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Yun-Hee Choi

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ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Yun-Hee Choi

Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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25 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 4 research grants (3 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

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Clinical Pharmacology Drug Interactions Drug Metabolism Pharmacogenetics Pharmacogenomics

Latest papers

Clinical impact of Takotsubo syndrome in patients with stroke.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2026
Flexible Modeling of Time-Dependent Covariate Effects in Survival Models With Correlated Competing Risks: Application to the Evaluation of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Women With BRCA1 Pathogenic Variants.
Statistics in medicine · 2026 · senior author
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

All 59 publications

Latest funding

The effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on the nuclear epigenome in cardiovascular disease risk
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$70,000
The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Addressing Transitions in Care for Medically Complex, Unattached, and Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$895,670
The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$684,676

All 10 grants and awards

59 publications.

Clinical impact of Takotsubo syndrome in patients with stroke.

Jang SS, Sposato L, Scheitz JF, Choi YH, Geressu A, Tzemos N, Ayan D, Mamas MA, Bagur R

Heart (British Cardiac Society)2026

DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2025-327188 PMID: 42045052

Flexible Modeling of Time-Dependent Covariate Effects in Survival Models With Correlated Competing Risks: Application to the Evaluation of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Women With BRCA1 Pathogenic Variants.

Lee S, Briollais L, Choi YH, BCFR

Statistics in medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/sim.70527 PMID: 41944717

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

Confidence interval estimation for the win probability in cluster randomized trials with hierarchical composite endpoints using win fractions.

Davies Smith E, Choi YH, Jairath V, Zou G

Clinical trials (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1177/17407745261417308 PMID: 41728653

Contact with health services for adverse childhood experiences and subsequent risk of non-affective psychotic disorder: Population-based evidence from Ontario, Canada

Salama R, Rodrigues R, Comeau J, Choi Y-H, Rotenberg M, Edwards J, Le B, Anderson KK

Schizophrenia Research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.07.010

Association between recorded physical activity and cancer progression or mortality in individuals diagnosed with cancer in South Africa.

Mabena N, Rugbeer N, Lehmann S, Torres G, Patel D, Mabunda M, Greyling M, Thornton JS, Choi YH, Stranges S, Patricios JS

British journal of sports medicine2025

DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2024-108813 PMID: 39773836

Mediating pathways between area-level deprivation and hypertension in Nepal: the role of nutritional status, food insecurity, and health behaviors.

Sharma I, Campbell MK, Choi YH, Luginaah I, Were JM, Vargas-Gonzalea JC, Stranges S

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25471-5 PMID: 41361808

Exploring the postpartum return to sport and performance in Canadian elite athletes.

Hewitt CM, Campbell MK, Choi YH, Thornton JS

Frontiers in sports and active living2025

DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1665212 PMID: 41126927

Sociodemographic Factors and the Risk of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Ontario, Canada: A Province-Wide Case-Control Study.

Idrees S, Anderson KK, Choi YH, Tijssen JA

Journal of the American Heart Association2024

DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032718 PMID: 37930073

Extending the DeLong algorithm for comparing areas under correlated receiver operating characteristic curves with missing data.

Zou L, Choi YH, Guizzetti L, Shu D, Zou J, Zou G

Statistics in medicine2024

DOI: 10.1002/sim.10172 PMID: 39013403

The effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on the nuclear epigenome in cardiovascular disease risk

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Castellani, Christina A

Keywords: Aging; Atherosclerosis; Bioinformatics; Cardiovascular Disease; Disease Risk; Epigenetics; Epigenomics; Genomics; Mediation Analysis; Mitochondrial Dna

$70,000

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

Co-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

The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gofton, Teneille E; Dhanani, Sonny; Meade, Maureen O; Slessarev, Marat

Keywords: Propsective

$684,676

Virtual and In-Person Primary Care: Patients and Family Physicians Co-creating a Model of Care Delivery

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: CMA Foundation - Virtual Care

Principal investigators: Ryan, Bridget L

Keywords: Family Physicians; Multimorbidity; Patient-Centred Care; Primary Care; Virtual Care

Integrated Precision Medicine Technology and Approach for Optimal Drug Therapy for Canadians

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Team Grant: Personalized Health

Principal investigators: Kim, Richard B; Barrett, David R; Bauman, Glenn S; Choi, Yun-Hee; Garg, Amit; Grof-Iannelli, Martie N; Levine, Mark N; Morgan, Bronagh J; Sarma, Sisira K; Schwarz, Ute I; Tirona, Rommel G; Welch, Stephen A; Winquist, Eric

Keywords: Clinical Pharmacology; Drug Interactions; Drug Metabolism; Pharmacogenetics; Pharmacogenomics

$1,995,001

Statistical methods for joint modeling and dynamic predictions for clustered data

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Choi, YunHee

$108,000

Statistical Methodologies for Competing Risks

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Choi, YunHee

$55,000

Hepatic Bile Acid and Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) drug uptake transporters as determinants of drug disposition

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kim, Richard B

Keywords: Clinical Pharmacology; Drug Disposition; Drug Transporters; Liver Transporters; Pharmacogenetics

$737,601

Econometric Analyses of Adult Obesity in Canada: Modifiable Risk Factors and Policy Implications

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Sarma, Sisira K

Keywords: Data Linkage; Econometrics Methodology; Economics Approach; Geographical Information System Mapping Techniques; Population Based Secondary Data; Statistical Methodology

$281,027

Modeling correlated survival data in genetic and biomedical research

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Choi, YunHee

$80,000

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

Profile data last refreshed on November 9, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Yun-Hee Choi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Clinical impact of Takotsubo syndrome in patients with stroke.

Flexible Modeling of Time-Dependent Covariate Effects in Survival Models With Correlated Competing Risks: Application to the Evaluation of Risk-Reducing Salpingo-Oophorectomy in Women With BRCA1 Pathogenic Variants.

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

Confidence interval estimation for the win probability in cluster randomized trials with hierarchical composite endpoints using win fractions.

Contact with health services for adverse childhood experiences and subsequent risk of non-affective psychotic disorder: Population-based evidence from Ontario, Canada

Association between recorded physical activity and cancer progression or mortality in individuals diagnosed with cancer in South Africa.

Mediating pathways between area-level deprivation and hypertension in Nepal: the role of nutritional status, food insecurity, and health behaviors.

Exploring the postpartum return to sport and performance in Canadian elite athletes.

Sociodemographic Factors and the Risk of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Ontario, Canada: A Province-Wide Case-Control Study.

Extending the DeLong algorithm for comparing areas under correlated receiver operating characteristic curves with missing data.

The effect of mitochondrial DNA variation on the nuclear epigenome in cardiovascular disease risk

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

The Neurologic Physiology after Removal of Therapy (NeuPaRT) Study

Virtual and In-Person Primary Care: Patients and Family Physicians Co-creating a Model of Care Delivery

Integrated Precision Medicine Technology and Approach for Optimal Drug Therapy for Canadians

Statistical methods for joint modeling and dynamic predictions for clustered data

Statistical Methodologies for Competing Risks

Hepatic Bile Acid and Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide (OATP) drug uptake transporters as determinants of drug disposition

Econometric Analyses of Adult Obesity in Canada: Modifiable Risk Factors and Policy Implications

Modeling correlated survival data in genetic and biomedical research

Frequent collaborators

Laurent Briollais

Saverio Stranges

Rodrigo Bagur

Guangyong Zou

Stephen Welch

Eric Winquist

Maria Mathews

Naveen Poonai

Isaac Luginaah

Patrick Parfrey

Edward Yu

Sonja Reichert

Stewart Harris

Sisira Sarma

Lindsay Hedden

Vipul Jairath

Lindsay Hedden

Daniel Goldman

Luciano Sposato

Marat Slessarev

Martin Rotenberg

Irene Andrulis

Richard Booth

Janet Martin

Teneille Gofton

Igor Karp

Michael Silverman

Sonny Dhanani

Manuel Montero Odasso

Jennifer Chandler

Jennifer Donnan

Shannon Sibbald

Muriel Brackstone

Jordan Edwards

Moira Stewart

Stuart Skinner

Charles Weijer

Shane English

Maureen Meade