Amol Verma, York University

Research

Big Data Canadian Context Causal Reasoning Discrimination Analysis Health Equity Machine Learning Marginalization Natural Language Processing

Latest papers

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.
Scientific reports · 2026
Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2026
Machine learning identifies prognosticators of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with breast or lung cancer.
Communications medicine · 2026

All 31 publications

Latest funding

The Socio-economic Impact of the Post-COVID-19 Condition in the Canadian Context
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Understanding How COVID-19 has Affected Hospital Performance
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 2 grants and awards

31 publications.

01

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

McAlister FA, Chu LM, Bakal JA, Austin PC, Cox JL, Verma A, Ganesh A, Hill MD, Vyas M, Yu AYX, Saposnik G, Abdel-Qadir H, Chu A, Singnurkar A, Kapral MK, Lee DS, Khan N

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-57448-8 PMID: 42350502

02

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Razak F, Verma A, Wilson K

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2026-078892 PMID: 42259579

03

Machine learning identifies prognosticators of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with breast or lung cancer.

Istasy MV, Verma A, Jerzak KJ, Das S

Communications medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01609-3 PMID: 42026134

04

Improving the quality of paracentesis practices in people with advanced cirrhosis in an ambulatory care setting.

Sedarous M, Lee E, Bishara A, Cherepaha-Kantorovich I, Verma A, Quinn K, Hirschfield G

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2026

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf041 PMID: 42058693

05

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 health2026

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

06

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Shin S, Malecki S, Towfighi S, Gupta S, Fralick M, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, Rawal S, Tang T

Journal of General Internal Medicine20261 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-025-10161-0

07

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

Ryan S, Liu Y, Raza S, Loeffler A, Relke N, Gabarin N, Risk M, Nguyen PU, Li N, Verma A

British Journal of Haematology20261 citations

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70304

08

Reply to the Letter to the Editor re: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Agarwal A, Verma A

Journal of General Internal Medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10554-9

09

Identifying predictors of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist use in hospital among adults with diabetes.

Raudanskis A, Sarma S, Biering-Sørensen T, Zorcic K, Razak F, Verma A, Jensen MT, Perkins BA, Colacci M, Fralick M

Journal of diabetes and its complications2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2024.108945 PMID: 39740304

10

The engagement equation: a model for understanding what drives voluntary physician engagement with data-driven clinical performance feedback.

Desveaux L, Wang R, Minotti SC, Brown B, Harris A, Verma A, Rouleau G, Tadrous M, Terpou B, Ivers NM

Implementation science communications2025

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00819-5 PMID: 41382240

The Socio-economic Impact of the Post-COVID-19 Condition in the Canadian Context

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Dolatabadi, Elham; Cheung, Angela M; El Morr, Christo; Razak, Fahad; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Big Data; Canadian Context; Causal Reasoning; Discrimination Analysis; Health Equity; Machine Learning; Marginalization; Natural Language Processing; Post Covid Condition; Socio-Economic

$100,000

Understanding How COVID-19 has Affected Hospital Performance

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. the Wider Impacts of COVID- Exacerb. of disp. among marg. pops.

Principal investigators: Imanirad, Raha; Diamant, Adam; Razak, Fahad; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Health Disparities; Health Services Research; Hospital Performance

$500,000

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: Big Data Dear Professor Verma, 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 "Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study." (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 Socio-economic Impact of the Post-COVID-19 Condition in the Canadian Context" (2023), 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]

Amol Verma

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Patient-physician familiarity is just as important for virtual outpatient encounters as for in-person encounters: a retrospective cohort study.

Middle powers must collaborate on health data and health AI.

Machine learning identifies prognosticators of intracranial metastatic disease in patients with breast or lung cancer.

Improving the quality of paracentesis practices in people with advanced cirrhosis in an ambulatory care setting.

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

Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Opportunities for improving platelet transfusion practice: A large retrospective audit across 22 hospitals

Reply to the Letter to the Editor re: Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Identifying predictors of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist use in hospital among adults with diabetes.

The engagement equation: a model for understanding what drives voluntary physician engagement with data-driven clinical performance feedback.

The Socio-economic Impact of the Post-COVID-19 Condition in the Canadian Context

Understanding How COVID-19 has Affected Hospital Performance

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