Aviroop Biswas, University of Toronto

Latest papers

Work stress, physical work demands, and device-measured physical activity: independent and joint associations with cardiovascular disease risk.
Annals of work exposures and health · 2026 · first author
Large language model exposure and precarious occupations: Unpacking relationships in the Canadian labor force.
Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026
The Effects of Occupational and Leisure Time Physical Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Repeated-Measures Longitudinal Study.
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Stepping Towards Healthy and Green Cities to Inform and Advance Policy Interventions for Diabetes Prevention
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
A prospective study exploring the effects of daily movement reallocation on Canadian workers' risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$195,076

All 7 grants and awards

38 publications.

01

Work stress, physical work demands, and device-measured physical activity: independent and joint associations with cardiovascular disease risk.

Biswas A, Chau N, Landsman V, Shahidi FV, Prince SA

Annals of work exposures and health2026First author

DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxag083 PMID: 42784464

02

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 & health2026

DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.4312 PMID: 42234653

03

The Effects of Occupational and Leisure Time Physical Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life: A Repeated-Measures Longitudinal Study.

Prince SA, Thomas T, Biswas A

Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40279-025-02382-4 PMID: 41513917

04

Landscape of Artificial Intelligence Use for Occupational Health and Safety Practice in Two Canadian Provinces.

Jetha A, Lee H, Smith MJ, Arrandale VH, Biswas A, Mustard C, Smith PM

American journal of industrial medicine2025

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.70018 PMID: 40914816

05

Machine learning and the labor market: A portrait of occupational and worker inequities in Canada.

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

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118295 PMID: 40532494

06

Do occupational health and safety tools that utilize artificial intelligence have a measurable impact on worker injury or illness? Findings from a systematic review.

Jetha A, Bakhtari H, Irvin E, Biswas A, Smith MJ, Mustard C, Arrandale VH, Dennerlein JT, Smith PM

Systematic reviews2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-025-02869-1 PMID: 40646643

07

Differences in the Effectiveness of Three OHS Training Delivery Methods.

Robson LS, Chen C, Mustard CA, Shahidi FV, Landsman V, Smith PM, Biswas A

American journal of industrial medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23719 PMID: 40183197

08

Does Remote Work Promote Exercise and Cardiovascular Health? Current Evidence and Future Directions.

Biswas A, Prince SA

The Canadian journal of cardiology2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2024.09.029 PMID: 39383992

09

Occupational and sex differences in active commuting among Canadian workers from 2006 to 2016.

Christopher G, Biswas A, Lang JJ, Prince SJ

Health reports2024

DOI: 10.25318/82-003-x202400900001-eng PMID: 39292856

10

Precarious employment and the workplace transmission of COVID-19: evidence from workers' compensation claims in Ontario, Canada.

Shahidi FV, Liao Q, Landsman V, Mustard CA, Robson L, Biswas A, Smith PM

Journal of epidemiology and community health2024

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-222373 PMID: 39089871

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; machine learning; work environment; worker well-being; job quality; labour market inequities; living review; labour force data analysis; ethnographic research; integrated knowledge transfer and exchange

$20,000

Stepping Towards Healthy and Green Cities to Inform and Advance Policy Interventions for Diabetes Prevention

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr: HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts - General Pool

Principal investigators: Fazli, Ghazal S; Booth, Gillian L; Lipscombe, Lorraine

Keywords: Built Environment; Epidemiology; Health Equity; Healthy Cities; Neighbourhood Greenspace; Neighbourhood Walkability; Prediabetes; Prediction Modelling; Stages Of Diabetes Development; Type 2 Diabetes

$100,000

A prospective study exploring the effects of daily movement reallocation on Canadian workers' risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Biswas, Aviroop

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease Risk; Epidemiology; Mortality; Prospective Cohort Study; Workers

$195,076

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

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Biswas, Aviroop

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

$25,841

Exploring where Canadians work and live and their association with active transportation

Nominated PICIHR2022Op. Gr.: Data Anal. Using Existing Data./Cohorts - HC Interv. Res. General Pool

Principal investigators: Biswas, Aviroop; Prince Ware, Stephanie A

Keywords: Active Transportation; Built Environment; Healthy Cities; Physical Activity; Population Data; Secondary Data Analysis; Workplaces

$100,000

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

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Biswas, Aviroop

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

$28,217

How much movement do workers need to be healthy? Understanding work-related and non-work contributions to the movement patterns of Canadian workers and their cardiometabolic consequences.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mustard, Cameron A

Keywords: Activity Profiling; Cardiometabolic Risk Outcomes; Non-Work Related Physical Activity; Objective Activity Monitoring; Physically Demanding Work; Population Survey Analysis; Work-Related Physical Activity

$91,800

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

Frequent collaborators

Epidemiology Division
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
School of Population and Public Health
Biostatistics Division
Interdisciplinary Science
Epidemiology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Arif Jetha

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

6 shared papers, latest 2026

Victoria Landsman

Biostatistics Division

6 shared papers, latest 2026

Cameron Mustard

Epidemiology Division

5 shared papers, latest 2025

Mieke Koehoorn

School of Population and Public Health

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Heather Johnston

Interdisciplinary Science

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Nancy Carnide

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Faraz Vahid Shahidi

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Basak Yanar

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Arjumand Siddiqi

Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Claire de Oliveira

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Daniyal Zuberi

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Guy Faulkner

School of Kinesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Daniel Fuller

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Jean-Philippe Chaput

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Annalee Yassi

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Biswas, 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 "Work stress, physical work demands, and device-measured physical activity: independent and joint associations with cardiovascular disease risk." (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 "A prospective study exploring the effects of daily movement reallocation on Canadian workers' risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality." (2023), 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]