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Alyson Mahar

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Alyson Mahar

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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Research

Adolescents And Young Adults Cancer Disability Fertility Preservation Reproductive Health Equity Personalized Medicine Predictive Analytics

Latest papers

Predicting Days at Home after Elective Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer using HOMEDAYS: Prediction Model Development and Internal Validation.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2026
Performance of Survival Prediction Tools in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal of surgical oncology · 2026
ASO Visual Abstract: Development and Validation of EsoTIME, a Prognostication Tool for Resected Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Cancer.
Annals of surgical oncology · 2026 · senior author

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Disability and Access to Fertility Preservation in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$74,864
Deferred Care Outcomes in Canadian Children and Youth: Measuring and Mitigating Risk during COVID-19
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$258,686
Enabling shared decision-making and improving outcomes in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies: Applications of predictive analytics for personalized care
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000

All 13 grants and awards

30 publications.

Predicting Days at Home after Elective Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer using HOMEDAYS: Prediction Model Development and Internal Validation.

Ribeiro T, Bondzi-Simpson A, Chan WC, Mahar A, Jerath A, Coburn N, Hallet J

Journal of the American College of Surgeons2026

DOI: 10.1097/xcs.0000000000002011 PMID: 42065392

Performance of Survival Prediction Tools in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Zhu A, Wong C, Adhikari NKJ, Ip KY, Mahar A, Hsu AT, Hallet J, Coburn N

Journal of surgical oncology2026

DOI: 10.1002/jso.70303 PMID: 42312566

ASO Visual Abstract: Development and Validation of EsoTIME, a Prognostication Tool for Resected Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Cancer.

Harrison LD, Gupta V, Yuen M, Coburn NG, Pugliese M, Ekuma O, Derksen S, Compton C, Boyes R, Davis L, Decker K, Kidane B, Ringash J, Hsu AT, Mahar A, PRESTO Group (Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours in Ontario)

Annals of surgical oncology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-18679-7 PMID: 41238983

Development and Validation of EsoTIME, a Prognostication Tool for Resected Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Cancer.

Harrison LD, Gupta V, Yuen M, Coburn NG, Pugliese M, Ekuma O, Derksen S, Compton C, Boyes R, Davis L, Decker K, Kidane B, Ringash J, Hsu AT, Mahar A, Population Registry of Esophageal and Stomach Tumours in Ontario (PRESTO) Group

Annals of surgical oncology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1245/s10434-025-18513-0 PMID: 41139180

Primary Care Visit Rates Among Canadian Veterans in Ontario: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Sex- and Length of Service-stratified Comparisons With Nonveterans.

St Cyr K, Saunders J, Cramm H, Aiken A, Kurdyak P, Sutradhar R, Mahar A

Military medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usaf072 PMID: 40072577

Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and cancer symptom reporting: a matched retrospective cohort study.

Giblon R, Mahar A, Hallet J, Kelly C, Coburn N, Shooshtari S, Sutradhar R

Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00520-025-09620-5 PMID: 40506645

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Cancer Symptom Severity: A Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

Giblon R, Sutradhar R, Hallet J, Hansford R, Kelly C, Coburn N, Shooshtari S, Mahar A

Psycho-oncology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/pon.70199 PMID: 40473579

Clinical prediction tools for patient-reported outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer: a scoping review protocol.

Zhu A, Ip KY, Mahar A, Hsu AT, James PD, Kosyachkova E, Tiano T, Hallet J, Coburn NG

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097966 PMID: 40139696

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Hansford RL, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Griffiths R, Hallet J, Decker K, Dawe DE, Kristjanson M, Cobigo V, Shooshtari S, Stirling M, Kelly C, Brownell M, Turner D, Mahar A

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00844-8 PMID: 38315327

Multiple Sclerosis and the Cancer Diagnosis: Diagnostic Route, Cancer Stage, and the Diagnostic Interval in Breast and Colorectal Cancer.

Groome PA, Webber C, Maxwell CJ, McClintock C, Seitz D, Mahar A, Marrie RA

Neurology2022

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200163 PMID: 35501160

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Alyson Mahar

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Predicting Days at Home after Elective Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer using HOMEDAYS: Prediction Model Development and Internal Validation.

Performance of Survival Prediction Tools in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ASO Visual Abstract: Development and Validation of EsoTIME, a Prognostication Tool for Resected Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Cancer.

Development and Validation of EsoTIME, a Prognostication Tool for Resected Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Cancer.

Primary Care Visit Rates Among Canadian Veterans in Ontario: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Sex- and Length of Service-stratified Comparisons With Nonveterans.

Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and cancer symptom reporting: a matched retrospective cohort study.

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Cancer Symptom Severity: A Matched Retrospective Cohort Study.

Clinical prediction tools for patient-reported outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer: a scoping review protocol.

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Multiple Sclerosis and the Cancer Diagnosis: Diagnostic Route, Cancer Stage, and the Diagnostic Interval in Breast and Colorectal Cancer.

Frequent collaborators

Alyson Mahar

Natalie Coburn

Rinku Sutradhar

Alyson Mahar

Julie Hallet

Lawrence Paszat

Carol Swallow

Robin Mcleod

Colleen Maxwell

Dallas Seitz

Kathleen Decker

Colleen Maxwell

Shahin Shooshtari

Jill Tinmouth

Colleen Maxwell

Christine Kelly

Dallas Seitz

Dallas Seitz

Colleen Webber

Simron Singh

Colleen Maxwell

Colleen Maxwell

Ekaterina Kosyachkova

Paul Karanicolas

Virginie Cobigo

Marni Brownell