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Valeria Rac

ResearcherInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

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Valeria Rac

Researcher

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 5 trainee awards (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Diabetes Diabetic Retinopathy Population Health Health Services Research Healthcare Administrative Data Preventative Medicine Primary Care Screening

Latest papers

Early health technology assessment (eHTA) approaches focused on human stem cell-related technologies: a scoping review protocol.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among at Risk Populations: Protocol for Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
JMIR Research Protocols · 2025 · senior author
Predictive Models Aid Prognostication Secondary Analysis Integrating Model and Physician Prognostic Estimates in Heart Failure
JACC: Advances · 2025

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the health system and market adoption of novel cardiac therapies using human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CM)
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Economic Analysis And Return on Investment (ROI) For Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Screening And Treatment Through Diabetes Eye Screening Program (DESP) Among Uninsured Patient Populations Living With Diabetes And Seeking Care At South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) in Toronto, Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$2,000
SPOR Network in Diabetes and its Related Complications
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000

All 38 grants and awards

23 publications.

Early health technology assessment (eHTA) approaches focused on human stem cell-related technologies: a scoping review protocol.

Francis T, Hassan S, Bielecki J, Abdi A, Stewart U, Laflamme MA, Rac V

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110228 PMID: 42242738

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among at Risk Populations: Protocol for Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Stanimirovic A, Francis T, Meerai S, Mathew S, Ibrahim S, Bowen JM, PIkula A, Rac V

JMIR Research Protocols20252 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.2196/60488

Predictive Models Aid Prognostication Secondary Analysis Integrating Model and Physician Prognostic Estimates in Heart Failure

Alba AC, Buchan TA, Mueller B, Poon S, Mak S, Al-Hesayen A, Toma M, Zieroth S, Anderson K, Demers C

JACC: Advances20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102281

Navigating the life stage after stroke: From Life 2.0 to stroke prevention models of care - A qualitative exploration of younger and middle-aged adult stroke patients' experiences and recommendations.

Ibrahim S, D'Amico D, Zhang L, Hashmi S, Verven A, Ng S, Francis T, Stanimirovic A, Senff JR, Singh S, Rosand J, Casaubon LK, Sivakumar K, Rac V, Pikula A

Qualitative research in medicine & healthcare2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.qrmh.2025.100017 PMID: 40895773

A realist review of factors critical for the implementation of eHealth in chronic disease management.

Shahid N, Parker G, Bielecki JM, Rac V, Berta W

BMC health services research2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12361-0 PMID: 40176012

Empirical evidence for a process-based model of health-related quality of life using network analysis.

Stogios N, Francis T, Peiris RG, Stanimirovic A, Rac V, Nolan RP

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1522133 PMID: 39906293

Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) therapy for patients with advanced cancer: protocol for a multi-method feasibility trial.

Richardson C, Chan C, Macgregor E, Hare C, Hannon B, Black S, Schneider E, Buchman D, Wang S, Rac V, Abrahamyan L, Huszti E, Nissim R, Li M, Zimmermann C, Hapke E, Rosenbaum D, Hales S

Pilot and feasibility studies2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-025-01706-5 PMID: 41152967

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Managing Childhood Overweight: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jantzen RR, Naylor PJ, Strange K, Ball GDC, Mâsse LC, Rhodes RE, Zhang X, Nolan RP, Zheng S, Rac V, Liu S

JMIR research protocols2025

DOI: 10.2196/76837 PMID: 41085996

Factors Impacting Physician Prognostic Accuracy in Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Alba AC, Buchan TA, Saha S, Fan S, Poon S, Mak S, Al-Hesayen A, Toma M, Zieroth S, Anderson K

JACC: Heart Failure20245 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.02.009

The TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): economic analysis.

Stanimirovic A, Francis T, Webster-Bogaert S, Harris S, Rac V, LIONESS study group

Health research policy and systems2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01135-5 PMID: 38741196

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Valeria Rac

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Early health technology assessment (eHTA) approaches focused on human stem cell-related technologies: a scoping review protocol.

Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Among at Risk Populations: Protocol for Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Predictive Models Aid Prognostication Secondary Analysis Integrating Model and Physician Prognostic Estimates in Heart Failure

Navigating the life stage after stroke: From Life 2.0 to stroke prevention models of care&#xa0;- A qualitative exploration of younger and middle-aged adult stroke patients' experiences and recommendations.

A realist review of factors critical for the implementation of eHealth in chronic disease management.

Empirical evidence for a process-based model of health-related quality of life using network analysis.

Psilocybin-assisted Existential, Attachment and RelationaL (PEARL) therapy for patients with advanced cancer: protocol for a multi-method feasibility trial.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Managing Childhood Overweight: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Factors Impacting Physician Prognostic Accuracy in Heart Failure Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

The TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): economic analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Murray Krahn

Aleksandra Pikula

Sarah Ibrahim

Nadia Giannetti

Gordon Guyatt

Sharon Chih

Catherine Demers

George Tomlinson

Petros Pechlivanoglou

Csilla Kalocsai

Tai Huynh

Kristina Kokorelias

Mathieu Ouimet

Emma Hapke

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Daniel Rosenbaum

Sarah Zheng

Camilla Zimmermann

Fiona Miller

Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan

Lianne Jeffs

Chaim Bell

Whitney Berta

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Monika Kastner

Michael Brent

Patti-Jean Naylor

Daniel Buchman

Madeline Li

Sarah Hales

Navigating the life stage after stroke: From Life 2.0 to stroke prevention models of care - A qualitative exploration of younger and middle-aged adult stroke patients' experiences and recommendations.