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Kelly Cobey

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Adjunct ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

Kelly Cobey

Adjunct Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

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Open Science Metaresearch Data Sharing Open Scholarship Research Evaluation Research Quality Capacity Building Hqp

Latest papers

Protocol for a SPIRIT extension for reporting pragmatic and explanatory trial protocols designed using the PRECIS tool (SPIRIT-PRECIS)
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2026
Protocol for a CONSORT extension for reporting Pragmatic and Explanatory trials designed using the PRECIS tool. (CONSORT-PRECIS)
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2026
Establishing patient perceptions and preferences for a journal transparency tool to support health literacy: a mixed-methods online survey and focus group study of Canada-based patients.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Actionable Incidental Extracardiac Findings Detection via Interactive Artificial Intelligence
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,365,526
Monitoring Canadian Clinical Trial Open Science Policy Performance: An audit of trial registration and reporting
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$25,000
Heart Health and Endocrine Disruption during Aging: Risk from Type 2 Diabetes in Women Incurring SlEep Disruption (HEARTWISE)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,500,000

All 9 grants and awards

10 publications.

Protocol for a SPIRIT extension for reporting pragmatic and explanatory trial protocols designed using the PRECIS tool (SPIRIT-PRECIS)

Ng JY, Zwarenstein M, Barzideh A, Bodnaruc AM, Chan A-W, Cobey K, Edwards J, Fergusson DA, Gagnier J, King M

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20262 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112380

Protocol for a CONSORT extension for reporting Pragmatic and Explanatory trials designed using the PRECIS tool. (CONSORT-PRECIS)

Ng JY, Zwarenstein M, Barzideh A, Bodnaruc AM, Cobey K, Edwards J, Fergusson DA, Gagnier J, King M, McGowan J

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112379

Establishing patient perceptions and preferences for a journal transparency tool to support health literacy: a mixed-methods online survey and focus group study of Canada-based patients.

Ricketts A, Lalu MM, Proulx L, Halas M, Castillo G, Almoli E, Albert MA, Grudniewicz A, Bryson GL, Moher D, Cobey K

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076854 PMID: 41713915

Key challenges in epidemiology: embracing open science.

Xu E, Armond ACV, Moher D, Cobey K

Journal of clinical epidemiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2024.111618 PMID: 39608664

Protocol for the development of a reporting guideline for umbrella reviews on epidemiological associations using cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies: the Preferred Reporting Items for Umbrella Reviews of Cross-sectional, Case-control and Cohort studies (PRIUR-CCC).

Solmi M, Cobey K, Moher D, Ebrahimzadeh S, Dragioti E, Shin JI, Radua J, Cortese S, Shea B, Veronese N, Hartling L, Pollock M, Egger M, Papatheodorou S, Ioannidis JP, Carvalho AF

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071136 PMID: 38889936

Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Open Science Practices at Imaging Journals: A Meta-Research Study.

Kashif Al-Ghita M, Cobey K, Moher D, Leeflang MMG, Ebrahimzadeh S, Lam E, Rooprai P, Khalil AA, Islam N, Algodi H, Dawit H, Adamo R, Zeghal M, McInnes MDF

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes2024

DOI: 10.1177/08465371231211290 PMID: 37997809

Interventions for intimate partner violence during the perinatal period: a scoping review protocol.

Fu Y, Fournier K, Seguin N, Cobey K, Sampsel K, Murphy MSQ, Wen SW, Walker M, Muldoon KA

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065560 PMID: 37451742

Barriers to reporting guideline adherence in point-of-care ultrasound research: a cross-sectional survey of authors and journal editors.

Prager R, Gagnon L, Bowdridge J, Unni RR, McGrath TA, Cobey K, Bossuyt PM, McInnes MDF

BMJ evidence-based medicine2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111604 PMID: 33483335

Illegitimate journals scam even senior scientists.

Cobey K

Nature2017First author

DOI: 10.1038/549007a PMID: 28880308

A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals.

Galipeau J, Barbour V, Baskin P, Bell-Syer S, Cobey K, Cumpston M, Deeks J, Garner P, MacLehose H, Shamseer L, Straus S, Tugwell P, Wager E, Winker M, Moher D

BMC medicine2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0561-2 PMID: 26837937

Actionable Incidental Extracardiac Findings Detection via Interactive Artificial Intelligence

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sun, Christopher L

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiology; Computer Vision; Extracardiac Findings; Prevention; Radiology

$1,365,526

Monitoring Canadian Clinical Trial Open Science Policy Performance: An audit of trial registration and reporting

Nominated PICIHR2024CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Open Science

Principal investigators: Cobey, Kelly D

Keywords: Metaresearch; Open Science

$25,000

Heart Health and Endocrine Disruption during Aging: Risk from Type 2 Diabetes in Women Incurring SlEep Disruption (HEARTWISE)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.:Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Nutrition/Meta. Health

Principal investigators: Mulvihill, Erin E; Taylor, Letitia; Edwards, Jodi D; Kim, Kyoung Han; Mullen, Kerri-Anne

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Glucagon Like Peptide 1; Incretin Hormones; Inflammation; Metabolic Health; Obesity; Sex-Based Differences; Sglt2 Inhibitors; Sleep Disruption; Type 2 Diabetes

$1,500,000

Building Community to Support Data Sharing in Health Research.

Nominated PICIHR2024Operating Grant: Secretariat for the responsible conduct of Research

Principal investigators: Cobey, Kelly D

Keywords: Data Sharing

$17,000

Establishing core open science practices to monitor in biomedicine

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Open Science

Principal investigators: Cobey, Kelly D

Keywords: Open Scholarship; Open Science; Research Evaluation; Research Quality

$25,000

Harnessing the power of cell therapy for severe lung injury: assessing feasibility and understanding reproducibility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Lalu, Manoj

Keywords: acute lung injury; acute respiratory distress syndrome; cell therapy; regulatory T-cells; reproducibility; theoretical domains framework; bias

$250,000

The COVID-R3ICSAB Study: COVID-19 Wide Impact: Research on the Risk and Resilience In Special Communities of Chinese, South Asian and Black Populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: Liu, Peter P

Keywords: Covid-19; Health Outcomes; Hospitalization; Mortality; Racial Disparities; Social Impacts; Underrepresented Populations; Visible Minorities

$498,210

Pan-Canadian network to investigate cannabis use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas - Neurodevelopment

Principal investigators: Corsi, Daniel J; Janus, Magdalena

Keywords: Cannabis; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy

$1,495,716

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

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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Kelly Cobey

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Protocol for a SPIRIT extension for reporting pragmatic and explanatory trial protocols designed using the PRECIS tool (SPIRIT-PRECIS)

Protocol for a CONSORT extension for reporting Pragmatic and Explanatory trials designed using the PRECIS tool. (CONSORT-PRECIS)

Establishing patient perceptions and preferences for a journal transparency tool to support health literacy: a mixed-methods online survey and focus group study of Canada-based patients.

Key challenges in epidemiology: embracing open science.

Protocol for the development of a reporting guideline for umbrella reviews on epidemiological associations using cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies: the Preferred Reporting Items for Umbrella Reviews of Cross-sectional, Case-control and Cohort studies (PRIUR-CCC).

Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Open Science Practices at Imaging Journals: A Meta-Research Study.

Interventions for intimate partner violence during the perinatal period: a scoping review protocol.

Barriers to reporting guideline adherence in point-of-care ultrasound research: a cross-sectional survey of authors and journal editors.

Illegitimate journals scam even senior scientists.

A scoping review of competencies for scientific editors of biomedical journals.

Actionable Incidental Extracardiac Findings Detection via Interactive Artificial Intelligence

Monitoring Canadian Clinical Trial Open Science Policy Performance: An audit of trial registration and reporting

Heart Health and Endocrine Disruption during Aging: Risk from Type 2 Diabetes in Women Incurring SlEep Disruption (HEARTWISE)

Building Community to Support Data Sharing in Health Research.

Establishing core open science practices to monitor in biomedicine

Harnessing the power of cell therapy for severe lung injury: assessing feasibility and understanding reproducibility

The COVID-R3ICSAB Study: COVID-19 Wide Impact: Research on the Risk and Resilience In Special Communities of Chinese, South Asian and Black Populations

Pan-Canadian network to investigate cannabis use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children

CanPORT: A National Training Entity in Patient-Oriented Research

Frequent collaborators

David Moher

Joel Gagnier

Jessie McGowan

Monica Taljaard

Merrick Zwarenstein

Malcolm King

Jodi Edwards

Jeremy Y. Ng

Marco Solmi

Laurie Proulx

Peter Tugwell

Lisa Hartling

Mark Walker

An-Wen Chan

Beverley Shea