Faculty profile

Gillian Booth

ResearcherGeography, Environment and GeomaticsUniversity of Toronto

This profile is built from public research funding records (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) and PubMed. We have not imported them from a University of Toronto directory, so their courses and email address may be missing. Find their university profile.

Gillian Booth

Researcher

Geography, Environment and Geomatics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

Citations

h-index

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Profiles and links

Search on Google Scholar

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes Food Environment Walkability Built Environment Epidemiology Green Space Parks

Latest papers

Rationale and design of a parallel randomised trial of a plant‐based intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes remission: The REmission of diabetes using a PlAnt‐based weight loss InteRvention (REPAIR) trial
Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism · 2026
Impact of social disadvantage on clinical and health care use indicators in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps in Ontario, Canada.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025
Prevalence of diabetic kidney disease by world region of birth among immigrants and long-term residents of Canada with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Integrating Personalized Risk Visualization to Influence Health Beliefs and Self-Management Behavioural Intentions in Young-Onset Type 2 Diabetes
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$642,600
Community resilience and diabetes incidence following the pandemic: A comparative analysis of Canadian cities
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Stepping Towards Healthy and Green Cities to Inform and Advance Policy Interventions for Diabetes Prevention
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 22 grants and awards

7 publications.

Rationale and design of a parallel randomised trial of a plant‐based intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes remission: The REmission of diabetes using a PlAnt‐based weight loss InteRvention (REPAIR) trial

McKay B, Chaar DE, Paquette M, Vallis M, Sherifali D, Oh P, Marzolini S, Dasgupta K, Booth G, Lean M

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism20261 citations

DOI: 10.1111/dom.70510

Impact of social disadvantage on clinical and health care use indicators in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps in Ontario, Canada.

Soliman Y, Everett K, Shulman R, Austin PC, Lipscombe L, Booth G, Weisman A

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism2025

DOI: 10.1111/dom.16547 PMID: 40555707

Prevalence of diabetic kidney disease by world region of birth among immigrants and long-term residents of Canada with type 2 diabetes.

Mohamed S, Lipscombe LL, Lipscombe J, Kenaszchuk C, Thiruchelvam D, Shah BR, Fazli GS, Booth G, Rosella L, Ke C

Diabetes research and clinical practice2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112365 PMID: 40639770

Need and Interest in Nature Prescriptions to Protect Cardiovascular and Mental Health: A Nationally-Representative Study With Insights for Future Randomised Trials.

Astell-Burt T, Hipp JA, Gatersleben B, Adlakha D, Marselle M, Olcoń K, Pappas E, Kondo M, Booth G, Bacon S, Lem M, Francois M, Halcomb E, Moxham L, Davidson P, Feng X

Heart, lung & circulation2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.11.008 PMID: 36588036

Heterogeneity of Diabetes: β-Cells, Phenotypes, and Precision Medicine: Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes and the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Cefalu WT, Andersen DK, Arreaza-Rubín G, Pin CL, Sato S, Verchere CB, Woo M, Rosenblum ND, Symposium planning committee, moderators, and speakers:, Rosenblum N, Cefalu W, Andersen DK, Arreaza-Rubín G, Dhara C, James SP, Makarchuk MJ, Pin CL, Sato S, Verchere B, Woo M, Powers A, Estall J, Hoesli C, Millman J, Linnemann A, Johnson J, Pin CL, Hawkins M, Woo M, Gloyn A, Cefalu W, Rosenblum N, Huising MO, Benninger RKP, Almaça J, Hull-Meichle RL, MacDonald P, Lynn F, Melero-Martin J, Yoshihara E, Stabler C, Sander M, Evans-Molina C, Engin F, Thompson P, Shalev A, Redondo MJ, Nadeau K, Bellin M, Udler MS, Dennis J, Dash S, Zhou W, Snyder M, Booth G, Butte A, Florez J

Diabetes2021

DOI: 10.2337/db21-0777 PMID: 34957490

Physical activity trails in an urban setting and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: a study protocol for a natural experiment.

Hobin E, Swanson A, Booth G, Russell K, Rosella LC, Smith BT, Manley E, Isaranuwatchai W, Whitehouse S, Brunton N, McGavock J

BMJ open2020

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036602 PMID: 32075847

Congenital abnormalities in newborns of women with pregestational diabetes: A time-trend analysis, 1994 to 2009.

Agha MM, Glazier RH, Moineddin R, Booth G

Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23548 PMID: 27511615

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Gillian Booth

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Rationale and design of a parallel randomised trial of a plant‐based intensive lifestyle intervention for diabetes remission: The REmission of diabetes using a PlAnt‐based weight loss InteRvention (REPAIR) trial

Impact of social disadvantage on clinical and health care use indicators in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps in Ontario, Canada.

Prevalence of diabetic kidney disease by world region of birth among immigrants and long-term residents of Canada with type 2 diabetes.

Need and Interest in Nature Prescriptions to Protect Cardiovascular and Mental Health: A Nationally-Representative Study With Insights for Future Randomised Trials.

Physical activity trails in an urban setting and cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: a study protocol for a natural experiment.

Congenital abnormalities in newborns of women with pregestational diabetes: A time-trend analysis, 1994 to 2009.

Frequent collaborators

Laura Rosella

Francis Lynn

Kaberi Dasgupta

Satya Dash

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai

Simon Bacon

Rayzel Shulman

Kaberi Dasgupta

Patrick MacDonald

Simon Bacon

Gillian Booth

Peter Thompson

Francis Lynn

Alanna Weisman

Calvin Ke

Paul Oh

Bruce Verchere

Laura Chiavaroli

Susan Marzolini

Rahim Moineddin

Russell de Souza

Diana Sherifali

Hertzel Gerstein

Lorraine Lipscombe

Norman Rosenblum

James Johnson

Bruce Verchere

Minna Woo

Jonathan McGavock

Simon Bacon

Kelly Russell

James Johnson