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Gerald Evans

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of MedicineQueen's University

Gerald Evans

Professor Emeritus

Department of Medicine

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Publications

355

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Research

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Latest papers

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections
JAMA Network Open · 2026
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections
New England Journal of Medicine · 2025
Impact of Antibiotic Duration on Gut Microbiome Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Substudy of the BALANCE Randomized Controlled Trial
Open Forum Infectious Diseases · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$2,919,785
Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,999,745
Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$499,936

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections

Ramendra R, Wright JK, Kain KC, Kim B, Mishra H, Zhong K, Aslanian P, Carignan A, Conly J, Detsky M

JAMA Network Open20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.20973

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections

Daneman N, Rishu A, Pinto R, Rogers BA, Shehabi Y, Parke R, Cook D, Arabi Y, Muscedere J, Reynolds S

New England Journal of Medicine2025167 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2404991

Impact of Antibiotic Duration on Gut Microbiome Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Substudy of the BALANCE Randomized Controlled Trial

Armstrong E, Kulikova M, Yee N, Rishu A, Muscedere J, Sibley S, Maslove D, Boyd JG, Evans G, Detsky M

Open Forum Infectious Diseases20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf137

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection before and after the Omicron wave in a cohort of healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada.

Martinez-Cajas JL, Jolly A, Gong Y, Evans G, Perez-Patrigeon S, Stoner B, Guan TH, Alvarado B

BMC infectious diseases20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10580-8 PMID: 39920611

SCORE: Serologic evidence of COVID-19 and social and occupational contacts in healthcare workers in long-term care and acute care facilities in Southeastern Ontario (SCORE).

Martinez-Cajas JL, Alvarado B, Jolly A, Gong Y, Stoner B, Evans G, Perez-Patrigeon S, Guan TH

PloS one2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303813 PMID: 40802698

Trends in Severe Outcomes Among Adult and Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, March 2020 to May 2022

Mitchell R, Cayen J, Thampi N, Frenette C, Bartoskzo J, Choi KB, Comeau JL, Conly J, Ellis C, Ellison J

JAMA Network Open202325 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.9050 PMID: W4366464253

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir use among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 during the Omicron phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Mitchell R, Lee D, Pelude L, Comeau J, Conly J, Ellis C, Ellison J, Embil J, Evans G, Johnston L

Canada Communicable Disease Report20233 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v49i78a07 PMID: W4385754191

Healthcare costs and outcomes associated with laboratory-confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study.

Mac S, Evans G, Pullenayegum E, Patel SN, Sander B

PloS one20232 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286552 PMID: 37347742

COVID-19 and cancer: do we really know what we think we know?

Robinson AG, Gyawali B, Evans G

Nature reviews. Clinical oncology2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41571-020-0394-y PMID: 32424196

Longitudinal Multicenter Analysis of Outcomes After Cessation of Control Measures for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci.

Lemieux C, Gardam M, Evans G, John M, Suh KN, vanWalraven C, Vicencio E, Coulby C, Roth V, Hota S

Infection control and hospital epidemiology201717 citations

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.235 PMID: 27804901

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Murthy, Srinivas; Yamamura, Deborah L; Fowler, Robert A; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; MacFadden, Derek R; McDonald, Emily G; Paterson, David L; Rogers, Benjamin A; Yahav, Dafna

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Antibiotic De-Escalation; Antibiotic Step-Down; Antimicrobial Resistance; Bloodstream Infection; Central Venous Catheter Infection; Gram Negative Bacteremia; Randomized Controlled Trial

$2,919,785

Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Lee, Todd C; Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Davis, Joshua; Goodman, Anna L; Johnstone, Jennie; Lawandi, Alexander; Lye, David C; McDonald, Emily G; Paul, Mical; Tong, Steven; Walls, Genevieve; Wuerz, Terence

Keywords: Combination Therapy; Endocarditis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

$1,999,745

Expanding the Staphylococcus Aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP^2)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Keywords: Combination Therapy; Endocarditis; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia

$499,936

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

$729,947

The S. aureus Network Adaptive Platform Trial (SNAP) Canada: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Penicillin-susceptible, Methicillin-susceptible, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C

Keywords: Bacteremia; Randomized Controlled Trial; Staphylococcus Aureus

$1,139,852

Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Fowler, Robert A

Keywords: Antibiotic Treatment; Bacteremia; Critical Care / Intensive Care; Duration Of Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$531,675

Initial vancomycin taper for the prevention of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Todd C; McDonald, Emily G

Keywords: Clostridium Dificile; Prevention; Recurrence; Vancomycin

$378,676

Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed for Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE): A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Fowler, Robert A

Keywords: Antibiotic Treatment; Bacteremia; Critical Care / Intensive Care; Duration Of Therapy; Randomized Controlled Trial

$2,010,635

Addressing the Health and Economic Burden of Lyme Disease

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sander, Beate H; Evans, Gerald A; Patel, Samir

Keywords: Administrative Data; Decision Analysis; Diagnosis; Health Economics; Health Services Research; Laboratory Data; Lyme Disease; Reportable Disease Data; Simulation Model; Treatment

$100,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Gerald Evans

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Procalcitonin to Guide 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics in Bloodstream Infections

Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections

Impact of Antibiotic Duration on Gut Microbiome Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Substudy of the BALANCE Randomized Controlled Trial

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection before and after the Omicron wave in a cohort of healthcare workers in Ontario, Canada.

SCORE: Serologic evidence of COVID-19 and social and occupational contacts in healthcare workers in long-term care and acute care facilities in Southeastern Ontario (SCORE).

Trends in Severe Outcomes Among Adult and Pediatric Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, March 2020 to May 2022

Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir use among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 during the Omicron phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

Healthcare costs and outcomes associated with laboratory-confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population-based cohort study.

COVID-19 and cancer: do we really know what we think we know?

Longitudinal Multicenter Analysis of Outcomes After Cessation of Control Measures for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci.

Frequent collaborators

John Conly

Erick Duan

John Muscedere

Nick Daneman

John Marshall

Jennifer Tsang

Kathryn Suh

Rob Fowler

Pierre Aslanian

Jessica Minion

Yanping Gong

Alex Carignan

Lauralyn McIntyre

Bradley Stoner

François Lamontagne

Dominik Mertz

Ruxandra Pinto

Bryan Coburn

Andrew Morris

Ann Jolly

Yves Longtin

Allison McGeer

Beatriz Alvarado

Nisha Thampi

Jan Friedrich

Bishal Gyawali

Christopher Graham