Gillian Booth

MD, MSc

Scientist

Biography

Dr. Gillian Booth is a Scientist at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions within the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Dr. Booth is also an Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and a practicing endocrinologist. Dr. Booth’s research focuses on health outcomes related to diabetes; specifically how socioeconomic, environmental and health care factors influence the risk of diabetes and its complications. She has extensive experience in using large provincial health care and survey databases, and in using geographic information systems (GIS) methodology to study contextual factors influencing the development of diabetes. One of her major research interests is on the built environment and its role in the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Dr. Booth has made major contributions to diabetes policy and practice at both the national and provincial levels. She has served on several advisory committees for the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System and she was the Methodology Chair for the 2013 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines.

 

Recent Publications

  1. Bhatt, HA, Booth, GL, Fazli, G, Ke, C, Kenaszchuk, C, Lipscombe, LL et al.. Rising prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Ontario: A population-based study. Can J Diabetes. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2024.10.001. PubMed PMID:39414118 .
  2. Soliman, Y, Everett, K, Shulman, R, Austin, PC, Lipscombe, LL, Booth, GL et al.. Persistent disparities in insulin pump uptake despite a universal pump programme for type 1 diabetes in Ontario, Canada. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024;26 (10):4450-4459. doi: 10.1111/dom.15799. PubMed PMID:39056219 .
  3. Wiens, K, Bai, L, Hwang, SW, Ronksley, PE, Austin, PC, Booth, GL et al.. Disparities in diabetes processes of care among people experiencing homelessness: An opportunity for intervention. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2024;213 :111748. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111748. PubMed PMID:38885743 .
  4. Feig, DS, Artani, A, Asaf, A, Li, P, Booth, GL, Shah, BR et al.. Long-term Neurobehavioral and Metabolic Outcomes in Offspring of Mothers With Diabetes During Pregnancy: A Large, Population-Based Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada. Diabetes Care. 2024;47 (9):1568-1575. doi: 10.2337/dc24-0108. PubMed PMID:38820461 .
  5. Doiron, D, Setton, EM, Syer, J, Redivo, A, McKee, A, Noaeen, M et al.. HealthyPlan.City: A Web Tool to Support Urban Environmental Equity and Public Health in Canadian Communities. J Urban Health. 2024;101 (3):497-507. doi: 10.1007/s11524-024-00855-x. PubMed PMID:38587782 PubMed Central PMC11190122.
  6. Moon, J, Udell, JA, Chong, A, Fang, J, Austin, PC, Ko, DT et al.. Time to SGLT2 Inhibitors Initiation in Patients With Heart Failure. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024;13 (8):e032296. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.032296. PubMed PMID:38563368 PubMed Central PMC11262487.
  7. Weisman, A, Booth, GL, Everett, K, Tomlinson, GA. Recent Improvements in Attainment of the Hemoglobin A1c Target of ≤7.0% Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in Ontario: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2024;26 (9):607-617. doi: 10.1089/dia.2024.0017. PubMed PMID:38526559 .
  8. Akioyamen, LE, Abdel-Qadir, H, Han, L, Sud, M, Mistry, N, Alter, DA et al.. Association of Neighborhood-Level Marginalization With Health Care Use and Clinical Outcomes Following Hospital Discharge in Patients Who Underwent Coronary Catheterization for Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Single-Payer Health Care System. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2023;16 (12):e010063. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.123.010063. PubMed PMID:38050754 .
  9. Bobrowski, D, Dorovenis, A, Abdel-Qadir, H, McNaughton, CD, Alonzo, R, Fang, J et al.. Association of neighbourhood-level material deprivation with adverse outcomes and processes of care among patients with heart failure in a single-payer healthcare system: A population-based cohort study. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023;25 (12):2274-2286. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3090. PubMed PMID:37953731 .
  10. Wang, R, Rouleau, G, Booth, GL, Brazeau, AS, El-Dassouki, N, Taylor, M et al.. Understanding Whether and How a Digital Health Intervention Improves Transition Care for Emerging Adults Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Realist Evaluation. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023;12 :e46115. doi: 10.2196/46115. PubMed PMID:37703070 PubMed Central PMC10534286.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Institute of Health Policy, Management, & Evaluation, University of Toronto
  • Scientist, Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences