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Andrea Gershon

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Andrea Gershon

Researcher

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.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Research

Respiratory Disease Covid-19 Clinical Care Predictive Modeling Prognosis Cohort Study Covid-19 Sequelae Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Latest papers

Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.
PloS one · 2026
Evaluating the Accuracy of Large Language Models in Answering Asthma Multiple Choice and Objective Structured Clinical Examination Questions.
Chest · 2026
Severe Outcomes and Length of Stay Among People With Schizophrenia Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.
Schizophrenia bulletin · 2026

All 47 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Air pollution, Economics and Respiratory Outcomes (Can-AERO) Study: PM2.5 Exposure, COPD Exacerbations, and the Cost Effectiveness of Air Cleaners
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$899,304
Prophylactic strategies to reduce incidence of Pneumocystis pneumonia in individuals with cancer and autoimmune rheumatic inflammatory disease in Ontario, Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000
Real-World Evidence for Canadian Neuromuscular Disease: Establishing a Framework for National Integration of Patient Reported Outcomes, Clinical Registry Data, Healthcare Utilization and Healthcare Associated Costs
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,597,256

All 26 grants and awards

47 publications.

Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.

Train A, Vemuri KK, Coderre-Ball A, Silva-Valencia J, Mulligan D, Butt DA, Gronsbell J, O'Neill B, Gershon A, Tu K

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348119 PMID: 42268840

Evaluating the Accuracy of Large Language Models in Answering Asthma Multiple Choice and Objective Structured Clinical Examination Questions.

Li PY, Gershon A, Kouri A

Chest2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.11.034 PMID: 41371491

Severe Outcomes and Length of Stay Among People With Schizophrenia Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Gronsbell J, Wang J, Thurston H, Gao J, Shi Y, Train AD, Butt D, Gershon A, O'Neill B, Tu K

Schizophrenia bulletin2026

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf066 PMID: 40432348

Predicting low oxygen in patients with acute COVID-19 infection isolating at home: a clinical prediction model

Wu R, Mariakakis A, de Lara E, Munn J, Liaqat D, Liaqat S, Chen J, To T, Lam PW, Simor A

BMJ Open Respiratory Research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2025-003728

Association of daily lung condition in COPD patients with wearable speech and physiological data.

Bhalla S, Kong D, Liaqat S, Liaqat D, Wu R, Gershon A, de Lara E, Mariakakis A

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-14171-0 PMID: 41022805

Development of Multivariable Prediction Models for 30-Day Risk of Readmission After COPD Hospital Admission: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Electronic Medical Record Data from 7 Hospitals.

Wu R, Chow R, So O, Lapointe-Shaw L, Mariakakis A, Gershon A

Studies in health technology and informatics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/shti250988 PMID: 40776006

Determining what patients admitted with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation will use for remote clinical monitoring: a patient engagement survey.

Wu R, Zhou J, Mariakakis A, de Lara E, Jeyaparan J, Gershon A

BMJ open respiratory research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2024-002841 PMID: 40695531

Cancer screening among people with schizophrenia before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: Retrospective cohort study.

O'Neill B, Wang J, Gronsbell J, Butt D, Train A, Ortigoza A, Seaton B, Gershon A, Tu K

General hospital psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.10.017 PMID: 39532644

Uptake and cardiac events of COVID-19 vaccinations among Canadian youth and young adults.

Zhang K, Terebessy E, Zhu J, Birken C, Borkhoff CM, Gershon A, Moraes TJ, Kendzerska T, Pakhale S, To T

PLOS global public health2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003363 PMID: 39083505

Unravelling the complex interplay of factors behind exercise limitations and physical inactivity in COPD.

Tang CY, Bernstein B, Blackstock F, Blondeel A, Gershon A, Gimeno-Santos E, Gloeckl R, Marques A, Spruit MA, Garvey C, Morgan M, Nici L, Singh SJ, Troosters T

Breathe (Sheffield, England)2024

DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0180-2023 PMID: 38873234

The Canadian Air pollution, Economics and Respiratory Outcomes (Can-AERO) Study: PM2.5 Exposure, COPD Exacerbations, and the Cost Effectiveness of Air Cleaners

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Duan, Kevin; Cleland, Stephanie E; Johnson, Kate M

Keywords: Air Cleaners; Air Pollution (Pm2.5); Copd

$899,304

Prophylactic strategies to reduce incidence of Pneumocystis pneumonia in individuals with cancer and autoimmune rheumatic inflammatory disease in Ontario, Canada

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Arbiv, Omri A

Keywords: Administrative Data; Autoimmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease; Bayesian Methods; Cancer; Causal Inference; Epidemiology; Health Services Research; Infectious Diseases; Pneumocystis Pneumonia; Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

$120,000

Real-World Evidence for Canadian Neuromuscular Disease: Establishing a Framework for National Integration of Patient Reported Outcomes, Clinical Registry Data, Healthcare Utilization and Healthcare Associated Costs

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Improving Health and Admin Data and Monitor Rare Diseases

Principal investigators: Amin, Reshma; Osman, Homira; Cohen, Eyal; Hodgkinson, Victoria; Jewett, Gordon; Lochmüller, Hanns

Keywords: Health Services Research; Healthcare Service Utilization; Neuromuscular Disease; Registry

$1,597,256

Canadian consortium for understanding the role of airway mucus occlusions in cough, COPD and asthma (CANMuc)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Lung Health-Asthma, COPD and/or Chronic Cough Effects on Lung Health

Principal investigators: Mukherjee, Manali; Aaron, Shawn D; Cote, Andreanne; Martin, James G; Mookherjee, Neeloffer; Nair, Parameswaran K; Parraga, Grace; Rousseau, Simon; Satia, Imran; Sin, Donald; Svenningsen, Sarah

Keywords: Asthma; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Computed Tomography; Cough; Mucus Plugging; Sputum

Harnessing Data to Improve Lung Health in Canada: Data4LungHealth

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Lung Health - Data Science, Policy and Lung Health

Principal investigators: Stanojevic, Sanja; Brigham, Emily P; Rousseau, Simon

Keywords: Data Governance; Data Infrastructure; Data Policy; Lung Health

$3,493,555

Predictors of Adherence and Healthcare Utilization in a Population Based Cohort of Children Using Long-term Ventilation at Home: A Big Data Analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Amin, Reshma; Kendzerska, Tetyana

Keywords: Healthcare Utilization; Long-Term Ventilation; Predictors Of Adherence To Therapy; Social Determinants Of Health

$75,000

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gershon, Andrea S; Gupta, Samir; Kirby, Miranda A; Lavoie, Kim; Leung, Janice; Sin, Donald; Stickland, Michael K; To, Teresa

Keywords: Cohort Study; Complications; Covid-19 Sequelae; Imaging; Medical Care; Monitoring; Physiology; Respiratory Disease

$100,000

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - CovidFree@Home: Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model of deterioration in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who are managing at home

Nominated PICIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Gershon, Andrea S; de Lara, Eyal; Wu, Robert

Keywords: Clinical Care; Covid-19; Predictive Modeling; Prognosis

$50,000

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

Nominated PICIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Gershon, Andrea S; Aaron, Shawn D; Gupta, Samir; Lavoie, Kim; Leung, Janice; Sin, Donald; Stickland, Michael K; To, Teresa

Keywords: Cohort Study; Covid-19; Covid-19 Sequelae; Respiratory Disease

$500,000

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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Andrea Gershon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.

Evaluating the Accuracy of Large Language Models in Answering Asthma Multiple Choice and Objective Structured Clinical Examination Questions.

Severe Outcomes and Length of Stay Among People With Schizophrenia Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Predicting low oxygen in patients with acute COVID-19 infection isolating at home: a clinical prediction model

Association of daily lung condition in COPD patients with wearable speech and physiological data.

Development of Multivariable Prediction Models for 30-Day Risk of Readmission After COPD Hospital Admission: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Electronic Medical Record Data from 7 Hospitals.

Determining what patients admitted with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation will use for remote clinical monitoring: a patient engagement survey.

Cancer screening among people with schizophrenia before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: Retrospective cohort study.

Uptake and cardiac events of COVID-19 vaccinations among Canadian youth and young adults.

Unravelling the complex interplay of factors behind exercise limitations and physical inactivity in COPD.

Frequent collaborators

Teresa To

Robert Wu

Reshma Amin

Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Roger Goldstein

Louise Rose

Sherri Katz

Jessica Gronsbell

Braden O’Neill

Eyal de Lara

Kristian Larsen

Ross Upshur

Nathan Hambly

Karen Tu

Martin Rainer Kolb

Nick Daneman

Nisha Andany

Tetyana Kendzerska

Francine Buchanan

Eric Crighton

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Tetyana Kendzerska

Christopher Carlsten

Kevan Mehta

Deborah Assayag

Ruxandra Pinto

Lisa Mielniczuk

Hong Chen

Jane Batt

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Steeve Provencher

Samir Gupta

Joshua Wald

Audrey Lim

Gerard Cox

Vikram Comondore

Colin Adams

Murray Krahn

John Granton

Heather Ross