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James Shaw

ResearcherLunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research InstituteUniversity of Toronto

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James Shaw

Researcher

Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
33 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (11 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Health Equity Digital Health Knowledge Translation Implementation Science Integrated Care Public Health Intersectionality Community Health Workers

Latest papers

Machine learning used to study risk factors for chronic diseases: A scoping review
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2026
Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review
Public Health Reviews · 2026
Digital health tools and point solutions-pitfalls in population health program measurement.
Frontiers in digital health · 2026

All 69 publications

Latest funding

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$340,424
Co-Developing a Program for Digital Health Information Literacy with Urban Communities
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$124,920
Innovation sociale et approches de proximité : relever le défi de l'exclusion sociale et de la vulnérabilité
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$436,175

All 40 grants and awards

69 publications.

Machine learning used to study risk factors for chronic diseases: A scoping review

Shergill M, Durant S, Birdi S, Rabet R, Ziegler C, Ali S, Buckeridge D, Ghassemi M, Gibson J, John-Baptiste A

Canadian Journal of Public Health20269 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01059-9

Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review

Birdi S, Patel A, Rabet R, Singh N, Durant S, Vosoughi T, Kapra F, Shergill M, Mesfin E, Ziegler C

Public Health Reviews2026

DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074

Digital health tools and point solutions-pitfalls in population health program measurement.

Langer C, Shaw J, Glover W

Frontiers in digital health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1785058 PMID: 42343944

A paradigm shift for health equity in implementation science.

Gordon D, Shahid S, Chandra S, Mehelay S, Abejirinde IO, Clark N, Zakher B, Imtiaz B, Steele Gray C, Yoon R, Shaw J

BMC health services research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14693-x PMID: 42163246

A global call to action on the digital determinants of health.

Shaw J, Atuire C, Celi LA, Davis SLM, Fante-Coleman T, Ferryman K, Lyndon M, Osorio JS, Suresha D, Tiangco B

NPJ digital medicine2026First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41746-026-02765-5 PMID: 42162220

Virtual Care and Compassion for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review.

Ha E, Choon-Kon-Yune I, Lee KG, Nguyen MD, Makanjuola O, Redditt V, Shaw J, Abejirinde IO

Journal of immigrant and minority health2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-026-01907-x PMID: 41940922

Direct-to-consumer commercial virtual care: a scoping review.

Spithoff S, Arnott CA, Visanji A, Bhavsar P, Goulem B, Lapointe-Shaw L, Merriman K, Raza D, Xie EC, Hedden L, Abejirinde IO, Motulsky A, Shaw J

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105555 PMID: 41638747

Rethinking ethical reflexivity and oversight in health research through an ecosystem approach: A workshop report.

Wright K, Ali J, Atuire C, Cheah PY, Chiumento A, Ferretti A, Hunt A, Kaur S, Knowles RL, Krubiner CB, Luna F, Ndebele P, Palmero A, Shaw J, Vayena E, Voo TC, de Vries J, Littler K

Research ethics2026

DOI: 10.1177/17470161251346253 PMID: 42454216

Building Canada's Health Information Ecosystem Through Equitable Approaches to Public, Patient, and Community Engagement.

Dhamanaskar R, Shaw J

Healthcare management forum2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704261451161 PMID: 42173499

Shifting power: co-developing a framework for equity in healthcare.

Mehelay S, Comeau B, Chandra S, Fancott C, Gordon D, Loftgard KC, Louzado C, Nixon SA, Shahid S, Tilson K, Wilson C, Shaw J

BMC health services research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14964-7 PMID: 42363178

Navigating technological transformations of healthcare: Best practices of governance in complex labour ecosystems

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rowland, Paula

Keywords: Digital Technologies; Professional Regulation

$340,424

Co-Developing a Program for Digital Health Information Literacy with Urban Communities

Nominated PICIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - General Pool

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A; Alamgir, Akm

Keywords: Evidence-Based Decision-Making; Generative Artificial Intelligence; Health Equity; Health Misinformation; Public Health; Social Media

$124,920

Innovation sociale et approches de proximité : relever le défi de l'exclusion sociale et de la vulnérabilité

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Côté, Nancy

$436,175

DEFI-PC: Partnership for a Digitally Enabled Future for Integrated Primary Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Health Services and Policy Research

Principal investigators: Steele Gray, Carolyn A; Alexander, Edward W; Voorheis, Paula; Wong, Sabrina T

Keywords: Digital Health; Implementation Science; Integrated Care; Primary Care

$125,000

Developing a Participatory and Multi-Level Approach for Population-Based Diabetes Risk Assessment to Address Inequities in Type 2 Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Prec./Health Eq-Nutrition/Metabolic Health-LOI

Principal investigators: Rosella, Laura C; Dias, Keddone; Abejirinde, Ibukun

Keywords: Equity; Population Health; Prevention; Social Determinants; Type 2 Diabetes

$20,000

The digital determinants of health in urban environments: A community-partnered knowledge mobilization project

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A

Keywords: Digital Determinants Of Health; Digital Health; Dissemination; Health Equity; Knowledge Translation

$19,990

An equity-promoting approach to the design and implementation of remote monitoring solutions for older adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Abejirinde, Ibukun; Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Tran, Jake; Urajnik, Diana J

Keywords: Aging; Co-Design; Digital Health Equity; Elderly Care; Intersectionality; Older Adults; Remote Patient Monitoring

$451,349

An Exploratory Analysis of the Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Dimensions of Physical Thera

SupervisorCIHR2024Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

Principal investigators: Oyefeso, Omolola

Keywords: Curriculum; Health Equity; Teaching; Teaching Cases

$6,000

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; machine learning; work environment; worker well-being; job quality; labour market inequities; living review; labour force data analysis; ethnographic research; integrated knowledge transfer and exchange

$20,000

Developing a Precision Participatory and Multi-Level Approach for Population-Based Diabetes Risk Assessment to Address Inequities in Type 2 Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.:Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Nutrition/Meta. Health

Principal investigators: Rosella, Laura C; Dias, Keddone; Kapoor, Ansjyot; Mahmood, Saadia; Abejirinde, Ibukun

Keywords: Equity; Population Health; Prevention; Social Determinants; Type 2 Diabetes

$1,500,000

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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James Shaw

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Machine learning used to study risk factors for chronic diseases: A scoping review

Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review

Digital health tools and point solutions-pitfalls in population health program measurement.

A paradigm shift for health equity in implementation science.

A global call to action on the digital determinants of health.

Virtual Care and Compassion for Migrants and Refugees: A Scoping Review.

Direct-to-consumer commercial virtual care: a scoping review.

Rethinking ethical reflexivity and oversight in health research through an ecosystem approach: A workshop report.

Building Canada's Health Information Ecosystem Through Equitable Approaches to Public, Patient, and Community Engagement.

Shifting power: co-developing a framework for equity in healthcare.

Innovation sociale et approches de proximité : relever le défi de l'exclusion sociale et de la vulnérabilité

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Frequent collaborators

Payal Agarwal

Laura Desveaux

Lianne Jeffs

Onil Bhattacharyya

Marianne Saragosa

Geetha Mukerji

David Buckeridge

Shehzad Ali

Kwame Mckenzie

Jennifer Gibson

Emily Seto

Kwame Mckenzie

David Buckeridge

Sharmistha Mishra

Carolyn Steele Gray

Ross Upshur

Melissa McCradden

Mylaine Breton

Frank Rudzicz

Sandra McKay

Lorraine Lipscombe

Kimberlyn McGrail

Laura Rosella

Christopher Yip

Amanda Mayo

Howard Abrams

Robin Richards

Helen Razmjou

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Stephen Bornstein

Quynh Pham

Sheryl Spithoff

Caroline Reinhold

Lise Lamothe

Lindsay Hedden

Cari Whyne

An Tang

Walter Wodchis

Sergio Grinstein

Marie-Pierre Gagnon