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Christine Elser

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Christine Elser

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.

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Research

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Latest papers

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study
Genetics in Medicine · 2025
Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.
Cancers · 2025
Peripheral blood DNA methylation predicts the early onset of primary tumor in TP53 mutation carriers.
Nature communications · 2025

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Genomics ADvISER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$497,250
Integration of a Disease Self-Management Approach in the Cancer System to Optimize Health and Living with Cancer: A Road Map for Implementation
CIHR · 2009 · Co-investigator
$228,250

All 2 grants and awards

24 publications.

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study

Mighton C, Kodida R, Shickh S, Clausen M, Reble E, Sam J, Grewal S, Hirjikaka D, Panchal S, Piccinin C

Genetics in Medicine202510 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101323

Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.

McGarragle KM, Zheng S, Gagliese L, Howell D, Edwards E, Pritlove C, McCready D, Elser C, Jones JM, Gauthier LR

Cancers20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/cancers17071087 PMID: 40227575

Peripheral blood DNA methylation predicts the early onset of primary tumor in TP53 mutation carriers.

Subasri V, Brew B, Laverty B, Erdman L, Guha T, Hansford JR, Cairney E, Portwine C, Elser C, Finlay JL, Nichols KE, Anson J, Kohlmann W, Gong H, Lees J, Alon N, Brunga L, Villani A, de Andrade KC, Khincha PP, Savage SA, Schiffman JD, Pugh TJ, Malkin D, Goldenberg A

Nature communications20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-62894-5 PMID: 40858599

Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing

Clausen M, Krishnapillai S, Hirjikaka D, Kodida R, Shickh S, Reble E, Mighton C, Sam J, Adi-Wauran E, Baxter NN

Genetics in Medicine Open202416 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2024.101814

Clinical Utility of Genomic Sequencing for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: An Observational Cohort Study

Shickh S, Mighton C, Clausen M, Sam J, Hirjikaka D, Reble E, Graham T, Panchal S, Eisen A, Elser C

JCO Precision Oncology20242 citations

DOI: 10.1200/po-24-00407

Multiple Germline Events Contribute to Cancer Development in Patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.

Subasri V, Light N, Kanwar N, Brzezinski J, Luo P, Hansford JR, Cairney E, Portwine C, Elser C, Finlay JL, Nichols KE, Alon N, Brunga L, Anson J, Kohlmann W, de Andrade KC, Khincha PP, Savage SA, Schiffman JD, Weksberg R, Pugh TJ, Villani A, Shlien A, Goldenberg A, Malkin D

Cancer research communications202314 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.crc-22-0402 PMID: 37377903

A model for the return and referral of all clinically significant secondary findings of genomic sequencing

Kodida R, Reble E, Clausen M, Shickh S, Mighton C, Sam J, Forster N, Panchal S, Aronson M, Semotiuk K

Journal of Medical Genetics20236 citations

DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2022-109091

Great expectations: patients’ preferences for clinically significant results from genomic sequencing

Shickh S, Sebastian A, Clausen M, Mighton C, Elser C, Eisen A, Waldman L, Panchal S, Ward T, Carroll JC

Human Genetics20234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-023-02543-3

Genetics Adviser: a protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating a digital platform for genetics service delivery

Shickh S, Hirjikaka D, Clausen M, Kodida R, Mighton C, Reble E, Sam J, Panchal S, Aronson M, Graham T

BMJ Open202223 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060899

A comprehensive genomic reporting structure for communicating all clinically significant primary and secondary findings

Sam J, Reble E, Kodida R, Shaw A, Clausen M, Salazar MG, Shickh S, Mighton C, Carroll JC, Armel SR

Human Genetics20225 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00439-022-02466-5

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Christine Elser

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Opportunistic genomic screening has clinical utility: An interventional cohort study

Pain Self-Management Behaviors in Breast Cancer Survivors Six Months Post-Primary Treatment: A Mixed-Methods, Descriptive Study.

Peripheral blood DNA methylation predicts the early onset of primary tumor in TP53 mutation carriers.

Genetics Adviser: The development and usability testing of a new patient digital health application to support clinical genomic testing

Clinical Utility of Genomic Sequencing for Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: An Observational Cohort Study

Multiple Germline Events Contribute to Cancer&#xa0;Development in Patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.

A model for the return and referral of all clinically significant secondary findings of genomic sequencing

Great expectations: patients’ preferences for clinically significant results from genomic sequencing

Genetics Adviser: a protocol for a mixed-methods randomised controlled trial evaluating a digital platform for genetics service delivery

A comprehensive genomic reporting structure for communicating all clinically significant primary and secondary findings

Genomics ADvISER 2.0: Creating and evaluating a digital decision support tool on incidental genomic findings

Integration of a Disease Self-Management Approach in the Cancer System to Optimize Health and Living with Cancer: A Road Map for Implementation

Frequent collaborators

Raymond Kim

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Yvonne Bombard

Andrea Eisen

June Carroll

Kasmintan Schrader

Kevin Thorpe

Nancy Baxter

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai

Terrence Sullivan

Andreas Laupacis

Adena Scheer

Tammy Clifford

Eitan Amir

David Malkin

Abdul Noor

Monika Kastner

Stephen Scherer

Anita Villani

Hanna Faghfoury

Trevor Pugh

Emily Seto

David Chitayat

Joyce Nyhof-Young

Cynthia Maxwell

David McCready

Jack Brzezinski

Multiple Germline Events Contribute to Cancer Development in Patients with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.