOI: 10.1093/haschl/qxag119

02

Divergent Effects of Conflict Exposure on Gendered Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria.

Wang D, Hollis A

Journal of interpersonal violence2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08862605251415156 PMID: 41712257

03

Biosimilar Policies and Their Impact on Market Penetration of Adalimumab, Etanercept and Infliximab: A Policy Synthesis and Descriptive Analysis in 13 OECD Countries

Tam ACT, Badesha J, Guh DP, Bansback N, Peter KK, Hollis A, Grootendorst P, Bae S-C, Anis AH, Zhang W

BioDrugs20257 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s40259-025-00709-1

04

A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021.

Beall RF, Flores Anato JL, D'Souza AG, Velásquez García HA, Ma H, Yang F, Baral SD, Cabaj J, Cooper E, Hollis A, Janjua NZ, Katz A, Leal J, Maheu-Giroux M, May ER, Malikov K, Mishra S, Moloney G, Williamson T

Public health in practice (Oxford, England)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100594 PMID: 40104250

05

Predicting patent challenges for small-molecule drugs: A cross-sectional study.

Memedovich A, Steele B, Orr T, Chaudhry S, Tadrous M, Kesselheim AS, Hollis A, Beall RF

PLoS medicine2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004540 PMID: 39937776

06

Applying a diffusion of innovations framework to characterise diffusion groups and more effectively reach late adopters: a cross-sectional study on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada in late 2021.

Memedovich A, Steele B, Orr T, Hollis A, Salmon C, Hu J, Zinszer K, Williamson T, Beall R

BMJ public health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-000926 PMID: 40017953

07

Armed conflict and child vaccination in Nigeria: the deprioritised preventive care.

Wang D, Hollis A, Mercurio B

BMJ global health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-020322 PMID: 41125296

08

The impact of changing the reference countries on the list prices for patented medicines in Canada: A policy analysis

Zhang W, Guh DP, Grootendorst P, Hollis A, Anis AH

Health Policy20242 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105064

09

An Optional Delinked Reward System: Making Pharmaceutical Innovation Work for Everyone.

Hollis A

Applied health economics and health policy2024First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40258-023-00860-2 PMID: 38133844

10

Research across multiple disciplines to respond to health shocks.

Banerjee A, Coulter A, Goenka S, Hollis A, Majeed A

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-078445 PMID: 39374960

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - One Health - Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Barkema, Herman W; Cheng, Zhenyu; Lee, Amy H; Nguyen, Dao; Otto, Simon J; Wiktorowicz, Mary E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collaboration; Communication; Education; Employment Readiness; Experience; Highly-Qualified Personnel; Knowledge Transfer; One Health; Transdisciplinary

$2,700,000

Aligning industry incentives with AMR control goals: Exploring the feasibility of an antibiotic susceptibility bonus for drugs to treat Gram-negative infection

Nominated PICIHR2017Operating Grant: Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Hollis, Aidan

Keywords: Antibiotics; Antimicrobial Resistance; Conservation; Incentives; Pharmaceutical Industry

$151,700

C. difficile near patient testing versus centralized laboratory testing: a cluster randomized trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pillai, Dylan R; Hollis, Aidan

Keywords: C. Difficile; Diagnostics; Diarrhea; Health Economics; Health Outcomes; Health Services; Infectious Diseases

$328,950

Alternatives and Supplements to Patents for Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Alternatives

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Principal investigators: Hollis, Aidan; Grootendorst, Paul V

Keywords: Access To Drugs; Neglected Diseases; Open-Source Science; Patents; Pharmaceutical Innovation; Royalties And Prizes

$13,360

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Paul Grootendorst and Paul Grootendorst: 43 shared papers
Elissa Rennert-May and Jenine Leal: 25 shared papers
Mina Tadrous and Muhammad Mamdani: 15 shared papers
Jia Hu and Cora Constantinescu: 11 shared papers
Jia Hu and Raynell Lang: 9 shared papers
Alan Katz and Tyler Williamson: 8 shared papers
Paul Grootendorst and Aidan Hollis: 6 shared papers
Fiona Clement and Eldon Spackman: 6 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Jenine Leal: 6 shared papers
Aidan Hollis and Paul Grootendorst: 6 shared papers
Cora Constantinescu and Raynell Lang: 6 shared papers
Paul Grootendorst and Wei Zhang: 5 shared papers
Fiona Clement and Gail Mackean: 5 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 5 shared papers
Aidan Hollis and Wei Zhang: 5 shared papers
Wei Zhang and Paul Grootendorst: 5 shared papers
Paul Grootendorst and Murray Krahn: 4 shared papers
Murray Krahn and Paul Grootendorst: 4 shared papers
Fiona Clement and Mina Tadrous: 4 shared papers
Alan Katz and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 4 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Jia Hu: 4 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Elissa Rennert-May: 4 shared papers
Eldon Spackman and Elissa Rennert-May: 4 shared papers
Murray Krahn and Muhammad Mamdani: 3 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Aidan Hollis: 3 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Jason Cabaj: 3 shared papers
Eldon Spackman and Jenine Leal: 3 shared papers
Aidan Hollis and Jia Hu: 3 shared papers
Gail Mackean and Jia Hu: 3 shared papers
Paul Grootendorst and Muhammad Mamdani: 2 shared papers
Tyler Williamson and Kate Zinszer: 2 shared papers
Eldon Spackman and Aidan Hollis: 2 shared papers
Aidan Hollis and Kate Zinszer: 2 shared papers
Aidan Hollis and Jenine Leal: 2 shared papers
Kate Zinszer and Jia Hu: 2 shared papers
Gail Mackean and Cora Constantinescu: 2 shared papers
Gail Mackean and Raynell Lang: 2 shared papers
Myles Leslie and Jia Hu: 2 shared papers
Myles Leslie and Jenine Leal: 2 shared papers
Jason Cabaj and Jenine Leal: 2 shared papers
Murray Krahn and Aidan Hollis: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Aidan Hollis: 1 shared paper
Fiona Clement and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
Alan Katz and Aidan Hollis: 1 shared paper
Alan Katz and Elizabeth Cooper: 1 shared paper
Alan Katz and Jason Cabaj: 1 shared paper
Ellen Goddard and Aidan Hollis: 1 shared paper
Ellen Goddard and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
Ellen Goddard and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper
Tyler Williamson and Elizabeth Cooper: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Ian Lewis: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Gail Mackean: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Mina Tadrous: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Elizabeth Cooper: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Myles Leslie: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Muhammad Mamdani: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Jason Cabaj: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Cora Constantinescu: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Elissa Rennert-May: 1 shared paper
Aidan Hollis and Raynell Lang: 1 shared paper
Ian Lewis and Kathy McCoy: 1 shared paper

Community Health Sciences
Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Economics
School of Population and Public Health
Social and Preventive Medicine
Rural Economy
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Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Antibiotics Dear Professor Hollis, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The launch and diffusion of new patented medicines by therapeutic value" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]