Andrew Helmers, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Beyond Evaluation: Resisting Quantification in the Medical Humanities.
ATS scholar · 2025 · first author
Paediatric end-of-life care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Paediatrics & child health · 2025 · senior author
Vulnerability through art: a path forward.
Intensive care medicine · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Restricted family presence in the PICU during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding impact, experience, and stakeholder priorities
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$332,775

All 1 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Beyond Evaluation: Resisting Quantification in the Medical Humanities.

Helmers A, Healy L, Mema B

ATS scholar2025First author

DOI: 10.34197/ats-scholar.2025-0046le PMID: 41025848

02

Paediatric end-of-life care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Rizakos S, Kirsch R, Weingarten K, Helmers A

Paediatrics & child health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf021 PMID: 40917286

03

Vulnerability through art: a path forward.

Healy LI, Helmers A, Mema B

Intensive care medicine2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-025-07996-w PMID: 40562856

04

To Make a Self: Exploring and Supporting Professional Identity Formation and Resilience of Intensivists Through Humanities.

Mema B, Helmers A, Proulx C, Navne LE

Chest2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.05.017 PMID: 40414484

05

Healthcare Provider Experiences With Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study

Griffin C, Lee C, Shin P, Helmers A, Kalocsai C, Karim A, Piquette D

Critical Care Explorations20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000001157

06

Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in Pediatric Critical Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Gaetani M, Maratta C, Akinkugbe O, Ginter D, Baleilevuka-Hart M, Helmers A, Guerguerian AM, Mtaweh H

Hospital pediatrics20241 citations

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2024-007733 PMID: 38864108

07

Bioethics at the bedside: considering the adolescent voice in withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy.

Lynch A, Helmers A, Jeewa A, Haller C, Kirsch R

Cardiology in the young2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1017/s1047951124026064 PMID: 39397752

08

Through the looking glass: qualitative study of critical care clinicians engaging in humanities.

Mema B, Helmers A, Proulx C, Min KK, Navne LE

Intensive care medicine2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07331-9 PMID: 38451286

09

The care of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in Ontario pediatric intensive care units.

Akinkugbe O, Dhanani S, Watad S, Aravind PD, Pereira M, Dryden-Palmer K, Alnaji F, Bell C, Devine L, Fan E, Guerguerian AM, Helmers A, Lavigne M, Lee C, Maratta C, McKinnon NK, Neilipovitz D, Gilfoyle E

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20233 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-023-02535-x PMID: 37537325

10

Bioethics at the bedside.

Chad L, Helmers A, Kirsch R

Paediatrics & child health2022Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac021 PMID: 35859676

Restricted family presence in the PICU during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding impact, experience, and stakeholder priorities

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Foster, Jennifer; Curran, Janet; Fiest, Kirsten M; Lee, Laurie A; Seabrook, Jamie

Keywords: Covid-19; Family-Centered Care; Patient-Centered Care; Pediatric Critical Care; Restricted Visitation; Spor

$332,775

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Anne-Marie Guerguerian and A Guerguerian: 81 shared papers
Elaine Gilfoyle and A Guerguerian: 10 shared papers
Briseida Mema and Andrew Helmers: 7 shared papers
Nicole McKinnon and Elaine Gilfoyle: 6 shared papers
Melany Gaetani and Christina Maratta: 6 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Sonny Dhanani: 5 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and A Guerguerian: 5 shared papers
Christoph Haller and A Guerguerian: 5 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Christie Lee: 4 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Briseida Mema: 4 shared papers
Haifa Mtaweh and Briseida Mema: 4 shared papers
Melany Gaetani and Briseida Mema: 4 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Eddy Fan: 3 shared papers
Eddy Fan and Sonny Dhanani: 3 shared papers
Eddy Fan and A Guerguerian: 3 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Sonny Dhanani: 3 shared papers
Christoph Haller and Aamir Jeewa: 3 shared papers
Haifa Mtaweh and Melany Gaetani: 3 shared papers
Elaine Gilfoyle and Christina Maratta: 3 shared papers
Roxanne Kirsch and Andrew Helmers: 3 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Eddy Fan: 2 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Nicole McKinnon: 2 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Christoph Haller: 2 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Roxanne Kirsch: 2 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Christina Maratta: 2 shared papers
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Andrew Helmers: 2 shared papers
Dominique Piquette and Csilla Kalocsai: 2 shared papers
Sonny Dhanani and Nicole McKinnon: 2 shared papers
Christie Lee and Briseida Mema: 2 shared papers
Christie Lee and Andrew Helmers: 2 shared papers
Haifa Mtaweh and Christina Maratta: 2 shared papers
Roxanne Kirsch and Briseida Mema: 2 shared papers
Christina Maratta and Andrew Helmers: 2 shared papers
A Guerguerian and Andrew Helmers: 2 shared papers
Candice Maria Griffin and Dominique Piquette: 1 shared paper
Candice Maria Griffin and Csilla Kalocsai: 1 shared paper
Candice Maria Griffin and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
Candice Maria Griffin and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Anne-Marie Guerguerian: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Sonny Dhanani: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Luke Devine: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Anne-Marie Guerguerian and Luke Devine: 1 shared paper
Eddy Fan and Luke Devine: 1 shared paper
Eddy Fan and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Dominique Piquette and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Sonny Dhanani and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Lauren Chad and Roxanne Kirsch: 1 shared paper
Lauren Chad and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Nicole McKinnon and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Csilla Kalocsai and Christie Lee: 1 shared paper
Csilla Kalocsai and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Christoph Haller and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Luke Devine and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Haifa Mtaweh and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Melany Gaetani and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Elaine Gilfoyle and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Roxanne Kirsch and Kevin Weingarten: 1 shared paper
Roxanne Kirsch and Aamir Jeewa: 1 shared paper
Kevin Weingarten and Andrew Helmers: 1 shared paper
Andrew Helmers and Aamir Jeewa: 1 shared paper

Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care
Department of Medicine
Department of Paediatrics
Department of Surgery
Department of Psychiatry
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Helmers, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Beyond Evaluation: Resisting Quantification in the Medical Humanities." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]