Shirine Usmani, University of Toronto

Research

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

Latest papers

A Multimodal Intervention for Reducing Unnecessary Repeat Glycated Hemoglobin Testing.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2023
Challenging the inequities of family planning in medical training.
Canadian medical education journal · 2021 · first author
COVID-19 and Physician Mothers.
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · 2021 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Central role of muscle autophagy in metabolism and musculoskeletal health
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,999,988
Central role of muscle autophagy in metabolism and musculoskeletal health
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$10,000

All 2 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

A Multimodal Intervention for Reducing Unnecessary Repeat Glycated Hemoglobin Testing.

Baek J, Rajeswaran V, Tran S, Alexander L, Jaskolka D, Usmani S, Yip P, Mukerji G

Canadian journal of diabetes20233 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.06.006 PMID: 36008251

02

Challenging the inequities of family planning in medical training.

Usmani S, Sarma S

Canadian medical education journal2021First author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.73087 PMID: 35003444

03

COVID-19 and Physician Mothers.

Sarma S, Usmani S

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000003851 PMID: 33186142

Central role of muscle autophagy in metabolism and musculoskeletal health

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions - General Pool

Principal investigators: Woo, Minna N; Cheung, Angela M; Gouspillou, Gilles; Grol, Matthew W; Kapoor, Mohit

Keywords: Aging; Autophagy; Cre-Loxp; Diabetes; Gene Delivery; Mouse Models; Osteoarthritis; Sarcopenia

$1,999,988

Central role of muscle autophagy in metabolism and musculoskeletal health

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Diabetes Mechanisms and Translational Solutions - LOI - General

Principal investigators: Woo, Minna N; Cheung, Angela M; Gouspillou, Gilles; Grol, Matthew W; Kapoor, Mohit

Keywords: Aging; Autophagy; Cre-Loxp; Diabetes; Gene Delivery; Mouse Models; Osteoarthritis; Sarcopenia

$10,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Medicine
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

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.

Susan Tran

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Geetha Mukerji

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Paul Yip

Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Lisa Alexander

Department of Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Usmani, 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 "A Multimodal Intervention for Reducing Unnecessary Repeat Glycated Hemoglobin Testing." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]