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Amol Verma

ResearcherGeneral Internal MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Amol Verma

Researcher

General Internal Medicine

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.
28 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 29 research grants (28 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Quality Improvement Hospital Medicine Social Determinants Of Health Artificial Intelligence Delirium Implementation Science Covid-19 Health Equity

Latest papers

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2026 · senior author
Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals
British Journal of Haematology · 2026
Reply to the Letter to the Editor re: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 31 publications

Latest funding

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$4,284,000
Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 41 grants and awards

31 publications.

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Shin S, Malecki S, Towfighi S, Gupta S, Fralick M, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Rawal S, Tang T

Journal of General Internal Medicine20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-10161-0

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

Ryan S, Liu Y, Raza S, Loeffler A, Relke N, Gabarin N, Risk M, Nguyen PU, Li N, Verma A

British Journal of Haematology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70304

Reply to the Letter to the Editor re: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Verma A

Journal of General Internal Medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10554-9

From patient voices to policy: Data analytics reveals patterns in Ontario's hospital feedback.

Momtaz P, Noaeen M, Samsel K, Seeman N, Cribb R, Ahmed SI, Verma A, Aleman DM, Shakeri Z

PLOS digital health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000739 PMID: 41642958

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Razak F, Verma A, Wilson K

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-078892 PMID: 42259579

Machine learning identifies prognosticators of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with breast or lung cancer.

Istasy MV, Verma A, Jerzak KJ, Das S

Communications medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01609-3 PMID: 42026134

Improving the quality of paracentesis practices in people with advanced cirrhosis in an ambulatory care setting.

Sedarous M, Lee E, Bishara A, Cherepaha-Kantorovich I, Verma A, Quinn K, Hirschfield G

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf041 PMID: 42058693

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

McAlister FA, Chu LM, Bakal JA, Austin PC, Cox JL, Verma A, Ganesh A, Hill MD, Vyas M, Yu AYX, Saposnik G, Abdel-Qadir H, Chu A, Singnurkar A, Kapral MK, Lee DS, Khan N

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-57448-8 PMID: 42350502

Canadian donations and transfusion database (CANDAT): From blood donors to transfusion recipients

Raza S, Callum J, Modi D, Sztainert T, Shih AW, Schull MJ, McGrail K, Verma A, Razak F, Russell A

Transfusion20256 citations

DOI: 10.1111/trf.18257

Plasma transfusion practice: A five‐year audit of plasma transfusion at 23 hospitals

Gabarin N, Nguyen PU, Li N, Loeffler A, Raza S, Relke N, Ryan S, Bartoszko J, Liu Y, Risk M

Transfusion2025

DOI: 10.1111/trf.18400

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Smylie, Janet K; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Cyr, Monica; Herrera, Della; McKnight, Constance; Muir, Nicole; Razak, Fahad; Ross, Todd; Rotondi, Michael A; Sinclair, Stephanie A; Star, Leona; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Data Linkage; Data Visualization; Health Survey; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Knowledge Network; Population Health Assessment; Quantitative Indigenous Methodologies; Respondent Driven Sampling

$4,284,000

Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Jones, Aaron T; Razak, Fahad; Roberts, Surain B; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Ageing; Alternative Level Of Care; Home And Community Care; Hospital Crowding; Older Adults; Social Admissions; Transitions Of Care

$100,000

Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: IYS LHS Data Platform

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Barnes, Kristen; Horodecki, Laura; Piercey, Matt; Barbic, Skye P; Butler, Stephen M; Chiodo, Debbie G; deJong, Kathy; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Healey Akearok, Gwen K; Hill, Sean; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Iyer, Srividya N; Langton, Julia; Leach, Michelle; MacLachlan, Janna L; Mathias, Steve M; Mushquash, Christopher J; Plourde, Vickie; Sveinson, Pam; Woodgate, Roberta L

Keywords: Data Science; Integrated Youth Services; Large Scale Data Integration; Learning Health System; Youth Mental Health And Substance Use

$9,471,694

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity - Aging

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Richard, Lucie; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Sepsis; Social Determinants Of Health

$1,996,903

Improving equity and precision of AI models in hospital based care - the critical role of incorporating social determinants of health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity-Aging - LOI

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Social Determinants Of Health

$20,000

Advancing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models for Electronic Health Records

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol

$125,000

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Chignell, Mark H; Cohen, Eldan; Dolatabadi, Elham; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Thorpe, Kevin E; Trbovich, Patricia; Wong, Brian M; Wong, Camilla L

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Carpenter, Travis; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Refaei, Mohammad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Cohen, Eldan; Fahim, Christine; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Tang, Terence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Early Warning System; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Prediction; Quality Improvement; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$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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Amol Verma

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Latest funding

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

Reply to the Letter to the Editor re: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

From patient voices to policy: Data analytics reveals patterns in Ontario's hospital feedback.

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Machine learning identifies prognosticators of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with breast or lung cancer.

Improving the quality of paracentesis practices in people with advanced cirrhosis in an ambulatory care setting.

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

Canadian donations and transfusion database (CANDAT): From blood donors to transfusion recipients

Plasma transfusion practice: A five‐year audit of plasma transfusion at 23 hospitals

Advancing Foundation Artificial Intelligence Models for Electronic Health Records

Frequent collaborators

Amol Verma

Fahad Razak

Fahad Razak

Michael Fralick

Michael Colacci

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Jeannie Callum

Na Li

Donald Arnold

Yang Liu

Mark Chignell

Kathleen Sheehan

Terence Tang

Laura Desveaux

Mina Tadrous

Na Li

Kieran Quinn

Gideon Hirschfield

Lu Wang

Arnav Agarwal

Laveena Munshi

Mark McIntyre

Manav Vyas

Travis Carpenter

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Nicola McCleary

Surain Roberts

Leahora Rotteau

Kimberlyn McGrail

Paula Rochon

Keyvan Karkouti

Nadia Khan

Samir Gupta

Alan Tinmouth

Sunit Das

Subodh Verma

Andrew Pinto

Justin Presseau

Lana Castellucci

Kumanan Wilson