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Arif Jetha

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Associate ProfessorSocial & Behavioural Health Sciences DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Arif Jetha

Associate Professor

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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39 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 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Latest papers

Income after cancer across gender and age among Canadian adolescents and young adults.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2026
Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026
Correction: Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers Who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?
Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026

All 72 publications

Latest funding

Health and socioeconomic outcomes of each parent after the birth of a sick infant
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$497,250
Engaging Canada's farmers and agricultural workers in surveillance and containment of pandemics
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Job quality and well-being in Canada: using national longitudinal data to generate insights on the new world of work
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$69,790

All 10 grants and awards

72 publications.

Income after cancer across gender and age among Canadian adolescents and young adults.

Di Giuseppe G, Jetha A, Pechlivanoglou P, Pole JD

Journal of the National Cancer Institute2026

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djaf333 PMID: 41259006

Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.

Smith P, Nadalin V, Severin C, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters C, Mustard C

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000003849 PMID: 42579804

Correction: Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers Who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Smith P, Severin C, Nadalin V, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters CE, Mustard C

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-026-10453-0 PMID: 42768260

Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Into the Artificial Intelligence System Life Cycle.

Bierbrier J, Jetha A

American journal of industrial medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.70090 PMID: 42116735

Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Smith P, Severin C, Nadalin V, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters CE, Mustard C

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-026-10426-3 PMID: 42371267

Cancer among adolescents and young adults contributes to reduced employment: relationship not mediated by educational attainment.

Di Giuseppe G, Jetha A, Pechlivanoglou P, Smith PM, Pole JD

Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11764-026-02000-w PMID: 41832332

Large language model exposure and precarious occupations: Unpacking relationships in the Canadian labor force.

Jetha A, Liao Q, Smith P, Vu V, Biswas A, Smith B, Vahid Shahidi F

Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health2026First author

DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.4312 PMID: 42234653

Talking about health at work: a qualitative study of worker disclosures to co-workers

Woticky G, Jetha A, Tompa E, Gignac MAM

Disability and Rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2708192

Why are Disclosure Decisions so Difficult? Understanding Factors that Encourage and Discourage Workers with a Chronic Disabling Condition from Disclosing Health Information at Work.

Gignac MAM, Bowring J, Saunders R, Navaratnerajah L, Smith PM, Jetha A, Thompson A, Franche RL, Shaw WS, Pienkowski M

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-025-10326-y PMID: 40880026

Artificial intelligence in the workplace: a living systematic review protocol on worker safety, health, and well-being implications.

Jetha A, Crouch M, Vold K, Peters SE, Vietas J, Sriharan A, Irvin E

Systematic reviews2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-025-03000-0 PMID: 41469701

Health and socioeconomic outcomes of each parent after the birth of a sick infant

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cohen, Eyal; Pechlivanoglou, Petros; Ray, Joel G

Keywords: Caregiver Health; Congenital Anomalies; Health Outcomes; Neonatal Morbidity; Neurologic Impairment; Pregnancy; Prematurity; Socioeconomic Outcomes

$497,250

Engaging Canada's farmers and agricultural workers in surveillance and containment of pandemics

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Cat. Grant: Partnering for Impact - Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Warshafsky, Daniel A; Hosseini, Benita

Keywords: Agricultural Worker; Avian Influenza; Co-Design; Community-Engaged Research; Farmer; Farms; Outbreak Management; Pandemic; Qualitative Research; Surveillance

$150,000

Job quality and well-being in Canada: using national longitudinal data to generate insights on the new world of work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Shahidi, Faraz

Keywords: Employment; Work; Labour; Job quality; Well-being; Social inequality; Quantitative research; Longitudinal research

$69,790

Exploring sustainable research for decolonizing the world: Promoting transdisciplinary partnerships in institutions from the global north and south

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sanford, Katherine

Keywords: partnerships; informal learning; decolonization; community-based participatory research; arts-based research

$52,728

Champions as social agents of change: What can we learn from worker wellbeing initiatives?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Biswas, Aviroop

Keywords: Champions; Worker wellbeing; Qualitative research; Workplace; Change agents; Knowledge diffusion; Employee perceptions

$28,217

Gender, disability and sustainable employment: Promoting gender and neurodiverse talent through inclusive workplace supports

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hamdani, Suryani

Keywords: gender; disability; employment; autistic women; qualitative; labour market participation; intersectionality; workplace supports

$64,123

Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: Examining the implications of artificial intelligence in the workplace

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jetha, Arif

Keywords: artificial intelligence; worker inequity; work environment; machine learning; labour market policy; workforce development programs; vulnerable workers; future of work; digital transformation of the economy

$67,177

Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: Examining the implications of artificial intelligence in the workplace

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jetha, Arif

$132,823

Transitioning to the future of work: An intersectional study of vulnerable youth and young adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jetha, Arif

Keywords: (1) Future of work; (2) Youth; (3) Young adult; (4) Intersectionality; (5) Transition to work; (6) Vulnerable workers; (7) Qualitative research; (8) Changing nature of work; (9) Labour market participation

$72,171

Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace tools and resources to sustain the employment of people with chronic, episodic conditions

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Healthy and Productive Work - Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Gignac, Monique A

Keywords: Accommodations; Chronic Disease; Communication; Disability Management; Employment; Episodic Disabilities; Life Course; Mental Health; Older Workers; Physical Diseases; Sex/Gender Differences; Stress And Coping; Support

$687,225

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on July 30, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Arif Jetha

Latest papers

Latest funding

Income after cancer across gender and age among Canadian adolescents and young adults.

Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.

Correction: Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers Who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Integrating Occupational Health and Safety Into the Artificial Intelligence System Life Cycle.

Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Cancer among adolescents and young adults contributes to reduced employment: relationship not mediated by educational attainment.

Large language model exposure and precarious occupations: Unpacking relationships in the Canadian labor force.

Talking about health at work: a qualitative study of worker disclosures to co-workers

Why are Disclosure Decisions so Difficult? Understanding Factors that Encourage and Discourage Workers with a Chronic Disabling Condition from Disclosing Health Information at Work.

Artificial intelligence in the workplace: a living systematic review protocol on worker safety, health, and well-being implications.

Health and socioeconomic outcomes of each parent after the birth of a sick infant

Engaging Canada's farmers and agricultural workers in surveillance and containment of pandemics

Job quality and well-being in Canada: using national longitudinal data to generate insights on the new world of work

Exploring sustainable research for decolonizing the world: Promoting transdisciplinary partnerships in institutions from the global north and south

Champions as social agents of change: What can we learn from worker wellbeing initiatives?

Gender, disability and sustainable employment: Promoting gender and neurodiverse talent through inclusive workplace supports

Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: Examining the implications of artificial intelligence in the workplace

Intelligent machines and human worker inequities: Examining the implications of artificial intelligence in the workplace

Transitioning to the future of work: An intersectional study of vulnerable youth and young adults

Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace tools and resources to sustain the employment of people with chronic, episodic conditions

Frequent collaborators

Cameron Mustard

Emile Tompa

Emile Tompa

Aviroop Biswas

Aaron Thompson

Nancy Carnide

Jean-Philippe Julien

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Laurie Proulx

Lori Tucker

Catherine Backman

Catherine Connelly

Joy MacDermid

Dorcas Beaton

Mieke Koehoorn

Basak Yanar

Vicki Kristman

Daniyal Zuberi

Michael Silverman

Faraz Vahid Shahidi

Christopher Meaney

Cheryl Peters

Shelly Bolotin

Michael Rotondi

Arjumand Siddiqi