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Arjumand Siddiqi

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ProfessorEpidemiologyUniversity of Toronto

Arjumand Siddiqi

Professor

Epidemiology

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada Research Chair in Population Health Equity

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55 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (14 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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102

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Education

PhD, Social Epidemiology
MPH, Public Health

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Research

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Health Equity Social Determinants Of Health Equity In Predictive Models Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Delirium Quality Improvement Covid-19

Latest papers

Contribution of Adolescent Movement Behaviours to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Causal Decomposition in a Population-Based Cohort.
American journal of epidemiology · 2026
Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Clinical predictive artificial intelligence evaluation: A narrative review of trial designs and practical considerations.
PLOS digital health · 2026

All 102 publications

Latest funding

Beyond the Margins: Mapping the Shifting Intersectional and Geographic Landscape of Canada's Drug Poisoning Crisis
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Caring Across Generations: The Changing Contours of Unpaid Care in Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$47,086
The State of Canadian Maternal and Child Health for Racialized People
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 54 grants and awards

102 publications.

Contribution of Adolescent Movement Behaviours to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Causal Decomposition in a Population-Based Cohort.

Grubic N, Maximova K, Chiolero A, Siddiqi A, Carsley S, Batomen B, Carmeli C

American journal of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwag234 PMID: 42757410

Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.

Cao P, Ienciu K, Bai Y, Siddiqi A, Poirier M, O'Campo P, Chum A

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119465 PMID: 42263425

Clinical predictive artificial intelligence evaluation: A narrative review of trial designs and practical considerations.

Fosset M, Pensier J, Jung B, Siddiqi A, Mamdani M, Celi LA

PLOS digital health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001621 PMID: 42579710

Multidimensional social exposure clusters and incident multimorbidity in a population-based cohort.

Giesinger I, Buajitti E, Siddiqi A, Smith PM, Krishnan R, Postill G, Rosella LC

American journal of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwag172 PMID: 42470091

Examining the interaction between area-level immunity coverage and individual-level immunity to help quantify indirect herd benefits: a population-based retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.

Wang L, Swayze S, Siddiqi A, Baral SD, Sander B, Sbihi H, Kwong JC, Mishra S

American journal of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwag047 PMID: 41791763

Income inequalities in cardiovascular health among children and adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults in Canada: A nationwide trend analysis, 2007-2019.

Grubic N, Carsley S, Siddiqi A, Carmeli C, Maximova K

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119630 PMID: 42561790

Population-based clustering of co-occurring social determinants: An application of unsupervised machine learning.

Giesinger I, Buajitti E, Siddiqi A, Smith PM, Krishnan RG, Postill G, Rosella LC

Annals of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2026.110062 PMID: 41786102

Topics in this issue: from novel methods insights to musings about what makes for a 'good society'.

Siddiqi A

Journal of epidemiology and community health2026First author

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2026-226229 PMID: 41956532

Health of international students in Canada (2013-2024): a scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey literature.

Balkaran D, Lucchese A, Terebessy E, Cunningham J, Bhangu M, Siddiqi A, Banerjee AT, Thakore P, Kaur P, Guttmann A, Wanigaratne S

BMJ public health2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-003864 PMID: 41710073

Social inequalities in COVID-19 death by area-level income in 11.2 million people in Ontario, Canada: patterns over time and the mediating role of vaccination.

Wang L, Swayze S, Bodner K, Calzavara A, Harrigan SP, Siddiqi A, Baral SD, Austin PC, Smylie J, Koh M, Sbihi H, Sander B, Kwong JC, Mishra S

American journal of epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf051 PMID: 40069958

Beyond the Margins: Mapping the Shifting Intersectional and Geographic Landscape of Canada's Drug Poisoning Crisis

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Moallef, Soroush

Keywords: Biostatistics; Cohort Study; Drug Poisoning/Overdose; Epidemiology; Health Equity; Social Demography; Social Determinants Of Health; Spatial Analysis; Structural Determinants Of Health; Substance Use

$140,000

Caring Across Generations: The Changing Contours of Unpaid Care in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Di Ruggiero, Erica M.C.

Keywords: care work; gender; family; public policy; mental health; stress; intergenerational relationships

$47,086

The State of Canadian Maternal and Child Health for Racialized People

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Bennett, Falan

Keywords: Black Maternal And Child Health; Health Equity; Racialized Child Outcomes; Racialized Maternal Outcomes; Racialized People; Social Determinants Of Health; Structural Determinants Of Health

$120,000

The economic cost of extracting the Oil Sector in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pujolas Fons, Pau Salvador

Keywords: oil sector; phasing out oil; emission reduction strategy; Canadian economy

$36,196

PRECISision prEvention in Primary Care (PRECISE Primary Care): Integrating biological, social and genomic data to support precision medicine in primary care for the prevention of key non-communicable diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity -Gen. Omics-LOI

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Muggah, Elizabeth; Hosseini, Benita; Persaud, Navindra; Wong, Sabrina T

Keywords: Cancer Screening; Cardiovascular Disease; Copd; Diabetes; Genomic Data; Health Equity; Prevention; Primary Health Care; Social Determinants Of Health; Vulnerable Populations

$20,000

Evaluating the impact of Ontario's public youth pharmacare program on healthcare utilization, social & mental wellbeing, and economic outcomes through quasi-experimental and qualitative approaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Chum, Antony

Keywords: Health Equity; Healthcare Utilization; Mental Health; Pharmacare; Policy Evaluation; Population Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Wellbeing; Youth

$432,224

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity - Aging

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Richard, Lucie; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Sepsis; Social Determinants Of Health

$1,996,903

An exploration of Canada's electoral system as a contributor to social inequities and the impact on population health and health equity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Pabayo, Roman A.

Keywords: politics; elections; social inequities; power inequities; population health

$70,132

Improving equity and precision of AI models in hospital based care - the critical role of incorporating social determinants of health

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity-Aging - LOI

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Social Determinants Of Health

$20,000

Attitudes toward Violence, Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Aggressive/Violent Behaviour

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nunes, Kevin L.

Keywords: Aggression; violence; attitudes; self-control; psychopathy

$67,190

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Equity Dear Professor Siddiqi, 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 "Contribution of Adolescent Movement Behaviours to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Causal Decomposition in a Population-Based Cohort." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

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Arjumand Siddiqi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Contribution of Adolescent Movement Behaviours to Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adult Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Causal Decomposition in a Population-Based Cohort.

Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.

Clinical predictive artificial intelligence evaluation: A narrative review of trial designs and practical considerations.

Multidimensional social exposure clusters and incident multimorbidity in a population-based cohort.

Examining the interaction between area-level immunity coverage and individual-level immunity to help quantify indirect herd benefits: a population-based retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.

Income inequalities in cardiovascular health among children and adolescents, young adults, and middle-aged adults in Canada: A nationwide trend analysis, 2007-2019.

Population-based clustering of co-occurring social determinants: An application of unsupervised machine learning.

Topics in this issue: from novel methods insights to musings about what makes for a 'good society'.

Health of international students in Canada (2013-2024): a scoping review of peer-reviewed and grey literature.

Social inequalities in COVID-19 death by area-level income in 11.2 million people in Ontario, Canada: patterns over time and the mediating role of vaccination.

Beyond the Margins: Mapping the Shifting Intersectional and Geographic Landscape of Canada's Drug Poisoning Crisis

Caring Across Generations: The Changing Contours of Unpaid Care in Canada

The State of Canadian Maternal and Child Health for Racialized People

The economic cost of extracting the Oil Sector in Canada

PRECISision prEvention in Primary Care (PRECISE Primary Care): Integrating biological, social and genomic data to support precision medicine in primary care for the prevention of key non-communicable diseases

Evaluating the impact of Ontario's public youth pharmacare program on healthcare utilization, social & mental wellbeing, and economic outcomes through quasi-experimental and qualitative approaches

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

An exploration of Canada's electoral system as a contributor to social inequities and the impact on population health and health equity

Improving equity and precision of AI models in hospital based care - the critical role of incorporating social determinants of health

Attitudes toward Violence, Self-Control, Psychopathy, and Aggressive/Violent Behaviour

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