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Research
Latest papers
The role of trust in engaging community-based task forces and agencies among minoritized communities during a public health emergency.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Community Mobilization to Promote Vaccine Confidence During a Global Public Health Emergency: Insights from Peel Region and Toronto (Ontario, Canada) a Qualitative Study.
Health services insights · 2025
Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario.
International journal for equity in health · 2024
Latest funding
- $746,741
From knowledge to impact: Building workforce expertise and capacity on core competencies in Black health and addressing anti-Black racism for public health
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $199,871
Understanding and evaluating the role of partnerships with Canadian minority faith-based communities in improving vaccine confidence in communities and vaccination program implementers
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Advancing Equity through Health Professions Education: Collaborative Development of a Research Program based on the 'Coin Model of Privilege and Allyship'
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
8 publications.
The role of trust in engaging community-based task forces and agencies among minoritized communities during a public health emergency.
Blake-Hepburn D, Kadio K, Rahman S, Khan MH, Abdi S, Fadel SA, Allin S, Ataullahjan A, Di Ruggiero E
Community Mobilization to Promote Vaccine Confidence During a Global Public Health Emergency: Insights from Peel Region and Toronto (Ontario, Canada) a Qualitative Study.
Blake-Hepburn D, Kadio K, Rahman S, Abdi S, Khan MH, Fadel SA, Allin S, Ataullahjan A, Di Ruggiero E
Facilitators and challenges in collaboration between public health units and faith-based organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccine confidence in Ontario.
Kadio K, Blake-Hepburn D, Song MY, Karbasi A, Noad EE, Abdi S, Peer N, Fadel SA, Allin S, Ataullahjan A, Di Ruggiero E
Addressing anti-Black racism within public health in North America: a scoping review.
Rakotovao L, Simeoni M, Bennett-AbuAyyash C, Walji T, Abdi S
COVID-19 vaccine equity: a retrospective population-based cohort study examining primary series and first booster coverage among persons with a history of immigration and other residents of Ontario, Canada.
Wanigaratne S, Lu H, Gandhi S, Shetty J, Stukel TA, Piché-Renaud PP, Brandenberger J, Abdi S, Guttmann A
Provincial implementation supports for socio-demographic data collection during COVID-19 in Ontario's public health system.
Abdi S, Bennett-AbuAyyash C, MacDonald L, Hohenadel K, Johnson KO, Leece P
Effectiveness of capacity building interventions relevant to public health practice: a systematic review.
DeCorby-Watson K, Mensah G, Bergeron K, Abdi S, Rempel B, Manson H
Theories, models and frameworks used in capacity building interventions relevant to public health: a systematic review.
Bergeron K, Abdi S, DeCorby K, Mensah G, Rempel B, Manson H
From knowledge to impact: Building workforce expertise and capacity on core competencies in Black health and addressing anti-Black racism for public health
Principal investigators: Ndumbe-Eyoh, Sume; Abdi, Samiya; Dryden, OmiSoore H; Nnorom, Onyenyechukwu; Summers, Alexander T
Keywords: Anti-Black Racism; Competency-Based Praxis; Core Competencies; Implementation Frameworks; Organizational Change; Public Health Competencies On Black Health; Public Health Systems; Public Health Workforce
Understanding and evaluating the role of partnerships with Canadian minority faith-based communities in improving vaccine confidence in communities and vaccination program implementers
Principal investigators: Di Ruggiero, Erica; Loh, Lawrence; Allin, Sara; Fadel, Shaza A
Keywords: Equity; Faith-Based Organizations; Implementation Science; Public Health; Vaccine Confidence
Advancing Equity through Health Professions Education: Collaborative Development of a Research Program based on the 'Coin Model of Privilege and Allyship'
Principal investigators: Nixon, Stephanie A; Maracle, Dawn T; Nnorom, Onyenyechukwu
Keywords: Allyship; Cultural Competence And Cultural Safety; Equity, Diversity And Inclusion; Gender Equity; Health Equity; Health Professions Education; Indigenous Health; Privilege; Racism; Social Determinants Of Health
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
- Astrid Guttmann and Susitha Wanigaratne: 13 shared papers
- Heather Manson and Pamela Leece: 5 shared papers
- Sara Allin and Anushka Ataullahjan: 4 shared papers
- Sara Allin and Samiya Abdi: 3 shared papers
- Heather Manson and Samiya Abdi: 2 shared papers
- Astrid Guttmann and Samiya Abdi: 1 shared paper
- Sara Allin and Nazia Peer: 1 shared paper
- Pamela Leece and Samiya Abdi: 1 shared paper
- Pamela Leece and Liane Macdonald: 1 shared paper
- Samiya Abdi and Anushka Ataullahjan: 1 shared paper
- Samiya Abdi and Liane Macdonald: 1 shared paper
- Samiya Abdi and Nazia Peer: 1 shared paper
- Samiya Abdi and Susitha Wanigaratne: 1 shared paper
- Anushka Ataullahjan and Nazia Peer: 1 shared paper
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Epidemiology Division
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Department of Paediatrics
- 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.
Sara Allin
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Heather Manson
Clinical Public Health Division
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Liane Macdonald
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Susitha Wanigaratne
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Nazia Peer
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Anushka Ataullahjan
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Astrid Guttmann
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Pamela Leece
Clinical Public Health Division
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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