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Peter Selby

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ProfessorDepartment of Family and Community MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Peter Selby

Professor

Department of Family and Community Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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116 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 36 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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246

Publications

3,282

Citations

h-index

272

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Diabetes Smoking Cessation Smoking Adaptive Platform Trial Covid-19 Nirmatrelvir Out-Patient Sars-Cov-2

Latest papers

Craving Induction and Treatment Response in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Use Disorder.
Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging · 2026
Multiagent Large Language Model Framework for Psychotherapy Fidelity Assessment in Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Cross-Sectional, Simulation-Based Evaluation Study.
JMIR medical education · 2026
Author reply.
Internal medicine journal · 2026 · senior author

All 246 publications

Latest funding

MIRA for Adaptive CLinical Evaluation in Depression (MIRACLE-D): Design and Evaluation of an AI-Powered Personalized Virtual Assistant for Depression Care
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$100,000
The SWAGAT Study: Smoking cessation and Weight gain Attenuation with dual Glucagon like Peptide Receptor & Gastric Inhibitory Receptor Agonist- Tirzepatide: A double blinded RCT.
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Assessing ChatV's Feasibility in Promoting Varenicline Adherence: A Hybrid Type 1 Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$569,925

All 40 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 246 publications.

Craving Induction and Treatment Response in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Use Disorder.

Mehta DD, Sloan ME, Sas A, Freeman C, George TP, Selby P, Zawertailo L, Zangen A, Blumberger DM, Le Foll B, Veldhuizen S, Tang VM

Biological psychiatry. Cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.10.004 PMID: 41110551

Multiagent Large Language Model Framework for Psychotherapy Fidelity Assessment in Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Cross-Sectional, Simulation-Based Evaluation Study.

Kamaleddin MA, Mirjalili M, Barzegar R, Trung Le N, Cote Z, Winkler O, Burback L, Zhang Y, Zaiane OR, Monson C, Sharma D, Krishnan S, Greenshaw AJ, Zeifman R, Selby P, Bhat V

JMIR medical education2026

DOI: 10.2196/92964 PMID: 42611045

Author reply.

Melamed OC, Kyrychenko P, Wong BKC, Veldhuizen S, Minian N, Zawertailo L, Selby P

Internal medicine journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/imj.70569 PMID: 42478901

Longitudinal, population-based analysis of burn injuries across Canada pre-recreational and post-recreational cannabis legalisation.

Paleczny S, Rjaibi ST, Saarela O, Selby P, Rueda S, Levitan A, Wang E, Brogly C, Cusimano MD

BMJ public health2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-004778 PMID: 42524469

A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours of Canadian Family Physicians in Response to the Canadian Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Non-cancer Pain.

Saberian L, Parmar N, Lau J, Dale CM, Sud A, Hatcher L, Carol A, Mian N, Bootsman N, Selby P, Furlan AD

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2026.2682926 PMID: 42491953

Drug harms in Canada: A multi-criteria decision analysis.

Crépault JF, Russell C, Asbridge M, Bonn M, Chaiton M, Darnay K, Henry R, Hodgins DC, Hyshka E, Jutras-Aswad D, Le Foll B, Patenaude S, Selby P, Sherk A, Shield KD, Socías ME, Stewart SH, Zhang M, Ali F, Crossin R, Phillips L, Nutt D, Rehm J

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2026

DOI: 10.1177/02698811251409147 PMID: 41589327

Effectiveness and clinical predictors of a virtual based combined cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement group therapy for adults with cannabis use disorder.

Mehta DD, Goud R, Sanches M, Buckley L, Sloan ME, Vandervoort J, Le Foll B, Beyraghi N, Kaduri P, Zawertailo L, Selby P, Tang VM

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113048 PMID: 41546985

The use of deliberative dialogue in health services research: a scoping review.

Saka AK, Godhwani K, Ramasamy V, Soh BL, Lingam M, Lofters A, Gerstle D, Selby P, LeBlanc A, Pritlove C, Sayani A

Research involvement and engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00938-w PMID: 42618940

Predictors of vaping relapse among young e-cigarette users: Machine learning-based survival analysis of a smartphone app-derived longitudinal data.

Kundu A, Selby P, Felsky D, Moraes TJ, Chaiton M

Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2026

DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntag137 PMID: 42400557

Identifying Behavior Change Techniques for Digital Interventions Addressing Alcohol and Tobacco Co-Use: Findings From a Delphi Consensus Study.

Chandran A, Veldhuizen S, Mehra K, Zawertailo L, Rehm J, Hendershot CS, Selby P, Minian N

JMIR formative research2026

DOI: 10.2196/88996 PMID: 42398932

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Peter Selby

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Craving Induction and Treatment Response in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tobacco Use Disorder.

Multiagent Large Language Model Framework for Psychotherapy Fidelity Assessment in Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training: Cross-Sectional, Simulation-Based Evaluation Study.

Author reply.

Longitudinal, population-based analysis of burn injuries across Canada pre-recreational and post-recreational cannabis legalisation.

A Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours of Canadian Family Physicians in Response to the Canadian Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Non-cancer Pain.

Drug harms in Canada: A multi-criteria decision analysis.

Effectiveness and clinical predictors of a virtual based combined cognitive behavioral and motivational enhancement group therapy for adults with cannabis use disorder.

The use of deliberative dialogue in health services research: a scoping review.

Predictors of vaping relapse among young e-cigarette users: Machine learning-based survival analysis of a smartphone app-derived longitudinal data.

Identifying Behavior Change Techniques for Digital Interventions Addressing Alcohol and Tobacco Co-Use: Findings From a Delphi Consensus Study.

Frequent collaborators

Scott Veldhuizen

Nadia Minian

Bernard Le Foll

Dolly Baliunas

Michael Chaiton

Diana Sherifali

Lawson Eng

Paul Kurdyak

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Margaret Hahn

Osnat Melamed

Carly Whitmore

Valerie Taylor

Robert Schwartz

Diana Sherifali

Wei Xu

Geoffrey Liu

Andrew Pipe

Roberta Ferrence

Doris Howell

Ambreen Sayani

Isabelle Boileau

Kerry McBrien

Eva Grunfeld

Mukul Sharma

Steven Grover

Claire de Oliveira

Ally Prebtani

Linda Rabeneck

Ross Upshur

Karen Tu

William Evans

Guy Faulkner

Sonia Butalia

Benedikt Fischer

Sean Kidd

Sean Wharton

Andriy Samokhvalov

George Thanassoulis