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Benita Hosseini
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Latest papers
Trends in health literacy discussions within primary health care research: A topic analysis using machine learning techniques.
Atencion primaria · 2026
Science mapping of COVID-19 contributions in primary health care by OECD countries: A machine learning approach.
Digital health · 2025
Unveiling the Impact: A Scoping Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Racialized Populations in Canada.
International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
Latest funding
- $150,000
Engaging Canada's farmers and agricultural workers in surveillance and containment of pandemics
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Enhancing One Health Strategy in Canada through Policy Evaluation and Framework Development
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $20,000
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
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
3 publications.
Trends in health literacy discussions within primary health care research: A topic analysis using machine learning techniques.
Damar M, Pinto AD, Hosseini B, da Trindade TG, Aydın Ö, Erenay FS, Cali Ü
Science mapping of COVID-19 contributions in primary health care by OECD countries: A machine learning approach.
Damar M, Hosseini B, Pinto AD, Aydin O, Cali U
Unveiling the Impact: A Scoping Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Racialized Populations in Canada.
Komeiha M, Artyukh I, Ogundele OJ, Zhao QJ, Massaquoi N, Straus S, Razak F, Hosseini B, Persaud N, Mishra S, Eissa A, Isabel M, Pinto AD
Engaging Canada's farmers and agricultural workers in surveillance and containment of pandemics
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
Enhancing One Health Strategy in Canada through Policy Evaluation and Framework Development
Principal investigators: Hosseini, Benita; Pinto, Andrew D
Keywords: Health Crisis Management; Intersectoral Collaboration; One Health; Public Health Policy
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
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
Addressing a Global Public Health Concern: Investigating the Impact of Ultra-Processed Food on the Development of Multimorbidity during Adolescence
Principal investigators: Miliku, Kozeta
Keywords: Adolescence; Diet Trajectories; Gut Microbiota; Multimorbidity; Ultra-Processed Food
Evaluating Novel Approaches that enGage And support vulnerable patient Groups to Equitably access primary care (ENGAGE): Building the foundation for a national adaptive platform trial
Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Martin, Danielle; Green, Michael E; Hosseini, Benita; Zsager, Alexander
Keywords: Access To Care; Adaptive Platform Trial; Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial; Health Equity; Primary Care; Primary Health Care; Social Determinants Of Health; Vulnerable Populations
Adaptive platform trials in pandemics: Evaluating COVID-19 case studies and developing guidelines for future health emergencies
Principal investigators: Hosseini, Benita; Pinto, Andrew D
Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trials (Apts); Comparative Case Study; Guidelines Development; Pandemic Preparedness
Evaluating social interventions to reduce health inequities using an adaptive platform trial situated in Canadian primary care practice-based research networks
Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Martin, Danielle; Hosseini, Benita; Persaud, Navindra; Zsager, Alexander
Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Income; Poverty; Primary Care; Primary Health Care; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Needs; Sociodemographic Data
Efficacy of antioxidant therapy in mild to moderate SARS-CoV-2 infection: An experimental arm of the CanTreatCOVID adaptive platform trial
Principal investigators: Hosseini, Benita; Jenkins, David J; Pinto, Andrew D
Keywords: Adaptive Platform Randomized Trial; Antioxidant Therapy; Clinical Symptoms; Cost Effectiveness; Covid-19; Multi-Center Study; Treatment Efficacy
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
- Health Policy and Management
- General Internal Medicine
- Centre for Urban Health Solutions
- Health and Society
- School of Nursing
- Epidemiology Division
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.
Notisha Massaquoi
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Navindra Persaud
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Sharmistha Mishra
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Fahad Razak
General Internal Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Notisha Massaquoi
Health and Society
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Fahad Razak
Health Policy and Management
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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