Janice Kwan, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2026
Bedspacing and clinical outcomes in general internal medicine: A retrospective, multicenter cohort study.
Journal of hospital medicine · 2022
Morning Discharges and Patient Length of Stay in Inpatient General Internal Medicine.
Journal of hospital medicine · 2021

All 5 publications

Latest funding

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
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
Improving the recognition and care of patients with long-term health complications of COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$499,998

All 5 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Shin S, Malecki S, Towfighi S, Gupta S, Fralick M, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Rawal S, Tang T

Journal of General Internal Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-10161-0

02

Bedspacing and clinical outcomes in general internal medicine: A retrospective, multicenter cohort study.

Zannella VE, Jung HY, Fralick M, Lapointe-Shaw L, Liu JJ, Weinerman A, Kwan J, Tang T, Rawal S, MacMillan TE, Bai AD, Gill S, Shi J, Bell CM, Razak F, Verma AA

Journal of hospital medicine20224 citations

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2734 PMID: 35504572

03

Morning Discharges and Patient Length of Stay in Inpatient General Internal Medicine.

Kirubarajan A, Shin S, Fralick M, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Liu J, Tang T, Weinerman A, Razak F, Verma A

Journal of hospital medicine202119 citations

DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3605 PMID: 34129483

04

Reliability of Patient-Report, Physician-Report, and Medical Record Review to Identify Hospital-Acquired Complications: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Fernando E, Rawal S, Shin S, Bajwa K, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Tang T, Weinerman A, Razak F, Verma AA

American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality20211 citations

DOI: 10.1097/01.jmq.0000735460.66073.8f PMID: 34010163

05

In high glucose protein kinase C-zeta activation is required for mesangial cell generation of reactive oxygen species.

Kwan J, Wang H, Munk S, Xia L, Goldberg HJ, Whiteside CI

Kidney international2005First author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00660.x PMID: 16316329

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - The COVID-19 Hospital Analytics Laboratory: Improving the Clinical, Organizational, and System Response to COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Greenberg, Anna; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Mamdani, Muhammad; Razak, Fahad; Rosella, Laura C

Keywords: Clinical Data Platform; Hospital Medicine

$50,000

COVID-19 Variant Network - The COVID-19 Hospital Analytics Laboratory: Improving the Clinical, Organizational, and System Response to COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 2

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Greenberg, Anna; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Mamdani, Muhammad; Razak, Fahad; Rosella, Laura C

Keywords: Clinical Data Platform; Hospital Medicine

$100,000

Improving the recognition and care of patients with long-term health complications of COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Quinn, Kieran L; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Mamdani, Muhammad; Razak, Fahad; Rosella, Laura C; Verma, Amol

Keywords: End Of Life Care; Health Services Research; Hospital Medicine

$499,998

Understanding the effects of hospital capacity strain on quality of hospital care for patients admitted to medical and ICU wards during the pandemic and evaluating interventions to mitigate hospital capacity strain

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Baker, Andrew J; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Gibson, Jennifer; Hellsten, Erik; Herridge, Margaret S; Kapral, Moira K; Lee, Nelson L; Mamdani, Muhammad; Rosella, Laura C; Sarhangian, Vahid; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Systems; Hospital Capacity; Large-Scale Patient Transfers; Patient Outcomes; Processes Of Care; Quality Of Inpatient Care

$499,577

The COVID-19 Hospital Analytics Laboratory: Improving the Clinical, Organizational, and System Response to COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Greenberg, Anna; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Ghassemi, Marzyeh; Herridge, Margaret S; Mamdani, Muhammad; Razak, Fahad; Rosella, Laura C

Keywords: Clinical Data Platform; Hospital Medicine

$2,010,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Fahad Razak and Amol Verma: 149 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Michael Fralick: 42 shared papers
Amol Verma and Michael Fralick: 42 shared papers
Amol Verma and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 38 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 37 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Terence Tang: 35 shared papers
Amol Verma and Terence Tang: 35 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Terence Tang: 33 shared papers
Terence Tang and Michael Fralick: 23 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Anthony Bai: 19 shared papers
Amol Verma and Shail Rawal: 15 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Shail Rawal: 14 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 13 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Shail Rawal: 13 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Adina Weinerman: 11 shared papers
Amol Verma and Adina Weinerman: 10 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Adina Weinerman: 10 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Anthony Bai: 9 shared papers
Amol Verma and Anthony Bai: 8 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Fahad Razak: 6 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Mark McIntyre: 6 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Amol Verma: 5 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Janice Kwan: 4 shared papers
Amol Verma and Janice Kwan: 4 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Janice Kwan: 4 shared papers
Terence Tang and Janice Kwan: 4 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Fahad Razak: 3 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Sarah Malecki: 3 shared papers
Amol Verma and Sarah Malecki: 3 shared papers
Adina Weinerman and Janice Kwan: 3 shared papers
Shail Rawal and Janice Kwan: 3 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 2 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Mark McIntyre: 2 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Sarah Malecki: 2 shared papers
Chaim Bell and Eshan Fernando: 2 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Mark McIntyre: 2 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Eshan Fernando: 2 shared papers
Fahad Razak and Jessica Liu: 2 shared papers
Amol Verma and Jessica Liu: 2 shared papers
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Jessica Liu: 2 shared papers
Michael Fralick and Janice Kwan: 2 shared papers
Anthony Bai and Eshan Fernando: 2 shared papers
Arnav Agarwal and Samir Gupta: 1 shared paper
Arnav Agarwal and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Samir Gupta and Fahad Razak: 1 shared paper
Samir Gupta and Amol Verma: 1 shared paper
Samir Gupta and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Sudeep Gill: 1 shared paper
Chaim Bell and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Fahad Razak and Sudeep Gill: 1 shared paper
Amol Verma and Sudeep Gill: 1 shared paper
Mark McIntyre and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Anthony Bai and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Sudeep Gill and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Eshan Fernando and Janice Kwan: 1 shared paper
Janice Kwan and Jessica Liu: 1 shared paper
Janice Kwan and Sarah Malecki: 1 shared paper

Department of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
Institute of Medical Science
Status
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Kwan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]