Eric Wong, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore.
Frontiers in public health · 2024
“How Can We Help You?” Older Adults’ and Care Partners’ Perspectives on Improving Care in Hospital: A Mixed Methods Study
Canadian Journal of Geriatrics · 2024
Admission avoidance hospital at home.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Combating misinformation, fear and stigma in response to the Covid-19 outbreak: An international collaboration between Canada and Singapore
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$499,965

All 1 grants and awards

14 publications.

01

Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore.

Fahim C, Yu CC, Cooper J, Theivendrampillai S, Lee TT, Wai-Ki Lau M, Marquez C, Tang B, Mathew M, Sharma M, Wong E, O'Sullivan T, Low JA, Straus SE

Frontiers in public health20244 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1490814 PMID: 39917517

02

“How Can We Help You?” Older Adults’ and Care Partners’ Perspectives on Improving Care in Hospital: A Mixed Methods Study

Lupo M, Wong E, Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Lee J, Gabor C, Patterson C

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics20243 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.5770/cgj.27.734

03

Admission avoidance hospital at home.

Edgar K, Iliffe S, Doll HA, Clarke MJ, Gonçalves-Bradley DC, Wong E, Shepperd S

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2024

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007491.pub3 PMID: 38438116

04

Cholinesterase inhibitors and falls, syncope and injuries in patients with cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ahuja M, Siddhpuria S, Karimi A, Lewis K, Wong E, Lee J, Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Sood E, Gabor C, Patterson C

Age and Ageing202314 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afad205

05

Adverse Fetal Outcomes and Maternal Mortality Following Nonobstetric Abdominopelvic Surgery in Pregnancy

Cusimano MC, Liu J, Azizi P, Zipursky J, Sajewycz K, Sussman J, Kishibe T, Wong E, Ferguson SE, D'Souza R

Annals of Surgery202311 citations

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000005362

06

Associations Between Patient Characteristics and Unplanned or Delayed Discharges From Geriatric Rehabilitation

Perrella AJ, Karimi A, Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Lee J, Wong E, Patterson C

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.1097/phm.0000000000002327

07

Chemical and physical restraint use during acute care hospitalization of older adults: A retrospective cohort study and time series analysis

Jones A, Goodarzi Z, Lee J, Norman R, Wong E, Dasgupta M, Liu B, Watt J

PLoS ONE202215 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276504 PMID: W4307313472

08

Sleep monitoring challenges in patients with neurocognitive disorders: A cross‐sectional analysis of missing data from activity trackers

Ahuja M, Siddhpuria S, Reppas‐Rindlisbacher C, Wong E, Gormley J, Lee J, Patterson C

Health Science Reports20223 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.608

09

Researching the effects of sleep on step count during the postoperative period

Reppas‐Rindlisbacher C, Ahuja M, Wong E, Gormley J, Siddhpuria S, Lee J, Conroy M, Patterson C

Journal of The American Geriatrics Society20217 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17305 PMID: W3172843677

10

Admission factors associated with international medical graduate certification success: a collaborative retrospective review of postgraduate medical education programs in Ontario

Grierson LEM, Mercuri M, Brailovsky C, Cole G, Abrahams C, Archibald D, Bandiera G, Phillips SP, Stirrett G, Walton JM

CMAJ Open201715 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20170073 PMID: W2769645080

Combating misinformation, fear and stigma in response to the Covid-19 outbreak: An international collaboration between Canada and Singapore

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Social dynamics, communication and trust

Principal investigators: Fahim, Christine; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Covid-19; International Study; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Misinformation, Stigma, Fear; Public And Government Perceptions To Covid-19; Qualitative Analysis; Social Media Analysis; Social, Cultural, Environmental And Population Health

$499,965

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Mat Mercuri and Mathew Mercuri: 115 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Jennifer Watt: 63 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Christine Fahim: 46 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Barbara Liu: 17 shared papers
Justin Lee and Christopher Patterson: 14 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Jennifer Watt: 11 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Douglas Archibald: 7 shared papers
Barbara Liu and Jennifer Watt: 7 shared papers
Justin Lee and Eric Wong: 6 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Mat Mercuri: 5 shared papers
Rohan D'Souza and Jonathan Zipursky: 5 shared papers
Mat Mercuri and Inge Schabort: 5 shared papers
Christopher Patterson and Eric Wong: 5 shared papers
Christine Fahim and Tracey O'Sullivan: 5 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Inge Schabort: 4 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Mathew Mercuri: 4 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Sharon Straus: 4 shared papers
Inge Schabort and Mathew Mercuri: 4 shared papers
Inge Schabort and Eric Wong: 3 shared papers
Sharon Straus and Malika Sharma: 3 shared papers
Douglas Archibald and Eric Wong: 3 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Jonathan Zipursky: 2 shared papers
Mat Mercuri and Eric Wong: 2 shared papers
Inge Schabort and Douglas Archibald: 2 shared papers
Justin Lee and Sharon Straus: 2 shared papers
Christopher Patterson and Sharon Straus: 2 shared papers
Michelle Bendeck and Eric Wong: 2 shared papers
Peter Roy and Eric Wong: 2 shared papers
Barbara Liu and Richard Norman: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Watt and Richard Norman: 2 shared papers
Lawrence Grierson and Jonathan Mark Walton: 1 shared paper
Lawrence Grierson and Glen Bandiera: 1 shared paper
Lawrence Grierson and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Aaron Jones and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Aaron Jones and Richard Norman: 1 shared paper
Rohan D'Souza and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Rohan D'Souza and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Mat Mercuri and Jonathan Mark Walton: 1 shared paper
Mat Mercuri and Glen Bandiera: 1 shared paper
Mat Mercuri and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Mark Walton and Inge Schabort: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Mark Walton and Glen Bandiera: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Mark Walton and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Inge Schabort and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Michelle Bendeck and Myron Cybulsky: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Tracey O'Sullivan: 1 shared paper
Sharon Straus and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Myron Cybulsky and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Douglas Archibald and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Barbara Liu and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Watt and Christine Fahim: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Watt and Jonathan Zipursky: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Watt and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Christine Fahim and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Christine Fahim and Malika Sharma: 1 shared paper
Tracey O'Sullivan and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Tracey O'Sullivan and Malika Sharma: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Zipursky and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Jonathan Zipursky and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Mathew Mercuri and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Eric Wong and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Glen Bandiera and Eric Wong: 1 shared paper
Eric Wong and Malika Sharma: 1 shared paper
Eric Wong and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Eric Wong and Richard Norman: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Oncology
Department of Molecular Genetics
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Wong, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Stigma and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study on the perceptions of healthcare workers in Canada and Singapore." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]