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Irfan Dhalla

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Irfan Dhalla

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2010.

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Research

Engagement Equity, Diversity And Inclusion Heathcare Workforce Mixed Methods Participatory Research Adolescents Emerging Adults Type 1 Diabetes

Latest papers

Understanding online hospital patient reviews: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis of polarity, actionability and themes.
BMJ open quality · 2026
Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA surgery · 2026
Genetics Navigator: protocol for a mixed methods randomized controlled trial evaluating a digital platform to deliver genomic services in Canadian pediatric and adult populations.
BMJ open · 2024

All 21 publications

Latest funding

'Building Back Better Together': A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Address the Healthcare Workforce Crisis and Promote Healthcare Transformation
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$150,000
COVID-19 Variant Network - The COVID-19 Hospital Analytics Laboratory: Improving the Clinical, Organizational, and System Response to COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - The COVID-19 Hospital Analytics Laboratory: Improving the Clinical, Organizational, and System Response to COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 23 grants and awards

21 publications.

Understanding online hospital patient reviews: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis of polarity, actionability and themes.

Lau SYZ, Tse MP, Dhalla I, Nayyar D

BMJ open quality2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-004117 PMID: 42476594

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

McIsaac DI, Lee S, Fergusson D, Gillis C, Khadaroo RG, Meliambro A, Muscedere J, Eskander A, Moloo H, Nelson G, Saha T, Chun R, Serrano PE, Wijeysundera DN, Taljaard M, PREPARE Trial Investigator Group, Barnes K, Boet S, Boland L, Branje K, Breau R, Bryson GL, Dhalla I, Dixon E, Dobson G, Farnand M, Forster A, Gagne S, Hladkowicz E, Holroyd-Leduc J, Huang A, Hutton J, Jacobsohn E, Joanisse J, Johnson A, Johnson S, Khalil N, Kidd G, Lalu M, Lavallée LT, Le T, Levine M, Love C, McCartney C, McMullen M, Bergamascki LM, Moore R, Mozel M, Nagpal S, Nantel J, Power B, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Tamblyn-Watts L, Thavorn K, Trottier D, van Walraven C, Yang I

JAMA surgery2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.5288 PMID: 41335421

Genetics Navigator: protocol for a mixed methods randomized controlled trial evaluating a digital platform to deliver genomic services in Canadian pediatric and adult populations.

D'Amours G, Clausen M, Luca S, Reble E, Kodida R, Assamad D, Bernier F, Chad L, Costain G, Dhalla I, Faghfoury H, Friedman JM, Hewson S, Jamieson T, Silver J, Shuman C, Osmond M, Carroll JC, Jobling R, Laberge AM, Aronson M, Liston E, Lerner-Ellis J, Marshall C, Brudno M, Pham Q, Rudzicz F, Cohn R, Mamdani M, Smith M, Shastri-Estrada S, Seto E, Thorpe K, Ungar W, Hayeems RZ, Bombard Y

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090084 PMID: 39231549

Google star ratings of Canadian hospitals: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis.

Tse MP, Dhalla I, Nayyar D

BMJ open quality2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002713 PMID: 39038856

Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System.

Akioyamen LE, Abdel-Qadir H, Han L, Sud M, Mistry N, Alter DA, Atzema CL, Austin PC, Bhatia RS, Booth GL, Dhalla I, Ha ACT, Jackevicius CA, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, Lee DS, McNaughton CD, Roifman I, Schull MJ, Sivaswamy A, Tu K, Udell JA, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT

Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes2023

DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010063 PMID: 38050754

Association of neighbourhood-level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single-payer healthcare system: A population-based cohort study.

Bobrowski D, Dorovenis A, Abdel-Qadir H, McNaughton CD, Alonzo R, Fang J, Austin PC, Udell JA, Jackevicius CA, Alter DA, Atzema CL, Bhatia RS, Booth GL, Ha ACT, Johnston S, Dhalla I, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, Roifman I, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT, Tu K, Ross HJ, Schull MJ, Lee DS

European journal of heart failure2023

DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.3090 PMID: 37953731

Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Atrial Fibrillation Care in a Single-Payer Health Care System: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Abdel-Qadir H, Akioyamen LE, Fang J, Pang A, Ha ACT, Jackevicius CA, Alter DA, Austin PC, Atzema CL, Bhatia RS, Booth GL, Johnston S, Dhalla I, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, McNaughton CD, Roifman I, Tu K, Udell JA, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT, Schull MJ, Lee DS

Circulation2022

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.122.058949 PMID: 35678171

Prone positioning of patients with moderate hypoxaemia due to covid-19: multicentre pragmatic randomised trial (COVID-PRONE).

Fralick M, Colacci M, Munshi L, Venus K, Fidler L, Hussein H, Britto K, Fowler R, da Costa BR, Dhalla I, Dunbar-Yaffe R, Branfield Day L, MacMillan TE, Zipursky J, Carpenter T, Tang T, Cooke A, Hensel R, Bregger M, Gordon A, Worndl E, Go S, Mandelzweig K, Castellucci LA, Tamming D, Razak F, Verma AA, COVID Prone Study Investigators

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068585 PMID: 35321918

Correspondence on "cost or price of sequencing? implications for economic evaluations in genomic medicine" by Grosse and Gudgeon.

Li C, Vandersluis S, Holubowich C, Ungar WJ, Goh ES, Boycott KM, Sikich N, Dhalla I, Ng V

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.08.006 PMID: 34906460

Cost-effectiveness of genome-wide sequencing for unexplained developmental disabilities and multiple congenital anomalies.

Li C, Vandersluis S, Holubowich C, Ungar WJ, Goh ES, Boycott KM, Sikich N, Dhalla I, Ng V

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41436-020-01012-w PMID: 33110268

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Irfan Dhalla

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Understanding online hospital patient reviews: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis of polarity, actionability and themes.

Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Genetics Navigator: protocol for a mixed methods randomized controlled trial evaluating a digital platform to deliver genomic services in Canadian pediatric and adult populations.

Google star ratings of Canadian hospitals: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis.

Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System.

Association of neighbourhood-level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single-payer healthcare system: A population-based cohort study.

Association of Neighborhood-Level Material Deprivation With Atrial Fibrillation Care in a Single-Payer Health Care System: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Prone positioning of patients with moderate hypoxaemia due to covid-19: multicentre pragmatic randomised trial (COVID-PRONE).

Correspondence on "cost or price of sequencing? implications for economic evaluations in genomic medicine" by Grosse and Gudgeon.

Cost-effectiveness of genome-wide sequencing for unexplained developmental disabilities and multiple congenital anomalies.

Frequent collaborators

Vivian Ng

Karen Tu

Sharon Johnston

Michael Hamilton

Carl van Walraven

Quynh Pham

Antoine Eskander

Laura Boland

Muhammad Mamdani

Alfonso Fasano

Lauren Chad

Maureen Smith

Kednapa Thavorn

Gregg Nelson

John Muscedere

Erik Hellsten

Fahad Razak

Gregory Costain

Laveena Munshi

Michael Fralick

Husein Moloo

Dean Fergusson

Monica Taljaard

Anne-Marie Laberge

Michael Brudno

Emily Seto

Ana Johnson

Kevin Thorpe

Jordan Lerner-Ellis

Wendy Ungar

David Urbach

Ronald Moore

Lianne Jeffs

Yvonne Bombard

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Kednapa Thavorn

Ronald Cohn

Frank Rudzicz

Gregg Nelson