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Shehzad Ali

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Shehzad Ali

Associate Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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57 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 13 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

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Economic Evaluation Health Equity Crc Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off Health Policy Resource Allocation Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Health Outcomes

Latest papers

The effect of treatments for postpartum depression on breastfeeding practices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Midwifery · 2026
Equity of financial protection for health care in high-income countries: A systematic scoping review.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Trajectories of physical comorbidity burden and all-cause mortality in people with severe mental illness: joint latent class modelling study with up to 10 years of follow-up.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2026

All 71 publications

Latest funding

Bridging the Gap: Implementing and evaluating equity metrics to advance health system improvement
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Severity weighting of health outcomes for economic evaluation: from methods to application
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$684,676
STRIDES Kidney: Semaglutide Therapy, Renal health, Individualized diet, Daily exercise, Engagement through coaching and Support Kidney
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 25 grants and awards

71 publications.

The effect of treatments for postpartum depression on breastfeeding practices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Shen S, Wang B, Zhao Y, Ali S, Smith RD

Midwifery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2026.104885 PMID: 42248094

Equity of financial protection for health care in high-income countries: A systematic scoping review.

Xie EC, Proaño D, Ali S, Allin S, Law MR, Sander B

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119306 PMID: 42102769

Trajectories of physical comorbidity burden and all-cause mortality in people with severe mental illness: joint latent class modelling study with up to 10 years of follow-up.

Li H, Dang W, Shen S, Huang X, Ali S, Doran T, Smith RD

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2026

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2026.10764 PMID: 42702795

Validity, Reliability, and Framing Effects in Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off Studies: A Systematic Review.

Chechulina V, Chu A, Lam QH, Kabir-Bahk C, Ali S

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.11.002 PMID: 41314417

Are diagnostic technologies for alzheimer's disease and dementia cost-effective? A systematic review of economic evaluations.

Kashem M, Haldenby O, Ahmad JF, Muhammad AA, Mostert CM, Ali S

Alzheimer's research & therapy2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13195-025-01933-1 PMID: 41572310

Predicting Dementia Risk: Progress, Pitfalls, and Priorities.

Nistor P, Espin-Garcia O, Merali Z, Ali S

International journal of public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2026.1609520 PMID: 41658423

Machine learning used to study risk factors for chronic diseases: A scoping review

Shergill M, Durant S, Birdi S, Rabet R, Ziegler C, Ali S, Buckeridge D, Ghassemi M, Gibson J, John-Baptiste A

Canadian Journal of Public Health20269 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01059-9

Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review

Birdi S, Patel A, Rabet R, Singh N, Durant S, Vosoughi T, Kapra F, Shergill M, Mesfin E, Ziegler C

Public Health Reviews2026

DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2026.1608074

The value of mental science: we publish what matters.

Malhi GS, Adlington K, Al-Diwani A, Ali S, Arya R, Baldwin DS, Batley P, Bell E, Berrios G, Beveridge A, Bhat M, Bhugra D, Biswas A, Byford S, Campbell C, Cass H, Chadda RK, Chamberlain SR, Chevance A, Comasco E, Cookson J, Costello H, Critchley HD, Cuijpers P, de Cates AN, De Giorgi R, de Oliveira C, Drummond C, Feng J, Ford T, Forrester A, Geddes JR, Harrison JR, Hayes JF, Henderson S, Ho CSH, Homan P, Horn N, Ioannidis K, Jones E, Karyotaki E, Kaufman KR, Koychev I, Kumari V, Kyriakopoulos M, Lawrie SM, Lee W, Lovik A, McGuire P, McKenzie K, Ostinelli EG, Oyebode F, Peters S, Petkova E, Phillips MR, Pinto da Costa M, Reilly TJ, Roberts E, Rodda J, Rush AJ, Saunders R, Schulze TG, Schultze-Lutter F, Shergill SS, Shivakumar G, Siskind D, Soomro GM, Srinivasan R, Sumathipala A, Szymaniak K, Tan E, Tarokh L, Tracy D, Watson S, Williams R, Wu J, Young AH, Zisman-Ilani Y, Fernandez-Egea E

The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2025

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2025.118 PMID: 40485480

Public preferences for allocating health system resources in Canada: a systematic review.

Ali S, Garaszczuk R, Moodie J, Cipriano L, Ghattas L, Ali S

Systematic reviews2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-025-02864-6 PMID: 40506761

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Shehzad Ali

Research

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Latest funding

The effect of treatments for postpartum depression on breastfeeding practices: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Equity of financial protection for health care in high-income countries: A systematic scoping review.

Trajectories of physical comorbidity burden and all-cause mortality in people with severe mental illness: joint latent class modelling study with up to 10 years of follow-up.

Validity, Reliability, and Framing Effects in Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off Studies: A Systematic Review.

Are diagnostic technologies for alzheimer's disease and dementia cost-effective? A systematic review of economic evaluations.

Predicting Dementia Risk: Progress, Pitfalls, and Priorities.

Machine learning used to study risk factors for chronic diseases: A scoping review

Machine Learning Used in Communicable Disease Control: A Scoping Review

The value of mental science: we publish what matters.

Public preferences for allocating health system resources in Canada: a systematic review.

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