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Karen Tu

ResearcherFamily and Community MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Karen Tu

Researcher

Family and Community 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.
78 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 19 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (12 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2020.

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Academic metrics

196

Publications

2,140

Citations

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179

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Primary Care Health Equity Epidemiology Osteoarthritis Quality Of Care Rheumatic Diseases Surveillance Big Data

Latest papers

Healthcare utilization patterns and costs related to neurofibromatosis 1 in Ontario, Canada.
Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2026
Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.
Home health care management & practice · 2026

All 196 publications

Latest funding

Bradycardia-Related Complications and Clinical Outcomes Following Rhythm Control in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$149,176
Using Routine Lab Tests to Develop and Validate a New Risk Prediction Model for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$286,876
International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data (INTRePID) Global Meeting on Primary Care Big Data
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$20,000

All 49 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 196 publications.

Healthcare utilization patterns and costs related to neurofibromatosis 1 in Ontario, Canada.

Sivadasan A, Hernandez A, Candido E, Parkin PC, Tu K, Mendoza M, Barnett-Tapia C

Orphanet journal of rare diseases2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13023-025-04166-5 PMID: 41588513

Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.

Train A, Vemuri KK, Coderre-Ball A, Silva-Valencia J, Mulligan D, Butt DA, Gronsbell J, O'Neill B, Gershon A, Tu K

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0348119 PMID: 42268840

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.

Senthinathan A, Tadrous M, Hussain S, McKay S, Moineddin R, Chu C, Jaglal SB, Shepherd J, Cadel L, Noonan VK, Craven BC, Tu K, Guilcher SJT

Home health care management & practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/10848223251360411 PMID: 42394721

Trends in pulmonary exercise testing utilization after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: A population-cohort study.

Silva-Valencia J, Tu K, Moineddin R, Butt DA, O'Neill B, Train A, Gronsbell J, Gershon AS

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0349020 PMID: 42189820

Have pulmonary function testing rates recovered post-COVID-19 pandemic? A population-based study.

Silva-Valencia J, Tu K, Amog K, Moineddin R, Butt DA, Gronsbell J, O'Neill B, Train A, Gershon AS

Respiratory medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2026.109029 PMID: 42435914

Comparing regular expression and machine learning approaches to predict immigrant status from primary care electronic medical record data in Ontario, Canada.

Garies S, Meaney C, Weyman K, Bloch G, Gronsbell J, Vahidi-Williams N, Wang R, Crampton N, Tu K, Pinto AD

PLOS digital health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0001336 PMID: 41996344

Severe Outcomes and Length of Stay Among People With Schizophrenia Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Gronsbell J, Wang J, Thurston H, Gao J, Shi Y, Train AD, Butt D, Gershon A, O'Neill B, Tu K

Schizophrenia bulletin2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf066 PMID: 40432348

Integration of fairness-awareness into clinical language processing models.

Abulibdeh R, Lin Y, Ahmadi S, Sejdić E, Celi LA, Zhao Q, Tu K

Communications medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01433-9 PMID: 41731014

Healthcare use in individuals with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A population-based longitudinal matched cohort study.

Butt DA, Li Y, Moineddin R, O'Neill B, Train AD, Gronsbell J, Gershon AS, Tu K

PLOS mental health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000342 PMID: 41661952

Marginalized Neighborhoods and Health Outcomes in Younger Myocardial Infarction Survivors.

Akioyamen LE, Sivaswamy A, Haldenby O, Abdel-Qadir H, Sud M, Alter DA, Atzema CL, Austin PC, Jackevicius CA, Kapral MK, Krumholz HM, Tu K, Wijeysundera HC, Ko DT

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.18826 PMID: 40601315

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Karen Tu

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Healthcare utilization patterns and costs related to neurofibromatosis 1 in Ontario, Canada.

Prescription patterns of inhaler medications from 2017 to 2023: A retrospective study using Ontario administrative healthcare data.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Homecare Use for Individuals with Physical Disabilities Stratified by Sex, Age, and Mental Health Condition: A Cohort Study Using Administrative Health Data.

Trends in pulmonary exercise testing utilization after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: A population-cohort study.

Have pulmonary function testing rates recovered post-COVID-19 pandemic? A population-based study.

Comparing regular expression and machine learning approaches to predict immigrant status from primary care electronic medical record data in Ontario, Canada.

Severe Outcomes and Length of Stay Among People With Schizophrenia Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

Integration of fairness-awareness into clinical language processing models.

Healthcare use in individuals with and without attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A population-based longitudinal matched cohort study.

Marginalized Neighborhoods and Health Outcomes in Younger Myocardial Infarction Survivors.

Frequent collaborators

Jessica Widdifield

J Michael Paterson

Rahim Moineddin

Jessica Gronsbell

Braden O’Neill

Hong Chen

Sasha Bernatsky

Sasha Bernatsky

Noah Ivers

Maneesh Sud

Noah Ivers

Paul Dorian

Claire Bombardier

Mina Tadrous

Sandra McKay

Catherine Ji

George Thanassoulis

Hude Quan

Mohammed Shurrab

Muhammad Mamdani

Jessica Widdifield

Tara Gomes

Sarah Carsley

Lihi Eder

Andreas Laupacis

Danielle Martin

Gary Garber

Guanmin Chen

Bradley Langford

Astrid Guttmann

Amit Garg

Scott Brimble

Jeff Healey

Ross Upshur

Braden Manns

Lorraine Lipscombe

Janusz Kaczorowski

Lisa Dolovich

Larry William Chambers

Gina Agarwal