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Surain Roberts

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Surain Roberts

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Ageing Alternative Level Of Care Home And Community Care Hospital Crowding Older Adults Social Admissions Transitions Of Care

Latest papers

Red Cell Transfusion in General Medicine Patients at Teaching and Non-teaching Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2026
Evaluating the process of care for persons admitted to Toronto area hospitals with acute severe ulcerative colitis.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology · 2025
Characterizing the burden of biliary tract cancers across 28 hospitals in Ontario, Canada.
Cancer · 2024

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,996,903

All 10 grants and awards

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Jones, Aaron T; Razak, Fahad; Roberts, Surain B; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Ageing; Alternative Level Of Care; Home And Community Care; Hospital Crowding; Older Adults; Social Admissions; Transitions Of Care

$100,000

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision & Health Equity - Aging

Principal investigators: Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Razak, Fahad; Richard, Lucie; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Equity In Predictive Models; Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare; Sepsis; Social Determinants Of Health

$1,996,903

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Chignell, Mark H; Cohen, Eldan; Dolatabadi, Elham; Gopalkrishnan, Rahul; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Thorpe, Kevin E; Trbovich, Patricia; Wong, Brian M; Wong, Camilla L

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Quality Indicators; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Verma, Amol; Cohen, Eldan; Fahim, Christine; Liu, Barbara; McIlraith, Sheila; Razak, Fahad; Sheehan, Kathleen; Tang, Terence

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Delirium; Early Warning System; Implementation Science; Machine Learning; Patient Safety; Prediction; Quality Improvement; Senior Friendly Hospital Care

$100,000

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Daneman, Nick; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$634,949

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: ECR Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Desveaux, Laura; Ivers, Noah M; McIntyre, Mark; Morris, Andrew M; Schwartz, Kevin L; Taljaard, Monica; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Antimicrobial Stewardship; Inpatient Care; Peer-Comparison Feedback Reporting; Pragmatic Randomized Trial

$300,000

Investigating variation in the inpatient allocation of scarce COVID-19 therapeutics: Equity and Clinical Outcomes

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

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Baker, Andrew J; Chan, Timothy; Gibson, Jennifer; Leung, Elizabeth; Mamdani, Muhammad; Morris, Andrew M; Pai, Menaka; Rosella, Laura C; Sarhangian, Vahid; Siddiqi, Arjumand; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Covid-19; Drug Shortages; Ethical Framework; Health Equity; Health Systems; Medications; Patient Outcomes; Processes Of Inpatient Care; Resource Allocation

$100,000

Investigating variation in the inpatient allocation of scarce COVID-19 therapeutics: Equity and Clinical Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Pro. Gr. - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies: ECI Grant

Keywords: Covid-19; Drug Shortage; Health Equity; Health Systems; Medications; Patient Outcomes; Processes Of Inpatient Care; Resource Allocation

$400,000

Understanding the effects of hospital capacity strain on quality of hospital care for patients admitted to medical and ICU wards during the pandemic and evaluating interventions to mitigate hospital capacity strain

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Imp. of def/disp care on health

Principal investigators: Razak, Fahad; Baker, Andrew J; Chan, Timothy; Cheung, Angela M; Gibson, Jennifer; Hellsten, Erik; Herridge, Margaret S; Kapral, Moira K; Lee, Nelson L; Mamdani, Muhammad; Rosella, Laura C; Sarhangian, Vahid; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Systems; Hospital Capacity; Large-Scale Patient Transfers; Patient Outcomes; Processes Of Care; Quality Of Inpatient Care

$499,577

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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Surain Roberts

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Red Cell Transfusion in General Medicine Patients at Teaching and Non-teaching Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Evaluating the process of care for persons admitted to Toronto area hospitals with acute severe ulcerative colitis.

Characterizing the burden of biliary tract cancers across 28 hospitals in Ontario, Canada.

Imaging delays among medical inpatients in Toronto, Ontario: A cohort study.

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Older Adults' Hospital Admissions for Unmet Community Support Needs

Transforming Sepsis Care: Robust prediction and decision making leveraging the Social Determinants of Health

Using an Artificial Intelligence Quality Indicator to optimize and evaluate delirium prevention efforts in hospitals

Developing an Artificial Intelligence and Implementation Science Toolkit to Prevent Delirium in Hospitals

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

A pragmatic randomized trial to evaluate the effect of a peer-comparison feedback letter on antimicrobial use in hospital-based physicians

Investigating variation in the inpatient allocation of scarce COVID-19 therapeutics: Equity and Clinical Outcomes

Investigating variation in the inpatient allocation of scarce COVID-19 therapeutics: Equity and Clinical Outcomes

Understanding the effects of hospital capacity strain on quality of hospital care for patients admitted to medical and ICU wards during the pandemic and evaluating interventions to mitigate hospital capacity strain

Frequent collaborators

Fahad Razak

Fahad Razak

Steven Gallinger

Kathrin Tyryshkin

Dean Fergusson

Dean Fergusson

Amol Verma

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Terence Tang

Jeannie Callum

Gideon Hirschfield

Amol Verma

Na Li

Michael Fralick

Donald Arnold

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Na Li