Virginie Cobigo, University of Toronto

Research

Data Linkage Developmental Disabilities Hospitalizations Mental Illness Population Health Primary Care

Latest papers

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024
Stage IV breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at diagnosis in adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based cross-sectional study.
Cancer · 2024
Antipsychotic initiation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.
BMJ open · 2019

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Understanding cancer burden and outcomes for Canadians living with intellectual and developmental disabilities
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$298,352
Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Researching maternal and infant outcomes
CIHR · 2013 · Supervisor
$135,000
Health Care Access Research in Developmental Disabilities
CIHR · 2012 · Principal investigator
$600,000

All 4 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Hansford RL, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Griffiths R, Hallet J, Decker K, Dawe DE, Kristjanson M, Cobigo V, Shooshtari S, Stirling M, Kelly C, Brownell M, Turner D, Mahar A

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00844-8 PMID: 38315327

02

Stage IV breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at diagnosis in adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based cross-sectional study.

Mahar AL, Biggs K, Hansford RL, Derksen S, Griffiths R, Enns JE, Dawe DE, Hallet J, Kristjanson M, Decker K, Cobigo V, Shooshtari S, Stirling M, Kelly C, Brownell M, Turner D, Ouellette-Kuntz H

Cancer2024

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35068 PMID: 37902956

03

Antipsychotic initiation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

Gomes T, Khuu W, Tadrous M, Vigod S, Cobigo V, Lunsky Y

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028125 PMID: 31366646

04

The Association Between Continuity of Primary Care and Preventive Cancer Screening in Women With Intellectual Disability.

Plourde N, Brown HK, Vigod S, Cobigo V

American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1352/1944-7558-123.6.499 PMID: 30421970

05

Antipsychotic Use With and Without Comorbid Psychiatric Diagnosis Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Lunsky Y, Khuu W, Tadrous M, Vigod S, Cobigo V, Gomes T

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2018

DOI: 10.1177/0706743717727240 PMID: 28830241

06

Postpartum Acute Care Utilization Among Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Brown HK, Cobigo V, Lunsky Y, Vigod S

Journal of women's health (2002)2017

DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2016.5979 PMID: 28118072

07

Perinatal Health of Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Comorbid Mental Illness.

Brown HK, Cobigo V, Lunsky Y, Dennis CL, Vigod S

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2016

DOI: 10.1177/0706743716649188 PMID: 27310242

08

Labour and delivery interventions in women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a population-based cohort study.

Brown HK, Kirkham YA, Cobigo V, Lunsky Y, Vigod SN

Journal of epidemiology and community health2016

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206426 PMID: 26449738

09

Uptake of colorectal cancer screening among Ontarians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Ouellette-Kuntz H, Coo H, Cobigo V, Wilton AS

PloS one2015

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118023 PMID: 25689849

Understanding cancer burden and outcomes for Canadians living with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mahar, Alyson L

Keywords: Cancer Care Inequalities; Cancer Prognosis; Cancer Stage At Diagnosis; Developmental Disability; Guideline-Recommended Treatment; Health Equity; Intellectual Disability

$298,352

Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Researching maternal and infant outcomes

SupervisorCIHR2013CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Brown, Hilary

Keywords: Cohort Study; Epidemiology; Infant Health; Intellectual And Developmental Disability; Maternal Health

$135,000

Health Care Access Research in Developmental Disabilities

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Lunsky, Yona J; Carlucci, Rosa; Gonzales, Angela N; Neitzert, Monica C; Balogh, Robert S; Cobigo, Virginie; Isaacs, Barry J; Lin, Elizabeth; Ouellette-Kuntz, Hélène

Keywords: Data Linkage; Developmental Disabilities; Hospitalizations; Mental Illness; Population Health; Primary Care

$600,000

Innovations in Community-based PHC for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Ouellette-Kuntz, Hélène

Keywords: Health Care Access; Health Inequities; Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

$25,000

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
Family Practice
Psychology
Surgery
Family Social Sciences
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Nutritional Sciences
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.

Simone Vigod

Family Practice

5 shared papers, latest 2019

Marni Brownell

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Christine Kelly

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Tara Gomes

Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care

2 shared papers, latest 2019

Kathleen Decker

Community Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Shahin Shooshtari

Family Social Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Nutritional Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Alyson Mahar

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Virginie Cobigo

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Stage IV breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at diagnosis in adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based cross-sectional study.

Antipsychotic initiation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

The Association Between Continuity of Primary Care and Preventive Cancer Screening in Women With Intellectual Disability.

Antipsychotic Use With and Without Comorbid Psychiatric Diagnosis Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Postpartum Acute Care Utilization Among Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Perinatal Health of Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Comorbid Mental Illness.

Labour and delivery interventions in women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a population-based cohort study.

Uptake of colorectal cancer screening among Ontarians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Understanding cancer burden and outcomes for Canadians living with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Researching maternal and infant outcomes

Health Care Access Research in Developmental Disabilities

Innovations in Community-based PHC for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Simone Vigod

Yona Lunsky

Marni Brownell

Christine Kelly

Tara Gomes

Julie Hallet

Kathleen Decker

Shahin Shooshtari

Mina Tadrous

Alyson Mahar

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Alyson Mahar

Alyson Mahar

Virginie Cobigo

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Breast (female), colorectal, and lung cancer survival in people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

Stage IV breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at diagnosis in adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A&#xa0;population-based cross-sectional study.

Antipsychotic initiation among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

The Association Between Continuity of Primary Care and Preventive Cancer Screening in Women With Intellectual Disability.

Antipsychotic Use With and Without Comorbid Psychiatric Diagnosis Among Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Postpartum Acute Care Utilization Among Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

Perinatal Health of Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Comorbid Mental Illness.

Labour and delivery interventions in women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a population-based cohort study.

Uptake of colorectal cancer screening among Ontarians with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Understanding cancer burden and outcomes for Canadians living with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Researching maternal and infant outcomes

Health Care Access Research in Developmental Disabilities

Innovations in Community-based PHC for Adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Simone Vigod

Yona Lunsky

Marni Brownell

Christine Kelly

Tara Gomes

Julie Hallet

Kathleen Decker

Shahin Shooshtari

Mina Tadrous

Alyson Mahar

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Alyson Mahar

Alyson Mahar

Stage IV breast, colorectal, and lung cancer at diagnosis in adults living with intellectual or developmental disabilities: A population-based cross-sectional study.