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Anne Stephenson

MD, PhD

Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute

Email: anne.stephenson@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-5406

Biography

Dr. Stephenson attended medical school and received her internal medicine training at the University of Toronto. She completed her training in Respiratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 2000 and has been working at St. Michael’s Hospital in the Adult CF Program since 2001. In 2010 she successfully completed her PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto followed by a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in health services research. In addition to her clinical work, she oversees the Canadian CF Patient Registry (CCFR) and has utilized this resource for her own research in order to examine predictors of morbidity in CF. Most recently, she has linked the CCFR to the health administrative databases at IC/ES to examine emerging complications of CF in the ageing CF population. In addition, she collaborates with CF researchers internationally using national CF Registry data to conduct population-based epidemiologic research in CF.

Recent Publications

  1. Maqsood, A, Ma, X, Tullis, E, Ryan, CM, Anand, A, Stephenson, AL et al.. Sleep breathing disorder frequency, risk factors, and treatment among adults with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros. 2024;23 (1):144-149. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.12.005. PubMed PMID:38123381 .
  2. Cheema, ZM, Gomez, LC, Johnson, N, Laflamme, OD, Rabin, HR, Steele, K et al.. Measuring the burden of cystic fibrosis: A scoping review. J Cyst Fibros. 2023; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.11.014. PubMed PMID:38044160 .
  3. Radtke, T, Urquhart, DS, Braun, J, Barry, PJ, Waller, I, Petch, N et al.. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Provides Prognostic Information in Advanced Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024;21 (3):411-420. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202304-317OC. PubMed PMID:37879036 PubMed Central PMC10913772.
  4. Zampoli, M, Sykes, J, Verstraete, J, Cheng, SY, Morrow, B, Pepper, MS et al.. Global disparities in cystic fibrosis outcomes prior to CFTR modulators: A CF registries cohort study in South Africa and Canada. J Cyst Fibros. 2023; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2023.09.003. PubMed PMID:37704465 .
  5. Alshehri, M, Ramos, KJ, Sykes, J, Ma, X, Stanojevic, S, Quon, BS et al.. Cystic fibrosis survival outcomes following second lung transplant: The north American experience. Clin Transplant. 2023;37 (11):e15097. doi: 10.1111/ctr.15097. PubMed PMID:37563332 PubMed Central PMC10840857.
  6. Albaiz, FA, Ramos, KJ, Sykes, J, Stanojevic, S, Ma, X, Quon, BS et al.. Lung function decline is mitigated following liver transplantation in people with cystic fibrosis: A retrospective cohort study. Liver Transpl. 2024;30 (3):302-310. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000232. PubMed PMID:37530842 .
  7. Potter, KJ, Coriati, A, Hicks, P, Lands, LC, McKinney, ML, Boudreau, V et al.. Canadian Cystic Fibrosis-related Diabetes Clinical Practice Survey: Analysis of Current Practices and Gaps in Clinical Care. Can J Diabetes. 2023;47 (3):263-271.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.02.002. PubMed PMID:36872137 .
  8. Mastromatteo, S, Chen, A, Gong, J, Lin, F, Thiruvahindrapuram, B, Sung, WWL et al.. High-quality read-based phasing of cystic fibrosis cohort informs genetic understanding of disease modification. HGG Adv. 2023;4 (1):100156. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100156. PubMed PMID:36386424 PubMed Central PMC9647008.
  9. Wu, K, Michalski, A, Sykes, J, Batt, J, Stephenson, AL, Mathur, S et al.. Comparison of quadriceps muscle size and quality in adults with cystic fibrosis with different severities of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein dysfunction. Chron Respir Dis. 2022;19 :14799731221131330. doi: 10.1177/14799731221131330. PubMed PMID:36380568 PubMed Central PMC9669672.
  10. Stephenson, AL, Swaleh, S, Sykes, J, Stanojevic, S, Ma, X, Quon, BS et al.. Contemporary cystic fibrosis incidence rates in Canada and the United States. J Cyst Fibros. 2023;22 (3):443-449. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.10.008. PubMed PMID:36371312 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Assistant Professor, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
  • Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto