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Linda Levesque

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Assistant ProfessorStatusUniversity of Toronto

Linda Levesque

Assistant Professor

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Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2014.

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Research

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Cohort Study Human Papillomavirus Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Population Health Public Health Intervention Sex-Based Analyses Validation Study Women'S Health

Latest papers

71987 | Readmission Reduction in the Structural Heart Population Using Risk Stratification and Targeted Interventions
Structural Heart · 2025
Linkage of administrative and compensation databases for work-related asthma surveillance in Ontario: A proof of concept study
Canadian Journal of Respiratory Critical Care and Sleep Medicine · 2023
Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients
JAMA Cardiology · 2022

All 62 publications

Latest funding

Canadian Network for Advanced Interdisciplinary Methods for Prospective Studies of Drug Safety and Effectiveness
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$1,242,000
CAN-AIM Team DSEN Targeted Research Prospective Studies
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$495,000
The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on adolescent health outcomes: The Ontario Grade 8 HPV vaccine cohort study
CIHR · 2013 · Nominated PI
$282,343

All 6 grants and awards

62 publications.

71987 | Readmission Reduction in the Structural Heart Population Using Risk Stratification and Targeted Interventions

Melissa Todice, John Forrest, Lavanya Bellumkonda, Alicia Workiewicz, Linda E. Lévesque, Sarah McManus

Structural Heart2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.shj.2025.100518

Linkage of administrative and compensation databases for work-related asthma surveillance in Ontario: A proof of concept study

Madison MacKinnon, Kendra Barrick, Linda E. Lévesque, Gary M. Liss, Susan M. Tarlo, M. Diane Lougheed

Canadian Journal of Respiratory Critical Care and Sleep Medicine2023

DOI: 10.1080/24745332.2022.2161025

Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, G. Michael Deeb, Lars Søndergaard, Eberhard Grube, Stephan Windecker, Hemal Gada, Mubashir A. Mumtaz, Peter Skov Olsen, John C. Heiser, William M. Merhi, Neal S. Kleiman, Stanley J. Chetcuti, Thomas G. Gleason, Joon Sup Lee, Wen Cheng, Raj Makkar, Juan A. Crestanello, Barry George, Isaac George, Susheel Kodali, Steven Joseph Yakubov, Patrick W.J.C. Serruys, Rüdiger Lange, Nicolò Piazza, Mathew Russell Williams, Jae K. Oh, David H Adams, Shuzhen Li, Michael J. Reardon, SURTAVI Trial Investigators, et al. (1637 authors)

JAMA Cardiology2022195 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2695 PMID: 36001335

Safety and use of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis-5 (Tdap5) vaccine during pregnancy: findings from 11 years of reporting to a pregnancy registry

Charlotte Switzer, Ilia Tikhonov, Alena Khromava, Vitali Pool, Linda E. Lévesque

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics20214 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1915038 PMID: 34965196

Implementation of Ontario's emergency department asthma care pathway for adults: determinants of uptake.

Kwok C, Levesque L, DeWit Y, Olajos-Clow J, Madeley C, Jabbour M, To T, Lougheed MD

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma20213 citations

DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2019.1694940 PMID: 31738603

Health Services Utilization Is Increased in Poor Perceivers of Bronchoconstriction and Hyperinflation in Asthma.

O'Loghlen SB, Levesque L, Fisher T, DeWit Y, Whitehead M, To T, Lougheed MD

The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice202017 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.03.045 PMID: 32304838

Effectiveness of Oral Bisphosphonates in Reducing Fracture Risk Among Oral Glucocorticoid Users: Three Matched Cohort Analyses

Amiche MA, Lévesque LE, Gomes T, Adachi JD, Cadarette SM

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research201856 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3318

Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in girls and the risk of autoimmune disorders: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study

Erin Y. Liu, Leah M. Smith, Anne K. Ellis, Heather Whitaker, BARBARA J. LAW, Jeffrey C. Kwong, Paddy Farrington, Linda E. Lévesque

Canadian Medical Association Journal201839 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170871 PMID: 29807937

Brief Report: Increase in Melanoma Incidence in Ontario.

Langley A, Levesque L, Baetz T, Asai Y

Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery201816 citations

DOI: 10.1177/1203475418773360 PMID: 29716393

Fracture risk in oral glucocorticoid users: a Bayesian meta-regression leveraging control arms of osteoporosis clinical trials

Amiche MA, Albaum JM, Tadrous M, Pechlivanoglou P, Lévesque LE, Adachi JD, Cadarette SM

Osteoporosis International2016143 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3455-9

Canadian Network for Advanced Interdisciplinary Methods for Prospective Studies of Drug Safety and Effectiveness

Principal investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: DSEN Coll Centre for Prospective Studies -Comparative Effectiveness

Principal investigators: Abrahamowicz, Michal M; Bérard, Anick; Bernatsky, Sasha R; Hohl, Corinne M; Lacaille, Diane V; Levesque, Linda E; Levy, Adrian R; Moride, Yola; Pilote, Louise

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness And Safety; Confounding Bias; Exposure Measurement Errors; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prospective Studies; Statistical Modeling

$1,242,000

CAN-AIM Team DSEN Targeted Research Prospective Studies

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Rapid Funding for DSEN Targeted Research - Prospective Studies

Principal investigators: Bernatsky, Sasha R; Abrahamowicz, Michal M; Levesque, Linda E; Levy, Adrian R; Moride, Yola; Pilote, Louise; Rahme, Elham; Tamblyn, Robyn M

Keywords: Anti-Depressant Medications And Fractures; Anti-Hypertensive Therapy; Biostatistics; Cardiac Outcomes; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Diabetes Treatment And Outcomes; Drug Safety; Epidemiology; Longitudinal Analyses; Prospective Cohort

$495,000

The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on adolescent health outcomes: The Ontario Grade 8 HPV vaccine cohort study

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Levesque, Linda E

Keywords: Cohort Study; Human Papillomavirus; Human Papillomavirus Vaccine; Population Health; Public Health Intervention; Sex-Based Analyses; Validation Study; Women'S Health

$282,343

New Statistical Methods for Population-based Studies of Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Medications: Development, Validation and Applications

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Abrahamowicz, Michal M

Keywords: Biostatistics; Comparative Effectiveness; Competing Risks; Confounding Bias; Cumulative Effects; Drug Interactions; Pharmacoepidemiology; Simulations; Statistical Modeling; Time-Varying Covariates

$695,137

Developing Advanced Methods for Population-Based Comparative Effectiveness Studies

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Team Grant: DSEN Coll Centre for Prospective Studies -Comparative Effectiveness

Principal investigators: Abrahamowicz, Michal M; Bernatsky, Sasha R; Lacaille, Diane V; Levy, Adrian R; Moride, Yola; Pilote, Louise

Keywords: Cohort Studies; Comparative Effectiveness; Confounding Bias; Exposure Measurement Errors; Pharmacoepidemiology; Statistical Modeling

$950,000

The short-term safety and utilization of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in Grade 8 girls: The Ontario cohort study

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Levesque, Linda E

Keywords: Cohort Study; Pharmacoepidemiology; Population And Public Health; Vaccine Safety; Women'S Health

$159,723

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.

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Linda Levesque

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

71987 | Readmission Reduction in the Structural Heart Population Using Risk Stratification and Targeted Interventions

Linkage of administrative and compensation databases for work-related asthma surveillance in Ontario: A proof of concept study

Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

Safety and use of tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis-5 (Tdap5) vaccine during pregnancy: findings from 11 years of reporting to a pregnancy registry

Implementation of Ontario's emergency department asthma care pathway for adults: determinants of uptake.

Health Services Utilization Is Increased in Poor Perceivers of Bronchoconstriction and Hyperinflation in Asthma.

Effectiveness of Oral Bisphosphonates in Reducing Fracture Risk Among Oral Glucocorticoid Users: Three Matched Cohort Analyses

Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in girls and the risk of autoimmune disorders: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study

Brief Report: Increase in Melanoma Incidence in Ontario.

Fracture risk in oral glucocorticoid users: a Bayesian meta-regression leveraging control arms of osteoporosis clinical trials

Canadian Network for Advanced Interdisciplinary Methods for Prospective Studies of Drug Safety and Effectiveness

CAN-AIM Team DSEN Targeted Research Prospective Studies

The impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on adolescent health outcomes: The Ontario Grade 8 HPV vaccine cohort study

New Statistical Methods for Population-based Studies of Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Medications: Development, Validation and Applications

Developing Advanced Methods for Population-Based Comparative Effectiveness Studies

The short-term safety and utilization of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in Grade 8 girls: The Ontario cohort study

Frequent collaborators

Suzanne Cadarette

Jay Brophy

James Brophy

David Juurlink

Mina Tadrous

Muhammad Mamdani

Samy Suissa

Erin Strumpf

Andrea Gruneir

Jay Kaufman

Paula Rochon

Lorraine Lipscombe

Jordan Albaum

Murray Krahn

Mahyar Etminan

Teresa To

Jonathan Derrick Adachi

Toan To

Jeffrey Kwong

J Michael Paterson