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Eva Grunfeld

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaDepartment of Family and Community MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Eva Grunfeld

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2013.

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Publications

1,039

Citations

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Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Education

DPhil, Epidemiology
MD
MSc, Nutrition

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Research

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

Cancer Primary health care Health care effectiveness and outcomes Palliation and end-of-life care Coordinated and integrated care Knowledge translation and implementation science in health

Latest papers

Family physicians' experiences with an electronic medical record-integrated family history collection strategy: a qualitative study.
BJGP open · 2026
Primary care continuity and breast cancer survival: a retrospective cohort study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2026 · senior author
Advancing prevention and screening in younger adults living with low income: development, piloting and acceptability/appropriateness evaluation of A BETTER Life.
Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025

All 91 publications

Latest funding

Advancing cancer and chronic disease prevention in younger adults living with low income: a BETTER Life
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$99,947
Chronic Disease Prevention in Younger Adults Living with Low Income: A BETTER Life
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$99,884
Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum (CanIMPACT)
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$2,476,364

All 5 grants and awards

91 publications.

Family physicians' experiences with an electronic medical record-integrated family history collection strategy: a qualitative study.

Walji S, Makuwaza T, Bearss E, Kukan S, Aliarzadeh B, Allanson J, Greiver M, Grunfeld E, Gupta K, Heisey R, Ivers N, Kavanagh D, Kim R, Levy M, Moineddin R, Morrison S, Muraca M, Mutasingwa D, O'Brien MA, Permaul J, Sullivan F, Wilson BJ, Carroll JC

BJGP open2026

DOI: 10.3399/bjgpo.2025.0051 PMID: 41238382

Primary care continuity and breast cancer survival: a retrospective cohort study.

Walsh R, Lofters A, Groome P, Moineddin R, Krzyzanowska MK, Griffiths R, Grunfeld E

Cancer causes & control : CCC2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-026-02176-7 PMID: 42189262

Advancing prevention and screening in younger adults living with low income: development, piloting and acceptability/appropriateness evaluation of A BETTER Life.

Lofters AK, Devotta K, Makuwaza T, Lepine K, Aubrey-Bassler K, Donnelly PD, Fernandes C, Grunfeld E, Konkin J, Manca DP, Nykiforuk C, Paszat L, Pinto A, Rabeneck L, Sayani A, Selby P, Sopcak N, Wall B, O'Brien MA

Pilot and feasibility studies2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01754-x PMID: 41408358

An Innovative Strategy for Collecting Family Health History: An Effectiveness-Implementation Trial in Primary Care Clinics.

Carroll JC, Greiver M, Kukan S, Bearss E, Walji S, Moineddin R, Aliarzadeh B, Kalia S, Allanson J, Grunfeld E, Gupta K, Heisey R, Kavanagh D, Kim R, Levy M, Morrison S, Muraca M, Mutasingwa D, O'Brien MA, Permaul J, Sullivan F, Wilson B

Annals of family medicine2025

DOI: 10.1370/afm.240472 PMID: 40983547

Correction to: Deliberative dialogue for co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation of health-promoting interventions: a scoping review protocol.

Godhwani K, Saka AK, Ramasamy V, Soh BL, Lingam M, Lofters A, Grunfeld E, Gerstle D, Selby P, Sayani A

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00698-z PMID: 40087808

Deliberative dialogue for co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation of health-promoting interventions: a scoping review protocol.

Godhwani K, Saka AK, Ramasamy V, Soh BL, Lingam M, Lofters A, Grunfeld E, Gerstle D, Selby P, Sayani A

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00680-9 PMID: 40022206

Harmonization of clinical practice guidelines for primary prevention and screening: actionable recommendations and resources for primary care.

Fernandes C, Campbell-Scherer D, Lofters A, Grunfeld E, Aubrey-Bassler K, Cheung H, Latko K, Tink W, Lewanczuk R, Shea-Budgell M, Heisey R, Wong T, Yang H, Walji S, Wilson M, Holmes E, Lang-Robertson K, DeLonghi C, Manca DP

BMC primary care2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02388-3 PMID: 38711031

Wait times and breast cancer survival: a population-based retrospective cohort study using CanIMPACT data.

Walsh R, Lofters A, Groome P, Moineddin R, Krzyzanowska M, Griffiths R, Grunfeld E

Cancer causes & control : CCC2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-024-01879-z PMID: 38748276

Assessing the effectiveness of "BETTER Women", a community-based, primary care-linked peer health coaching programme for chronic disease prevention: protocol for a pragmatic, wait-list controlled, type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.

Kithulegoda N, Williams C, Senthilmurugan A, Aimola S, Atkinson J, Banerjee AT, Bazeghi F, Bender JL, Flynn S, Ghatage L, Goulbourne E, Grunfeld E, Heisey R, Rao A, Sutcliffe K, Lofters A, Ivers NM

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085933 PMID: 39053957

BETTER LIFE- guidelines for chronic disease preventive care for people aged 18-39 years: a literature review.

Moqueet N, Cornacchi SD, Antony J, Khalil I, Manca D, Fernandes C, Paszat L, Aubrey-Bassler K, Grunfeld E, Sopcak N, Pinto A, Konkin J, Nykiforuk C, Rabeneck L, Selby P, Wall B, O'Brien MA, Lofters A

BMC primary care2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02471-9 PMID: 38909200

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Eva Grunfeld

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Family physicians' experiences with an electronic medical record-integrated family history collection strategy: a qualitative study.

Primary care continuity and breast cancer survival: a retrospective cohort study.

Advancing prevention and screening in younger adults living with low income: development, piloting and acceptability/appropriateness evaluation of A BETTER Life.

An Innovative Strategy for Collecting Family Health History: An Effectiveness-Implementation Trial in Primary Care Clinics.

Correction to: Deliberative dialogue for co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation of health-promoting interventions: a scoping review protocol.

Deliberative dialogue for co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation of health-promoting interventions: a scoping review protocol.

Harmonization of clinical practice guidelines for primary prevention and screening: actionable recommendations and resources for primary care.

Wait times and breast cancer survival: a population-based retrospective cohort study using CanIMPACT data.

Assessing the effectiveness of "BETTER Women", a community-based, primary care-linked peer health coaching programme for chronic disease prevention: protocol for a pragmatic, wait-list controlled, type 1 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial.

BETTER LIFE- guidelines for chronic disease preventive care for people aged 18-39 years: a literature review.

Advancing cancer and chronic disease prevention in younger adults living with low income: a BETTER Life

Chronic Disease Prevention in Younger Adults Living with Low Income: A BETTER Life

Canadian Team to Improve Community-Based Cancer Care along the Continuum (CanIMPACT)

Improving community-based cancer care coordination along the continuum of care(IMPACT)

Reducing the Burden of Second Malignancies for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Stratified Medicine Approach

Frequent collaborators

Rahim Moineddin

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Kris Aubrey-Bassler

Christopher Meaney

Cynthia Kendell

Denise Campbell-Scherer

Robin Urquhart

Jonathan Sussman

Lawrence Paszat

Peter Selby

Clare Liddy

Andrea Eisen

Linda Rabeneck

Andrea Eisen

Melanie Powis

Paul Krueger

Candace Nykiforuk

Doris Howell

Ginetta Salvalaggio

Ambreen Sayani

Nicole Mittmann

Mark Norman Levine

Gregory Pond

Timothy Whelan

Josephine D'Abbondanza

Ivy Bourgeault

Ronald Duncan Barr

Jenny Ploeg

Ivy Bourgeault

Louise Bordeleau

Marshall Godwin

Marko Simunovic

Laurie Elit

Peter Lovrics