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Robert Platt

ResearcherEpidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational HealthMcGill University

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Robert Platt

Researcher

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (8 CIHR, 5 NSERC), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 9 trainee awards (9 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Observational Studies Pharmacoepidemiology Covid-19 Distributed Networks Effect Measure Modification Epidemiology Heterogeneity Methods Development

Latest papers

Timing of Initiation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing.
JAMA internal medicine · 2026
Evaluating the Performance of Traditional Pharmacoepidemiologic and Machine Learning Models to Predict Pregnancies at Risk of Major Congenital Malformations.
Birth defects research · 2026
A Scoping Review of Case-Level Causality Assessment Tools Developed Between 2008 and 2023; Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Future Improvements.
Drug safety · 2026

All 36 publications

Latest funding

Target Trial Emulations of Novel Prescribing Practices for Opioid Use Disorder in the Context of a Volatile Drug Supply
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$794,990
Development of models to predict hypertension after pregnancy using electronic and administrative health record data
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$524,024
The evaluating Glucagon-like peptide-1 Receptor agonists use and pregnancy Outcomes among reproductive-aged Women (GROW) Study
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$386,326

All 85 grants and awards

36 publications.

Timing of Initiation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing.

Hossain MB, Min JE, Kurz M, Seaman S, Bach P, Karim ME, Bruneau J, Socias ME, Gustafson P, Platt R, Greenland S, Nosyk B

JAMA internal medicine2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2026.3904 PMID: 42709433

Evaluating the Performance of Traditional Pharmacoepidemiologic and Machine Learning Models to Predict Pregnancies at Risk of Major Congenital Malformations.

Nohmie G, Lanovaz M, Sheehy O, Longo C, Platt R, Durand A, Damase-Michel C, Bérard A

Birth defects research2026

DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.70117 PMID: 42706690

A Scoping Review of Case-Level Causality Assessment Tools Developed Between 2008 and 2023; Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Future Improvements.

Cooper D, Ansari MT, Aurelius T, Bobbins A, Dhanda S, Gravel CA, Hauben M, Morris D, Morton K, Platt R, Van Puijenbroek E, Yeomans A, Davies M

Drug safety2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40264-026-01665-7 PMID: 41910704

Randomized Controlled Trial of the Meaning-Making Intervention (MMi) in Patients Newly Diagnosed With Advanced Cancer: Full Trial.

Henry M, Cohen SR, Heyland DK, Platt R, Zhang X, Gotlieb W, Lau S, Vasilevsky CA, Hier M, Sadeghi N, Sultanem K, Batist G, Costa M, Bolster-Foucault C, Wang CS, Agulnik J

Psycho-oncology2026

DOI: 10.1002/pon.70421 PMID: 41856946

Challenges in Small Sample Size Cluster Trials for Medication Adherence: Insights From TAKE-IT-TOO.

Riddell SW, Platt R, Dew MA, Dabbs AD, Dharnidharka VR, Knäuper B, Mayersohn G, Teoh CW, Phan V, Blydt-Hansen T, Smith J, Foster BJ

Pediatric transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1111/petr.70250 PMID: 41424091

Addressing bias due to measurement error of an outcome with unknown sensitivity in database epidemiologic studies. A contribution from the ConcePTION project.

Limoncella G, Grilli L, Dreassi E, Rampichini C, Platt R, Gini R

American journal of epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae423 PMID: 39475077

PTSD Coach as an early mobile intervention to improve cancer-related anxiety and psychosocial oncology uptake in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer: pilot randomized controlled trial.

Ducharme L, Lo C, Hier M, Zeitouni A, Kost K, Mlynarek A, Antoni M, Kuhn E, Owen JE, Heyland D, Platt R, Fuehrmann F, Sadeghi N, Rosberger Z, Frenkiel S, Sultanem K, Shenouda G, Cury F, Henry M

Pilot and feasibility studies2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-024-01556-7 PMID: 39709459

Describing diversity of real world data sources in pharmacoepidemiologic studies: The DIVERSE scoping review.

Gini R, Pajouheshnia R, Gardarsdottir H, Bennett D, Li L, Gulea C, Wientzek-Fleischmann A, Bazelier MT, Burcu M, Dodd C, Durán CE, Kaplan S, Lanes S, Marinier K, Roberto G, Soman K, Zhou X, Platt R, Setoguchi S, Hall GC

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety2024

DOI: 10.1002/pds.5787 PMID: 38724471

External validity in distributed data networks.

Webster-Clark M, Toh S, Arnold J, McTigue KM, Carton T, Platt R

Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/pds.5666 PMID: 37463756

The association between pre-pregnancy body mass index and perinatal death and the role of gestational age at delivery.

Bone JN, Joseph KS, Mayer C, Platt R, Lisonkova S

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264565 PMID: 35320271

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Robert Platt

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Timing of Initiation of Methadone Take-Home Dosing.

Evaluating the Performance of Traditional Pharmacoepidemiologic and Machine Learning Models to Predict Pregnancies at Risk of Major Congenital Malformations.

A Scoping Review of Case-Level Causality Assessment Tools Developed Between 2008 and 2023; Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Future Improvements.

Randomized Controlled Trial of the Meaning-Making Intervention (MMi) in Patients Newly Diagnosed With Advanced Cancer: Full Trial.

Challenges in Small Sample Size Cluster Trials for Medication Adherence: Insights From TAKE-IT-TOO.

Addressing bias due to measurement error of an outcome with unknown sensitivity in database epidemiologic studies. A contribution from the ConcePTION project.

PTSD Coach as an early mobile intervention to improve cancer-related anxiety and psychosocial oncology uptake in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer: pilot randomized controlled trial.

Describing diversity of real world data sources in pharmacoepidemiologic studies: The DIVERSE scoping review.

External validity in distributed data networks.

The association between pre-pregnancy body mass index and perinatal death and the role of gestational age at delivery.

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Andrea Benedetti

Melissa Henry

Nader Sadeghi

John Lydon

Caroline Quach

Ayal Schaffer

Serge Beaulieu

Soham Rej

Audrey Durand

Jennifer O'Loughlin

Doug Coyle

Sarka Lisonkova

Tammy Clifford

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