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Jonathan Derrick Adachi

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Professor EmeritusMedicineMcMaster University

Jonathan Derrick Adachi

Professor Emeritus

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2021

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Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
105 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 CIHR grant, most recently in 2011.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2015.

These signals come from public records; CIHR grant records currently run to 2022. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

1,326

Publications

42,370

Citations

106

h-index

189

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Contact

adachi@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Bone health and osteoporosis researchMedicine
Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine
Bone health and treatmentsMedicine
Bone Metabolism and DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Bone and Joint DiseasesMedicine

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 1,326 publications.

Fracture risk scores using output from an opportunistic screen of low bone density from conventional X-ray

Syme CA, Cicero MD, Adachi JD, Berger C, Morin SN, Goltzman D, Bilbily A

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research20262 citations

DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf113

Fractures at virtually all sites are associated with adverse outcomes: an observational study

Alajlouni DA, Alarkawi D, Tran TS, Prior JC, Kovacs CS, Berger C, Hanley DA, Goltzman D, Adachi JD, Langsetmo L

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research20262 citations

DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjag052

An explainable machine learning approach to predict fragility fractures and the identification of important features

Borhan S, Papaioannou A, Adachi J, Acharya S, Morin SN, Goltzman D, Hanley DA, Berger C, Thabane L, Raina P

Scientific Reports20261 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-49494-z

Clarifying clinically treatment-naive status for osteoporosis patients

Kendler DL, Habert J, Khan AA, Kherani RB, Kim S, Kovacs CS, Lee J, Purvis J, Reis J, Slatkovska L

Osteoporosis International20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-026-07864-3

A video of the ATOM study: how effective is abaloparatide for men with osteoporosis?

Orwoll E, Adachi J, Arbuthnot G, Cardona J, Czerwinski E, Kendler D, Lewiecki EM, Plebanski R, Mitlak B

Video Journal of Biomedicine2026

DOI: 10.1080/26315904.2026.2688294

Intervention reporting in prehabilitation trials for total hip or knee arthroplasty: A methodological review

Azizudin AM, Hewston P, Ioannidis G, Lee J, Winemaker M, Adili A, Schemitsch E, Schneider P, Madden K, Negm A

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2026.100303

Study protocol for a pragmatic, cluster, randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted fracture prevention model for long-term care: the PREVENT trial

Papaioannou A, Feldman S, Katz P, Costa AP, Kennedy CC, Adachi JD, Boyd H, Giangregorio L, Heckman G, Hewston P

Trials2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09398-1

Central tibia marrow density is associated with incident fractures among postmenopausal females

Irshad A, Costa S, Yan R, Reitsma S, Gillick H, Adachi JD, Wong AKO

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research2026

DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjag096

Cognitive Groove community-based rehabilitation for older adults: study protocol for a multisite parallel randomized controlled trial

Papaioannou A, Ioannidis G, Kennedy C, Hladysh G, Lee J, Adachi JD, Cowan D, Duarte D, Hategan A, Innes A

Trials2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09782-5

Study protocol for a multiarm, randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of community-based frailty rehabilitation to improve physical function in older adults: The OPTIMAL Fitness Trial

Papaioannou A, Kennedy C, Lee J, Hewston P, McArthur C, Maharaj S, Adachi J, Boulos P, Bobba R, Rabinovich A

PLoS ONE2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0343338

Researchers with similar interests

George Ioannidis

Medicine

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip and Femur Fractures

Arthur Lau

Medicine

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip and Femur Fractures

Janet Pritchard

Interdisciplinary Science

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Bone and Joint Diseases

Samuel Thrall

Medicine

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip and Femur Fractures

Leonardo Farrauto

Medicine

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Hip and Femur Fractures

Rolf Sebaldt

Medicine

Bone health and osteoporosis research, Bone health and treatments

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Research

Fracture risk scores using output from an opportunistic screen of low bone density from conventional X-ray

Fractures at virtually all sites are associated with adverse outcomes: an observational study

An explainable machine learning approach to predict fragility fractures and the identification of important features

Clarifying clinically treatment-naive status for osteoporosis patients

A video of the ATOM study: how effective is abaloparatide for men with osteoporosis?

Intervention reporting in prehabilitation trials for total hip or knee arthroplasty: A methodological review

Study protocol for a pragmatic, cluster, randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted fracture prevention model for long-term care: the PREVENT trial

Central tibia marrow density is associated with incident fractures among postmenopausal females

Cognitive Groove community-based rehabilitation for older adults: study protocol for a multisite parallel randomized controlled trial

Study protocol for a multiarm, randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of community-based frailty rehabilitation to improve physical function in older adults: The OPTIMAL Fitness Trial

Frequent collaborators

Alexandra Papaioannou

George Ioannidis

Lehana Thabane

Rolf Sebaldt

Courtney Kennedy

Charles Harry Goldsmith

Researchers with similar interests

George Ioannidis

Arthur Lau

Janet Pritchard

Samuel Thrall

Leonardo Farrauto

Rolf Sebaldt