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Rafal Kustra
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Impact of unequal testing on vaccine effectiveness estimates across two study designs: a simulation study.
Nature communications · 2025
Mobility changes following COVID-19 stay-at-home policies varied by socioeconomic measures: An observational study in Ontario, Canada.
PLOS global public health · 2024
Predictors of all-cause mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, or SARS-CoV-2.
Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2022
Latest funding
- $20,000
Serving those left behind: Developing a precision approach to PrEP and ART delivery in Ontario
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $50,000
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $451,188
Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
23 publications.
Impact of unequal testing on vaccine effectiveness estimates across two study designs: a simulation study.
Bodner K, Wang L, Kustra R, Kwong JC, Sander B, Sbihi H, Irvine MA, Mishra S
Mobility changes following COVID-19 stay-at-home policies varied by socioeconomic measures: An observational study in Ontario, Canada.
Wang S, Wang L, Baral SD, Moloney G, Johns J, Huber C, Mistry J, Khan K, Rao A, Janjua N, Williamson T, Katz A, Ma H, Maheu-Giroux M, Kustra R, Mishra S
Predictors of all-cause mortality among patients hospitalized with influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, or SARS-CoV-2.
Hamilton MA, Liu Y, Calzavara A, Sundaram ME, Djebli M, Darvin D, Baral S, Kustra R, Kwong JC, Mishra S
The viral hepatitis B care cascade: A population-based comparison of immigrant groups.
Yasseen AS, Kwong JC, Feld JJ, Kustra R, MacDonald L, Greenaway CC, Janjua NZ, Mazzulli T, Sherman M, Lapointe-Shaw L, Sander B, Crowcroft NS
Increasing concentration of COVID-19 by socioeconomic determinants and geography in Toronto, Canada: an observational study.
Mishra S, Ma H, Moloney G, Yiu KCY, Darvin D, Landsman D, Kwong JC, Calzavara A, Straus S, Chan AK, Gournis E, Rilkoff H, Xia Y, Katz A, Williamson T, Malikov K, Kustra R, Maheu-Giroux M, Sander B, Baral SD, COVID-19 Heterogeneity Research Group
A disproportionate epidemic: COVID-19 cases and deaths among essential workers in Toronto, Canada.
Rao A, Ma H, Moloney G, Kwong JC, Jüni P, Sander B, Kustra R, Baral SD, Mishra S
Viral hepatitis C cascade of care: A population-level comparison of immigrant and long-term residents.
Yasseen AS, Kwong JC, Feld JJ, Janjua NZ, Greenaway C, Lapointe-Shaw L, Sherman M, Mazzulli T, Kustra R, MacDonald L, Sander B, Crowcroft NS
Validating viral hepatitis B and C diagnosis codes: a retrospective analysis using Ontario's health administrative data.
Yasseen AS, Kwong JC, Kustra R, Holder L, Chung H, Macdonald L, Janjua NZ, Mazzulli T, Feld J, Crowcroft NS
Validating International Classification of Disease 10th Revision algorithms for identifying influenza and respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations.
Hamilton MA, Calzavara A, Emerson SD, Djebli M, Sundaram ME, Chan AK, Kustra R, Baral SD, Mishra S, Kwong JC
Genetics and Age-Related Eye Disease Study Formulation Interaction in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Kaufman SR, Yoganathan P, Small KW, Rusia D, Pachydaki SI, Conti SM, Wenz RE, Gersman MA, Shaya FS, Kustra R
Serving those left behind: Developing a precision approach to PrEP and ART delivery in Ontario
Principal investigators: Tan, Darrell H; Kroch, Abigail; Mishra, Sharmistha
Keywords: Administrative Data; Antiretroviral Therapy; Cohort Studies; Epidemiology; Hiv Prevention And Care Cascade; Knowledge Mobilization; Phylogenetics; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Qualitative Research; Social Network Analysis
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha; Baral, Stefan D; Janjua, Naveed Z; Katz, Alan; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Sander, Beate H; Williamson, Tyler
Keywords: Health Administrative Data; Intervention Impact; Population Health; Transmission Dynamics
Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia.
Principal investigators: Sbihi, Hind; Hogan, Catherine; Irvine, Michael A; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Mishra, Sharmistha; Sander, Beate H
Keywords: Cohort Studies; Equity; Hospitalization; Severe Disease; Variants Of Concern
Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity
Principal investigators: Sander, Beate H; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Mishra, Sharmistha; Sbihi, Hind
Keywords: Burden Of Disease; Cost; Covid-19; Determinants Of Health; Disease Progression; Equity; Long-Term Effects; Population Health; Resource Use; Sequelae
COVID-19 Variant Network - Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha; Baral, Stefan D; Janjua, Naveed Z; Katz, Alan; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Sander, Beate H; Williamson, Tyler
Keywords: Health Administrative Data; Intervention Impact; Population Health; Transmission Dynamics
Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha; Janjua, Naveed Z; Katz, Alan; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Williamson, Tyler
Keywords: Health Administrative Data; Intervention Impact; Population Health; Transmission Dynamics
CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease
Principal investigators: Colijn, Caroline
Computational and Inferential Tools for Machine Learning Methods in Biostatistical Research
Principal investigators: kustra, rafal
Prediction of Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women Diagnosed with Early Stage Breast Cancer
Principal investigators: Anderson, Geoffrey M
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cardiovascular Disease; Early Stage Breast Cancer
Developing Tools That Predict Use of Breast Cancer Screening and Stage at Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Principal investigators: Anderson, Geoffrey M
Keywords: Breast Cancer; Cancer Prevention; Cancer Screening
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Hsien Seow and Jonathan Sussman: 42 shared papers
- Sharmistha Mishra and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 22 shared papers
- Jonathan Sussman and Doris Howell: 19 shared papers
- Sharmistha Mishra and Beate Sander: 19 shared papers
- Hsien Seow and Doris Howell: 17 shared papers
- Hsien Seow and Amna Husain: 14 shared papers
- Amna Husain and Doris Howell: 14 shared papers
- Hsien Seow and Clare Atzema: 13 shared papers
- Clare Atzema and Doris Howell: 12 shared papers
- Sharmistha Mishra and Hind Sbihi: 12 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 10 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Hind Sbihi: 10 shared papers
- Jonathan Sussman and Clare Atzema: 9 shared papers
- Jonathan Sussman and Amna Husain: 9 shared papers
- Christina Greenaway and Beate Sander: 9 shared papers
- Alan Katz and Tyler Williamson: 8 shared papers
- Arturas Petronis and Gabriel Oh: 8 shared papers
- Sharmistha Mishra and Rafal Kustra: 6 shared papers
- Alan Katz and Sharmistha Mishra: 5 shared papers
- Sharmistha Mishra and Tyler Williamson: 5 shared papers
- Naveed Janjua and Beate Sander: 5 shared papers
- Tyler Williamson and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 5 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Rafal Kustra: 5 shared papers
- Alan Katz and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 4 shared papers
- Christina Greenaway and Naveed Janjua: 4 shared papers
- Naveed Janjua and Hind Sbihi: 4 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Tony Mazzulli: 4 shared papers
- Tony Mazzulli and Liane Macdonald: 4 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Liane Macdonald: 3 shared papers
- Tony Mazzulli and Rafal Kustra: 3 shared papers
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Effie Gournis: 3 shared papers
- Rafal Kustra and Liane Macdonald: 3 shared papers
- Alan Katz and Rafal Kustra: 2 shared papers
- Kamran Khan and Sharmistha Mishra: 2 shared papers
- Kamran Khan and Mathieu Maheu-Giroux: 2 shared papers
- Christina Greenaway and Lauren Lapointe-Shaw: 2 shared papers
- Jordan Feld and Naveed Janjua: 2 shared papers
- Tyler Williamson and Rafal Kustra: 2 shared papers
- Beate Sander and Effie Gournis: 2 shared papers
- Mathieu Maheu-Giroux and Rafal Kustra: 2 shared papers
- Tony Mazzulli and Effie Gournis: 2 shared papers
- Lauren Lapointe-Shaw and Rafal Kustra: 2 shared papers
- Hsien Seow and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Jonathan Sussman and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Alan Katz and Kamran Khan: 1 shared paper
- Clare Atzema and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Kamran Khan and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Amna Husain and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Christina Greenaway and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Jordan Feld and Tony Mazzulli: 1 shared paper
- Jordan Feld and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Lei Sun and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Denise Belsham and Arturas Petronis: 1 shared paper
- Denise Belsham and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Arturas Petronis and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Naveed Janjua and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Doris Howell and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Gabriel Oh and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Hind Sbihi and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Michelle Cotterchio and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Effie Gournis and Rafal Kustra: 1 shared paper
- Epidemiology Division
- Department of Medicine
- Neurosciences
- Department of Oncology
- Biostatistics Division
- Pediatrics
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Sharmistha Mishra
Epidemiology Division
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Beate Sander
Pediatrics
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Liane Macdonald
Epidemiology Division
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Tony Mazzulli
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Tyler Williamson
Department of Community Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Alan Katz
Community Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Mathieu Maheu-Giroux
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Shraddha Pai
Adaptive Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Xiaofei Shi
Department of Statistical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Lei Sun
Department of Statistical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2008
Denise Belsham
Department of Physiology
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Arturas Petronis
Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Naveed Janjua
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Doris Howell
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Gabriel Oh
Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Hind Sbihi
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Michelle Cotterchio
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Hsien Seow
Department of Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Effie Gournis
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jonathan Sussman
Department of Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Clare Atzema
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2012
Kamran Khan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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