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Emily McDonald

ResearcherInfectious Diseases/Internal MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Emily McDonald

Researcher

Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine

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.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Adaptive Platform Trial Covid-19 Antibiotic De-Escalation Antimicrobial Resistance Bloodstream Infection Central Venous Catheter Infection Gram Negative Bacteremia Clinical Trials

Latest papers

Optimizing future Telehealth mental health programs: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study to identify key predictors of intervention response in the Telehealth intervention program for older adults (TIP-OA).
BMC psychiatry · 2026

All 1 publications

Latest funding

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,908,674
Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$149,176
Canadian Critical Care Trials Group COVID-19 Response: defining critical care capacity in Canada; testing treatments through large-scale adaptive clinical trials; & establishing the evidence base to inform clinical and health system management decisions
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000

All 10 grants and awards

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Fowler, Robert A; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; MacFadden, Derek R; McDonald, Emily G; Ong, Sean W; Pinto, Ruxandra; Rogers, Benjamin A

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Antibiotic De-Escalation; Antibiotic Duration; Antibiotic Oral Switch; Antimicrobial Resistance; Bloodstream Infection; Central Venous Catheter Infection; Gram Negative Bacteremia; Randomized Clinical Trial

$1,908,674

Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Cheng, Matthew P; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; McDonald, Emily G; Ong, Sean W; Tong, Steven

Keywords: Informed Consent; Patient Education; Process Measures; Randomized Clinical Trials

$149,176

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group COVID-19 Response: defining critical care capacity in Canada; testing treatments through large-scale adaptive clinical trials; & establishing the evidence base to inform clinical and health system management decisions

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: CNCCTN Extension - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Fowler, Robert A; Adhikari, Neill K; Archambault, Patrick; Bagshaw, Sean M; Binnie, Alexandra; Chasse, Michael; Cook, Deborah J; Daneman, Nick; Fiest, Kirsten M; Fox-Robichaud, Alison E; Goligher, Ewan C; Herridge, Margaret S; Kho, Michelle E; Lamontagne, Francois; Lawler, Patrick R; Lee, Todd C; Marshall, John C; McDonald, Emily G; McNally, James D; Meade, Maureen O; Mehta, Sangeeta; Menon, Kusum; Murthy, Srinivas; O'Hearn, Katharine J; Piquette, Dominique; Rochwerg, Bram N; Russell, James A; Tsang, Jennifer L; Turgeon, Alexis F; Wollny, Krista; Yada, Nicole; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Covid-19; Network

$1,000,000

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Murthy, Srinivas; Yamamura, Deborah L; Fowler, Robert A; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; MacFadden, Derek R; McDonald, Emily G; Paterson, David L; Rogers, Benjamin A; Yahav, Dafna

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Antibiotic De-Escalation; Antibiotic Step-Down; Antimicrobial Resistance; Bloodstream Infection; Central Venous Catheter Infection; Gram Negative Bacteremia; Randomized Controlled Trial

$729,947

Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: COVID-19 Outpatient Therapeutic Studies

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Keynan, Yoav; Greiver, Michelle; Jüni, Peter; Lee, Todd C; McDonald, Emily G; Murthy, Srinivas; Selby, Peter L

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Covid-19; Nirmatrelvir; Out-Patient; Sars-Cov-2; Therapeutics

$5,000,000

Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: COVID-19 Outpatient Therapeutic Studies - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Keynan, Yoav; Greiver, Michelle; Jüni, Peter; Lee, Todd C; McDonald, Emily G; Murthy, Srinivas; Selby, Peter L

Keywords: Adaptive Platform Trial; Covid-19; Nirmatrelvir; Out-Patient; Sars-Cov-2; Therapeutics

$1,250,000

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

$2,919,785

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group COVID-19 Response: defining critical care capacity in Canada; testing treatments through large-scale adaptive clinical trials; & establishing the evidence base to inform clinical and health system management decisions

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Op Gr.: Canadian Network of COVID-19 Clinical Trials Networks (CNCCTN) Extension

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Covid-19; Network

$4,000,000

The Canadian Network of COVID-19 Clinical Trials Networks

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: Network of Clinical Trials Networks: COVID-19 and Intervention Strategies

Principal investigators: Fowler, Robert A; Adhikari, Neill K; Bagshaw, Sean M; Binnie, Alexandra; Chasse, Michael; Cook, Deborah J; Daneman, Nick; Fiest, Kirsten M; Fox-Robichaud, Alison E; Goligher, Ewan C; Kho, Michelle E; Lamontagne, Francois; Lawler, Patrick R; Lee, Todd C; Marshall, John C; McDonald, Emily G; Menon, Kusum; Murthy, Srinivas; Russell, James A; Tsang, Jennifer L; Turgeon, Alexis F; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Covid-19; Network

$6,000,000

Semaglutide to reduce Myocardial injury in PATIents with COVID-19 (SEMPATICO): An exploratory randomized controlled clinical trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Therapeutics

Principal investigators: Dzavik, Vladimir

Keywords: Cardiovascular Risk; Covid-19; Inflammatory Cytokines; Mortlaity; Myocardial Injury; Outcome; Thrombosis

$664,145

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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Emily McDonald

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Optimizing future Telehealth mental health programs: a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study to identify key predictors of intervention response in the Telehealth intervention program for older adults (TIP-OA).

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group COVID-19 Response: defining critical care capacity in Canada; testing treatments through large-scale adaptive clinical trials; & establishing the evidence base to inform clinical and health system management decisions

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)

Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial of COVID-19 Therapeutics in Community Settings (Can-ADAPT COVID)

BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections

Canadian Critical Care Trials Group COVID-19 Response: defining critical care capacity in Canada; testing treatments through large-scale adaptive clinical trials; & establishing the evidence base to inform clinical and health system management decisions

The Canadian Network of COVID-19 Clinical Trials Networks

Semaglutide to reduce Myocardial injury in PATIents with COVID-19 (SEMPATICO): An exploratory randomized controlled clinical trial

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Ryder

Olivier Beauchet

Pascal Fallavollita

Stephane Bouchard

Emily McDonald

Karl Looper

Olivier Beauchet

Soham Rej

Dallas Seitz