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Andrew Howard

ResearcherEpidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of Toronto

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Andrew Howard

Researcher

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Active Transportation Big Data Injury Prevention Road Safety Vulnerable Road Users

Latest papers

Impact of a multidisciplinary care pathway on follow-up and emergency department utilisation in paediatric musculoskeletal infections.
European journal of pediatrics · 2026
Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.
Accident; analysis and prevention · 2026
Prevalence and Incidence of Treatment-Range Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Diagnosed in Ontario Between 2012 and 2021: Validating a Population-Based Health Administrative Algorithm for Case Identification in Youth Aged 10-17 Years.
Clinical epidemiology · 2026

All 86 publications

Latest funding

Road traffic speed and volume profiles of collision hotspots in the City of Toronto
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$263,925
Creating Safer School Zones, Safer Communities
CIHR · 2019 · Supervisor
$108,500
Taking the "idiopathic" out of scoliosis: from biology and genetics to non-invasive therapies
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$3,541,811

All 12 grants and awards

86 publications.

Impact of a multidisciplinary care pathway on follow-up and emergency department utilisation in paediatric musculoskeletal infections.

Bouchard M, Galán-Olleros M, Ng K, Moll S, Ward S, Bitnun A, Weinstein M, Camp M, Howard A, Hui C, Agarwal T, Willegger M

European journal of pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00431-026-06828-3 PMID: 41806202

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Batomen B, Wen R, Lyeo J, Ranganathan C, Sadrmanesh O, Howard A, Hagel B, Winters M, Zanotto M, Macarthur C, Harris MA, Rothman L

Accident; analysis and prevention2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.108308 PMID: 41232206

Prevalence and Incidence of Treatment-Range Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Diagnosed in Ontario Between 2012 and 2021: Validating a Population-Based Health Administrative Algorithm for Case Identification in Youth Aged 10-17 Years.

Dermott JA, To T, Jaakkimainen L, Bouchard M, Howard A, Lebel DE

Clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.2147/clep.s578144 PMID: 41878021

Somatic Symptom Disorder After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Silverberg ND, Rioux M, Mikolić A, Perez DL, Burke MJ, Howard A

The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/htr.0000000000001068 PMID: 40384095

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Pitt TM, Macpherson A, Fridman L, Hagel BE, Winters M, Cloutier MS, HubkaRao T, Fuselli P, Howard A, Rothman L

Traffic injury prevention2026

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2025.2478153 PMID: 40205785

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Rothman L, Howard A, Winters M, Saunders N, Macpherson A, Hagel BE, Macarthur C, HubkaRao T, Pike I, Zubair S, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Chevrier T, Zanotto M, Fuselli P, Batomen B

Journal of safety research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2026.04.017 PMID: 42744516

Scaphoid Reconstruction Following Nonunion in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Case Report.

Lenartowicz KA, Paul RA, Howard A, Persitz J, Lam C, Chan AHW

JBJS case connector2025

DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.25.00116 PMID: 40339052

Distal Radius Interventions for Fracture Treatment (DRIFT) trial: study protocol for a multicentre randomised clinical trial of completely translated distal radius fractures at paediatric hospitals in North America.

Balmert Bonner L, Janicki J, Georgiadis A, Truong W, Harris Beauvais D, Belthur M, Daley EL, Franzone J, Howard A, May C, Rockhold F, Schulz J, Bailey M, Chiswell K, DeLaRosa J, Brooks JT, Cantanzano AA, Chan A, Chu A, Dodwell ER, El-Hawary R, Ellis H, Fitzgerald R, Frick S, Ganley TJ, Gargiulo D, Gauthier L, Gill CS, Goldstein R, Halsey MF, Hardesty C, Ho C, Kaushal N, Lawrence JT, Lee RJ, Leitch KK, Masrouha K, Mitchell S, OMalley N, Payares-Lizano M, Perry D, Ramalingam W, Rhodes J, Sanders J, Shah AS, Sharkey M, Silva M, Silva S, Thompson R, Vorhies J, Wright JG, Young C, Burgess J, IMPACCT Consortium

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088273 PMID: 41161832

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Batomen B, Macpherson A, Lewis J, Howard A, Ruth Saunders N, Richmond S, Anne Harris M, Saskin R, Zagorski B, Macarthur C, Fuselli P, Rothman L

Journal of safety research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2024.02.007 PMID: 38858038

Hemiepiphysiodesis Corrects Lower Extremity Coronal Plane Deformity in Children with Skeletal Dysplasia Irrespective of Intra-Articular Malalignment.

James D, Ajrawat P, Howard A, Bouchard M

Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jposna.2024.100068 PMID: 40433003

Road traffic speed and volume profiles of collision hotspots in the City of Toronto

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Batomen Kuimi, Brice Lionel; Howard, Andrew W; Rothman, Linda

Keywords: Active Transportation; Big Data; Injury Prevention; Road Safety; Vulnerable Road Users

$263,925

Creating Safer School Zones, Safer Communities

SupervisorCIHR2019Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Central Canada 2 year

Principal investigators: Fridman, Liraz

Keywords: Built Environment; Child; Evaluation; Healthy Cities; Impact; Intervention; Policy; Road Traffic; School Safety Zone

$108,500

Taking the "idiopathic" out of scoliosis: from biology and genetics to non-invasive therapies

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Ciruna, Brian G

Keywords: Cerebrospinal Fluid; Csf-Contacting Neurons; Developmental Genetics; Idiopathic Scoliosis; Motile Cilia; Neuroinflammation; Pre-Clinical Models; Small Molecule Screens; Whole Genome Sequencing; Zebrafish Models Of Human Disease

$3,541,811

Effect of 30 km/h Speed Limit Reductions on Child Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Collisions (PMVCs) in Toronto, Ontario - A quasi experimental pre-post design

SupervisorCIHR2018CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Fridman, Liraz

Keywords: Children; Injury Prevention; Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Collisions; Public Health; Speed Limits; Vision Zero

$135,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$13,487,000

Growth arrest and osteoporosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients treated with glucocorticoids

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Grynpas, Marc D

Keywords: Bone Biology; Bone Health Study; Bone Histomorphometry; Bone Quality Studies; Cell Signalling; Chronic Disease; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy; Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis In Children

$803,623

Pedestrian Countdown Timers: Effect on Pedestrian Injury Rates. A controlled cohort study using spatial analysis in the city of Toronto.

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant - Secondary Analysis of Databases

Principal investigators: Howard, Andrew W

Keywords: Children; Elderly; Epidemiology; Injury Prevention; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Pedestrian Collisions; Secondary Data Analysis; Traffic Controls

$94,494

What's the deal with car seats?

Co-investigatorCIHR2010CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Fuselli, Pamela A

Keywords: Car Seats; Child Passenger Safet; Injury Prevention

$3,000

CIHR Team in Traffic and Road Injury Prevention (TRIP) Program for Canadian Children

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Health Research Projects

Principal investigators: Snowdon, Anne

$200,000

Child pedestrian injury in the City of Toronto: The role of the built environment and active school transportation

SupervisorCIHR2010Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Rothman, Linda

Keywords: Built Environment; Case Control; Child Cyclist; Child Pedestrian; Cross Sectional; Road Traffic Injury

$105,000

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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Andrew Howard

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Latest funding

Impact of a multidisciplinary care pathway on follow-up and emergency department utilisation in paediatric musculoskeletal infections.

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Prevalence and Incidence of Treatment-Range Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Diagnosed in Ontario Between 2012 and 2021: Validating a Population-Based Health Administrative Algorithm for Case Identification in Youth Aged 10-17 Years.

Somatic Symptom Disorder After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Scaphoid Reconstruction Following Nonunion in Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Case Report.

Distal Radius Interventions for Fracture Treatment (DRIFT) trial: study protocol for a multicentre randomised clinical trial of completely translated distal radius fractures at paediatric hospitals in North America.

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Hemiepiphysiodesis Corrects Lower Extremity Coronal Plane Deformity in Children with Skeletal Dysplasia Irrespective of Intra-Articular Malalignment.

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

CIHR Team in Traffic and Road Injury Prevention (TRIP) Program for Canadian Children

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Howard

Linda Rothman

Linda Rothman

Alison Macpherson

Peter Kannu

Teresa To

Benjamin Alman

Meghan Winters

Maryse Bouchard

Brent Hagel

Pamela Fuselli

Unni Narayanan

Brice Batomen

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Ian Pike

Sevan Hopyan

Kristian Larsen

Etienne Sochett

Jennifer Harrington

Meghan Winters

James Wright

Daniel Fuller

Maryse Fortin

Brian Kwon

Eve Tsai

Mohamed Abdelhaleem

Zubin Austin

Joseph Baker

Mark Bernstein

Elaine Goh

David Lebel

Francois Mathieu

Eleanor Pullenayegum

James Orbinski

Parham Rasoulinejad

Amanda Hall

Taila Hartley

Frank Rauch

Sarvesh Logsetty