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Gonzalo Alvarez

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

Gonzalo Alvarez

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Inuit Population Health Tuberculosis Biomarkers Wastewater Epidemiology Machine Learning Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Latest papers

Short Telomere Syndrome presenting with pulmonary fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome: a case report.
BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023 · senior author
Cost-effectiveness analysis of 3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid compared to isoniazid monotherapy in a Canadian arctic setting.
BMJ open · 2021
Prevalence and burden of obstructive lung disease in the urban poor population of Ottawa, Canada: a community-based mixed-method, observational study.
BMC public health · 2021 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The Taima TB wastewater study
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$3,037,050
Focused community TB screening among high risk residential zones in Nunavut: The TAIMA TB household risk prediction study
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$573,750

All 9 grants and awards

The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Pakhale, Smita; Coburn, Veldon

Keywords: Cardiovascular Diseases (Cvd); Community-Based Participatory Research; Indigenous Populations; Knowledge Translation; Marginalized Populations; Pregnancy Health; Sistemically Disadvantaged Populations; Tobacco Smoking; Women'S Health; Youth Health

$100,000

The Taima TB wastewater study

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Alvarez, Gonzalo G; Allen, Jean M; Delatolla, Robert; Sun, Jim

Keywords: Biomarkers; Inuit; Population Health; Tuberculosis; Wastewater

$3,037,050

Focused community TB screening among high risk residential zones in Nunavut: The TAIMA TB household risk prediction study

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Alvarez, Gonzalo G; Mao, Yongyi; Pease, Christopher

Keywords: Epidemiology; Inuit; Machine Learning; Population Health; Tuberculosis

$573,750

Modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of novel approaches for TB control in Nunavut

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zwerling, Alice A; Alvarez, Gonzalo G

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Modelling Population Level Impact; Tuberculosis Among Inuit; Tuberculosis Community Wide Screening Programs; Tuberculosis Elimination Among Inuit

$175,951

CanPORT: A National Training Entity in Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Training Grant: SPOR National Training Entity - LOI

Principal investigators: Fergusson, Dean A; Forster, Alan J; Patterson, Michael; Proulx, Laurie; Alvarez, Gonzalo G; Brouwers, Melissa C; Cobey, Kelly D; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Lavis, John N; Moher, David; Zwerling, Alice A

Keywords: Capacity Building; Hqp; Patient Engagement; Patient-Oriented Research; Training

$2,627

Moving knowledge into action for more effective practice, programs and policy: A research program focusing on integrated knowledge translation

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Graham, Ian D

Keywords: Complex Interventions; Implementation Science; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Knowledge Translation; Knowledge Use; Research Impact; Research Use

$3,318,872

TAIMA TB (STOP TB) in Nunavut Knowledge Translation Project

Nominated PICIHR2011Knowledge Translation Supplement - PA: First Nations Inuit or Métis

Principal investigators: Alvarez, Gonzalo G

Keywords: Health Information; Inuit; Nunavut; Prevention Of Tb; Treatment Of Latent Tb Infection; Tuberculosis

$100,000

Smoking, Tuberculosis and Obstructive Lung Disease in Nunavut Evaluation, The STONE lung health program

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

Principal investigators: Alvarez, Gonzalo G

Keywords: Aboriginal Peoples; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Smoking; Tuberculosis

$14,990

Guideline development for treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Mills, Edward J; Montaner, Julio S

Keywords: Co-Infections; Hiv/Aids; Tuberculosis

$100,000

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

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Gonzalo Alvarez

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Short Telomere Syndrome presenting with pulmonary fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and hepatopulmonary syndrome: a case report.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of 3 months of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid compared to isoniazid monotherapy in a Canadian arctic setting.

Prevalence and burden of obstructive lung disease in the urban poor population of Ottawa, Canada: a community-based mixed-method, observational study.

Study protocol: a randomized, double-blind, parallel, two-arm, placebo control trial investigating the feasibility and safety of immunoglobulin treatment in COPD patients for prevention of frequent recurrent exacerbations.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation frequency and serum IgG levels.

Management and Point-of-Care for Tobacco Dependence (PROMPT): a feasibility mixed methods community-based participatory action research project in Ottawa, Canada.

The impact of tobacco smoking during pregnancy on the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

The Taima TB wastewater study

Focused community TB screening among high risk residential zones in Nunavut: The TAIMA TB household risk prediction study

Modelling the impact and cost-effectiveness of novel approaches for TB control in Nunavut

CanPORT: A National Training Entity in Patient-Oriented Research

Moving knowledge into action for more effective practice, programs and policy: A research program focusing on integrated knowledge translation

TAIMA TB (STOP TB) in Nunavut Knowledge Translation Project

Smoking, Tuberculosis and Obstructive Lung Disease in Nunavut Evaluation, The STONE lung health program

Guideline development for treatment of HIV/AIDS and TB co-infection

Frequent collaborators

Sunita Mulpuru

Vicente Corrales-Medina

Sadia Jama

Juthaporn Cowan

Smita Pakhale

Christopher Pease

Ted Bignell

Antonio Giulivi

Marcio Gomes

Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Tetyana Kendzerska

Kednapa Thavorn

Shawn Aaron

Kevin Schwartzman

Kednapa Thavorn

Kednapa Thavorn

Alice Zwerling