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Michael Escobar

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaBiostatistics DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Michael Escobar

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Biostatistics Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 NSERC), most recently in 2006.

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Publications

206

Citations

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Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Education

PhD
BS, Mathematics

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Health policy Psychiatry (including psychotherapy)Statistics Biostatistical methods Data mining

Latest papers

Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS (London, England) · 2026
A two-step approach to simultaneously correct for selection and misclassification bias in nonprobability samples from hard-to-reach populations.
American journal of epidemiology · 2025
Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach.
American journal of epidemiology · 2024

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Knowledge and Equity: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Sex and Gender+ Science Across Biomedical, Clinical, Health Services, and Population Health Research
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$99,948
A longitudinal, population-based birth cohort study to understand long-term health service use after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during childhood and adolescence
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$75,000
A PROGRESS-Driven Approach to Cognitive Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$99,950

All 16 grants and awards

32 publications.

Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.

Knight J, Ma H, Sithole B, Khumalo L, Wang L, Schwartz S, Muzart L, Matse S, Mnisi Z, Kaul R, Escobar M, Baral S, Mishra S

AIDS (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004400 PMID: 41217420

A two-step approach to simultaneously correct for selection and misclassification bias in nonprobability samples from hard-to-reach populations.

Dharma C, Smith P, Salway T, Gesink D, Escobar M, Landsman V

American journal of epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf132 PMID: 40579367

Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach.

Dharma C, Smith PM, Escobar M, Salway T, Landsman V, Klassen B, Lachowsky NJ, Gesink D

American journal of epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae107 PMID: 38844559

Gender versus sex in predicting outcomes of traumatic brain injury: a cohort study utilizing large administrative databases.

Teterina A, Zulbayar S, Mollayeva T, Chan V, Colantonio A, Escobar M

Scientific reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45683-2 PMID: 37891419

Quality indices for topic model selection and evaluation: a literature review and case study.

Meaney C, Stukel TA, Austin PC, Moineddin R, Greiver M, Escobar M

BMC medical informatics and decision making2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-023-02216-1 PMID: 37481523

The effect of sleep disorders on dementia risk in patients with traumatic brain injury: A large-scale cohort study.

Mollayeva T, Tran A, Hurst M, Escobar M, Colantonio A

Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2023

DOI: 10.1002/dad2.12411 PMID: 37234486

Estimation of marginal structural models under irregular visits and unmeasured confounder: calibrated inverse probability weights.

Kalia S, Saarela O, Escobar M, Moineddin R, Greiver M

BMC medical research methodology2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12874-022-01831-2 PMID: 36611135

Integrating unsupervised and supervised learning techniques to predict traumatic brain injury: A population-based study.

Zulbayar S, Mollayeva T, Colantonio A, Chan V, Escobar M

Intelligence-based medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmed.2023.100118 PMID: 38222038

Using ICD-9 diagnostic codes for external validation of topic models derived from primary care electronic medical record clinical text data.

Meaney C, Escobar M, Stukel TA, Austin PC, Kalia S, Aliarzadeh B, Rahim Moineddin, Greiver M

Health informatics journal2023

DOI: 10.1177/14604582221115667 PMID: 36639910

Comparison of Methods for Estimating Temporal Topic Models From Primary Care Clinical Text Data: Retrospective Closed Cohort Study.

Meaney C, Escobar M, Stukel TA, Austin PC, Jaakkimainen L

JMIR medical informatics2022

DOI: 10.2196/40102 PMID: 36534443

Advancing Knowledge and Equity: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Sex and Gender+ Science Across Biomedical, Clinical, Health Services, and Population Health Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: Summer Institute in Sex and Gender+ Science Host

Principal investigators: Mollayeva, Tatyana; Popovic, Milos R; Légaré, France

Keywords: Best Practices; Curriculum Innovation; Expert-Led Training; Health Equity; Inclusive Education; Intersectionality; Knowledge Dissemination; Networking; Sex And Gender-Based Analyses Plus; Stakeholder Engagement

$99,948

A longitudinal, population-based birth cohort study to understand long-term health service use after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during childhood and adolescence

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Chan, Vincy

Keywords: Access To Primary Care; Cluster Analysis; Health Service Use; High Healthcare User; Longitudinal Study; Population-Based Birth Cohort; Social Determinants Of Health; Traumatic Brain Injury

$75,000

A PROGRESS-Driven Approach to Cognitive Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Grant: BHCIA: KS and Mobilization Grants - Sex and Gender Differences (SGD)

Principal investigators: Mollayeva, Tatyana; McDonald, Michelle

Keywords: Cognitive Outcomes; Cohort Studies; Data Repository; Data-Driven Techniques; Evidence Synthesis; Gender Equality; Knowledge Mobilization; Risk And Protective Factors; Social Equity; Traumatic Brain Injury

$99,950

A gender transformative approach to improve outcomes and equity among persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: Impact of Gender on Knowledge Translation Interventions

Principal investigators: Colantonio, Angela; Riopelle, Richard J

Keywords: Brain Injury; Clinical Research; Concussion; Gender; Health; Health Policy; Implementation Science; Knowledge Transfer; Mental Health; Neuroscience

$449,740

Developing applied Bayesian methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Escobar, Michael

$45,000

High-performance computing resource for statistical genomics

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Kustra, Rafal

$68,250

Advanced nonparametric bayesian models

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Escobar, Michael

$92,000

High performance parallel computer server for statistics and biostatistics

Co-investigatorNSERC2002Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Stafford, James

$44,728

Statistical computing access facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Reid, Nancy

$48,847

Statistical computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC1999Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Reid, Nancy

$76,000

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

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Michael Escobar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.

A two-step approach to simultaneously correct for selection and misclassification bias in nonprobability samples from hard-to-reach populations.

Improving prevalence estimates of mental health and well-being indicators among sexual minority men: a propensity-weighting approach.

Gender versus sex in predicting outcomes of traumatic brain injury: a cohort study utilizing large administrative databases.

Quality indices for topic model selection and evaluation: a literature review and case study.

The effect of sleep disorders on dementia risk in patients with traumatic brain injury: A large-scale cohort study.

Estimation of marginal structural models under irregular visits and unmeasured confounder: calibrated inverse probability weights.

Integrating unsupervised and supervised learning techniques to predict traumatic brain injury: A population-based study.

Using ICD-9 diagnostic codes for external validation of topic models derived from primary care electronic medical record clinical text data.

Comparison of Methods for Estimating Temporal Topic Models From Primary Care Clinical Text Data: Retrospective Closed Cohort Study.

Advancing Knowledge and Equity: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Sex and Gender+ Science Across Biomedical, Clinical, Health Services, and Population Health Research

A longitudinal, population-based birth cohort study to understand long-term health service use after sustaining a traumatic brain injury during childhood and adolescence

A PROGRESS-Driven Approach to Cognitive Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization

A gender transformative approach to improve outcomes and equity among persons with Traumatic Brain Injury

Developing applied Bayesian methods

High-performance computing resource for statistical genomics

Advanced nonparametric bayesian models

High performance parallel computer server for statistics and biostatistics

Statistical computing access facility

Statistical computing facility

Frequent collaborators

Angela Colantonio

Tatyana Mollayeva

Vincy Chan

Christopher Meaney

Michelle Greiver

Annie Dupuis

Rahim Moineddin

Russell Schachar

Victoria Landsman

Karen Yoshida

Beth Rachlis

Travis Salway

Travis Salway

Nora Cullen

Nora Cullen

Diana Velikonja

Michael Cusimano

Monique van Lettow

Dionne Gesink

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Olli Saarela

Farah Ahmad

Andrea Gonzalez

Sharmistha Mishra

Braden O’Neill

Farah Ahmad

Jocelyn Harris