Emile Tompa, University of Toronto

Latest papers

Talking about health at work: a qualitative study of worker disclosures to co-workers
Disability and Rehabilitation · 2026
Implementation of post-traumatic stress injury programs in Alberta first responder organizations: a qualitative study
Disability and Rehabilitation · 2026
Disclosure Decisions of Workers Living with a Chronic Health Condition Causing Disability at Work: Are Decisions to Disclose to Co-workers and Supervisors Different?
Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation · 2025

All 65 publications

Latest funding

The Development of Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Employment of Persons with Autism using Integrated-Knowledge Translation
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$35,000
Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace tools and resources to sustain the employment of people with chronic, episodic conditions
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$687,225
CIHR Strategic Training Program in Work Disability Prevention
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$1,945,000

All 3 grants and awards

65 publications.

01

Talking about health at work: a qualitative study of worker disclosures to co-workers

Woticky G, Jetha A, Tompa E, Gignac MAM

Disability and Rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2708192

02

Implementation of post-traumatic stress injury programs in Alberta first responder organizations: a qualitative study

Van Eerd D, Ragunathan S, Gross DP, Gignac M, Irvin E, Tompa E, McElheran M

Disability and Rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2667689

03

Disclosure Decisions of Workers Living with a Chronic Health Condition Causing Disability at Work: Are Decisions to Disclose to Co-workers and Supervisors Different?

Woticky G, Jetha A, Tompa E, Gignac MAM

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation20258 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-024-10235-6

04

The Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): A Nine-Month Evaluation of Use, Changes in Self-efficacy, Presenteeism, and Absenteeism in Workers with Chronic and Episodic Disabilities

Gignac MAM, Bowring J, Navaratnerajah L, Saunders R, Jetha A, Thompson A, Shaw WS, Franche R-L, Van Eerd D, Irvin E

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation20256 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-024-10231-w

05

Predictors of Retirement Voluntariness Using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Data

MacLean MB, Wolfson C, Hewko S, Tompa E, Sweet J, Pedlar D

Journal of Aging and Health20251 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08982643241229760

06

The impact of regulatory workplace safety inspections on workers' compensation claim rates

McLeod CB, Macpherson RA, He A, Amick BC, Koehoorn M, Tompa E

American Journal of Industrial Medicine20245 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23640

07

The future of work in shaping the employment inclusion of young adults with disabilities: a qualitative study

Jetha A, Shamaee A, Tompa E, Smith P, Bültmann U, Bonaccio S, Tucker LB, Norman C, Banks CG, Gignac MAM

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal202319 citations

DOI: 10.1108/edi-06-2022-0154

08

Occupational health and safety regulatory interventions to improve the work environment: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies

Bondebjerg A, Filges T, Pejtersen JH, Kildemoes MW, Burr H, Hasle P, Tompa E, Bengtsen E

Campbell Systematic Reviews202316 citations

DOI: 10.1002/cl2.1371

09

A Sensibility Assessment of the Job Demands and Accommodation Planning Tool (JDAPT): A Tool to Help Workers with an Episodic Disability Plan Workplace Support

Gignac MAM, Bowring J, Tonima S, Franche R-L, Thompson A, Jetha A, Smith PM, Macdermid JC, Shaw WS, Van Eerd D

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation202314 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-022-10057-4

10

Financial incentives to promote employment of persons with disabilities: a scoping review of when and how they work best

Irvin E, Tompa E, Johnston H, Padkapayeva K, Mahood Q, Samosh D, Gewurtz R

Disability and Rehabilitation202310 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2133178

The Development of Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Employment of Persons with Autism using Integrated-Knowledge Translation

SupervisorCIHR2021Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Central 1-year

Principal investigators: Lacarte, Sara

Keywords: Autism/Intellectual Disabilities; Health And Work; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Older Adults With Disabilities; Public Health Policy; Qualitative Methods; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Service; Youth- Transition Aged With Disabilities

$35,000

Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities (ACED): A partnership to deliver workplace tools and resources to sustain the employment of people with chronic, episodic conditions

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Healthy and Productive Work - Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Gignac, Monique A

Keywords: Accommodations; Chronic Disease; Communication; Disability Management; Employment; Episodic Disabilities; Life Course; Mental Health; Older Workers; Physical Diseases; Sex/Gender Differences; Stress And Coping; Support

$687,225

CIHR Strategic Training Program in Work Disability Prevention

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: Loisel, Patrick

Keywords: Advanced Training Program; Community Of Practice; International Program; Return To Work; Transdisciplinarity; Work Disability Prevention

$1,945,000

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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Emile Tompa

Economics

64 shared papers, latest 2026

Arif Jetha

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

8 shared papers, latest 2026

Cameron Mustard

Epidemiology Division

7 shared papers, latest 2021

Claire de Oliveira

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

4 shared papers, latest 2010

Joy MacDermid

Rehabilitation Science

4 shared papers, latest 2025

Aaron Thompson

Occupational & Environmental Health Division

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Victoria Arrandale

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Rebecca Gewurtz

Rehabilitation Science

2 shared papers, latest 2023

Thomas Tenkate

Faculty

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Christopher Longo

Health Policy and Management

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Victoria Arrandale

Occupational and Environmental Health

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Amin Yazdani

Earth, Environment & Society

2 shared papers, latest 2017

Allison Williams

Earth, Environment & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2017

Ellen MacEachen

School of Public Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Megan McElheran

School and Applied Child Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Jaime Guzman

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Christina Wolfson

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Sarah Hewko

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Nancy Carnide

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Paul Demers

Occupational & Environmental Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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