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Shahid Husain

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ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Shahid Husain

Professor

Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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57 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 28 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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151

Publications

357

Citations

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Research

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Acute Leukemia Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Antibiotic Stewardship Febrile Neutropenia

Latest papers

An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society · 2026 · senior author
Non-Aspergillus fumigatus mould infections in lung transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, case-control study.
The Lancet. Microbe · 2026 · senior author
Association of follow-up chest computed tomography findings at 6 and 12 weeks with survival in people with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis following lung or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2026 · senior author

All 151 publications

Latest funding

Early discontinuation of antibiotics for unexplained febrile neutropenia: a pilot randomized controlled trial- EASE ANTIBIOTICS pilot trial
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$512,551
Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Reducing the Health Care Resource Burden from COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): Rapid Diagnostics to Risk-Stratify for Severity of Illness
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$50,000
Reducing the Health Care Resource Burden from COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): Rapid Diagnostics to Risk-Stratify for Severity of Illness
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$970,702

All 5 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 151 publications.

An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Marinelli T, Husain S

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/tid.70229 PMID: 42084550

Non-Aspergillus fumigatus mould infections in lung transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, case-control study.

Henry B, Walti LN, Kothari S, Bitterman R, Beeckmans H, Vos R, Cano A, Ruiz-Arabi E, de la Torre Cisneros J, Geisler Crone C, Perch M, Bodén E, Lindstedt S, Tyagi V, Kabbani D, Hirji A, Russelli G, Mularoni A, Luong ML, Viani M, Armati M, Bennett D, Martinu T, Keshavjee S, Husain S

The Lancet. Microbe2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101352 PMID: 42419340

Association of follow-up chest computed tomography findings at 6 and 12 weeks with survival in people with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis following lung or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Bitterman R, Davoudi S, Walti LN, Aversa M, Mattsson J, Rogalla P, Husain S

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2026.02.021 PMID: 41724437

Lung Biopsies in Patients Referred for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Yield, and Clinical Utility.

Rodriguez-Rodriguez S, Sayyed A, Linn SM, Chiarello C, Remberger M, Novitzky-Basso I, Rogalla P, Husain S, Mattsson J

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society2026

DOI: 10.1111/tid.70217 PMID: 41992574

Outcomes of Short Antibiotic Courses for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Alotaibi M, Almohaya A, Bitterman R, Molina J, Orchanian-Cheff A, Husain S

Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/tid.70209 PMID: 41914959

Synthesis of desloratadine analogues as potent antifungal agents: in vitro and in vivo efficacy, and structure-activity relationship studies.

Wali S, Ghazal F, Atia-Tul-Wahab, Maharjan R, Husain S, Liu X, Choudhary MI

Bioorganic chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2026.109848 PMID: 42013599

Clinical Impact of Human Herpesvirus 6B Reactivation on Engraftment and Outcomes Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Hosseini-Moghaddam SM, Johnstone RB, Mazzulli T, Remberger M, Pasic I, Mattsson J, Parveen F, Chen C, Husain S, Runyo F, Michelis FV

Transplantation and cellular therapy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2026.01.008 PMID: 41525945

Preventing invasive aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients: A cost-utility analysis.

Bitterman R, Glembocki A, Walti LN, Husain S, Pechlivanoglou P

The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.12.030 PMID: 41490563

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant: Approaches to Screening and Treatment-A National Survey of Canadian Nephrologists.

Rodriguez-Ramirez S, Hall V, Husain S, Kumar D, Kim SJ

Clinical transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.70529 PMID: 41930786

Incidence and Outcomes of Candida Bloodstream Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Bitterman R, Kus JV, Verma G, Kopp A, Husain S, Kwong JC, Hosseini-Moghaddam SM

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.1467 PMID: 41842896

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Shahid Husain

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Non-Aspergillus fumigatus mould infections in lung transplant recipients: an international, multicentre, case-control study.

Association of follow-up chest computed tomography findings at 6 and 12 weeks with survival in people with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis following lung or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Lung Biopsies in Patients Referred for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Yield, and Clinical Utility.

Outcomes of Short Antibiotic Courses for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Synthesis of desloratadine analogues as potent antifungal agents: in vitro and in vivo efficacy, and structure-activity relationship studies.

Clinical Impact of Human Herpesvirus 6B Reactivation on Engraftment and Outcomes Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Preventing invasive aspergillosis in lung transplant recipients: A cost-utility analysis.

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Kidney Transplant: Approaches to Screening and Treatment-A National Survey of Canadian Nephrologists.

Incidence and Outcomes of Candida Bloodstream Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

Early discontinuation of antibiotics for unexplained febrile neutropenia: a pilot randomized controlled trial- EASE ANTIBIOTICS pilot trial

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Reducing the Health Care Resource Burden from COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): Rapid Diagnostics to Risk-Stratify for Severity of Illness

Reducing the Health Care Resource Burden from COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): Rapid Diagnostics to Risk-Stratify for Severity of Illness

Host microRNA Response and Cytomegalovirus Infection after Transplantation

Primary EBV Infection in the Immunosuppressed Setting of Organ Transplantation: Determinants of the Outcomes of Virus-Host Interaction

Frequent collaborators

Deepali Kumar

Atul Humar

Shaf Keshavjee

Tony Mazzulli

Tereza Martinu

Miranda So

Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Dima Kabbani

Farid Foroutan

Lianne Singer

Jonas Mattsson

Marcelo Cypel

Mamatha Bhat

Nazia Selzner

Rajat Kumar

Dima Kabbani

J Michael Paterson

Eddy Fan

Rupert Kaul

Stephen Juvet

Sarah Shalhoub

Victoria Hall

Marisa Battistella

Paul Grootendorst

Victor Ferreira

Chaim Bell

Ian Mcgilvray

Nick Daneman

Donna Reece