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David Kaplan

ResearcherNeurosciences and Mental HealthUniversity of Toronto

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David Kaplan

Researcher

Neurosciences and Mental Health

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Publications

193

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Research

Neuroblastoma Drug Discovery Health Policy Medical Office Assistant Primary Care Growth Factors Neural Stem Cells Neurodevelopment

Latest papers

Elevating an invisible role: co-designing solutions to optimize medical office assistants in primary care.
BMC primary care · 2026
Bridging the Evidence-to-Practice Gap at Scale: Evolving Evidence2Practice Ontario by Using the Pan-Canadian HALO Framework.
Studies in health technology and informatics · 2025
Primary Care Provider Commitment in Canadian and International Long-Term Care Homes: A Comparative Policy Analysis
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2025

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Establishing Optimal Medical Care Provider Commitment in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$149,879
Vascular regulation of neural stem cell biology following postnatal inflammation
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$135,000
National and Provincial Policies to support the Face of Primary Care
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$149,855

All 19 grants and awards

16 publications.

Elevating an invisible role: co-designing solutions to optimize medical office assistants in primary care.

Shuldiner J, Ragunathan A, Mohammed J, Khan A, Hare N, Meninato T, Haggerty J, Garber G, Reid RJ, Andiappan M, Martin D, Kaplan D, Kiran T, Hysong SJ, Wong ST, Zhao QJ, Sherlock C, Légaré F, Ivers N

BMC primary care2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-025-03155-8 PMID: 41495689

Bridging the Evidence-to-Practice Gap at Scale: Evolving Evidence2Practice Ontario by Using the Pan-Canadian HALO Framework.

Ataman R, Thamotharem D, Reis A, Co P, Baser K, Fawal M, Kaplan D, Chung K

Studies in health technology and informatics2025

DOI: 10.3233/shti250022 PMID: 39968555

Primary Care Provider Commitment in Canadian and International Long-Term Care Homes: A Comparative Policy Analysis

Potter M, Dash D, Poirier A, Olah A, Quail P, Costa AP, Rochon P, Hillmer MP, Kaplan D, Stall NM

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105846

The implementation and evaluation of the Ontario COVID@Home Clinical Primary Care Pathway

Mangin D, Salerno J, Clark R, Datta J, Lawson J, Dempsey M, Elston D, Hafid S, Price D, Kaplan D

Family Practice2025

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmaf022

Practice Facilitation to Support Family Physicians in Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Multimethod Process Evaluation.

Shuldiner J, Shah H, Bar-Ziv S, Mauti J, Kaplan D, Tradrous M, Green ME, Bogoch I, Nowak DA, Mehta K, Desveaux L, Marshall LJ, Ikura S, Taljaard M, Hu J, Vohra-Miller S, Presseau J, Witteman H, Lofters A, Kiran T, Ivers N

Annals of family medicine2023

DOI: 10.1370/afm.3041 PMID: 38012044

Health system use among patients with mental health conditions in a community based sample in Toronto, Canada: A retrospective cohort study.

Lazare K, Kalia S, Aliarzadeh B, Bernard S, Moineddin R, Eisen D, Greiver M, Kaplan D, Koczerginski D, Muraca M, Fung WLA, O'Neill B

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266377 PMID: 35536834

Integrating shared decision-making into primary care: lessons learned from a multi-centre feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Yu CH, Medleg F, Choi D, Spagnuolo CM, Pinnaduwage L, Straus SE, Cantarutti P, Chu K, Frydrych P, Hoang-Kim A, Ivers N, Kaplan D, Leung FH, Maxted J, Rezmovitz J, Sale J, Sodhi S, Stacey D, Telner D

BMC medical informatics and decision making2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01673-w PMID: 34809626

Impact of MyDiabetesPlan, a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid on Decisional Conflict, Diabetes Distress, Quality of Life, and Chronic Illness Care in Patients With Diabetes: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Yu C, Choi D, Bruno BA, Thorpe KE, Straus SE, Cantarutti P, Chu K, Frydrych P, Hoang-Kim A, Ivers N, Kaplan D, Leung FH, Maxted J, Rezmovitz J, Sale J, Sodhi-Helou S, Stacey D, Telner D

Journal of medical Internet research2020

DOI: 10.2196/16984 PMID: 32996893

BMI1 is a therapeutic target in recurrent medulloblastoma

Bakhshinyan D, Venugopal C, Adile AA, Garg N, Manoranjan B, Hallett R, Wang X, Mahendram S, Vora P, Vijayakumar T

Oncogene201929 citations

DOI: 10.1038/s41388-018-0549-9

Canis familiaris tissues are characterized by different profiles of cytokinins typical of the tRNA degradation pathway.

Seegobin M, Kisiala A, Noble A, Kaplan D, Brunetti C, Emery RJN

FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2018

DOI: 10.1096/fj.201800347 PMID: 29894666

Establishing Optimal Medical Care Provider Commitment in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Policy Res. for Health Sys. Transf.- Canadian Healthcare Workforce

Principal investigators: Stall, Nathan M; Quail, Patrick B; Costa, Andrew P; Savage, Rachel

Keywords: Delphi; Health Human Resources; Long-Term Care; Nursing Homes; Older Adults; Physician Standards

$149,879

Vascular regulation of neural stem cell biology following postnatal inflammation

SupervisorCIHR2022CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Lithopoulos, Marissa A

Keywords: Cell Culture; Cerebrovasculature; Endothelial Cells; Human Brain Tissue; Interleukin-6; Mouse Model; Neonatal Development; Neural Stem Cells; Neuroinflammation; Single Cell Rna Sequencing

$135,000

National and Provincial Policies to support the Face of Primary Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Policy Res. for Health Sys. Transf.- Canadian Healthcare Workforce

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M; Kaplan, David M

Keywords: Health Policy; Medical Office Assistant; Primary Care

$149,855

Implications of changes to pediatric primary healthcare delivery resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of virtual care.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Saunders, Natasha R; Cohen, Eyal; Guttmann, Astrid

Keywords: Access To Care; Children And Adolescents; Developmental Surveillance; Health Equity; Health Service Delivery; Low-Acuity Emergency Department Visits; Pediatric Primary Care; Virtual Care

$320,477

Approaches For ThE pRioritization of patients in priMAry care post-COVID To reduce Health inequities (AFTERMATH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. the Wider Impacts of COVID- Exacerb. of disp. among marg. pops.

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Ivers, Noah M; Kiran, Tara

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Electronic Medical Records; Multimorbidity; Prediction; Preventive Care; Primary Care; Primary Healthcare; Randomized Controlled Trial; Social Determinants Of Health

$775,816

Evaluating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on primary care using real world data: focus mental health

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op. Grant: COVID-19 MS & Substance Use - Matching Access to Service with Needs

Principal investigators: Tu, Karen; Selby, Peter L

Keywords: Addictions; Big Data; Mental Health; Primary Care/Family Medicine

$200,000

Acting at a distance: How pediatric brain tumors perturb neural stem cell function

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kaplan, David R

Keywords: Growth Factors; Neural Stem Cells; Neurodevelopment; Neurogenesis; Oligodendrogenesis; Pediatric Brain Tumors

$1,009,800

Targeting Relapsed Metastatic Neuroblastoma

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Irwin, Meredith; Kaplan, David R

Keywords: Drug Discovery; Metastasis; Neuroblastoma; Paediatric Cancer; Signal Transduction

$929,475

Automated screening, triage, and follow-up to facilitate proactive, personalized postpartum mental health treatment for new parents.

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Catalyst Grant: Personalized Health Catalyst Grants

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M; Greenberg, Anna; Agarwal, Payal; Dennis, Cindy-Lee E; Vigod, Simone N

Keywords: Anxiety; Decision Support; Depression; E-Health; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Patient Reported Experience Measures; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Postpartum; Shared Decision Making

$189,943

Identification of novel druggable axon degeneration pathways

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kaplan, David R

Keywords: Axon Degeneration; Drug Discovery; Nerve Injury; Neurotrophin; Peripheral Neuropathy; Protein Kinase

$393,717

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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David Kaplan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Elevating an invisible role: co-designing solutions to optimize medical office assistants in primary care.

Bridging the Evidence-to-Practice Gap at Scale: Evolving Evidence2Practice Ontario by Using the Pan-Canadian HALO Framework.

Primary Care Provider Commitment in Canadian and International Long-Term Care Homes: A Comparative Policy Analysis

The implementation and evaluation of the Ontario COVID@Home Clinical Primary Care Pathway

Practice Facilitation to Support Family Physicians in Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Multimethod Process Evaluation.

Health system use among patients with mental health conditions in a community based sample in Toronto, Canada: A retrospective cohort study.

Integrating shared decision-making into primary care: lessons learned from a multi-centre feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Impact of MyDiabetesPlan, a Web-Based Patient Decision Aid on Decisional Conflict, Diabetes Distress, Quality of Life, and Chronic Illness Care in Patients With Diabetes: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

BMI1 is a therapeutic target in recurrent medulloblastoma

Canis familiaris tissues are characterized by different profiles of cytokinins typical of the tRNA degradation pathway.

Frequent collaborators

Noah Ivers

Noah Ivers

Jeremy Rezmovitz

Dawn Stacey

Joanna Sale

Tara Kiran

Michelle Greiver

Jennifer Shuldiner

Rahim Moineddin

Fok-Han Leung

Sheila Singh

Parvez Vora

Gary Garber

Isaac Bogoch

Jason Moffat

Holly Witteman

Aisha Lofters

Justin Presseau

Aisha Lofters

Paul Krueger

Vijay Ramaswamy

Laura Desveaux

Nicholas Bock

Cathy Risdon

Olufemi Ajani

Blake Yarascavitch

Jackek Michael Kwiecien

David Price

Derelie A Mangin

Andrea Jurisicova

Monica Taljaard

Freda Miller

Andrew Costa

Catherine Yu

Jennifer Salerno