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Patricia O’Campo

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ProfessorEpidemiology DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Patricia O’Campo

Professor

Epidemiology Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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68 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 15 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 18 research grants (14 CIHR, 4 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 8 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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208

Publications

952

Citations

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134

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Implementation Science Intimate Partner Violence Gender Case Study Community Health Workers Health Equity Intersectionality Knowledge Translation

Latest papers

Improving Access to Necessary Oral Healthcare Among Racialized Women Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Exploration of Care Seeking Experiences.
Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026
Providing Mental Health and Substance Use Services to People Released From Custody During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Service Providers.
The International journal of health planning and management · 2026
Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026

All 208 publications

Latest funding

Equipped to participate: Co-developing and piloting an equity-centred toolkit for community participation in artificial intelligence solutions in public health and health services.
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$688,500
Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 64 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 208 publications.

Improving Access to Necessary Oral Healthcare Among Racialized Women Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Exploration of Care Seeking Experiences.

Chadambuka C, Arruda-Caycho I, Juando-Prats C, Perez-Brumer A, Meisami T, Quiñonez C, Powell M, Singhal S, Ratto M, Haddadi G, Chauke R, O'Campo P, Essue BM

Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology2026

DOI: 10.1111/edt.70026 PMID: 41159476

Providing Mental Health and Substance Use Services to People Released From Custody During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Service Providers.

Seuren LM, McLuhan A, Ford M, Curcin N, Mashford-Pringle A, O'Campo P, Matheson FI

The International journal of health planning and management2026

DOI: 10.1002/hpm.70098 PMID: 42338166

Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.

Cao P, Ienciu K, Bai Y, Siddiqi A, Poirier M, O'Campo P, Chum A

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119465 PMID: 42263425

Anti-Black racism in Canadian clinical tools: Ending race-based correction.

James L, Opara IN, Osei-Twum JA, Katz A, O'Campo P, Persaud N

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2026

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.7202126 PMID: 41679932

Experiences of housing interventions among survivors of intimate partner violence: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Yakubovich AR, Bari A, Doria N, Khan A, Metheny N, O'Campo P, Gesink D

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119242 PMID: 41967378

Non-Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Long-Term Public Healthcare Costs in a Representative Sample of Canadian Women.

Metheny N, Dusing GJ, Essue BM, O'Campo P

Violence against women2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10778012251362231 PMID: 40754773

Overall and substance use-specific healthcare utilization among individuals with and without criminal justice involvement in Ontario, Canada

Russell C, Yakubovich A, O’Campo P, Qu K, Plumptre L, Kouyoumdjian F, Matheson FI

2026

DOI: 10.1108/ijoph-06-2024-0034

Long-term public healthcare burden associated with intimate partner violence among Canadian women: A cohort study.

Dusing GJ, Essue BM, O'Campo P, Metheny N

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105282 PMID: 40036909

Cannabis legalization and hospitalizations in Alberta: Interrupted time series analysis by age and sex.

Kim C, Bai Y, Allin S, Kirst M, O'Campo P, Ienciu K, Xia X, MacMaster F, Rittenbach K, Chum A

Journal of addictive diseases2025

DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2024.2355370 PMID: 38764209

Perceptions of cervical screening uptake amongst South Asian women in Ontario, Canada: a concept mapping study.

Devotta K, Lofters A, Bender J, O'Campo P

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21448-6 PMID: 39844167

Equipped to participate: Co-developing and piloting an equity-centred toolkit for community participation in artificial intelligence solutions in public health and health services.

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Osei-Twum, Jo-Ann

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Co-Creation; Community-Based Participatory Research; Data Science; Health Equity

$140,000

Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A; Clark, Nancy; O'Campo, Patricia J; Steele Gray, Carolyn A

Keywords: Case Study; Community Health Workers; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Primary Health Care; Qualitative

$688,500

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Carpenter, Travis; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Refaei, Mohammad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chum, Antony

Keywords: transgender; self harm; gender identity; gender; society; human rights

$44,380

Social policy solutions to deaths and diseases of despair in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kim, Chungah

Keywords: deaths of despair; suicide; alcohol; substance use; social policy; minimum wage; unemployment insurance; quasi-experimental study; community-based research; self-harm

$74,994

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnan, André J.R.

Keywords: digitalization; financialization; agriculture; political economy

$108,902

Indoor air quality and the COVID-19 pandemic: using interdisciplinary knowledge translation to reduce transmission of respiratory disease and improve indoor air quality in diverse community spaces in Toronto

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Siegel, Jeffrey A

Keywords: Community Congregate Settings; Indoor Air Quality; Infectious Disease Transmission; Practical Mitigation Measures

$25,000

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Ambasta, Anshula; Castellani, Lucas; Jensen, Lorraine F; Kiran, Tara; Moses, Brian; Razak, Fahad; Shetty, Nabha; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Hospital Medicine; Patient-Oriented Research; Performance Measurement; Quality Improvement

$100,000

I4 Safe Home Program (Implementing an Innovative Intersectoral IPV Safe Home Program)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative

Principal investigators: O'Campo, Patricia

Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence; Implementation Science; Women; Housing; Partnership; Criminal Justice; Intersectoral Action; Evaluation; Community Engagement

$99,961

I4 Safe Home Program (Implementing an Innovative Intersectoral IPV Safe Home Program)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative

Principal investigators: O'Campo, Patricia

Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence; Implementation Science; Women; Housing; Partnership; Criminal Justice; Intersectoral Action; Evaluation; Community Engagement

$399,269

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Implementation Science Dear Professor O’Campo, 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 "Improving Access to Necessary Oral Healthcare Among Racialized Women Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Exploration of Care Seeking Experiences." (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 "Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care" (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]

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Patricia O’Campo

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Improving Access to Necessary Oral Healthcare Among Racialized Women Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence: A Qualitative Exploration of Care Seeking Experiences.

Providing Mental Health and Substance Use Services to People Released From Custody During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Service Providers.

Can pharmacare reduce suicide-related behaviors? A quasi-experimental study in Ontario youth.

Anti-Black racism in Canadian clinical tools: Ending race-based correction.

Experiences of housing interventions among survivors of intimate partner violence: a qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Non-Physical Intimate Partner Violence and Long-Term Public Healthcare Costs in a Representative Sample of Canadian Women.

Overall and substance use-specific healthcare utilization among individuals with and without criminal justice involvement in Ontario, Canada

Long-term public healthcare burden associated with intimate partner violence among Canadian women: A cohort study.

Cannabis legalization and hospitalizations in Alberta: Interrupted time series analysis by age and sex.

Perceptions of cervical screening uptake amongst South Asian women in Ontario, Canada: a concept mapping study.

Equipped to participate: Co-developing and piloting an equity-centred toolkit for community participation in artificial intelligence solutions in public health and health services.

Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

Social policy solutions to deaths and diseases of despair in Canada

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Indoor air quality and the COVID-19 pandemic: using interdisciplinary knowledge translation to reduce transmission of respiratory disease and improve indoor air quality in diverse community spaces in Toronto

Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Quality Improvement on General Medical Wards

I4 Safe Home Program (Implementing an Innovative Intersectoral IPV Safe Home Program)

I4 Safe Home Program (Implementing an Innovative Intersectoral IPV Safe Home Program)

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