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Gillian Hawker

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Gillian Hawker

Researcher

Medicine

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.
16 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 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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Publications

3,833

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Research

Quality Of Care Osteoarthritis Knee Osteoarthritis Primary Care Rheumatic Diseases Surveillance Classification Criteria Early Detection

Latest papers

Time to wake up to the potential benefits of targeting sleep in osteoarthritis management.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2026
Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review.
BMJ open · 2026
Emergency department visits for traumatic hand and wrist injuries in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026

All 66 publications

Latest funding

Establishing Classification Criteria for Early-stage Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$877,455
The Ontario Rheumatology Learning Health System for Transforming Integrated Care for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,981,515
Mobilizing digital health to promote a balanced 24 hour activity profile in older adults with arthritis and early state frailty
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 30 grants and awards

66 publications.

Time to wake up to the potential benefits of targeting sleep in osteoarthritis management.

Hall M, Ferreira P, Eyles J, Hawker G, Smith SS, Egorova-Brumley N, McCurry SM, Thorlund JB, Klyne DM

Osteoarthritis and cartilage2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2026.03.122 PMID: 41876082

Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review.

Young JJ, Pedersen JR, King LK, Zywiel M, Perruccio AV, Chandran V, Rampersaud YR, Hawker G, Briggs AM, Hartvigsen J, Koes B

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-117438 PMID: 42586739

Emergency department visits for traumatic hand and wrist injuries in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.

Baltzer HL, Pequeno P, Rosebush CE, Victor JC, Hawker G, Krahn M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01115-4 PMID: 41066037

Determinants of six-minute walk test performance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

Mylvaganam S, Nicolson P, Stanaitis I, Hawker G, King LK

Osteoarthritis and cartilage open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2025.100732 PMID: 41567278

The Clinician in Quality and Innovation: A Qualitative Study of a Novel Academic Pathway at 10 Years.

Goldman J, Wong BM, Hawker G, Levinson W, Shojania KG

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality2025

DOI: 10.1097/jmq.0000000000000248 PMID: 40289314

Adherence and Treat-to-Target Benchmarks in Older Adults With Gout Initiating Urate-Lowering Therapy in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.

Kwok TSH, Kuriya B, Hawker G, Eder L, Li P, Choy G, Widdifield J

Arthritis care & research2024

DOI: 10.1002/acr.25380 PMID: 38831665

Interventions on gender equity in the workplace: a scoping review

Tricco AC, Parker A, Khan PA, Nincic V, Robson R, MacDonald H, Warren R, Cleary O, Zibrowski E, Baxter N

BMC Medicine202420 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03346-7

Optimizing a mentorship program from the perspective of academic medicine leadership – a qualitative study

Ren M, Choi D, Chan C, Rana S, Najeeb U, Norris M, Singh S, Burns KEA, Straus SE, Hawker G

BMC Medical Education20247 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05463-6

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Kwok TSH, Kuriya B, Hawker G, Choy G, Widdifield J

Arthritis care & research2023

DOI: 10.1002/acr.25188 PMID: 37394725

Serum Urate Monitoring Among Older Adults With Gout: Initiating Urate-Lowering Therapy in Ontario, Canada.

Kwok TSH, Kuriya B, Hawker G, Li P, Choy G, Widdifield J

Arthritis care & research2023

DOI: 10.1002/acr.25167 PMID: 37248652

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Gillian Hawker

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Latest papers

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Time to wake up to the potential benefits of targeting sleep in osteoarthritis management.

Global research priorities for back pain, neck pain and osteoarthritis: a scoping review.

Emergency department visits for traumatic hand and wrist injuries in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.

Determinants of six-minute walk test performance in individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

The Clinician in Quality and Innovation: A Qualitative Study of a Novel Academic Pathway at 10 Years.

Adherence and Treat-to-Target Benchmarks in Older Adults With Gout Initiating Urate-Lowering Therapy in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.

Interventions on gender equity in the workplace: a scoping review

Optimizing a mentorship program from the perspective of academic medicine leadership – a qualitative study

Reply.

Serum Urate Monitoring Among Older Adults With Gout: Initiating Urate-Lowering Therapy in Ontario, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Susan Jaglal

Bheeshma Ravi

Carlo Ammendolia

Claire Bombardier

Dorcas Beaton

Karen Burns

Fiona Webster

Wendy Levinson

Jennifer Watt

Karen Lawford

George Tomlinson

Jessica Widdifield

Hans Kreder

Ivy Bourgeault

Dawn Stacey

Lynn Wilson

Alice Aiken

Wendy Lou

Rajiv Gandhi

Doug Coyle

Onil Bhattacharyya

Michael Schull

Crystal Mackay

Tetyana Kendzerska

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Gordon Guyatt

Christopher McCabe

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Michael Dunbar

Janet Curran

Catherine Yu

Linda Rabeneck

Karen Tu

Samir Sinha

Nancy Baxter

Elizabeth Mansfield

Vinod Chandran

Pia Kontos

Sonia Anand

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