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Piotr Wilk

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Professor & Graduate ChairDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Piotr Wilk

Professor & Graduate Chair

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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36 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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211

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Research

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Mixed Methods Population Health Health Equity Social Determinants Of Health Chronic Conditions Canada Environment Age-Friendly Communities

Latest papers

Changes in mental health outcomes of middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.
PloS one · 2026
Forensic mental health service use in early psychosis: A scoping review.
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026
COVID-19 and Emergency Department Visits: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Ontario and Alberta, Canada.
The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 89 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating Age-Friendly Communities in Canada: Linking Implementation to Health, Social and Equity Outcomes
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,526,176
How do individual- and area-level factors modify the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of middle-aged and older adults in Canada?
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$69,330
Better Dental Care for Healthy Aging: Identifying Barriers, Connections and Interactions
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$70,000

All 16 grants and awards

89 publications.

Changes in mental health outcomes of middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

Sharma S, Elhassan H, Anderson KK, Heisel MJ, Wilk P, Gagnier J

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0342140 PMID: 42658874

Forensic mental health service use in early psychosis: A scoping review.

Rodrigues R, Wootten JC, Anderson KK, Stranges S, Wilk P, Freeman MD, Zeegers MP

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-025-03038-4 PMID: 41555081

COVID-19 and Emergency Department Visits: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Ontario and Alberta, Canada.

Liu C, Lavigne É, Hicks A, Lim R, Gunz A, Wilk P

The western journal of emergency medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.5811/westjem.48990 PMID: 42054140

Heatwaves and PM2.5 from wildfire smoke, non-wildfire sources, and all sources in relation to preterm birth: a nationwide cohort study in Canada.

Lan Q, Henderson S, Coker E, Paul N, Cleland SE, Evans J, Chen L, Ferro A, Côté JN, Maltby A, Wilk P, Lavigne E

Environment international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110185 PMID: 41819630

Longitudinal effects of diet quality on healthy aging - Focus on cardiometabolic health: findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA).

Vahid F, Wilk P, Bohn T

Aging clinical and experimental research2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40520-025-03058-9 PMID: 40377823

The association of air pollution with new-onset epilepsy.

Antaya TC, Le B, Oiamo T, Wilk P, Speechley KN, Burneo JG

Epilepsia2025

DOI: 10.1111/epi.18389 PMID: 40152805

Unmet oral health needs and barriers to dental services among socially marginalized youth: a scoping review.

Vaishampayan P, Beniwal JS, Wilk P, McLean S, Jessani A

Frontiers in oral health2025

DOI: 10.3389/froh.2025.1521753 PMID: 40144220

Association of road traffic noise with the risk of new-onset epilepsy.

Antaya TC, Le B, Oiamo T, Wilk P, Speechley KN, Burneo JG

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2025.110616 PMID: 40712204

Preventing Multimorbidity: Moving Beyond the Single Disease Lens.

Makovski TT, Cuschieri S, Valderas JM, Guldner L, Nagyova I, van den Akker M, Andreeva VA, Cecchini M, Riboli E, Calderón-Larrañaga A, Iacoviello L, Wilk P, Carcaillon-Bentata L, Arwidson P, Constantinou P, Faggiano F, Nicholson K, Breton E, Barbic F, Mamo J, Huiart L, Coste J, Stranges S

International journal of public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2025.1608880 PMID: 40963513

Spatial mapping and geographic variation of inflammatory bowel disease in Canada: a population-based study

Goodwin SW, Haan M, Yuan Y, Wilk P, Jairath V

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis20253 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaf079

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Piotr Wilk

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Changes in mental health outcomes of middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.

Forensic mental health service use in early psychosis: A scoping review.

COVID-19 and Emergency Department Visits: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Ontario and Alberta, Canada.

Heatwaves and PM2.5 from wildfire smoke, non-wildfire sources, and all sources in relation to preterm birth: a nationwide cohort study in Canada.

Longitudinal effects of diet quality on healthy aging - Focus on cardiometabolic health: findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging (CLSA).

The association of air pollution with new-onset epilepsy.

Unmet oral health needs and barriers to dental services among socially marginalized youth: a scoping review.

Association of road traffic noise with the risk of new-onset epilepsy.

Preventing Multimorbidity: Moving Beyond the Single Disease Lens.

Spatial mapping and geographic variation of inflammatory bowel disease in Canada: a population-based study

Frequent collaborators

Saverio Stranges

Kathryn Nicholson

Shehzad Ali

Igor Karp

Martin Cooke

Robert Palisano

Patricia Tucker

Vipul Jairath

Giuseppe Guaiana

Sisira Sarma

Jason Gilliland

Yuhong Yuan

Éric Lavigne

Amardeep Thind

Abbas Jessani

Craig Campbell

Mark Speechley

Sarah Henderson

Anna Gunz

Teneille Gofton

Joel Gagnier

Guangyong Zou

Michael Kerr

Marc Mitchell

George Rodrigues

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

Colleen Varcoe

Judith Wuest

Stewart Harris

Alvaro Osornio Vargas

Ron Wald

Robert Petrella

Kathy Georgiades

Rhona Hanning

Amit Garg

Laura Duncan

Brian Timmons

Li Wang