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Andreas Laupacis

MD, MSc, BA

Affiliate Scientist

Email: Andreas.Laupacis@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-6060 Ext 5780
Twitter: @andreaslaupacis

Research Programs

Biography

Please note: Dr. Laupacis is not taking any summer students.

I have a longstanding  interest in clinical epidemiology,  health services research, health policy and  patient involvement in research and health care. I was the founder of Healthy Debate and am currently Editor in Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

 

Recent Publications

  1. Varner, C, Boozary, A, Laupacis, A. [Not Available]. CMAJ. 2024;196 (23):E801-E802. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240577-f. PubMed PMID:38885977 PubMed Central PMC11182679.
  2. Boozary, A, Varner, C, Laupacis, A. Homelessness is a health crisis: why hospitals are resorting to building housing. CMAJ. 2024;196 (19):E666-E667. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240649. PubMed PMID:38772600 PubMed Central PMC11104578.
  3. Varner, C, Boozary, A, Laupacis, A. "Social admissions" to hospital are not personal failures but policy ones. CMAJ. 2024;196 (17):E597-E598. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240577. PubMed PMID:38719224 PubMed Central PMC11073831.
  4. Persaud, N, Azarpazhooh, A, Keown-Stoneman, C, Birken, CS, Isaranuwatchai, W, Maguire, JL et al.. Xylitol for the prevention of acute otitis media episodes in children aged 1-5 years: a randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child. 2024;109 (2):121-124. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325565. PubMed PMID:37890960 PubMed Central PMC10850643.
  5. Shickh, S, Mighton, C, Clausen, M, Kodida, R, Adi-Wauran, E, Hirjikaka, D et al.. "I don't need any more unknowns hanging over my head": Views of patients with cancer on variants of uncertain significance and low/moderate risk results from genomic sequencing. Genet Med. 2023;25 (12):100960. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.100960. PubMed PMID:37577963 PubMed Central PMC11262616.
  6. Persaud, N, Bedard, M, Boozary, A, Glazier, RH, Gomes, T, Hwang, SW et al.. Effect of Free Medicine Distribution on Health Care Costs in Canada Over 3 Years: A Secondary Analysis of the CLEAN Meds Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Health Forum. 2023;4 (5):e231127. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.1127. PubMed PMID:37234014 PubMed Central PMC10220517.
  7. Kodida, R, Reble, E, Clausen, M, Shickh, S, Mighton, C, Sam, J et al.. A model for the return and referral of all clinically significant secondary findings of genomic sequencing. J Med Genet. 2023;60 (8):733-739. doi: 10.1136/jmg-2022-109091. PubMed PMID:37217257 .
  8. Shickh, S, Sebastian, A, Clausen, M, Mighton, C, Elser, C, Eisen, A et al.. Great expectations: patients' preferences for clinically significant results from genomic sequencing. Hum Genet. 2023;142 (4):553-562. doi: 10.1007/s00439-023-02543-3. PubMed PMID:36943453 PubMed Central PMC11249280.
  9. Chin-Yee, N, Gomes, T, Tanuseputro, P, Talarico, R, Laupacis, A. Anticoagulant use and associated outcomes in older patients receiving home palliative care: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ. 2022;194 (35):E1198-E1208. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220919. PubMed PMID:36096505 PubMed Central PMC9477253.
  10. Shickh, S, Mighton, C, Clausen, M, Adi-Wauran, E, Hirjikaka, D, Kodida, R et al.. "Doctors shouldn't have to cheat the system": Clinicians' real-world experiences of the utility of genomic sequencing. Genet Med. 2022;24 (9):1888-1898. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.04.024. PubMed PMID:35612591 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Editor in Chief, Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Senior Fellow, Massey College in the University of Toronto
  • Clinical Specialty: general internal medicine, with a special interest in palliative care (retired)