Brian Schwartz, University of Toronto

Research

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Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology)Respiratory diseases Public and population health

Latest papers

Constructing a disease database and using natural language processing to capture and standardize free text clinical information.
Scientific reports · 2023 · senior author
Public health emergency preparedness for infectious disease emergencies: a scoping review of recent evidence.
BMC public health · 2023
Entity and relation extraction from clinical case reports of COVID-19: a natural language processing approach.
BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Primary care needs and services: scaling up the response to meet the primary care needs in pandemics and other disasters
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$24,978
The use of evidence in developing public health policies for H1N1
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$97,656
Trauma System Development in Canada: Overcoming the challenges of geography through an evaluation of structure and process.
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$1,985,649

All 3 grants and awards

38 publications.

01

Constructing a disease database and using natural language processing to capture and standardize free text clinical information.

Raza S, Schwartz B

Scientific reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35482-0 PMID: 37237101

02

Public health emergency preparedness for infectious disease emergencies: a scoping review of recent evidence.

Lee JM, Jansen R, Sanderson KE, Guerra F, Keller-Olaman S, Murti M, O'Sullivan TL, Law MP, Schwartz B, Bourns LE, Khan Y

BMC public health2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15313-7 PMID: 36864415

03

Entity and relation extraction from clinical case reports of COVID-19: a natural language processing approach.

Raza S, Schwartz B

BMC medical informatics and decision making2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-023-02117-3 PMID: 36703154

04

A framework for multi-faceted content analysis of social media chatter regarding non-medical use of prescription medications.

Raza S, Schwartz B, Lakamana S, Ge Y, Sarker A

BMC digital health2023

DOI: 10.1186/s44247-023-00029-w PMID: 37680768

05

CoQUAD: a COVID-19 question answering dataset system, facilitating research, benchmarking, and practice.

Raza S, Schwartz B, Rosella LC

BMC bioinformatics2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12859-022-04751-6 PMID: 35655148

06

Rising through the pandemic: a scoping review of quality improvement in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yin XC, Pang M, Law MP, Guerra F, O'Sullivan T, Laxer RE, Schwartz B, Khan Y

BMC public health2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12631-0 PMID: 35130859

07

One-Year Mortality After Emergency Department Visit for Nonfatal Opioid Poisoning: A Population-Based Analysis.

Leece P, Chen C, Manson H, Orkin AM, Schwartz B, Juurlink DN, Gomes T

Annals of emergency medicine2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.07.021 PMID: 31561997

08

Are we prepared? The development of performance indicators for public health emergency preparedness using a modified Delphi approach.

Khan Y, Brown AD, Gagliardi AR, O'Sullivan T, Lacarte S, Henry B, Schwartz B

PloS one2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226489 PMID: 31869359

09

Evidence synthesis - Evaluating risk communication during extreme weather and climate change: a scoping review.

MacIntyre E, Khanna S, Darychuk A, Copes R, Schwartz B

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2019Senior author

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.39.4.06 PMID: 31021066

10

Public health emergency preparedness: a framework to promote resilience.

Khan Y, O'Sullivan T, Brown A, Tracey S, Gibson J, Généreux M, Henry B, Schwartz B

BMC public health2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6250-7 PMID: 30518348

Primary care needs and services: scaling up the response to meet the primary care needs in pandemics and other disasters

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Redwood-Campbell, Lynda J

Keywords: Pandemics And Disasters; Planning; Primary Care; Stakeholder Feedback

$24,978

The use of evidence in developing public health policies for H1N1

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Health Systems Research on H1N1

Principal investigators: Crowcroft, Natasha S

Keywords: Decision-Making; Evidence; Knowledge Tranlsation; Pandemic H1n1; Public Health Policy; Public Health System

$97,656

Trauma System Development in Canada: Overcoming the challenges of geography through an evaluation of structure and process.

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Team Grant: Strategic Teams in Applied Injury Research - Full application

Principal investigators: Nathens, Avery B; Gagliardi, Anna R; Pong, Raymond W; Rubenfeld, Gordon; Schuurman, Nadine C

Keywords: Gis - Geospatial Information System; Health Services Research; Implementation Barriers; Preliminary Care; Rural Health; Trauma Systems

$1,985,649

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

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.

Yasmin Khan

Clinical Public Health Division

8 shared papers, latest 2023

Tracey O'Sullivan

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Bonnie Henry

Family Practice

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Pamela Leece

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Tyrone Perreira

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

2 shared papers, latest 2011

Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Ian Johnson

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Lennon Li

Biostatistics Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Wendy Lou

Biostatistics Division

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Elaina MacIntyre

Occupational & Environmental Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Michelle Murti

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Elizabeth Birk-Urovitz

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Nikhil Rajaram

Occupational & Environmental Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Ron Goeree

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Kieran Moore

Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Heather Manson

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jennifer Gibson

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Gary Garber

Critical Care Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2017

James Marshall Bowen

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Vivek Goel

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Eileen de Villa

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Jordan Tustin

School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Elizabeth Rea

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2011

Ghazal Fazli

Geography, Environment and Geomatics

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Gary Garber

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology) Dear Professor Schwartz, 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 "Constructing a disease database and using natural language processing to capture and standardize free text clinical information." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

Brian Schwartz

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Constructing a disease database and using natural language processing to capture and standardize free text clinical information.

Public health emergency preparedness for infectious disease emergencies: a scoping review of recent evidence.

Entity and relation extraction from clinical case reports of COVID-19: a natural language processing approach.

A framework for multi-faceted content analysis of social media chatter regarding non-medical use of prescription medications.

CoQUAD: a COVID-19 question answering dataset system, facilitating research, benchmarking, and practice.

Rising through the pandemic: a scoping review of quality improvement in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One-Year Mortality After Emergency Department Visit for Nonfatal Opioid Poisoning: A Population-Based Analysis.

Are we prepared? The development of performance indicators for public health emergency preparedness using a modified Delphi approach.

Evidence synthesis - Evaluating risk communication during extreme weather and climate change: a scoping review.

Public health emergency preparedness: a framework to promote resilience.

Primary care needs and services: scaling up the response to meet the primary care needs in pandemics and other disasters

The use of evidence in developing public health policies for H1N1

Trauma System Development in Canada: Overcoming the challenges of geography through an evaluation of structure and process.

Frequent collaborators

Yasmin Khan

Tracey O'Sullivan

Bonnie Henry

Paul Dorian

Pamela Leece

Tyrone Perreira

Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek

Ian Johnson

Lennon Li

Wendy Lou

Elaina MacIntyre

Michelle Murti

Elizabeth Birk-Urovitz

Nikhil Rajaram

Ron Goeree

Michael Heffernan

Kieran Moore

Heather Manson

Jennifer Gibson

Gary Garber

Adalsteinn Brown

James Marshall Bowen

Vivek Goel

Kumanan Wilson

Eileen de Villa

Jordan Tustin

Elizabeth Rea

Ghazal Fazli

Gary Garber