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Anna Durbin

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Anna Durbin

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Developmental Disabilities Intellectual And Developmental Disabilties Primary Care Homelessness Intersectionality Marginalization Opioid Agonist Therapy Program Evaluation

Latest papers

Dysinclusion: naming and defining the inequitable absence of marginalized populations in health research
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology · 2026 · first author
Monitoring Use of Medical Services for Oral Health Care to Assess an Expansion of Public Dental Programs in Canada.
Journal of public health dentistry · 2026 · first author
Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.
BMJ open · 2025

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Identifying optimal primary care models for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a mixed methods study
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$546,976
Promoting brain health: A national capacity building project for aging adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, family caregivers and service providers
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
Addressing unmet and emerging health needs of Canadian adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$246,441

All 6 grants and awards

42 publications.

Dysinclusion: naming and defining the inequitable absence of marginalized populations in health research

Durbin A, Whittingham L, Menezes A, Richard L, Durbin J, Orkin AM

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology20263 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112048

Monitoring Use of Medical Services for Oral Health Care to Assess an Expansion of Public Dental Programs in Canada.

Durbin A, Singhal S, Abrams S, McConnachie I, Durbin J

Journal of public health dentistry2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/jphd.70054 PMID: 41944497

Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.

Lunsky Y, Bobbette N, Chiu M, Thakur A, Patel P, Volpe T, Balogh R, Baskin A, Beaudoin MJ, Dever M, Durbin A, Fogle A, Kelly C, Lake J, Lefkowitz G, Mallett H, McCabe J, Noonan J, Selick A, Shooshtari S, Sockalingam S, St John L, Steel L, Thatcher A, McCarron M, Brain Health-IDD Program Group

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108960 PMID: 41475806

Repeated use of hospital-based services and delayed hospital discharges in a population-based cohort of autistic adults in Canada.

Lunsky Y, Balogh R, Chung H, Durbin A, Lai MC, Tint A, Weiss J, Isaacs B, Lin E

Autism : the international journal of research and practice2025

DOI: 10.1177/13623613241299285 PMID: 39573824

Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story

Lunsky Y, Matheson FI, Kouyoumdjian F, Whittingham L, Lin E, Durbin A, Calzavara A, Moser A, Dastoori P, Sirotich F

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2331 PMID: W4391174454

Beyond Diagnosis and Comorbidities-A Scoping Review of the Best Tools to Measure Complexity for Populations with Mental Illness.

Kapustianyk G, Durbin A, Shukor A, Law S

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14121300 PMID: 38928714

Building effective public dental care programs: The critical role of implementation evaluation.

Durbin A, Root A, Lawrence HP, Werb S, Abrams S, Durbin J

Journal of public health dentistry2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12569 PMID: 36951541

Health conditions and service use of autistic women and men: A retrospective population-based case-control study.

Tint A, Chung H, Lai MC, Balogh R, Lin E, Durbin A, Lunsky Y

Autism : the international journal of research and practice2023

DOI: 10.1177/13623613221144353 PMID: 36588296

Amenable deaths among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities including Down syndrome: An Ontario population-based cohort study.

Lin E, Lunsky Y, Chung H, Durbin A, Volpe T, Dobranowski K, Benadict MB, Balogh R

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2023

DOI: 10.1111/jar.13047 PMID: 36377498

Intellectual/developmental disabilities among people incarcerated in federal correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada: Examining prevalence, health and correctional characteristics

Matheson FI, Dastoori P, Whittingham L, Calzavara A, Keown LA, Durbin A, Kouyoumdjian FG, Lin E, Volpe T, Lunsky Y

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities202213 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jar.12995

Identifying optimal primary care models for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a mixed methods study

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Durbin, Anna; Bobbette, Nicole; Selick, Avra

Keywords: Intellectual And Developmental Disabilties; Primary Care

$546,976

Promoting brain health: A national capacity building project for aging adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, family caregivers and service providers

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr.: Mech. in Brain Aging/dementia-Caregiving/Care Prov. + Aging with Neurod.

Principal investigators: Lunsky, Yona J; Bobbette, Nicole; Chiu, Mary; Thakur, Anupam

Keywords: Aging; Brain Health; Dementia; Developmental Disabilities; Family Caregivers; Health Care Workers; Health Education; Patient Oriented Research

Addressing unmet and emerging health needs of Canadian adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Lunsky, Yona J; Lake, Johanna; Thakur, Anupam

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Covid-19; Developmental Disabilities; Families; Health Care Workers; Health Education; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research

$246,441

MARCO:POLO Marginalization & COVID-19: Promoting Opportunities for Learning & Outreach

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerging COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities (July 2021) - Urban Populations

Principal investigators: Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Boucher, Lisa M; Dodd, Zoe; Durbin, Anna; Firestone, Michelle; Hayman, Kate; Isaacs, Barry J; Kolla, Gillian; Matheson, Flora I; Steer, Lorie A; Yakubovich, Alexa R; Young, Samantha V

Keywords: Developmental Disabilities; Homelessness; Intersectionality; Marginalization; Opioid Agonist Therapy; Program Evaluation; Realist Analysis; Substance Use Services; Systems Theory; Violence Against Women

$313,804

Supporting the mental health needs of adults with developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19: A national capacity building project

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Lunsky, Yona J; Durbin, Anna; Lake, Johanna; Thakur, Anupam

Keywords: Adults; Developmental Disabilities; Families; Health Education; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research

$199,996

Investigating tooth structure as a biomarker for early childhood adversity: A novel approach that can direct early intervention

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Durbin, Anna

$248,855

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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Anna Durbin

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Dysinclusion: naming and defining the inequitable absence of marginalized populations in health research

Monitoring Use of Medical Services for Oral Health Care to Assess an Expansion of Public Dental Programs in Canada.

Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.

Repeated use of hospital-based services and delayed hospital discharges in a population-based cohort of autistic adults in Canada.

Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story

Beyond Diagnosis and Comorbidities-A Scoping Review of the Best Tools to Measure Complexity for Populations with Mental Illness.

Building effective public dental care programs: The critical role of implementation evaluation.

Health conditions and service use of autistic women and men: A retrospective population-based case-control study.

Amenable deaths among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities including Down syndrome: An Ontario population-based cohort study.

Intellectual/developmental disabilities among people incarcerated in federal correctional facilities in Ontario, Canada: Examining prevalence, health and correctional characteristics

Identifying optimal primary care models for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a mixed methods study

Promoting brain health: A national capacity building project for aging adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, family caregivers and service providers

Addressing unmet and emerging health needs of Canadian adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19

MARCO:POLO Marginalization & COVID-19: Promoting Opportunities for Learning & Outreach

Supporting the mental health needs of adults with developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19: A national capacity building project

Investigating tooth structure as a biomarker for early childhood adversity: A novel approach that can direct early intervention

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Yona Lunsky

Elizabeth Lin

Janet Durbin

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Frank Sirotich

Rosane Nisenbaum

Robert Balogh

Meng-Chuan Lai

Tony Antoniou

Nicole Kozloff

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Johanna Lake

Anupam Thakur

Avra Selick

Rahim Moineddin

Cilia Mejia-Lancheros

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Jonathan Weiss

Patricia O’Campo

Lucie Richard

Maddy Dever

David Castle

Laurent Bozec

Jonathan Weiss

Nicole Bobbette

Adeen Fogle

Sonica Singhal

Anjali Linda Candice Menezes

Richard Glazier

Raisa Deber

Andreas Mandelis

Shahin Shooshtari

Sanjeev Sockalingam