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Stefan Baral
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Research
Latest papers
An evaluation of barriers and facilitators to implementing multiplex rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B in congregate living settings.
Frontiers in public health · 2025
Urban wastewater contains a functional human antibody repertoire of mucosal origin.
Water research · 2024
Respiratory infectious disease outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness: a systematic review of prevention and mitigation strategies.
Annals of epidemiology · 2023
Latest funding
- $350,000
CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $99,859
Exploration of Peer-led HIV Prevention, Testing, and Referrals to Care Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Toronto
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $1,231,650
Co-creating a new model of long-term care home for older adults experiencing homelessness: Long-term Caring
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
4 publications.
An evaluation of barriers and facilitators to implementing multiplex rapid antigen testing for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A and B in congregate living settings.
Garad Y, Manea AA, Pak N, Danok L, Baral S, Dykstra T, Kasperavicius D, Straus SE, Fahim C
Urban wastewater contains a functional human antibody repertoire of mucosal origin.
Stephenson S, Eid W, Wong CH, Mercier E, D'Aoust PM, Kabir MP, Baral S, Gilbride KA, Oswald C, Straus SE, Mackenzie A, Delatolla R, Graber TE
Respiratory infectious disease outbreaks among people experiencing homelessness: a systematic review of prevention and mitigation strategies.
Zhu A, Bruketa E, Svoboda T, Patel J, Elmi N, El-Khechen Richandi G, Baral S, Orkin AM
What really is a concentrated HIV epidemic and what does it mean for West and Central Africa? Insights from mathematical modeling.
Boily MC, Pickles M, Alary M, Baral S, Blanchard J, Moses S, Vickerman P, Mishra S
CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness
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
Exploration of Peer-led HIV Prevention, Testing, and Referrals to Care Among People Experiencing Homelessness in Toronto
Principal investigators: Orkin, Aaron M; Baral, Stefan D; Rourke, Sean B
Keywords: Community Health; Community-Based Research; Evaluation And Measurment; Health Equity; Hiv Prevention And Connection To Care; Hiv Self-Testing; Peer Support; People Experiencing Homelessness
Co-creating a new model of long-term care home for older adults experiencing homelessness: Long-term Caring
Principal investigators: Straus, Sharon E; Canzian, Sonya; Fahim, Christine; Grenier, Amanda M; Marr, Sharon A; Orkin, Aaron M; Tricco, Andrea C; Watt, Jennifer A
Keywords: Geriatric Care; Long-Term Care; Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Evaluating delivery of priority public health interventions to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto by peer workers
Principal investigators: Orkin, Aaron M; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G; Baral, Stefan D
Keywords: Community-Based Research; Evaluation And Measurement; Peer Workers; People Experiencing Homelessness; Public Health Service Delivery; Quintuple Aim
What happened and why? Exploring the development, implementation and impact of COVID-19 public health policies in Ontario using a health equity lens
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
Canada-Africa Monkeypox Partnership (CAMP): Characterizing transmission dynamics and evaluating medical countermeasures to inform the clinical and public health response to Mpox
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 Medicine; Virology
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha; Baral, Stefan D; Janjua, Naveed Z; Katz, Alan; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Sander, Beate H; Williamson, Tyler
Keywords: Health Administrative Data; Intervention Impact; Population Health; Transmission Dynamics
Evaluating the impact of resource navigators in supporting Long Term Care Home personal support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Principal investigators: Fahim, Christine; Straus, Sharon E
Keywords: Burnout; Covid-19; Infection Prevention; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Long Term Care Homes; Personal Support Workers; Wellness; Wraparound Supports
COVID-19 Variant Network - Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data
Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha; Baral, Stefan D; Janjua, Naveed Z; Katz, Alan; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Maheu-Giroux, Mathieu; Sander, Beate H; Williamson, Tyler
Keywords: Health Administrative Data; Intervention Impact; Population Health; Transmission Dynamics
Kukaa Salama (Staying Safe): A Pre-Post Trial of a WhatsApp Social Group for Increasing COVID-19 Prevention Practices with Urban Refugee and Displaced Youth in Kampala, Uganda
Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Hakiza, Robert
Keywords: Adolescents; Behavioural Change; Covid-19 Prevention; Hand Hygiene; Humanitarian Settings; Mhealth; Refugee And Displaced Persons; Uganda; Urban Refugees; Youth
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
- Community Health Sciences
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- Centre for Urban Health Solutions
- Médecine sociale et préventive
- Civil Engineering
- Epidemiology Division
- 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.
Robert Delatolla
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
James Blanchard
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Stephen Moses
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Sharmistha Mishra
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Michel Alary
Médecine sociale et préventive
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Michael Pickles
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Sharmistha Mishra
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Christine Fahim
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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