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Sharmistha Mishra

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Associate ProfessorEpidemiology DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Sharmistha Mishra

Associate Professor

Epidemiology Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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108 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 27 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 19 research grants (18 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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196

Publications

161

Citations

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153

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Research

Epidemiology Population Health Hiv Implementation Science Health Administrative Data Intervention Impact Transmission Dynamics Clinical Trial

Latest papers

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ open · 2026
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis service delivery among young women at increased risk for HIV acquisition in South Africa: a time-and-motion study.
BMC health services research · 2026
Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2026 · senior author

All 196 publications

Latest funding

Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$4,284,000
CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$350,000
Developing a community-based research agenda to address unmet needs in the context of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 42 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 196 publications.

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

McClarty LM, Gitau AK, Herpai N, Kimani J, Kinyua AK, Kiplagat A, Micheni M, Muriuki F, Oside D, Wanjiru RK, Isac S, Lazarus L, Lorway RR, McKinnon LR, Mishra S, Shaw SY, Bhattacharjee P, Becker ML, Zingatia Maskan Study Team

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121267 PMID: 42760075

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis service delivery among young women at increased risk for HIV acquisition in South Africa: a time-and-motion study.

Dawit R, Singh C, Matenjwa N, Dladla N, Shipp L, Mcingana M, Mcloughlin J, Mishra S, Steingo J, Rao A, Rosen JG, Baral S, Hausler H, Schwartz SR

BMC health services research2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14700-1 PMID: 42121202

Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.

Ma H, Yiu KCY, Wang L, Manguro G, Gichangi P, Musyoki H, Bhattacharjee P, Kaosa S, Kioko J, Isac S, Idemili C, Blanchard J, Becker M, Mishra S

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003806 PMID: 41954103

The impact of HIV stigma and discrimination on HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment, and viral suppression in Africa: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys.

Doyle CM, Kuchukhidze S, Stannah J, Flores Anato JL, Xia Y, Logie CH, Simo Fotso A, Carabali M, Kye-Duodu G, Mishra S, Mian A, Terris-Prestholt F, Kovtun O, Singh A, Stone J, Niangoran S, Artenie A, Vickerman P, Boily MC, Maheu-Giroux M

The lancet. HIV2026

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(25)00325-x PMID: 41785886

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes at a national referral hospital in Sierra Leone, 2017 to 2022: A retrospective cohort study.

Koroma JA, Mahmoud M, Molleh B, Sevalie S, Chan AK, Mishra S, Lakoh S, Kanu JS

PLOS global public health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004472 PMID: 41779701

Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.

Knight J, Ma H, Sithole B, Khumalo L, Wang L, Schwartz S, Muzart L, Matse S, Mnisi Z, Kaul R, Escobar M, Baral S, Mishra S

AIDS (London, England)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004400 PMID: 41217420

Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from ten African countries.

Silhol R, Booton RD, Mitchell KM, Stannah J, Stevens O, Dimitrov D, Bershteyn A, Johnson LF, Kelly SL, Kim HY, Maheu-Giroux M, Martin-Hughes R, Mishra S, Stone J, Stuart R, Stover J, Vickerman P, Wilson DP, Baral S, Donnell D, Imai-Eaton JW, Boily MC

The lancet. HIV2026

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(25)00199-7 PMID: 41275868

Examining the interaction between area-level immunity coverage and individual-level immunity to help quantify indirect herd benefits: a population-based retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.

Wang L, Swayze S, Siddiqi A, Baral SD, Sander B, Sbihi H, Kwong JC, Mishra S

American journal of epidemiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwag047 PMID: 41791763

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Shaver N, Pham B, Vyas N, Collins E, Bennett A, Beck A, Skidmore B, Grossman MR, Cormack GV, Mishra S, Chan AK, Moher D, Brouwers M, Tricco AC, Willet V, Dixit D, Baller A, Little J

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-115610 PMID: 42425577

Viral suppression by residency status among men living with HIV in the context of the expanded ART policy in Shanghai, China.

Mendelsohn JB, Shen Y, Xi M, Cheng H, Bullock S, Wu X, Burchell AN, Mishra S, Tan DHS, Loutfy M, Moravan V, Calzavara L

PLOS global public health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005942 PMID: 41678551

Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Smylie, Janet K; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Cyr, Monica; Herrera, Della; McKnight, Constance; Muir, Nicole; Razak, Fahad; Ross, Todd; Rotondi, Michael A; Sinclair, Stephanie A; Star, Leona; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Data Linkage; Data Visualization; Health Survey; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Knowledge Network; Population Health Assessment; Quantitative Indigenous Methodologies; Respondent Driven Sampling

$4,284,000

CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response - Extension

Principal investigators: Tan, Darrell H; Adebajo, Sylvia; Audu, Rosemary; Chan, Adrienne; DAODU, OLUWAFEMI B; Klein, Marina B; Kozak, Robert A; Kwong, Jeffrey C; McGeer, Allison J; Mishra, Sharmistha; Okpokoro, Evaezi; Olufadewa, Isaac I; Walmsley, Sharon L

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Epidemiology; Mathematical Modeling; Prospective Cohort; Vaccine Effectiveness; Veterinary Medecine; Virology

$350,000

Developing a community-based research agenda to address unmet needs in the context of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grewal, Ramandip

Keywords: Co-Creation; Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Equity; Immigrants; Mixed-Methods Research; Newcomers; Racialized; Refugees

$20,000

Community-based participatory modeling of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Kenya

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha

Keywords: Community-Based; Hiv; Kenya; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Participatory Modeling

$19,700

Serving those left behind: Developing a precision approach to PrEP and ART delivery in Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embracing Diversity Achieve Prec./Health Equity-HIV/AIDS/STBBI-PHP-LOI

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

$20,000

Developing a novel framework for participatory community-based mathematical modeling of HIV epidemics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha

Keywords: HIV epidemics; Mathematical Modeling; Participatory Research Methods; Transmission Dynamics; Simulation Modeling; Sexual Networks; Health Equity; Community Engagement

$250,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Establishing Feasibility & Safety of Providing Critical Care Treatments for Patients with Ebola in a Simulated Ebola Treatment Centre: Phase 2

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fowler, Robert A; Adhikari, Neill K

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Ebola; Heat; Outbreak; Pandemic; Simulation

$248,625

ARtificial intelligence to Enable Automated REspiratory illness Surveillance through Primary care (AREA-RESP)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Pinto, Andrew D; Price, David J

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Covid-19; Influenza; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; Primary Health Care; Public Health; Respiratory Illness; Sars-Cov-2; Surveillance

$99,972

What happened and why? Exploring the development, implementation and impact of COVID-19 public health policies in Ontario using a health equity lens

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Fahim, Christine; Mishra, Sharmistha; Sander, Beate H

Keywords: Equity-Rooted Implementation; Evidence-Informed Decision Making; Health Equity; Health Policy; Implementation Science; Intersectionality-Informed Research Stance; Mathematical Modelling

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Epidemiology Dear Professor Mishra, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Sharmistha Mishra

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis service delivery among young women at increased risk for HIV acquisition in South Africa: a time-and-motion study.

Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.

The impact of HIV stigma and discrimination on HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment, and viral suppression in Africa: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys.

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes at a national referral hospital in Sierra Leone, 2017 to 2022: A retrospective cohort study.

Evaluating the impact of achieving cascade equality in Eswatini: a modeling study on the prevention impacts of antiretroviral therapy.

Identifying priority populations for HIV interventions using acquisition and transmission indicators: a combined analysis of 15 mathematical models from ten African countries.

Examining the interaction between area-level immunity coverage and individual-level immunity to help quantify indirect herd benefits: a population-based retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths.

Infection prevention and control measures for Ebola and Marburg disease: a series of rapid reviews.

Viral suppression by residency status among men living with HIV in the context of the expanded ART policy in Shanghai, China.

Developing a novel framework for participatory community-based mathematical modeling of HIV epidemics

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Michel Alary

David Buckeridge

Allison McGeer

Alan Katz

Kwame Mckenzie

Rita Shahin

James Shaw

Ramandip Grewal

Srinivas Murthy

Ross Upshur

Kwame Mckenzie

Jennifer Gibson

Anne-Claude Gingras

Curtis Cooper

Mona Loutfy

Dawn Bowdish

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Janet Raboud

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