Zahra Shakeri, University of Toronto

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Latest papers

Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
Artificial intelligence and machine learning for organizational and system-level functions in primary health care: A scoping review protocol.
PloS one · 2026
Too agreeable to be accurate? Sycophancy and diagnostic instability of large language models in medical diagnosis.
Artificial intelligence in medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Exploring Social and Technical Drivers of Online Gambling Behaviour among Young Canadian Adults
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$108,200

All 1 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes.

Robinson CH, Joshi T, Samsel K, Shakeri Z, Aman N, Banh THM, Brooke J, Bruno V, Dhillon V, Garner M, Licht C, McKay A, Pearl R, Radhakrishnan S, Rasool K, Selvathesan N, Teoh CW, Vasilevska-Ristovska J, Parekh RS

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-026-07392-6 PMID: 42283830

02

Artificial intelligence and machine learning for organizational and system-level functions in primary health care: A scoping review protocol.

Galvez-Hernandez P, Audet LA, Shakeri Z, Wodchis WP

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0329426 PMID: 42789529

03

Too agreeable to be accurate? Sycophancy and diagnostic instability of large language models in medical diagnosis.

Samsel K, Dharma C, Rezaei AHM, Bahakim A, Ravikumar K, Bhat V, Kamaleddinn MA, Shakeri Z

Artificial intelligence in medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103516 PMID: 42721584

04

Centralized pooling and federated learning for Canadian patient-level data sharing in multicenter medical AI: A scoping review.

Jafarinezhad O, Zhang Q, Rezai R, Noaeen M, Shachak A, Far B, Shakeri Z

Artificial intelligence in medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103422 PMID: 42066521

05

Causal Forests in Practice: Lessons on Detecting Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Healthy Food Subsidy Program in Canada.

Aktary ML, Lalani I, Chen Y, Shakeri Z, McCormack GR, Dunn S, Sajobi T, O'Hara H, Leblanc P, Godley J, Doan N, Lee Olstad D

The Journal of nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101529 PMID: 41962903

06

FairCareNLP: An AI-driven patient review analyzer for healthcare.

Momtaz Esfahani SMP, Seeman D, Dharma C, Noaeen M, Guha S, Shakeri Z

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0337676 PMID: 42081529

07

From patient voices to policy: Data analytics reveals patterns in Ontario's hospital feedback.

Momtaz P, Noaeen M, Samsel K, Seeman N, Cribb R, Ahmed SI, Verma A, Aleman DM, Shakeri Z

PLOS digital health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000739 PMID: 41642958

08

Mapping neighbourhood-level drivers of type 2 diabetes for precision public health using predictive and causal machine learning.

Noaeen M, Rostami A, Ghanem I, Saarela O, Keshavjee K, Brook JR, Shakeri Z

Scientific reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-34287-7 PMID: 41491227

09

Generative AI and Foundation Models in Radiology: Applications, Opportunities, and Potential Challenges.

Tavakoli N, Shakeri Z, Gowda V, Samsel K, Bedayat A, Ghasemiesfe A, Bagci U, Hsiao A, Leiner T, Carr J, Kim D, Rahsepar AA

Radiology2025

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.242961 PMID: 41251552

10

Academic case reports lack diversity: Assessing the presence and diversity of sociodemographic and behavioral factors related to Post COVID-19 Condition.

Medina Florez JA, Raza S, Lynn Ansell R, Shakeri Z, Smith BT, Dolatabadi E

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326668 PMID: 40601702

Exploring Social and Technical Drivers of Online Gambling Behaviour among Young Canadian Adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shakeri, Zahra H.

$108,200

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

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Health Policy and Management
General Internal Medicine
Cell Biology
Family Medicine
Biostatistics Division
Health and Society
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 Cribb

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Olli Saarela

Biostatistics Division

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Christoph Licht

Cell Biology

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Tolulope Sajobi

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Amol Verma

General Internal Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Venkat Bhat

Behavioural Neuroscience & Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Amol Verma

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Elham Dolatabadi

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Jenny Godley

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Elham Dolatabadi

Health Policy and Management

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Pablo Galvez-Hernandez

Health and Society

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Karim Keshavjee

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Shakeri, 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 "Machine learning prediction of childhood nephrotic syndrome outcomes." (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 SSHRC-funded project "Exploring Social and Technical Drivers of Online Gambling Behaviour among Young Canadian Adults" (2025), 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]