Kym Boycott, University of Toronto

Research

Care Pathway Diagnostics Economic Impact Genome Sequencing Genomic Testing Health Outcomes Randomized Controlled Trial Rare Diseases

Latest papers

BBS genotype-phenotype assessment of a multiethnic patient cohort calls for a revision of the disease definition.
Human mutation · 2011

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Recommendations for the Design, Maintenance, and Utilization of Rare Disease Patient Registries: Guidance for Patient Partners, Clinicians, Researchers, and Other Knowledge Users
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$566,100
TRIAGE-GS: a randomized controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$1,375,000
Genome-wide Sequencing: Secondary Findings Impact Study (SF-Impact Study)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 7 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

BBS genotype-phenotype assessment of a multiethnic patient cohort calls for a revision of the disease definition.

Deveault C, Billingsley G, Duncan JL, Bin J, Theal R, Vincent A, Fieggen KJ, Gerth C, Noordeh N, Traboulsi EI, Fishman GA, Chitayat D, Knueppel T, Millán JM, Munier FL, Kennedy D, Jacobson SG, Innes AM, Mitchell GA, Boycott K, Héon E

Human mutation2011

DOI: 10.1002/humu.21480 PMID: 21344540

Recommendations for the Design, Maintenance, and Utilization of Rare Disease Patient Registries: Guidance for Patient Partners, Clinicians, Researchers, and Other Knowledge Users

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tricco, Andrea C

Keywords: Clinicians; Delphi Process; Guidance Formation; Key-Informant Interviews; Knowledge Users; Patient Partners; Rare Disease; Registries; Researchers; Scoping Review

$566,100

TRIAGE-GS: a randomized controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Improving Diagnosis for Rare Disease Patients

Principal investigators: Costain, Gregory; Caluseriu, Oana; Kim, Raymond; Boycott, Kym M

Keywords: Care Pathway; Diagnostics; Economic Impact; Genome Sequencing; Genomic Testing; Health Outcomes; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rare Diseases

$1,375,000

Genome-wide Sequencing: Secondary Findings Impact Study (SF-Impact Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Health Economics/Health Services Research in Cancer Control

Principal investigators: Hayeems, Robin Z; Ungar, Wendy J

Keywords: Economic Evaluation; Genomic Medicine; Health Services And Policy Research; Medically Actionable Secondary Findings

$100,000

Genome-wide Sequencing: Secondary Findings Impact Study (SF-Impact Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Hayeems, Robin Z; Ungar, Wendy J

Keywords: Economic Evaluation; Genomic Medicine; Health Services And Policy Research; Medically Actionable Secondary Findings

$100,000

Defining and measuring the value of genetic testing from patients' perspectives: Developing the Patient-reported Genetic testing Utility InDEx (P-GUIDE)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hayeems, Robin Z

Keywords: Genomic Medicine; Measurement Science; Patient Reported Outcome Measure

$508,725

EpigenCentral: Consolidated epigenetic landscape for congenital, developmental and childhood disorders.

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Principal investigators: Brudno, Michael

Keywords: Bioinformatics

$132,323

Computerized Patient Phenotyping to Connect Canadian Clinical Genetics Clinics

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Brudno, Michael; Bowdin, Sarah; Boycott, Kym M; Chitayat, David A

Keywords: Clinical Genetics; Health Informatics; Phenotyping; Rare Disorders

$211,500

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

David Chitayat

Computer Science

1 shared papers, latest 2011

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Care Pathway Dear Professor Boycott, 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 "BBS genotype-phenotype assessment of a multiethnic patient cohort calls for a revision of the disease definition." (2011), 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 "TRIAGE-GS: a randomized controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis" (2023), 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]