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Robert Schwartz

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Robert Schwartz

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

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.
37 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (7 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2020.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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Publications by year

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Education

PhD, Public Policy and Administration
MA, Public Administration and Public Policy
BA, Economics and Political Science

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Research

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

Lung Disease Vali Cohort Dependence E-Cigarettes Prospective Vaping Cannabis

Latest papers

Predictors of vaping relapse based on e-cigarette use measures: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the 'Stop Vaping Challenge' cessation application.
Tobacco induced diseases · 2026
Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
A scoping review of variations in psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026

All 84 publications

Latest funding

Promoting planetary health education, smoking-free home, and clean air community mobilization to prevent air pollution related non-communicable diseases in urban Pakistan
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Advancing policy, improving access, and understanding patient experiences of medical cannabis for chronic pain - stakeholder perspectives to inform health system improvements in Canada and Australia
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$19,985
Public health and healthcare system collaboration to achieve the Quadruple Aim and build Learning Health Systems
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$99,969

All 21 grants and awards

84 publications.

Predictors of vaping relapse based on e-cigarette use measures: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the 'Stop Vaping Challenge' cessation application.

Nathwani AA, Kundu A, Schwartz R, Chaiton M

Tobacco induced diseases2026

DOI: 10.18332/tid/224436 PMID: 42787630

Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.

Kratina S, Schwartz R, Strike C, Lo C, Rush B

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105414 PMID: 42407184

A scoping review of variations in psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life.

Kratina S, Strike C, Schwartz R, Nayfeh A, Jopling S, Lo C, Rush B

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118536 PMID: 41389648

Baseline quitting self-efficacy as a predictor of duration of vaping abstinence in a vaping cessation intervention.

Tian J, Kundu A, Schwartz R, Chaiton M

Addictive behaviors2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2026.108754 PMID: 42214300

NRT use as a vaping cessation aid among youth and young adults.

Chaiton MO, Seth S, Dubray J, Schwartz R

Tobacco control2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/tc-2024-058823 PMID: 39304192

Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.

Eisenkraft Klein D, Hawkins B, Grundy Q, Schwartz R

Sociology of health & illness2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70139 PMID: 41499387

Reframing the Overdose Crisis: Stigma, Industry Influence, and the Politics of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids.

Eisenkraft Klein D, Grundy Q, Hawkins B, Schwartz R

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938251378941 PMID: 41004642

The association between e-cigarette use and sleep health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gulati I, Kosgoda S, Kundu A, Schwartz R, Nathwani AA, Soer J, Tian J, Chaiton M

Tobacco induced diseases2026

DOI: 10.18332/tid/225458 PMID: 42761685

The health effects of vaping and e-cigarettes: consensus recommendations

Kouzoukas E, Navas C, Zawertailo L, Fougere C, Bacon SL, Chadi N, Evans WK, McNeill A, Melamed O, Moraes TJ

International Journal of Drug Policy20265 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105117

Evidence update on the cancer risk of vaping e-cigarettes: A systematic review.

Kundu A, Sachdeva K, Feore A, Sanchez S, Sutton M, Seth S, Schwartz R, Chaiton M

Tobacco induced diseases2025

DOI: 10.18332/tid/192934 PMID: 39877383

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Robert Schwartz

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Predictors of vaping relapse based on e-cigarette use measures: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data from the 'Stop Vaping Challenge' cessation application.

Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.

A scoping review of variations in psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life.

Baseline quitting self-efficacy as a predictor of duration of vaping abstinence in a vaping cessation intervention.

NRT use as a vaping cessation aid among youth and young adults.

Stigma, Scarcity and the Price of Legitimacy: Chronic Pain Advocacy and the Politics of Pharmaceutical Partnerships in Canada.

Reframing the Overdose Crisis: Stigma, Industry Influence, and the Politics of Abuse-Deterrent Opioids.

The association between e-cigarette use and sleep health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The health effects of vaping and e-cigarettes: consensus recommendations

Evidence update on the cancer risk of vaping e-cigarettes: A systematic review.

Frequent collaborators

Michael Chaiton

Peter Selby

Rui Fu

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Roberta Ferrence

Quinn Grundy

Pamela Kaufman

Daniel Grace

Christina Yager

Brian Rush

Christina Yager

Alex Abramovich

Alex Abramovich

Carol Strike

Teresa To

Sara Allin

Ayah Nayfeh

Chung-Wai Chow

Raisa Deber

Carmen Logie

Hayley Hamilton

Nicholas Chadi

Wei Wang

Kristian Larsen

Jennifer Shuldiner

Osnat Melamed

Sabrina Wong

Kimberlyn McGrail

Adrian Levy

Candace Nykiforuk

Emmanuel Guindon

Noralou Roos

Jean-Eric Tarride

Denise Bryant-Lukosius

Ruth Martin-Misener

Nancy Marie Carter

William Evans