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Eric Benchimol
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Latest papers
Validation of a health administrative definition of obstructive sleep apnea in children in Ontario, Canada.
PloS one · 2026
Crohn's and Colitis Canada's 2021 Impact of COVID-19 and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada: Epidemiology-The Trends of Disease Over Time.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2021
Declining hospitalisation and surgical intervention rates in patients with Crohn's disease: a population-based cohort.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2019 · senior author
Latest funding
- $10,000
Consensus Statements for the Use of Routinely Collected Health Data in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $677,025
Creation of a Standardized Protocol Tool and eLearning Programme for Research Using Routinely-Collected Health Data: A RECORD Initiative to Improve Methods
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
- $1,950,000
Elucidating the Gene-Environment Interactions that drive Autoimmune Disease among South Asian Canadians - The GEMINI Program.
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Validation of a health administrative definition of obstructive sleep apnea in children in Ontario, Canada.
Radhakrishnan D, Kendzerska T, Katz S, Blinder H, Bin Hasan S, Naik T, Benchimol E, Narang I, Al-Saleh S
Crohn's and Colitis Canada's 2021 Impact of COVID-19 and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Canada: Epidemiology-The Trends of Disease Over Time.
Coward S, Windsor JW, Kuenzig ME, Bitton A, Bernstein CN, Jones JL, Khanna R, Lee K, Murthy SK, Targownik L, Benchimol E, Huang JG, Mukhtar MS, Tandon P, Kaplan GG
Declining hospitalisation and surgical intervention rates in patients with Crohn's disease: a population-based cohort.
Rahman A, Jairath V, Feagan BG, Khanna R, Shariff SZ, Allen BN, Jenkyn KB, Vinden C, Jeyarajah J, Mosli M, Benchimol E
Consensus Statements for the Use of Routinely Collected Health Data in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research
Principal investigators: Benchimol, Eric I
Keywords: Epidemiology; Health Administrative Data; Health Services Research; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Pharmacoepidemiology; Research Education; Research Methodology; Routinely Collected Health Data
Creation of a Standardized Protocol Tool and eLearning Programme for Research Using Routinely-Collected Health Data: A RECORD Initiative to Improve Methods
Principal investigators: Benchimol, Eric I; Kuenzig, M. Ellen; Langan, Sinead; McAllister, David
Keywords: Epidemiology; Health Administrative Data; Health Services Research; Pharmacoepidemiology; Research Education; Research Methodology; Research Reporting Guidelines; Routinely Collected Health Data
Elucidating the Gene-Environment Interactions that drive Autoimmune Disease among South Asian Canadians - The GEMINI Program.
Principal investigators: Gommerman, Jennifer L; Croitoru, Kenneth
Keywords: Health Geography; Immigration; Immune System; Microbiome; Nutrition; Urban Environments
Elucidating the Gene-Environment Interactions that drive Autoimmune Disease among South Asian Canadians - The GEMINI Program.
Principal investigators: Gommerman, Jennifer L; Croitoru, Kenneth
Keywords: Health Geography; Immigration; Immune System; Microbiome; Nutrition; Urban Environments
NADPH oxidase function in the pathogenesis of pediatric IBD and JIA
Principal investigators: Brumell, John H
Keywords: Chronic Disease; Environmental Impacts On Disease; Inflammation; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Innate Immunity; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Microbiota; Nadph Oxidase; Reactive Oxygen Species; Treatment Modalities
Health Outcomes, Utilization, and Safety in the Elderly with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (HOUSE-IBD) Study
Principal investigators: Nguyen, Geoffrey C
Keywords: Crohn'S Disease; Elderly; Healthcare Utilization; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Medication-Related Adverse Events; Surgery; Ulcerative Colitis
Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network
Principal investigators: Griffiths, Anne Marie; Benchimol, Eric I; Jacobson, Kevan; Kaplan, Gilaad G; Mack, David R; Muise, Aleixo M; Otley, Anthony R; Seidman, Ernest G; Vallance, Bruce A; Walters, Thomas D; Waterhouse, Christopher C; Wine, Eytan
Keywords: Inception Cohort; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Longitudinal Prospective; Multicenter Network; Pediatrics
Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network: A Joint Partnership of CIHR and the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation
Principal investigators: Griffiths, Anne Marie; Benchimol, Eric I; Jacobson, Kevan; Kaplan, Gilaad G; Mack, David R; Muise, Aleixo M; Otley, Anthony R; Seidman, Ernest G; Vallance, Bruce A; Walters, Thomas D; Waterhouse, Christopher C; Wine, Eytan
Keywords: Environment; Genetic Susceptibility; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Microbiome; Outcomes; Pediatrics
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
- Pediatrics
- Department of Paediatrics
- Department of Surgery
- Translational Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Eric Benchimol
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Sherri Katz
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Alain Bitton
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Dhenuka Radhakrishnan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Indra Narang
Translational Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Tetyana Kendzerska
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Kate Lee
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Laura Targownik
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Christopher Vinden
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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