Faculty profile

Christo El Morr

ResearcherHealth Policy and ManagementYork University

This profile is built from public research funding records (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) and PubMed. We have not imported them from a York University directory, so their courses may be missing. Find their university profile.

Christo El Morr

Researcher

Health Policy and Management

Health Sciences

York University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 10 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

Citations

h-index

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Profiles and links

Search on Google Scholar

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

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

Latest papers

AI-based epidemic early warning using social media and search engine signals: A scoping review.
Health informatics journal · 2026 · senior author
Advancing Psychiatric Safety With the Predictive Risk Identification for Mental Health Events Tool: Retrospective Cohort Study.
JMIR mental health · 2026 · senior author
Mindful Nonreactivity, Anxiety, Depression, and Perceived Stress as Mediators of the Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention-Pathways to Enhance Mental Health in University Students: Secondary Evaluation of Two Randomized Controlled Trials With Student Participants.
JMIR mental health · 2025

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Mapping Workplace Racism in Canada: A Community-Driven AI Platform Grounded in Ontario
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$396,562
Disability Data Justice from the Ground Up: A Co-Design Approach to Building AI Search Engines and Data Repositories for Local, National, and Transnational Disabled People's Organizations
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$33,882
Matérialité et territorialité des infrastructures du numérique
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$23,663

All 9 grants and awards

39 publications.

AI-based epidemic early warning using social media and search engine signals: A scoping review.

Bayat A, Pavakopethan A, Kashmar N, Yousuf I, Saab A, Salem Sokhn E, El-Lahib Y, El Morr C

Health informatics journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/14604582261479106 PMID: 42585098

Advancing Psychiatric Safety With the Predictive Risk Identification for Mental Health Events Tool: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Dolatabadi E, Tamayo Velasquez V, Dabboussi AH, Wen D, Crawford J, Waddell AE, El Morr C

JMIR mental health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/84318 PMID: 41649861

Mindful Nonreactivity, Anxiety, Depression, and Perceived Stress as Mediators of the Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention-Pathways to Enhance Mental Health in University Students: Secondary Evaluation of Two Randomized Controlled Trials With Student Participants.

Pirbaglou M, El Morr C, Ahmad F, Ritvo P

JMIR mental health2025

DOI: 10.2196/65853 PMID: 40825251

Utilizing Large Language Models to Monitor Social Media for Disability: An Analysis of Sentiment and Disability Models in Tweets.

Dabboussi AH, Yousuf I, Bullock H, Jacob N, Mago V, El Morr C

Studies in health technology and informatics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/shti250612 PMID: 40380716

Practical Approach for Evaluating Machine Learning Anomaly Detection Algorithms for Epidemic Early Warning Systems.

Saab A, Dabboussi AH, Abi Khalil C, Rahme J, Salem Sokhn E, El Morr C

Studies in health technology and informatics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3233/shti250581 PMID: 40380686

Identifying the panorama of potential pandemic pathogens and their key characteristics: a systematic scoping review.

Khachab Y, Saab A, El Morr C, El-Lahib Y, Sokhn ES

Critical reviews in microbiology2025

DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2024.2360407 PMID: 38900695

Exploring the Intersection of AI and Inclusive Design for People with Disabilities.

El Morr C, Singh D, Sawhney V, Fernandes S, El-Lahib Y, Gorman R

Studies in health technology and informatics2024First author

DOI: 10.3233/shti240475 PMID: 39176803

AI and disability: A systematic scoping review.

El Morr C, Kundi B, Mobeen F, Taleghani S, El-Lahib Y, Gorman R

Health informatics journal2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/14604582241285743 PMID: 39287175

AI-based epidemic and pandemic early warning systems: A systematic scoping review.

El Morr C, Ozdemir D, Asdaah Y, Saab A, El-Lahib Y, Sokhn ES

Health informatics journal2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/14604582241275844 PMID: 39172555

Predicting the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention for University Students: Machine Learning Model.

El Morr C, Tavangar F, Ahmad F, Ritvo P, MVC Team

Interactive journal of medical research2024First author

DOI: 10.2196/50982 PMID: 38578872

Mapping Workplace Racism in Canada: A Community-Driven AI Platform Grounded in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: El Morr, Christo

$396,562

Disability Data Justice from the Ground Up: A Co-Design Approach to Building AI Search Engines and Data Repositories for Local, National, and Transnational Disabled People's Organizations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: da Silveira Gorman, Rachel

Keywords: Disability data justice; co-design; disability advocacy; community development; digital literacy; artificial intelligence; disabled people's organizations; accessible data repositories; local; national; and transnational social movements

$33,882

Matérialité et territorialité des infrastructures du numérique

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mouton, Morgan

Keywords: Numérique ; infrastructures ; centres de données ; économie politique ; énergie ; sécurité ; politiques urbaines ; mouvements sociaux ; Partenariats public-privé

$23,663

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

Towards an Accessible Inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI2)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Shifting Dynamics of Privilege and Marginalization

Principal investigators: El Morr, Christo

Keywords: people with disabilities; artificial intelligence; machine learning; equity; vulnerable population; data; advocacy; policy

$30,000

Training an AI to detect medical bias and unmet health needs through critical race and disability theory and community-generated data

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Gorman, Rachel

Keywords: AI bias; medical bias; natural language processing; medically unexplained illness; medical sexism, racism & ableism; social determinants of health; cellular and biochemical bases of chronic illness; microaggressions in healthcare interactions; electronic medical records; community-based health narratives

$121,762

Disability Wikibase: Modelling and Implementing an Intelligent Bilingual Knowledge Network, through Mapping Disability Advocacy Data Needs Scaled to Local, National, and International Policy Interventions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: El Morr, Christo

Keywords: (1) Disability; (2) Policy; (3) Informatics; (4) Analytics; (5) Wikidata; (6) Artificial Intelligence; (7) Knowledge Networks; (8) Advocacy; (9) Human Rights; (10) Equity

$67,994

Students Mental Health: Virtual Support on Campus

Nominated PICIHR2015Operation:eHealth Innov Partnership Program(eHIPP)-Youth &Adolescent Mental Hlth

Principal investigators: El Morr, Christo; Ahmad, Farah; Ritvo, Paul G

Keywords: Campus; Ehealth; Mental Health; Mindfulness; Virtual Community; Youth

$410,732

Monitoring the human rights of people with disabilities in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: disability; disability rights; human rights; human rights monitoring; disability rights monitoring; disability law and policy analysis; media monitoring; disability dataset analysis; human rights education; knowledge mobilization; knowledge transfer

$998,884

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

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Christo El Morr

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

AI-based epidemic early warning using social media and search engine signals: A scoping review.

Advancing Psychiatric Safety With the Predictive Risk Identification for Mental Health Events Tool: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Mindful Nonreactivity, Anxiety, Depression, and Perceived Stress as Mediators of the Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention-Pathways to Enhance Mental Health in University Students: Secondary Evaluation of Two Randomized Controlled Trials With Student Participants.

Utilizing Large Language Models to Monitor Social Media for Disability: An Analysis of Sentiment and Disability Models in Tweets.

Practical Approach for Evaluating Machine Learning Anomaly Detection Algorithms for Epidemic Early Warning Systems.

Identifying the panorama of potential pandemic pathogens and their key characteristics: a systematic scoping review.

Exploring the Intersection of AI and Inclusive Design for People with Disabilities.

AI and disability: A systematic scoping review.

AI-based epidemic and pandemic early warning systems: A systematic scoping review.

Predicting the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Virtual Community Intervention for University Students: Machine Learning Model.

Mapping Workplace Racism in Canada: A Community-Driven AI Platform Grounded in Ontario

Disability Data Justice from the Ground Up: A Co-Design Approach to Building AI Search Engines and Data Repositories for Local, National, and Transnational Disabled People's Organizations

Matérialité et territorialité des infrastructures du numérique

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

Towards an Accessible Inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI2)

Training an AI to detect medical bias and unmet health needs through critical race and disability theory and community-generated data

Disability Wikibase: Modelling and Implementing an Intelligent Bilingual Knowledge Network, through Mapping Disability Advocacy Data Needs Scaled to Local, National, and International Policy Interventions

Students Mental Health: Virtual Support on Campus

Monitoring the human rights of people with disabilities in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Paul Ritvo

Farah Ahmad

Paul Ritvo

Farah Ahmad

Rahim Moineddin

Liane Ginsburg

Alexis Buettgen

Carles Muntaner

Elham Dolatabadi

Elham Dolatabadi

Mohammed Al-Omran