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Lorraine Lipscombe

ResearcherGeography, Environment and GeomaticsUniversity of Toronto

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Lorraine Lipscombe

Researcher

Geography, Environment and Geomatics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
31 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2020.

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Publications

176

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Research

Diabetes Health Equity Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes Education Diabetes Prevention Co-Design Community Engagement Healthy City

Latest papers

Moving towards acceleration with accountability: a conceptual framework for AI-assisted systematic reviews.
Global epidemiology · 2026
Prediabetes in Ontario: improving surveillance for better disease prevention.
Diabetes research and clinical practice · 2026
Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.
Arthritis care & research · 2026

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Early Identification of Kidney Stone Risk in Primary Hyperparathyroidism to Optimize Timely Management; A Mixed Methods Approach
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$397,800
Culture in Movement: The management and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$803,251
Use (or misuse?) of GLP-1 medications in older adults with diabetes: Examining CLSA linked health administrative data
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,000

All 38 grants and awards

49 publications.

Moving towards acceleration with accountability: a conceptual framework for AI-assisted systematic reviews.

Jay M, Abi-Jaoude J, Straus SE, Eskander A, Lipscombe L, Dharma C, Yu C

Global epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2026.100282 PMID: 42668524

Prediabetes in Ontario: improving surveillance for better disease prevention.

Shah NU, Gushue S, Wang W, Young SW, Shah BR, Lipscombe L, Fazli GS

Diabetes research and clinical practice2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2026.113352 PMID: 42251948

Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.

King LK, Weisman A, Shah BR, Goldberg R, Parikh A, Stanaitis I, Hung V, Nisenbaum R, Almodahka A, Lipscombe L, Hawker GA

Arthritis care & research2026

DOI: 10.1002/acr.70019 PMID: 41412964

Association between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and health-related quality of life in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.

Almodahka A, Weisman A, Shah BR, Watson T, Stanaitis I, Parikh A, Goldberg R, Lipscombe L, Hawker GA, King LK

Osteoarthritis and cartilage open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2025.100742 PMID: 41624247

Clarifying the interpretation of subdistribution hazard ratios in competing-risk analyses: comment on Riis et al., Eur Thyroid J. 2024;13: ETJ230181.

Jay M, Eskander A, Lipscombe L, Sutradhar R

European thyroid journal2026

DOI: 10.1530/etj-25-0359 PMID: 41627442

Evaluating the Methodological Quality of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Systematic Reviews: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Meta-Research Study.

Jay M, Morgan M, Straus SE, Wilson E, Sutradhar R, Yu C, Gotlib Conn L, Dharma C, Lipscombe L, Eskander A

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/90588 PMID: 42133859

Integrating the primary care perspective in the implementation of a diabetes prevention program for patients with recent gestational diabetes: a qualitative descriptive study

Sushko K, Racey M, Sherifali D, Smith K, Fleming K, Banwatt S, Lipscombe L

BMC Primary Care2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-026-03412-4

Assessing the fidelity of health coaching for adults with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes: A scoping review

Sahye-Pudaruth S, Racey M, Lipscombe L, Sushko K, Alliston P, Sriskandarajah A, Zehra A, Caplan L, Sherifali D

Patient Education and Counseling2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2026.109768

Impact of social disadvantage on clinical and health care use indicators in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps in Ontario, Canada.

Soliman Y, Everett K, Shulman R, Austin PC, Lipscombe L, Booth G, Weisman A

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism2025

DOI: 10.1111/dom.16547 PMID: 40555707

Principles and Practices of Community Engagement in AI for Population Health: Formative Qualitative Study of the AI for Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Project.

Abejirinde IO, Itanyi IU, Kornas K, Zaim R, Guha S, Chui V, Lipscombe L, Rosella LC, Shaw J

Journal of participatory medicine2025

DOI: 10.2196/69497 PMID: 41037755

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Diabetes Dear Professor Lipscombe, 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 "Moving towards acceleration with accountability: a conceptual framework for AI-assisted systematic reviews." (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 "Mobilizing healthy cities knowledge to create equitable policy solutions and action opportunities to improve mobility and transportation for healthy living in Malton Mississauga" (2025), 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]

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Lorraine Lipscombe

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Moving towards acceleration with accountability: a conceptual framework for AI-assisted systematic reviews.

Prediabetes in Ontario: improving surveillance for better disease prevention.

Association Between Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis and Target Glycemic Control in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes.

Association between symptomatic knee osteoarthritis and health-related quality of life in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study.

Clarifying the interpretation of subdistribution hazard ratios in competing-risk analyses: comment on Riis et al., Eur Thyroid J. 2024;13: ETJ230181.

Evaluating the Methodological Quality of Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Systematic Reviews: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Meta-Research Study.

Integrating the primary care perspective in the implementation of a diabetes prevention program for patients with recent gestational diabetes: a qualitative descriptive study

Assessing the fidelity of health coaching for adults with or at risk of developing type 2 diabetes: A scoping review

Impact of social disadvantage on clinical and health care use indicators in adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps in Ontario, Canada.

Principles and Practices of Community Engagement in AI for Population Health: Formative Qualitative Study of the AI for Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Project.

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Diana Sherifali

Antoine Eskander

Crystal Mackay

Joanne Kotsopoulos

Tara Gomes

Rinku Sutradhar

Vasily Giannakeas

Laura Rosella

Kaberi Dasgupta

Bheeshma Ravi

Rayzel Shulman

Kaberi Dasgupta

James Shaw

Baiju Shah

Catherine Yu

Karen Tu

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