Barry Pakes, University of Toronto

Research

Public Health Systems Case Studies Climate Change Collaborative Governance Comparative Methods Intersectoral Action Local Public Health Units Budget Setting

Latest papers

Perceived Effectiveness of Public Health Unit Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Ethnoracial Communities.
International journal of public health · 2024
Defining Clinical Public Health.
Clinical and Investigative Medicine · 2021
Evaluation of a pilot immunization curriculum to meet competency training needs of medical residents.
BMC medical education · 2020

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Public health systems governance for intersectoral action on climate change
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Sustainable financing to transform Canada's public health systems
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$149,999
Improving vaccine confidence in racial and ethnic minority communities: evaluating local public health partnerships in Ontario
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$232,764

All 6 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Perceived Effectiveness of Public Health Unit Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Ethnoracial Communities.

Song MY, Blake-Hepburn D, Varia M, Estey Noad E, Peer N, Pakes B, Fadel SA, Allin S, Ataullahjan A, Di Ruggiero E

International journal of public health2024

DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1607200 PMID: 39655283

02

Defining Clinical Public Health.

Choi B, Pakes B, Bilotta R, Graham K, Gupta N, King AS, Dimaras H, Wei X, Gibson B, Reynolds DL

Clinical and Investigative Medicine20214 citations

DOI: 10.25011/cim.v44i2.36479

03

Evaluation of a pilot immunization curriculum to meet competency training needs of medical residents.

Shalansky RA, Wu M, Shen SC, Furness C, Morris SK, Reynolds D, Wong T, Pakes B, Crowcroft N

BMC medical education2020

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-020-02349-1 PMID: 33203404

04

Connecting remote populations to public health: the case for a digital immunisation information system in Nunavut.

Wilson LA, Pakes B, Murphy MSQ, Atkinson KM, Bell C, Wilson K

International journal of circumpolar health2017

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2017.1358566 PMID: 28782441

05

A case study of global health at the university: implications for research and action.

Pinto AD, Cole DC, ter Kuile A, Forman L, Rouleau K, Philpott J, Pakes B, Jackson S, Muntaner C

Global health action2014

DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24526 PMID: 25172428

Public health systems governance for intersectoral action on climate change

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Allin, Sara; Pakes, Barry N; Di Ruggiero, Erica; Miller, Fiona A

Keywords: Case Studies; Climate Change; Collaborative Governance; Comparative Methods; Intersectoral Action; Local Public Health Units; Public Health Systems

$125,000

Sustainable financing to transform Canada's public health systems

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat G.: Policy Res. Health System Trans - IPPH - Public Health Systems Research

Principal investigators: Allin, Sara; Pakes, Barry N; Ammi, Mehdi; Pinto, Andrew D

Keywords: Budget Setting; Comparative Policy Analysis; Financing Public Health; Public Health Systems

$149,999

Improving vaccine confidence in racial and ethnic minority communities: evaluating local public health partnerships in Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Di Ruggiero, Erica

Keywords: implementation research; gender; public health; qualitative research; intersectionality ; equity; racial and ethnic minority; Evaluation ; community-centred interventions; faith-based organizations

$232,764

Improving vaccine confidence in racial and ethnic minority communities: evaluating local public health partnerships in Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Di Ruggiero, Erica

Keywords: implementation research; gender; public health; qualitative research; intersectionality ; equity; racial and ethnic minority; Evaluation ; community-centred interventions; faith-based organizations

$156,324

Understanding and evaluating the role of partnerships with Canadian minority faith-based communities in improving vaccine confidence in communities and vaccination program implementers

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Principal investigators: Di Ruggiero, Erica; Loh, Lawrence; Allin, Sara; Fadel, Shaza A

Keywords: Equity; Faith-Based Organizations; Implementation Science; Public Health; Vaccine Confidence

$199,871

Needles without tears: Inoculating children against pain and fear

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Taddio, Anna

Keywords: Children; Clinical Practice Guidelines; Clinical Trials; Evidence Based Medicine; Immunization; Knowledge Synthesis; Knowledge Translation; Pain Management; School-Based Immunizations

$1,266,146

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

Clinical Public Health Division
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
School of Health Studies
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Department of Medicine
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Department of Family and Community Medicine
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.

Bernard Choi

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Shafi Bhuiyan

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Suzanne Jackson

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Rose Bilotta

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Brian Gibson

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Neeru Gupta

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Anushka Ataullahjan

School of Health Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Ross Upshur

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Lisa Forman

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Carles Muntaner

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Katherine Rouleau

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Peter Selby

Department of Family and Community Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Helen Dimaras

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Beth Rachlis

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Kathryn Graham

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Sara Allin

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Kumanan Wilson

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Xiaolin Wei

Institute of Health Policy

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Public Health Systems Dear Professor Pakes, 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 "Perceived Effectiveness of Public Health Unit Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Ethnoracial Communities." (2024), 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 "Public health systems governance for intersectoral action on climate change" (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]