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Beverley Essue

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Associate ProfessorInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Beverley Essue

Associate Professor

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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PhD
MPH
BSc (honours)

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Research

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Equity Global Health Health Systems Access Universal Health Coverage Health Services And Health Systems Paediatric Cancer Quality

Latest papers

The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission.
The Lancet. Oncology · 2025
Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage: a multi-country modified Delphi study.
BMJ global health · 2025
How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region
Health Policy · 2024

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Childhood Cancer Care in Nepal: Evaluating Quality, Financial Protection and Health System Readiness Through a Prospective Cohort Study (DECAN-CHILD)
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$680,850
Free Healthcare Policies and the Achievement of Universal Health Coverage: Amplifying the Evidence to Impact Progress on Financial Risk Protection
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$20,000
Harnessing the health services priority setting lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform routine health services priority setting: An international comparative analysis
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$466,651

All 12 grants and awards

15 publications.

The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission.

Rodin G, Feldman A, Trapani D, Skelton M, Unger-Saldaña K, Essue B, Pihlak R, Walshe C, Rosa WE, Banegas MP, Zambrano-Lucio M, Salah Daood R, Aggarwal A, Dewachi O, Shapiro GK, Munisamy M, Rajah HDA, Atreya S, Dhyani VS, Kong YC, Mathew M, Ochoa-Dominguez CY, Rao AP, Rao SR, Simha S, Preston N, Lam WWT, Davis H, Zimmermann C, Namisango E, Ntizimira C, Smyth E, Li M, Salins N, Bhoo-Pathy N, Sullivan R

The Lancet. Oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00530-3 PMID: 41192457

Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage: a multi-country modified Delphi study.

Namyalo PK, Wodnik BK, Michaelides O, Kane S, Essue B, Di Ruggiero E

BMJ global health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018562 PMID: 40780834

How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region

Williams I, Kapiriri L, Vélez C-M, Aguilera B, Danis M, Essue B, Goold S, Noorulhuda M, Nouvet E, Razavi D

Health Policy20245 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.104998

Addressing health workforce shortages as a precursor to attaining universal health coverage: A comparative policy analysis of Nigeria and Ghana.

Chukwu OA, Essue B

Social science & medicine (1982)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117095 PMID: 38996789

A policy review on the visibility of migrant women exposed to, and at risk of gender-based violence: Considerations for inclusive and equitable policies and programs in Canada.

Chadambuka C, Essue B

PLOS global public health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002919 PMID: 38363734

Task shifting to nonphysician health workers for improving access to care and treatment for cancer in low- and middle-income countries- a systematic review.

Chukwu OA, Nnogo CC, Essue B

Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.08.010 PMID: 37659923

Supporting the pandemic response and timely access to COVID-19 vaccines: a case for stronger priority setting and health system governance in Nigeria

Chukwu OA, Kapiriri L, Essue B

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice20225 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1093/ijpp/riac028

An intervention to reduce stigma and improve management of depression, risk of suicide/self-harm and other significant emotional or medically unexplained complaints among adolescents living in urban slums: protocol for the ARTEMIS project.

Yatirajula SK, Kallakuri S, Paslawar S, Mukherjee A, Bhattacharya A, Chatterjee S, Sagar R, Kumar A, Lempp H, Raman U, Singh R, Essue B, Billot L, Peiris D, Norton R, Thornicroft G, Maulik PK

Trials2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06539-8 PMID: 35906663

Operational challenges in the pre-intervention phase of a mental health trial in rural India: reflections from SMART Mental Health.

Mukherjee A, Daniel M, Kaur A, Devarapalli S, Kallakuri S, Essue B, Raman U, Thornicroft G, Saxena S, Peiris D, Maulik PK

International journal of mental health systems2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13033-022-00549-4 PMID: 35974341

Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines

Williams I, Essue B, Nouvet E, Sandman L, Razavi SD, Noorulhuda M, Goold S, Danis M, Biemba G, Abelson J

BMJ Global Health202123 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004686 PMID: W3123395133

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Beverley Essue

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The human crisis in cancer: a Lancet Oncology Commission.

Identifying implementation science research and policy priorities to advance universal health coverage: a multi-country modified Delphi study.

How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region

Addressing health workforce shortages as a precursor to attaining universal health coverage: A comparative policy analysis of Nigeria and Ghana.

A policy review on the visibility of migrant women exposed to, and at risk of gender-based violence: Considerations for inclusive and equitable policies and programs in Canada.

Task shifting to nonphysician health workers for improving access to care and treatment for cancer in low- and middle-income countries- a systematic review.

Supporting the pandemic response and timely access to COVID-19 vaccines: a case for stronger priority setting and health system governance in Nigeria

An intervention to reduce stigma and improve management of depression, risk of suicide/self-harm and other significant emotional or medically unexplained complaints among adolescents living in urban slums: protocol for the ARTEMIS project.

Operational challenges in the pre-intervention phase of a mental health trial in rural India: reflections from SMART Mental Health.

Priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic: going beyond vaccines

Childhood Cancer Care in Nepal: Evaluating Quality, Financial Protection and Health System Readiness Through a Prospective Cohort Study (DECAN-CHILD)

Free Healthcare Policies and the Achievement of Universal Health Coverage: Amplifying the Evidence to Impact Progress on Financial Risk Protection

Harnessing the health services priority setting lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to inform routine health services priority setting: An international comparative analysis

The impact of childhood cancer on the socioeconomic outcomes of survivors and their families

Towards improved access to critical dental care for racialized women impacted by intimate partner violence in Canada.

Precarious employment as a social determinant of health and outcomes for black and racialized migrant women (and their children) at risk of, and exposed to, gender-based violence in Canada: An exploration of the nexus, intersection, and health impacts.

Harnessing the potential of implementation science to define research priorities that advance Universal Health Coverage (UHC): A Research Agenda-Setting Workshop Aligned to a Multi-Country Delphi Study

Accounting for equity and economic burden in priority setting for breast cancer control in India

I4 Safe Home Program (Implementing an Innovative Intersectoral IPV Safe Home Program)

Exploring the experiences of navigating support services for racialized survivors of gender-based violence through an intersectional lens: A critical synthesis of evidence

Frequent collaborators

Lydia Kapiriri

Elysee Nouvet

Claire de Oliveira

Cyndirela Chadambuka

Denis Daneman

Julia Abelson

Madeline Li

Gary Rodin

Camilla Zimmermann