Fiona Kouyoumdjian, University of Toronto

Research

Community-Based Research Evaluation And Measurement Peer Workers People Experiencing Homelessness Public Health Service Delivery Quintuple Aim Correctional System Health Services

Latest papers

Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance · 2025
Nowhere to go: a qualitative study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMJ Public Health · 2025
Accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths among youth in Canada: a descriptive analysis of a national chart review study of coroner and medical examiner data
Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada · 2024 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Precarious employment as a social determinant of health and outcomes for black and racialized migrant women (and their children) at risk of, and exposed to, gender-based violence in Canada: An exploration of the nexus, intersection, and health impacts.
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$270,000
Evaluating delivery of priority public health interventions to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto by peer workers
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$742,490
ARtificial intelligence to Enable Automated REspiratory illness Surveillance through Primary care (AREA-RESP)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,972

All 7 grants and awards

17 publications.

01

Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files

Rotondo J, VanSteelandt A, Kouyoumdjian F, Bowes MJ, Kakkar T, Jones G, Abele B, Murray R, Schleihauf E, Halverson J

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance20258 citations

DOI: 10.2196/49981

02

Nowhere to go: a qualitative study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Bansal S, Di Pelino S, Pierre J, Chan K, Lee A, Liu R, Mancini O, Pitkis A, Kouyoumdjian F, Lamarche L

BMJ Public Health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002639

03

Accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths among youth in Canada: a descriptive analysis of a national chart review study of coroner and medical examiner data

Chang GY-S, VanSteelandt A, McKenzie K, Kouyoumdjian F

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada202419 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.44.3.02

04

Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story

Lunsky Y, Matheson FI, Kouyoumdjian F, Whittingham L, Lin E, Durbin A, Calzavara A, Moser A, Dastoori P, Sirotich F

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2331 PMID: W4391174454

05

The Association Between Prior Mental Health Service Utilization and Risk of Recidivism among Incarcerated Ontario Residents

Lebenbaum M, Kouyoumdjian F, Huang A, Kurdyak P

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20243 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437221140385

06

A comparison of the characteristics of accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in Canada across life stages, 2016–2017

Chang GY-S, Ha JH, Burt J, Kouyoumdjian F, McKenzie K, Randell S, VanSteelandt A

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada20242 citations

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.44.7/8.04

07

Housing status and accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in Canada, 2016–2017

VanSteelandt A, Abele B, Ahmad R, Enns A, Jackson B, Kakkar T, Kouyoumdjian F

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada20241 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.44.7/8.03

08

Rising syphilis rates in Canada, 2011–2020

Aho J, Lybeck C, Tetteh A, Issa C, Kouyoumdjian F, Wong J, Anderson A, Popovic N

Canada Communicable Disease Report202279 citations

DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v48i23a01

09

Opioid agonist treatment take-home doses (‘carries’): Are current guidelines resulting in low treatment coverage among high-risk populations in Canada and the USA?

Russell C, Lange S, Kouyoumdjian F, Butler A, Ali F

Harm Reduction Journal202215 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00671-z PMID: W4291020013

10

Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Kurdyak P, Friesen EL, Young JT, Borschmann R, Iqbal J, Huang A, Kouyoumdjian F

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry202210 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437211055414

Precarious employment as a social determinant of health and outcomes for black and racialized migrant women (and their children) at risk of, and exposed to, gender-based violence in Canada: An exploration of the nexus, intersection, and health impacts.

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - Women's Health

Principal investigators: Chadambuka, Cyndirela

Keywords: Black And Racialized Migrant Women; Children; Gender-Based Violence; Health Impacts; Intersectionality; Precarious Employment

$270,000

Evaluating delivery of priority public health interventions to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto by peer workers

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Gr.: Strengt. Health Workforce for System Transf.:Public Health Workforce

Principal investigators: Orkin, Aaron M; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G; Baral, Stefan D

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Evaluation And Measurement; Peer Workers; People Experiencing Homelessness; Public Health Service Delivery; Quintuple Aim

$742,490

ARtificial intelligence to Enable Automated REspiratory illness Surveillance through Primary care (AREA-RESP)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Price, David J

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Covid-19; Influenza; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; Primary Health Care; Public Health; Respiratory Illness; Sars-Cov-2; Surveillance

$99,972

Mental health standards in youth justice settings in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat. Grant: SCY Mental Health Services - juvenile justice/correctional settings

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Hayley A; Sundar, Purnima; Agic, Branka; Skilling, Tracey A

Keywords: Mental Health; Substance Use; Youth; Youth Justice Settings

$181,000

SARS-CoV-2 variants under investigation (VUIs) and variants of concern (VOCs); phenotyping gaps in transmission, reinfection and response to medical countermeasures

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities - Variants

Principal investigators: Mubareka, Samira

Keywords: Animal Model; Congregate Setting; Genomics; Pathogenesis; Reinfection; Sars-Cov-2; Transmission; Vaccination; Variants Of Concern (Voc)

$499,276

Closing a Revolving Door: Evaluating transitions into and out of correctional centres among Ontarians with schizophrenia.

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Evaluation Grants

Principal investigators: Kurdyak, Paul A; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G; Rehman, Farhat

Keywords: Correctional System; Health Services; Mental Health; Schizophrenia

$200,000

Defining priorities and creating a network for prisoner health research in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2013Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G

Keywords: Delphi Method; Environmental Scan; Prison Health; Review

$24,890

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

Yona Lunsky and Yona Lunsky: 212 shared papers
Yona Lunsky and Elizabeth Lin: 21 shared papers
Yona Lunsky and Anna Durbin: 21 shared papers
Elizabeth Lin and Yona Lunsky: 21 shared papers
Anna Durbin and Yona Lunsky: 21 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 17 shared papers
Carol Strike and Pamela Leece: 17 shared papers
Elizabeth Lin and Anna Durbin: 16 shared papers
Giada Sebastiani and Nadine Kronfli: 15 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Claire Bodkin: 7 shared papers
Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox and Larkin Lamarche: 7 shared papers
Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox and Claire Bodkin: 6 shared papers
Anna Durbin and Frank Sirotich: 6 shared papers
Ross Upshur and Carol Strike: 5 shared papers
Elizabeth Lin and Paul Kurdyak: 5 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Paul Kurdyak: 4 shared papers
Ross Upshur and Beth Rachlis: 4 shared papers
Yona Lunsky and Paul Kurdyak: 4 shared papers
Yona Lunsky and Frank Sirotich: 4 shared papers
Frank Sirotich and Yona Lunsky: 4 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Ross Upshur: 3 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Larkin Lamarche: 3 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Carol Strike: 3 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Jennifer Leason: 3 shared papers
Ross Upshur and Alexandra Martiniuk: 3 shared papers
Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox and Kathryn Chan: 3 shared papers
Larkin Lamarche and Claire Bodkin: 3 shared papers
Pamela Leece and Farihah Ali: 3 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Kathryn Chan: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Beth Rachlis: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Nadine Kronfli: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Dirk Huyer: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Alexandra Martiniuk: 2 shared papers
Ross Upshur and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 2 shared papers
Larkin Lamarche and Kathryn Chan: 2 shared papers
Claire Bodkin and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 2 shared papers
Yona Lunsky and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 2 shared papers
Elizabeth Lin and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 2 shared papers
Carol Strike and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 2 shared papers
Carol Strike and Beth Rachlis: 2 shared papers
Carol Strike and Farihah Ali: 2 shared papers
Carol Strike and Alexandra Martiniuk: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Beth Rachlis: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Paul Kurdyak: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Nadine Kronfli: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Anna Durbin: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Alexandra Martiniuk: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Yona Lunsky: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Leason and Dirk Huyer: 2 shared papers
Shannon Lange and Farihah Ali: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Jason Wong: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Giada Sebastiani: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Pamela Leece: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Shannon Lange: 1 shared paper
Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Larkin Lamarche and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Kathryn Chan and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Claire Bodkin and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Jason Wong: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Jennifer Leason: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Giada Sebastiani: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Pamela Leece: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Fiona Kouyoumdjian: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Dirk Huyer: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Shannon Lange: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Farihah Ali: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Frank Sirotich: 1 shared paper

Family Medicine
Psychiatry
Clinical Public Health Division
Medicine
Epidemiology Division
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
Earth, Environment & Society
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.

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Family Medicine

17 shared papers, latest 2025

Beth Rachlis

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Alexandra Martiniuk

Epidemiology Division

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Ross Upshur

Earth, Environment & Society

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Carol Strike

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Claire Bodkin

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Pamela Leece

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2015

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Jennifer Leason

Medical Anthropology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Farihah Ali

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Larkin Lamarche

Health, Aging & Society

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Kathryn Chan

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-Based Research Dear Professor Kouyoumdjian, 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 "Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Evaluating delivery of priority public health interventions to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto by peer workers" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files

Nowhere to go: a qualitative study examining the health of people who experience emergency shelter service restrictions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths among youth in Canada: a descriptive analysis of a national chart review study of coroner and medical examiner data

Intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario's criminal justice and forensic mental health systems: Using data to tell the story

The Association Between Prior Mental Health Service Utilization and Risk of Recidivism among Incarcerated Ontario Residents

A comparison of the characteristics of accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in Canada across life stages, 2016–2017

Housing status and accidental substance-related acute toxicity deaths in Canada, 2016–2017

Rising syphilis rates in Canada, 2011–2020

Opioid agonist treatment take-home doses (‘carries’): Are current guidelines resulting in low treatment coverage among high-risk populations in Canada and the USA?

Prevalence of Mental Health and Addiction Service use Prior to and During Incarceration in Provincial Jails in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Precarious employment as a social determinant of health and outcomes for black and racialized migrant women (and their children) at risk of, and exposed to, gender-based violence in Canada: An exploration of the nexus, intersection, and health impacts.

Evaluating delivery of priority public health interventions to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto by peer workers

ARtificial intelligence to Enable Automated REspiratory illness Surveillance through Primary care (AREA-RESP)

Mental health standards in youth justice settings in Canada

SARS-CoV-2 variants under investigation (VUIs) and variants of concern (VOCs); phenotyping gaps in transmission, reinfection and response to medical countermeasures

Closing a Revolving Door: Evaluating transitions into and out of correctional centres among Ontarians with schizophrenia.

Defining priorities and creating a network for prisoner health research in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Yona Lunsky

Beth Rachlis

Paul Kurdyak

Nadine Kronfli

Anna Durbin

Alexandra Martiniuk

Ross Upshur

Carol Strike

Claire Bodkin

Yona Lunsky

Elizabeth Lin

Pamela Leece

Jason Wong

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Dirk Huyer

Jennifer Leason

Shannon Lange

Farihah Ali

Giada Sebastiani

Frank Sirotich

Tim O'Shea

Robin Barbara Bateman Lennox

Larkin Lamarche

Kathryn Chan