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Robert Fowler

ResearcherInfectious Diseases/Internal MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Robert Fowler

Researcher

Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine

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.
55 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 22 research grants (22 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

121

Publications

3,234

Citations

279

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Randomized Controlled Trial Adaptive Platform Trial Antibiotic De-Escalation Antimicrobial Resistance Bloodstream Infection Central Venous Catheter Infection Gram Negative Bacteremia Clinical Trials

Latest papers

Survey of Intensivist Coverage and Interprofessional Team Staffing in Canadian ICUs
Critical Care Medicine · 2026
Association Between Immigration Status and the Intensity of Acute Stroke Care in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Study.
Neurology · 2026
Safe delivery of intensive care for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda.
The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2026

All 121 publications

Latest funding

Traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults-access to specialized care and long-term health outcomes
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$351,900
BALANCE+: A Platform Trial for Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,908,674
Optimizing the delivery of femoral shaft fracture care in the multisystem trauma population in Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000

All 65 grants and awards

121 publications.

Survey of Intensivist Coverage and Interprofessional Team Staffing in Canadian ICUs

Wunsch H, Manoharan V, Hill A, Garland A, Costa DK, Kho ME, Lamontagne F, Murthy S, Stelfox HT, Hancock J

Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000007188

Association Between Immigration Status and the Intensity of Acute Stroke Care in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Study.

Kuczynski AM, Yu AYX, Fowler R, Hong Z, Odugbemi T, Fang J, Kapral MK, Almekhlafi M, Diestro JDB, Vyas MV

Neurology2026

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000218543 PMID: 42685298

Safe delivery of intensive care for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda.

Seruyange E, Nahayo E, Uwimana FX, Biramahire J, Hakorimana F, Nkeshimana M, Turatsinze D, Bizimana A, Mugabo H, Burakari B, Westergaard RP, Mwiseneza L, Niyigaba N, Sibomana JP, Firew T, Ingabire L, Nyirigira G, Kayigi E, Mushuru E, Niwemuhoza MG, Niyonizeye MG, Isingizwe G, Rwibutso JB, Nzabana JP, Ndayishimiye GS, Ntakambirwa DK, Kazindu S, Ndayisabye H, Remera E, Mutesa L, Rwabihama JP, Semakula M, Fowler R, Giuliani R, Goldberg J, Jacquerioz F, Diaz J, Rojek A, Mambo CM, Butera Y, Nsanzimana S, Moreton EO, Fletcher TE, Fischer WA, Twagirumugabe T

The Lancet. Infectious diseases2026

DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00466-9 PMID: 41175885

Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract during Ventilation in the ICU.

SuDDICU Investigators for the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Cuthbertson BH, Billot L, Campbell MK, Daneman N, Davis JS, Delaney A, Devaux A, Ferguson ND, Finfer SR, Fowler R, Gordon AC, Hammond NE, Klein G, Li Q, Marshall J, Micallef S, Murthy S, Mysore J, Naik C, Patel C, Pinto R, Rose L, Seppelt IM, Venkatesh B, Young PJ, Myburgh JA, The SuDDICU Investigators for the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

The New England journal of medicine2026

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2506398 PMID: 41159880

Timing of thromboprophylaxis in acute spinal cord injury patients: a TQIP study in 15,960 patients.

Abbas A, Koucheki R, Toor J, Fowler R, Nathens AB, Yee A, Lewis S, Wilson JR, Witiw CD, Fehlings MG, Whyne C, Badhiwala J

The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2026.04.017 PMID: 41985683

Retention versus replacement or removal of catheters for people with confirmed or suspected intravascular catheter-related infections.

Izawa J, Daneman N, Adhikari NK, Fowler R

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd016329 PMID: 41810871

Eligibility Criteria of Randomized Clinical Trials in Critical Care Medicine

Heirali A, Heybati K, Sereeyotin J, Khan F, Yarnell C, Krewulak K, Murthy S, Burns KEA, Fowler R, Fiest K

JAMA Network Open202510 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.54944

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Hosseini B, Condon A, da Costa BR, Daley P, Greiver M, Jüni P, Lee TC, McBrien K, McDonald EG, Murthy S

BMJ Open20256 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097134

The burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Pestana D, Joshi D, Duan E, Fowler R, Tsang J, Binnie A

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia20254 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02894-z PMID: W4405464396

Assessing the feasibility of a platform trial for Gram negative bloodstream infections: results from the vanguard phase of BALANCE+

Daneman N, Johnstone J, Lee TC, MacFadden DR, McDonald EG, Morpeth SC, Ong SWX, Paterson DL, Pinto RL, Rishu A

BMJ Open20253 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101588

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Robert Fowler

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Survey of Intensivist Coverage and Interprofessional Team Staffing in Canadian ICUs

Association Between Immigration Status and the Intensity of Acute Stroke Care in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Study.

Safe delivery of intensive care for Marburg virus disease in Rwanda.

Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract during Ventilation in the ICU.

Timing of thromboprophylaxis in acute spinal cord injury patients: a TQIP study in 15,960 patients.

Retention versus replacement or removal of catheters for people with confirmed or suspected intravascular catheter-related infections.

Eligibility Criteria of Randomized Clinical Trials in Critical Care Medicine

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

The burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Assessing the feasibility of a platform trial for Gram negative bloodstream infections: results from the vanguard phase of BALANCE+

Frequent collaborators

Deborah Cook

Francois Lamontagne

Srinivas Murthy

Jennifer Tsang

Karen Burns

Sangeeta Mehta

Nick Daneman

Hannah Wunsch

Bram Rochwerg

Peter Dodek

Lisa Burry

Karen Burns

Ruxandra Pinto

John Marshall

Margaret Herridge

John Muscedere

Allison McGeer

Diane Heels-Ansdell

Robert Fowler

Niall Ferguson

Patrick Archambault

Feng Xie

Maureen Meade

Ryan Zarychanski

Craig Dale

Maureen Meade

David Maslove

Maged Goubran

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Allison Sekuler

Michelle Kho

Dean Fergusson

John Joon-young You

Gordon Guyatt

John Granton

Patricia Chia-Ying Liaw

Jeremy Grimshaw

Dean Fergusson

Erick Duan

Gloria Vazquez-Grande