Karen Weyman, University of Toronto

Research

Implementation Science Population Health Primary Healthcare Social Determinants Of Health

Latest papers

Comparing regular expression and machine learning approaches to predict immigrant status from primary care electronic medical record data in Ontario, Canada.
PLOS digital health · 2026
Testing regular expression searches and machine learning models to determine housing instability and low income status from primary care electronic medical record data in Toronto, Ontario.
BMC public health · 2025
Peer-Coaching for Family Physicians to Close the Intention-to-Action Gap.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2024

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing 'big data' and artificial intelligence methods to identify health inequities and support action on the social determinants of health in primary care
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$108,500
Improving population health through addressing social determinants in urban primary healthcare
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 2 grants and awards

13 publications.

01

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

02

Testing regular expression searches and machine learning models to determine housing instability and low income status from primary care electronic medical record data in Toronto, Ontario.

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

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23960-1 PMID: 41029557

03

Peer-Coaching for Family Physicians to Close the Intention-to-Action Gap.

Kiran T, Devotta K, Desveaux L, Ramji N, Weyman K, Lam Antoniades M, DeRocher M, Rackal J, Ivers N

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2024

DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230489r2 PMID: 40118552

04

Enhancing community-oriented care: Implementation of social prescribing within a family health team.

Yusuf A, Adose O, Basnet S, Bernales M, Vahidi-Williams N, Bloch G, Kopansky-Giles D, Weyman K, O'Neill B

Healthcare management forum2024

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241263831 PMID: 39194271

05

Developing an AI Tool to Derive Social Determinants of Health for Primary Care Patients: Qualitative Findings From a Codesign Workshop.

Garies S, Liang S, Weyman K, Ramji N, Alhaj M, Pinto AD

Annals of family medicine2024

DOI: 10.1370/afm.3117 PMID: 39038983

06

Snakes and ladders: A qualitative study understanding the active ingredients of social interaction around the use of audit and feedback.

Desveaux L, Nguyen MD, Ivers NM, Devotta K, Upshaw T, Ramji N, Weyman K, Kiran T

Translational behavioral medicine2023

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibac114 PMID: 36694357

07

"There's always something to talk about!" The unexpected benefits of going virtual in a Canadian diversity mentorship program.

Li MK, Adus SL, Weyman K

Canadian medical education journal2022Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.72692 PMID: 35291463

08

Care in the Community: Opportunities to improve cancer screening uptake for people living with low income.

Lofters AK, Baker NA, Corrado AM, Schuler A, Rau A, Baxter NN, Leung FH, Weyman K, Kiran T

Preventive medicine reports2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101622 PMID: 34976677

09

Unpacking the intention to action gap: a qualitative study understanding how physicians engage with audit and feedback.

Desveaux L, Ivers NM, Devotta K, Ramji N, Weyman K, Kiran T

Implementation science : IS2021

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-021-01088-1 PMID: 33596946

10

Same but Different: Exploring Mechanisms of Learning in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship.

Mylopoulos M, Kulasegaram KM, Weyman K, Bernstein S, Martimianakis MAT

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges2020

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000002960 PMID: 31436627

Harnessing 'big data' and artificial intelligence methods to identify health inequities and support action on the social determinants of health in primary care

SupervisorCIHR2021Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Central Canada 2 year

Principal investigators: Garies, Stephanie

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Electronic Medical Records; Primary Health Care; Social Determinants Of Health

$108,500

Improving population health through addressing social determinants in urban primary healthcare

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Healthcare systems, services and policies

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Weyman, Karen; Akbar, Nadine; Barber, David; Breton, Mylaine; Garies, Stephanie; Singer, Alexander G

Keywords: Implementation Science; Population Health; Primary Healthcare; Social Determinants Of Health

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Pediatrics
Clinical Public Health Division
Family and Community Medicine
Family Medicine
Department of Paediatrics
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Tara Kiran

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

5 shared papers, latest 2024

Fok-Han Leung

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Stephanie Garies

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Jessica Gronsbell

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Karen Tu

Family and Community Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Stephanie Garies

Family Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Braden O’Neill

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Maria Mylopoulos

Department of Paediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Noah Ivers

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Implementation Science Dear Professor Weyman, 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 "Comparing regular expression and machine learning approaches to predict immigrant status from primary care electronic medical record data in Ontario, Canada." (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.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Improving population health through addressing social determinants in urban primary healthcare" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]

Karen Weyman

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

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

Testing regular expression searches and machine learning models to determine housing instability and low income status from primary care electronic medical record data in Toronto, Ontario.

Peer-Coaching for Family Physicians to Close the Intention-to-Action Gap.

Enhancing community-oriented care: Implementation of social prescribing within a family health team.

Developing an AI Tool to Derive Social Determinants of Health for Primary Care Patients: Qualitative Findings From a Codesign Workshop.

Snakes and ladders: A qualitative study understanding the active ingredients of social interaction around the use of audit and feedback.

"There's always something to talk about!" The unexpected benefits of going virtual in a Canadian diversity mentorship program.

Care in the Community: Opportunities to improve cancer screening uptake for people living with low income.

Unpacking the intention to action gap: a qualitative study understanding how physicians engage with audit and feedback.

Same but Different: Exploring Mechanisms of Learning in a Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship.

Harnessing 'big data' and artificial intelligence methods to identify health inequities and support action on the social determinants of health in primary care

Improving population health through addressing social determinants in urban primary healthcare

Frequent collaborators

Tara Kiran

Laura Desveaux

Fok-Han Leung

Christopher Meaney

Kimberly Devotta

Stephanie Garies

Jessica Gronsbell

Karen Tu

Stephanie Garies

Braden O’Neill

Maria Mylopoulos

Danielle Baribeau

Noah Ivers

Noah Ivers