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Cross-Appointed ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Stewart Harris

Cross-Appointed Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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13 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 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

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Chronic Disease Quality Improvement Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Participatory Action Research Primary Health Care Health Services Research Implementation Science

Latest papers

Time to finding a regular primary care provider for unattached patients at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program in London, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2026
Patient Perspectives of the Operationalization of Adult Patient-centred Care at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program, London, Ontario: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.
Canadian journal of diabetes · 2025
Clinically meaningful improvements in treatment satisfaction in insulin-naïve people with type 2 diabetes post initiation of insulin glargine 300 U/mL: A post hoc analysis of real-world ATOS study.
Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025 · senior author

All 40 publications

Latest funding

The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Addressing Transitions in Care for Medically Complex, Unattached, and Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$895,670
Indigenous Network for Health Advancement
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$74,975
FORGE AHEAD: Program Findings Interpretation and Knowledge Translation Workshop
CIHR · 2017 · Nominated PI
$24,900

All 16 grants and awards

40 publications.

Time to finding a regular primary care provider for unattached patients at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program in London, Ontario, Canada.

Lyons R, Hedden L, Harris S, Choi YH, Ryan BL, Reichert S, Meredith L, Mathews M

Canadian journal of diabetes2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2026.09.004 PMID: 42767490

Patient Perspectives of the Operationalization of Adult Patient-centred Care at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program, London, Ontario: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Young G, Garg A, Ryan D, Meredith L, Harris S, Reichert SM, Hedden L, Mathews M

Canadian journal of diabetes2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.06.007 PMID: 40618890

Clinically meaningful improvements in treatment satisfaction in insulin-naïve people with type 2 diabetes post initiation of insulin glargine 300 U/mL: A post hoc analysis of real-world ATOS study.

Snoek F, Galstyan G, Khan N, Tirosh A, Kesavadev J, Vargas-Uricoechea H, Baghous H, Mabunay MA, Grulovic N, Corp Dit Genti V, Msihid J, Harris S

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/dom.16415 PMID: 40292754

Cost-Effectiveness of FreeStyle Libre for Glucose Self-Management Among People with Diabetes Mellitus: A Canadian Private Payer Perspective.

Harris S, Cimino S, Nguyen Y, Szafranski K, Poon Y

Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13300-024-01677-5 PMID: 39688778

The First Nations Community Experiences With the SOAR Research Program: Improving Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management.

Dissanayake M, Pace R, Harris S

Canadian journal of diabetes2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2024.11.001 PMID: 39536911

Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design.

Mathews M, Lyons R, Harris S, Hedden L, Choi YH, Donnan J, Green ME, Harvey E, Reichert SM, Ryan B, Sibbald S, Meredith L

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088737 PMID: 38858140

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 systems2024

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

The Determination of Diabetes Utilities, Costs, and Effects Model: A Cost-Utility Tool Using Patient-Level Microsimulation to Evaluate Sensor-Based Glucose Monitoring Systems in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: Comparative Validation.

Szafranski K, De Pouvourville G, Greenberg D, Harris S, Jendle J, Shaw JE, Castro JC, Poon Y, Levrat-Guillen F

Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.01.010 PMID: 38307388

Time in uncontrolled hyperglycemia before insulin initiation in people living with type 2 diabetes: A systematic literature review.

Harris S, Seidu S

Primary care diabetes2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.008 PMID: 39492047

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Care and Clinical Parameters in a Primary Care Setting in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-sectional Study

Cheng AYY, Harris S, Krawchenko I, Tytus R, Hahn J, Liu A, Millson B, Golden S, Goldenberg R

Canadian Journal of Diabetes202313 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.01.003

The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Addressing Transitions in Care for Medically Complex, Unattached, and Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Transitions in Care

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria; Harris, Stewart B; Hedden, Lindsay K

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Chronic Disease Management; Complications; Determinants Of Health; Diabetes; Family Medicine; Multiple Methods; Primary Health Care; Quadruple Aim; Qualitative Interviews

$895,670

Indigenous Network for Health Advancement

Nominated PICIHR2018Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; Akiwenzie, Liz; Neufeld, Hannah J

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Community-Based Participatory Research; Diabetes Mellitus; Environmental Dispossession; Food Environments; Indigenous Wellness; Quality Improvement; Traditional Food Systems

$74,975

FORGE AHEAD: Program Findings Interpretation and Knowledge Translation Workshop

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B

Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge Translation; Program Findings Interpretation

$24,900

Mno Nimkodadding Geegi (We Are All Connected): The Ontario Node of the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - Ontario

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A; Castleden, Heather E; Furgal, Christopher M; Gabel, Chelsea; Mushquash, Christopher J; Neufeld, Hannah J; Peltier, Cindy M; Smylie, Janet K; Stewart, Suzanne L; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Career Development; Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Well-Being; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; Networking

$1,000,000

TITLE: Artificial Intelligence for Screening and Secondary Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Learning Health System in Ontario (LeHSOn -AI)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning/Dissemination Grants - IPPH - ICS - Artificial Intelligence - General

Principal investigators: Zwarenstein, Merrick F; Rayner, Jennifer

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Electronic Medical Records; Learning Health Systems; Primary Health Care

$19,933

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits

Nominated PICIHR2016Team Grant: Pathways Implementation Research Team - Component 2 - LOI

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; McComber, Alex M

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Diabetes; Health Services Research; Implementation Science; Indigenous; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Mixed-Methods; Participatory Research; Primary Healthcare; Quality Improvement

$5,744

Mno Nimkodadding Geegi "We Are All Connected": The Central Region IMNP

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - LOI

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A; Anderson, Kim; Benoit, Anita C; Castleden, Heather E; Chan, Laurie H; Cote-Meek, Sheila; Delormier, Treena; Furgal, Christopher M; Mushquash, Christopher J; Neufeld, Hannah J; Riva, Mylene; Smylie, Janet K; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Collaborative Approaches To Health Research; Community Based Research; Health Equity; Indigenous Health Research; Indigenous Research Methodologies; Interdisciplinarity; Mentorship; Research Innovation; Skills Development

$20,000

Transformation of Indigenous Primary Healthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD): Enhancement and Adaptation of Community-driven Innovations and Scale-up Toolkits

Nominated PICIHR2016Team Grant: Pathways IRT - Component 2 -Obesity/Diabetes

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B; Cornelius, Ida

$652,110

Planning the future follow-up, interventions and optimizing knowledge translation in the Canadian Alliance of Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) Aboriginal Cohort

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Anand, Sonia S; Bruce, Sharon G

Keywords: Aboriginal People; Community; Health Intervention; Health Systems And Services; Prospective Follow-Up; Record Linkage

$24,550

Strategic Planning to Support First Nations Communities Participating in the FORGE AHEAD Program

Nominated PICIHR2013Planning Grants - PA: First Nations, Inuit or Métis Planning Activities

Principal investigators: Harris, Stewart B

Keywords: Aboriginal; Access To Health Care; Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Health Care Services; Participatory Action Research; Primary Health Care; Strategic Planning; Team-Building

$24,997

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chronic Disease Dear Professor Harris, 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 "Time to finding a regular primary care provider for unattached patients at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program in London, Ontario, Canada." (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 CIHR-funded project "The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Addressing Transitions in Care for Medically Complex, Unattached, and Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes" (2022), 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]

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Stewart Harris

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Time to finding a regular primary care provider for unattached patients at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program in London, Ontario, Canada.

Patient Perspectives of the Operationalization of Adult Patient-centred Care at the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program, London, Ontario: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Clinically meaningful improvements in treatment satisfaction in insulin-na&#xef;ve people with type 2 diabetes post initiation of insulin glargine 300&#x2009;U/mL: A post hoc analysis of real-world ATOS study.

Cost-Effectiveness of FreeStyle Libre for Glucose Self-Management Among People with Diabetes Mellitus: A Canadian Private Payer Perspective.

The First Nations Community Experiences With the SOAR Research Program: Improving Type 2 Diabetes Prevention and Management.

Evaluation of a unique and innovative diabetes care model in primary care in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a multiple-methods study with a convergent parallel design.

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

The Determination of Diabetes Utilities, Costs, and Effects Model: A Cost-Utility Tool Using Patient-Level Microsimulation to Evaluate Sensor-Based Glucose Monitoring Systems in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: Comparative Validation.

Time in uncontrolled hyperglycemia before insulin initiation in people living with type 2 diabetes: A systematic literature review.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Care and Clinical Parameters in a Primary Care Setting in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-sectional Study

Frequent collaborators

Maria Mathews

Lindsay Hedden

Yun-Hee Choi

Lindsay Hedden

Romina Pace

Moira Stewart

Amardeep Thind

Hertzel Gerstein

Richard Tytus

Robert Petrella

Michael Green

Sylvia Abonyi

Jason Gilliland

Jeffrey Brook

Piotr Wilk

Laura Arbour

Heather Castleden

Sonja Reichert

Martin Cooke

Saverio Stranges

Jennifer Donnan

Shehzad Ali

Shannon Sibbald

Upender Mehan

Paul Poirier

James Irvine

Russell de Souza

Joanne Liutkus

Jennifer Huynh

Anthony Hanley

Natalia McInnes

Sonia Anand

Clinically meaningful improvements in treatment satisfaction in insulin-naïve people with type 2 diabetes post initiation of insulin glargine 300 U/mL: A post hoc analysis of real-world ATOS study.