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Kumanan Wilson

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Full ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Kumanan Wilson

Full Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
78 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 27 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (13 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Academic metrics

214

Publications

869

Citations

175

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Covid-19 Vaccination Public Health Policy Vaccine Passport Technology Vaccine Certificates Immunization Policy

Latest papers

The impacts of caring for children with inherited metabolic diseases for families: a cross-sectional study
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases · 2026
Effect of Nonmedical Cannabis Legalization and Exposure to Retail Stores on Cannabis Harms : A Quasi-experimental Study.
Annals of internal medicine · 2026
Assessing knowledge, attitudes, willingness, and barriers to Pneumococcal vaccination among Canadian older adults: a cross-sectional survey.
BMC public health · 2026

All 214 publications

Latest funding

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$956,248
Breaking barriers: exploration of behavioural, social, and organizational factors influencing vaccine uptake among long-term care home residents
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Assessing maternal and infant health outcomes following immunization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$646,426

All 52 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 214 publications.

The impacts of caring for children with inherited metabolic diseases for families: a cross-sectional study

Chow AJ, Jordan I, Pallone N, Smith M, Chakraborty P, Brehaut J, Chan AKJ, Cohen E, Dyack S, Graham ID

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13023-026-04434-y

Effect of Nonmedical Cannabis Legalization and Exposure to Retail Stores on Cannabis Harms : A Quasi-experimental Study.

Friesen EL, Pugliese M, MacDonald-Spracklin R, Manuel D, Wilson K, Hobin E, Pinto AD, Myran DT

Annals of internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-01960 PMID: 41285008

Assessing knowledge, attitudes, willingness, and barriers to Pneumococcal vaccination among Canadian older adults: a cross-sectional survey.

Maredia N, Laurie C, Ramsay T, MacDonald SE, McMillan J, Basta NE, Fadel SA, Andrew MK, Wilson K, Chyderiotis S, Elliott S, Bouzanis K, Barratt J, Sulis G

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-26170-x PMID: 41507867

Rethinking the objectives of a pan-Canadian immunization information system.

Thomas B, Flood C, Wilson K

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01129-y PMID: 41168631

A scoping review of vaccine certificate implementation in Canada and OECD countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: Outcomes and lessons learned.

Nilormi A, Bensimon CM, Thomas M, Wiles S, Wilson K

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2026.2622178 PMID: 41719449

From Static Outputs to Living Evidence: AI for Integrated Knowledge Translation in Canadian Health Research.

van Allen Z, Beselt J, Maniate JM, Hickcox S, Rash JA, Wilson K, Archibald D, Radhakrishnan A

JMIR AI2026

DOI: 10.2196/99386 PMID: 42536038

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Razak F, Verma A, Wilson K

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-078892 PMID: 42259579

Which way forward for Canada's vaccine injury support program?

Halabi S, Wilson K

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01163-4 PMID: 41718959

Quantitative assessment of neonatal health using dried blood spot metabolite profiles and deep learning.

Chang AL, Reiss JD, Culos A, Becker M, Mayo JA, Marić I, De Francesco D, Phongpreecha T, Espinosa CA, Mataraso SJ, Berson E, Kim Y, Xue L, Xie F, Shu CH, Fallahzadeh R, Bidoki NH, Xenochristou M, Zhang M, Profit J, Lee HC, Gaudillière B, Angst MS, Hawken S, Wilson K, Stevenson DK, Shaw GM, Sylvester KG, Aghaeepour N

Science translational medicine2026

DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adv4942 PMID: 41564154

Cognitive and Functional Decline Among Long-Term Care Residents

Hakimjavadi R, Yin CY, Scott M, Talarico R, Ramsay T, Webber C, Manuel D, Moledina A, Hsu AT, Fung C

JAMA Network Open202518 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.5635

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Kumanan Wilson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The impacts of caring for children with inherited metabolic diseases for families: a cross-sectional study

Effect of Nonmedical Cannabis Legalization and Exposure to Retail Stores on Cannabis Harms : A Quasi-experimental Study.

Assessing knowledge, attitudes, willingness, and barriers to Pneumococcal vaccination among Canadian older adults: a cross-sectional survey.

Rethinking the objectives of a pan-Canadian immunization information system.

A scoping review of vaccine certificate implementation in Canada and OECD countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: Outcomes and lessons learned.

From Static Outputs to Living Evidence: AI for Integrated Knowledge Translation in Canadian Health Research.

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Which way forward for Canada's vaccine injury support program?

Quantitative assessment of neonatal health using dried blood spot metabolite profiles and deep learning.

Cognitive and Functional Decline Among Long-Term Care Residents

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Steven Hawken

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