Tai Huynh, University of Toronto

Research

Older Adults Sex And Gender Supportive Environments Community Programming Population Health Quality Of Life Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Reducing Social Isolation And Loneliness

Latest papers

Gender Matters, Age Counts: Patterns of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.
Healthcare management forum · 2026
Examining Multimorbidity in Older Adults Living in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, in Ontario, Canada, Using Latent Class Analysis.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026
Raising the single-unit transfusion benchmark in a national quality improvement campaign: Can we do better?
Vox sanguinis · 2026

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Informing the planning of disease-specific interventions for older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Reimagining Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) for 21st Century Cities: What Works Best to Support Older Adults to Age in Place?
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$2,948,181
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: Understanding the health and social needs of older adults aging in urban environments to support aging in place
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Gender Matters, Age Counts: Patterns of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes.

Mulla RT, Karagheusian K, Patey AM, Weir J, Feldman S, Levinson W, Huynh T, Hirdes JP

Healthcare management forum2026

DOI: 10.1177/08404704261437387 PMID: 41949440

02

Examining Multimorbidity in Older Adults Living in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, in Ontario, Canada, Using Latent Class Analysis.

Isai A, Matai L, Bronskill SE, Feng P, Fu L, Hahn-Goldberg S, Humphries J, Huynh T, Li Z, McQuire T, Recknagel J, Rochon PA, Stall NM, Wang X, Yu C, Savage RD

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2026

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.70416 PMID: 41933493

03

Raising the single-unit transfusion benchmark in a national quality improvement campaign: Can we do better?

Ahn M, Day D, Levinson W, Huynh T, Lin Y

Vox sanguinis2026

DOI: 10.1111/vox.70134 PMID: 41083201

04

A portrait of older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities in Ontario, Canada: A population-based study.

Savage RD, Huynh T, Hahn-Goldberg S, Matai L, Boblitz A, Altaf A, Bronskill SE, Brown KA, Feng P, Lewis-Fung SE, Sheth MS, Yu C, Recknagel J, Rochon PA

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19278 PMID: 39618101

05

Factors associated with transition to a nursing home in older adults living in naturally occurring retirement communities.

Sheth MS, Rochon PA, Altaf A, Boblitz A, Bronskill SE, Brown KA, Hahn-Goldberg S, Huynh T, Lewis-Fung SE, Feng P, Savage RD

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19038 PMID: 38888381

06

Using Blood Wisely: lessons learnt in establishing a national implementation programme to reduce inappropriate red blood cell transfusion.

Lin Y, Levinson W, Day D, Lett R, Petraszko T, Huynh T, Patey AM

BMJ open quality2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002660 PMID: 38569664

07

Ten Years of Choosing Wisely to Reduce Low-Value Care.

Levinson W, Leis JA, Huynh T

The New England journal of medicine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1056/nejmc2206330 PMID: 35731661

08

Implementation, spread and impact of the Patient Oriented Discharge Summary (PODS) across Ontario hospitals: a mixed methods evaluation.

Hahn-Goldberg S, Huynh T, Chaput A, Krahn M, Rac V, Tomlinson G, Matelski J, Abrams H, Bell C, Madho C, Ferguson C, Turcotte A, Free C, Hogan S, Nicholas B, Oldershaw B, Okrainec K

BMC health services research2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06374-8 PMID: 33865385

09

Impact of patient-centered discharge tools: A systematic review.

Okrainec K, Lau D, Abrams HB, Hahn-Goldberg S, Brahmbhatt R, Huynh T, Lam K, Bell CM

Journal of hospital medicine2017

DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2692 PMID: 28182809

10

Co-creating patient-oriented discharge instructions with patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers.

Hahn-Goldberg S, Okrainec K, Huynh T, Zahr N, Abrams H

Journal of hospital medicine2015

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2444 PMID: 26406116

Informing the planning of disease-specific interventions for older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr: HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts - General Pool

Principal investigators: Savage, Rachel; Huynh, Tai

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Community Programming; Dementia; Diabetes; Multimorbidity; Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities; Older Adults; Sex And Gender; Supportive Environments

$100,000

Reimagining Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) for 21st Century Cities: What Works Best to Support Older Adults to Age in Place?

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: HCIS - Healthcare systems, services and policies

Principal investigators: Rochon, Paula A; Hahn-Goldberg, Shoshana; Huynh, Tai; Lehman, Jeff; Ivers, Noah M; Savage, Rachel

Keywords: Community Programming; Loneliness; Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities; Norc; Older Adults; Population Health; Quality Of Life; Reducing Social Isolation; Sex And Gender; Supportive Environments

$2,948,181

Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: Understanding the health and social needs of older adults aging in urban environments to support aging in place

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Op. Gr.: Data Anal. Using Existing Data./Cohorts - HC Interv. Res. General Pool

Principal investigators: Savage, Rachel; Huynh, Tai

Keywords: Community Programming; Older Adults; Population Health; Quality Of Life; Reducing Social Isolation And Loneliness; Sex And Gender; Supportive Environments

$100,000

Supporting Optimal Aging: Social Networks in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: optimal aging; aging-in-place; naturally occurring retirement communities; social networks; well-being

$20,000

Reimagining Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORCs) for 21st Century Cities: What Works Best to Support Older Adults to Age in Place?

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Healthcare systems, services and policies

Principal investigators: Rochon, Paula A; Huynh, Tai; Ivers, Noah M; Savage, Rachel

Keywords: Community Programing; Older Adults; Population Health; Quality Of Life; Reducing Social Isolation And Loneliness; Sex And Gender; Supportive Environments

$24,949

Fostering healthy aging in naturally occurring retirement communities: a mixed methods explanatory case study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Depaul, Vincent G; Donnelly, Catherine A

Keywords: Aging; Aging In Place; Community Based Health Promotion; Health Service Coordination; Healthy Aging; Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities; Nutrition; Physical Activity; Social Determinants; Social Isolation

$1,583,288

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

Medicine
Sociology and Anthropology
Biostatistics Division
Human Kinetics
Toronto General Research Institute
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2023

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Older Adults Dear Professor Huynh, 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 "Gender Matters, Age Counts: Patterns of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Canadian Long-Term Care Homes." (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 "Informing the planning of disease-specific interventions for older adults in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs)" (2023), 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]