Faculty profile

Ahmed Taher

Back to faculty

Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Ahmed Taher

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

These signals come from public records, including federal and provincial funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

153

Citations

Collaborators

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Profiles and links

University Profile

Search on Google Scholar

Search on ResearchGate

OpenAlex

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

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

Latest papers

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study
Genetics in Medicine Open · 2026
Clinically significant DNA variation from the GENCOV and HostSeq COVID-19 genome sequencing studies.
Journal of medical genetics · 2026
The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.
PloS one · 2026

All 25 publications

25 publications.

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study

Casalino S, Aujla N, Frangione E, Mahajan R, Di Iorio D, Fung CYJ, Jayachandran L, MacDonald G, Morgan G, Wolday D

Genetics in Medicine Open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2026.104372

Clinically significant DNA variation from the GENCOV and HostSeq COVID-19 genome sequencing studies.

Frangione E, Mahajan R, De Los Rios J, Casalino S, Aujla N, Arnoldo S, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Dagher M, Devine L, Faghfoury H, Friedman SM, Fung CYJ, Khan Z, Morgan G, Richardson D, Stern S, Taher A, Taher J, Lerner-Ellis J, GENCOV Study Workgroup, HostSeq Implementation Committee

Journal of medical genetics2026

DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2025-111029 PMID: 41760404

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.

Aujla N, Thiruvahindrapuram B, Casalino S, Frangione E, Mahajan R, Di Iorio D, Fung CYJ, Jayachandran L, MacDonald G, Morgan G, Wolday D, Young J, Arshad M, Clausen M, Arnoldo S, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Chowdhary S, Dagher M, Devine L, Friedman SM, Gingras AC, Goneau LW, Khan Z, Lapadula E, Mazzulli T, McGeer A, McLeod S, Mighton C, Pugh TJ, Richardson D, Simpson J, Stern S, Taher A, Strug L, Bombard Y, Faghfoury H, Greenfeld E, CGEn HostSeq Initiative, Scherer SW, Taher J, Noor A, Lerner-Ellis J

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0359210 PMID: 42789588

Primer part 3 - evaluating, disseminating and sustaining a laboratory quality improvement project.

Bohn MK, Augustin R, Chartier LB, Devine L, Doshi S, Ginty L, Lass E, Leung F, Mundle W, Nimmo G, Sandy A, Shillington K, Simon A, Steiman A, Taher A, Friesner CT, Zanchetta C, Taher J

Clinical biochemistry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2026.111186 PMID: 42669392

Characterizing the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response and associations with patient factors: Serological profiling of participants enrolled in the GENCOV study

Morgan G, Fung CYJ, Gingras A-C, Colwill K, Briollais L, Frangione E, Wolday D, Qi F, Pasculescu A, Delgado-Brand M

Clinical Biochemistry20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110859

Primer part 2 - implementing a laboratory quality improvement project.

Bohn MK, Augustin R, Chartier LB, Devine L, Doshi S, Ginty L, Lass E, Leung F, Mundle W, Nimmo G, Sandy A, Shillington K, Simon A, Steiman A, Taher A, Friesner CT, Zanchetta C, Taher J

Clinical biochemistry20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2025.110959 PMID: 40544985

Decreasing Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 5-step Quality Improvement Approach.

Nuseir D, Sinno M, Wilson MA, Hacker Teper M, Karasev D, Christian S, Zimmerman K, Bakun V, Linetska N, Persaud K, Zhang L, Li C, Koo LY, Lefave D, Stewart H, Taher A

Journal of patient safety2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000001316 PMID: 39820309

The inseparability of context and clinical reasoning

Olson A, Kämmer JE, Taher A, Johnston R, Yang Q, Mondoux S, Monteiro S

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice202423 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13969 PMID: W4391450505

A Genomic Counseling Model for Population-Based Sequencing: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Casalino S, Mighton C, Clausen M, Frangione E, Aujla N, MacDonald G, Young J, Fung CYJ, Morgan G, Arnoldo S, Bearss E, Binnie A, Borgundvaag B, Chowdhary S, Dagher M, Devine L, Friedman SM, Hao L, Khan Z, Lane W, Lapadula E, Lebo M, Richardson D, Stern S, Strug L, Taher A, Greenfeld E, Noor A, Faghfoury H, Taher J, Bombard Y, Lerner-Ellis J, GENCOV Study Workgroup

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101272 PMID: 39301805

Primer Part 1 - Preparing a laboratory quality improvement project.

Kathryn Bohn M, Augustin R, Chartier L, Devine L, Doshi S, Ginty L, Lass E, Leung F, Mundle W, Nimmo G, Sandy A, Shillington K, Simon A, Steiman A, Taher A, Tang Friesner C, Zanchetta C, Taher J

Clinical biochemistry20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2024.110764 PMID: 38636695

Profile data last refreshed on September 29, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and public research funding records.

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Ahmed Taher

Research

Latest papers

Findings from comprehensive genome sequencing in the Canadian population: Results from the GENCOV Study

Clinically significant DNA variation from the GENCOV and HostSeq COVID-19 genome sequencing studies.

The spectrum of copy number variation in the Pan-Canadian HostSeq databank.

Primer part 3 - evaluating, disseminating and sustaining a laboratory quality improvement project.

Characterizing the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response and associations with patient factors: Serological profiling of participants enrolled in the GENCOV study

Primer part 2 - implementing a laboratory quality improvement project.

Decreasing Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 5-step Quality Improvement Approach.

The inseparability of context and clinical reasoning

A Genomic Counseling Model for Population-Based Sequencing: A Pre-Post Intervention Study.

Primer Part 1 - Preparing a laboratory quality improvement project.

Frequent collaborators

Luke Devine

Jennifer Taher

Alexandra Binnie

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Saranya Arnoldo

Yvonne Bombard

Tony Mazzulli

Anne-Claude Gingras

Lucas Chartier

Allison McGeer

Abdul Noor

Dawit Wolday

Elena Greenfeld

Lisa Strug

Laurent Briollais

Trevor Pugh

Samik Doshi

Graeme Nimmo

Amanda Steiman

Hanna Faghfoury

Ian Drennan

Steve Lin

Laurie Morrison

Felix Leung

Jared Simpson

Sheldon Cheskes

Olivia Ostrow

Alia Dharamsi

Howard Ovens

Shelley McLeod

Sameer Masood

Daniel Lee