Chester Ho, University of Toronto

Research

Digital Health Medication Management Self-Management Spinal Cord Injury Health Outcomes Knowledge Mobilization Patient Centred Care Pressure Injuries

Latest papers

Coping with stressful life disruptions due to long COVID: A qualitative study.
PloS one · 2025

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Digital Health for Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction Medication Self-Management: A Multi-Methods Study Evaluating the MedManageSCI Toolkit
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
What matters most? Understanding the experiences of persons affected by pressure injuries. A knowledge creation and consensus building activity
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$9,812
Developing a Knowledge Translation Plan to Disseminate the "Long COVID Rehabilitation Strategy" and "Long COVID Workforce Toolkit" across Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Coping with stressful life disruptions due to long COVID: A qualitative study.

Wasilewski MB, Leighton J, Reis L, Vijayakumar A, English M, Sanchez K, Hitzig SL, Nelson MLA, Sheppard C, Robinson L, Steinberg R, Nguyen M, Bayley M, Daneman N, Levy C, Goulding S, Ho C, Simpson R

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329831 PMID: 40828804

Digital Health for Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction Medication Self-Management: A Multi-Methods Study Evaluating the MedManageSCI Toolkit

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Guilcher, Sara J; Ho, Chester

Keywords: Digital Health; Medication Management; Self-Management; Spinal Cord Injury

$100,000

What matters most? Understanding the experiences of persons affected by pressure injuries. A knowledge creation and consensus building activity

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Gabison, Sharon; LeBlanc, Kimberly A; Ho, Chester; Kovacs Burns, Katharina A; Mushahwar, Vivian; Woo, Kevin Y

Keywords: Health Outcomes; Knowledge Mobilization; Patient Centred Care; Pressure Injuries

$9,812

Developing a Knowledge Translation Plan to Disseminate the "Long COVID Rehabilitation Strategy" and "Long COVID Workforce Toolkit" across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Leighton, Jaylyn; Simpson, Robert; Wasilewski, Marina

Keywords: Co-Design; Dissemination; Health Care Providers; Health Care Service Delivery; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Rehabilitation

$50,000

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

Co-Creating a Rehabilitation Strategy to Support the Psychosocial Recovery of Individuals with Long COVID

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wasilewski, Marina; Simpson, Robert

Keywords: Co-Design Approach; Covid-19; Implementation; Long Covid; Psychosocial Recovery; Qualitative Methods; Rehabilitation; Survey Methods

$221,850

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

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Other

Applying for

Mention their CIHR grant from 2025

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Digital Health Dear Professor Ho, 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 "Coping with stressful life disruptions due to long COVID: A qualitative study." (2025), 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 "Digital Health for Spinal Cord Injury/Dysfunction Medication Self-Management: A Multi-Methods Study Evaluating the MedManageSCI Toolkit" (2025), 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]