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ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Frank Sullivan

Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2015.

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Research

Clinical Trials Diabetes Diabetes Complications Knowledge Translation National Network

Latest papers

Pilot feasibility study to deliver low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Scotland: descriptive findings from the LungScot study.
BMJ open · 2026
Family physicians' experiences with an electronic medical record-integrated family history collection strategy: a qualitative study.
BJGP open · 2026
An Innovative Strategy for Collecting Family Health History: An Effectiveness-Implementation Trial in Primary Care Clinics.
Annals of family medicine · 2025

All 52 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation process of population-level interventions to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics in primary care settings to inform policy development in Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$299,980
ARtificial intelligence to Enable Automated REspiratory illness Surveillance through Primary care (AREA-RESP)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,972
CLEAN Meds RCT: Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No charge Medications
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,065,001

All 5 grants and awards

52 publications.

Pilot feasibility study to deliver low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Scotland: descriptive findings from the LungScot study.

Cavers D, Akram AR, Sage EK, Maclay JD, Cowell GW, Mitchell J, Dickie G, Campbell C, Robb KA, Sullivan F, Murchie P, Neilson A, Steele RJC, van Beek EJR, Weller D

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-120569 PMID: 42744380

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

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

What features should an effective system for declaring and managing conflicts of interest in healthcare have? An adapted Delphi study of key stakeholders in the UK.

McCartney M, Metsis K, Orr K, Millum J, Wilkes A, Sullivan F

BMJ open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103058 PMID: 40973380

Association between medication adherence and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with both diabetes and hypertension in primary care settings in Canada: A retrospective cohort study

Su M, Qin XS, Li Y, Upshur R, Sullivan F, Légaré F, Greiver M, Wu S, Wei X

PLoS ONE20256 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319991

Health Economic Evaluation of Lung Cancer Screening Using a Diagnostic Blood Test: The Early Detection of Cancer of the Lung Scotland (ECLS).

Robles-Zurita JA, McMeekin N, Sullivan F, Mair FS, Briggs A

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31060261 PMID: 38920744

'You feel like you've been duped': is the current system for health professionals declaring potential conflicts of interest in the UK fit for purpose? A mixed methods study.

McCartney M, Metsis K, MacDonald R, Sullivan F, Ozakinci G, Boylan AM

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072996 PMID: 37495392

Effect of Free Medicine Distribution on Health Care Costs in Canada Over 3 Years: A Secondary Analysis of the CLEAN Meds Randomized Clinical Trial.

Persaud N, Bedard M, Boozary A, Glazier RH, Gomes T, Hwang SW, Jüni P, Law MR, Mamdani M, Manns B, Martin D, Morgan SG, Oh P, Pinto AD, Shah BR, Sullivan F, Umali N, Thorpe KE, Tu K, Wu F, Laupacis A, CLEAN Meds study team

JAMA health forum2023

DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.1127 PMID: 37234014

Efficacy of Prednisolone for Bell Palsy in Children: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial.

Babl FE, Herd D, Borland ML, Kochar A, Lawton B, Hort J, West A, George S, Zhang M, Velusamy K, Sullivan F, Oakley E, Davidson A, Hopper SM, Cheek JA, Berkowitz RG, Hearps S, Wilson CL, Williams A, Elborough H, Legge D, Mackay MT, Lee KJ, Dalziel SR, Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT)

Neurology2022

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201164 PMID: 36008143

Tayside Screening For Cardiac Events (TASCFORCE) study: a prospective cardiovascular risk screening study.

Lambert MA, Houston JG, Littleford R, Fitton CA, Struthers A, Sullivan F, Gandy S, Belch JJF

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063594 PMID: 36270757

Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation process of population-level interventions to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics in primary care settings to inform policy development in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Evaluation of population-level interventions to reduce AMR

Principal investigators: Wei, Xiaolin; Sheppard, Donald C

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collective Making Approach; Global Health; Health Policy; Implementation Science; One Health Approach; Population Level Interventions; Primary Care Settings; Systematic Review

$299,980

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

CLEAN Meds RCT: Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No charge Medications

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Persaud, Navindra; Mitchell, Chad; Laupacis, Andreas; Nicholas Angl, Emily

Keywords: Equitable Access To Medication; Pharmaceutical Access; Prescription Medication; Rct

$1,065,001

SPOR Network in Diabetes and its Related Complications

Principal investigatorCIHR2015SPOR Networks in Chronic Disease

Principal investigators: Lewis, Gary F; Brown, Adalsteinn D; Maberley, David; Rochon, Paula A; Sullivan, Frank; Bélanger, Mathieu; Brent, Michael H; Cafazzo, Joseph A; Carpentier, André C; Després, Jean-Pierre; Farkouh, Michael E; Fernyhough, Paul; Légaré, France; McGavock, Jonathan M; Perkins, Bruce A

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications; Knowledge Translation; National Network

$12,450,001

Vaccination & screening for control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and STI-related cancers

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Burchell, Ann N

Keywords: Cancer; Diagnosis; Hiv/Aids; Screening; Sexually Transmitted Infections

$1,061,091

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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Frank Sullivan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Pilot feasibility study to deliver low-dose CT lung cancer screening in Scotland: descriptive findings from the LungScot study.

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

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

What features should an effective system for declaring and managing conflicts of interest in healthcare have? An adapted Delphi study of key stakeholders in the UK.

Association between medication adherence and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with both diabetes and hypertension in primary care settings in Canada: A retrospective cohort study

Health Economic Evaluation of Lung Cancer Screening Using a Diagnostic Blood Test: The Early Detection of Cancer of the Lung Scotland (ECLS).

'You feel like you've been duped': is the current system for health professionals declaring potential conflicts of interest in the UK fit for purpose? A mixed methods study.

Effect of Free Medicine Distribution on Health Care Costs in Canada Over 3 Years: A Secondary Analysis of the CLEAN Meds Randomized Clinical Trial.

Efficacy of Prednisolone for Bell Palsy in Children: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial.

Tayside Screening For Cardiac Events (TASCFORCE) study: a prospective cardiovascular risk screening study.

Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation process of population-level interventions to reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics in primary care settings to inform policy development in Canada

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

CLEAN Meds RCT: Carefully seLected and Easily Accessible at No charge Medications

SPOR Network in Diabetes and its Related Complications

Vaccination & screening for control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and STI-related cancers

Frequent collaborators

Michelle Greiver

Rahim Moineddin

Christopher Meaney

Tara Gomes

Danielle Martin

Sheryl Spithoff

Braden O’Neill

Eva Grunfeld

Andreas Laupacis

Karen Tu

Lawrence Paszat

Raymond Kim

Pamela Leece

Xiaolin Wei

Muhammad Mamdani

Paul Oh

Braden Manns

Ross Upshur

Karen Urbanoski

Diego Llovet

Merrick Zwarenstein

Conrad Pow

Alexander Singer

Abhimanyu Sud

Karim Keshavjee

Katherine Rouleau

Noah Ivers

Martin Fortin

Karen Urbanoski

Amardeep Thind

Moira Stewart

Catherine Yu

Navindra Persaud