Curriculum Vitae

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Steven Hawken PhD

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa

Senior Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Affiliate Investigator, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute

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Education

** Ph.D. Epidemiology ** | University of Ottawa ( 2014 )

** M.Sc. Applied Statistics ** | University of Guelph ( 2001 )

** B.Sc. Honours Biological Science ** | University of Guelph ( 1995 )

Employment History

** 2023–Present ** | Senior Adjunct Scientist , Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2023–Present ** | Adjunct Professor , Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University , Kingston, ON, Canada

** 2021–Present ** | Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program , Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2020–Present ** | Associate Professor , School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2016–Present ** | BORN Agent , Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN)

** 2015–Present ** | Affiliate Investigator , Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute

** 2015–Present ** | Member, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies , University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2015–2023 ** | Adjunct Scientist , Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2014–2021 ** | Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program , Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2015–2020 ** | Assistant Professor , School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2009–2015 ** | Senior Methodologist/Lead Analyst , ICES uOttawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2007–2009 ** | Biostatistician and Research Manager , Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2006–2007 ** | Program Lead for Research and Data Mining , Canadian Institute for Health Information , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2005–2006 ** | Senior Analyst , Canadian Institute for Health Information , Ottawa, ON, Canada

** 2000–2005 ** | Biostatistician , Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University , Hamilton, ON, Canada

Academic Honours and Awards

** 2015 ** — University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Best Thesis Award , PhD in Epidemiology Program

** 2014 ** — University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Award of Excellence in Graduate Studies , PhD in Epidemiology Program

Research Funding

External Research Funding

Years	Source	Title	Role	Amount
2025-2026	Faculty of Medicine AI Seed Funding	Ultrasound-based Self-Supervised Foundation Models for AI-Assisted Detection of Fetal Anomalies	Principal Applicant	$10,000 CAD
2025-2030	CIHR Project Grant	Assessing maternal and infant health outcomes following immunization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease	Co-Applicant	$646,426 CAD
2025-2026	Ontario HIV Treatment Network	Health Outcomes of Children HIV-Exposed Uninfected	Co-investigator	$80,339 CAD
2025-2029	CIHR	BIOlogic drug safety and effectiveness interNational pharmacoepidemiologIC study in pregnant women with autoimmune disorders and asthma and their children (BIONIC)	Co-applicant	$1,268,322 CAD
2024-2027	Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada	Association of prenatal glucose levels with congenital heart disease in offspring: a large population based retrospective cohort study	Principal Applicant	$230,655 CAD
2024-2025	CIHR Existing Cohorts Grant	Deep Learning Models for Prediction of Pre-eclampsia from Prenatal Ultrasound Placental Imaging	Principal Applicant	$74,796 CAD
2024-2026	CIHR Project Grant	Piloting the EAGER trial: Expectant management versus induction at 38 weeks among individuals with GEstational diabetes mellitus - a Randomized controlled trial	Co-Applicant	$569,926 CAD
2024-2026	CIHR Project Grant Priority Announcement: Research on Prevention/Response to Covid-19/Similar Future Pandemics	Infant and child health outcomes following SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy	Co-Principal Applicant	$175,000 CAD
2023-2026	Heart & Stroke	Racial variations and socioeconomic inequities in healthcare utilization and mortality among infants with congenital heart disease: a mixed methods study	Co-applicant	$270,570 CAD
2023-2025	CIHR Project Grant	EPIphANy (Evaluation of Pharmacological Interactions with Anticoagulants in caNcer patients) program - prostate cancer cohort	Co-Applicant	$164,476 CAD
2023-2027	CIHR Pan-Canadian Women's Health Coalition - Hubs	The CAnadian Mother-Child Initiative - knowledge mobilization from COnception to adulthood - CAMCCO-Outreach	Co-Applicant	$440,000 CAD
2023-2024	CIHR Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts	Does early-life respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection increase the risk of asthma? Using population-based health administrative data to address two missing pieces of the puzzle	Co-Applicant	$74,971 CAD
2023-2024	CIHR Policy Research for Health System Transformation	Generating data-driven policy solutions for Ontario's primary care crisis	Co-Applicant	$149,690 CAD
2023-2024	CIHR Priority Announcement: Human Development Child and Youth Health - Mid Career Support	Scope and safety of vaping during pregnancy - generating and disseminating knowledge to inform clinical practice and pregnant individuals	Co-Applicant	$100,000 CAD
2022-2025	CIHR Operating Grant: Cannabis Research in Longitudinal studies	Cannabis use in pregnancy and associations with child developmental outcomes: an extension to the Ottawa and Kingston (OaK) Birth Cohort	Co-Applicant	$289,249 CAD
2022-2023	AMS Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence	Using Machine Learning to Predict Cognitive Decline Among Long-Term Care Residents in Ontario	Supervisor	$75,000 CAD
2021-2027	CIHR Training Grant: Health Research Training Platform - Drug Safety and Effectiveness	The CAnadian Mother-ChIld COLlaborative Training Platform - The CAMCCO-L Training Platform	Principal Applicant	$2,400,000 CAD
2021-2026	CIHR Project Grant	Congenital CMV ANd HEARing in Ontario: Optimizing Screening to Improve Child Health Outcomes (CAN HEAR ONTARIO)	Co-Applicant	$950,896 CAD
2021-2024	CIHR Project Grant	The "Atrial FIBrillation in Pregnancy: assessing seveRe matErnal morbidity and anticoagulation strateGies" (AFIB-PREG) Study	Co-Applicant	$275,400 CAD
2021-2026	CFI Infrastructure Grant	Canadian Mother-Child Cohort Active Surveillance Initiative (CAMCCO)	Co-Applicant, Ontario Co-PI	$3,049,982 CAD
2020-2024	CIHR Team Grant: Personalized Health	Advancing personalized health decision for end-of-life through Algorithm Development Lead Implementation Science	Co-Applicant, Algorithm Development Lead	$1,998,900 CAD
2021-2022	Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition	Health equity and the post COVID-19 condition	Co-PA	$221,728 CAD
2021-2022	CIHR Project Grant Priority Announcement: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts	Gestational weight loss in obese women and risk for adverse perinatal outcomes: a population-based retrospective cohort study	Co-Applicant	$75,000 CAD
2021-2022	CIHR Project Grant Priority Announcement: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts	Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Non-Communicable Diseases: The CONNECT Project	Co-Applicant	$75,000 CAD
2019-2020	Health Research Foundation Artificial Intelligence Fellowship	Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence for prediction of an expectant mother's real-time risk of preterm delivery	Nominated Principal Applicant	$100,000 CAD
2019-2024	CIHR Project Grant	The INITIATE Study: Initiating nicotine dependence treatment for smokers admitted to emergency departments	Co-investigator	$888,625 CAD
2017-2019	CIHR Catalyst Grant	Improving the health of infants and children through research that links large health administrative databases with clinical, screening, and laboratory data	Nominated Principal Investigator	$197,610 CAD
2017-2019	Grand Challenges Explorations – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Metabolic gestational age assessment in low resource settings	Co-investigator	$948,502 USD
2017-2018	CIHR	Health outcomes in children of mothers who received influenza vaccination during pregnancy	Co-investigator	$75,000 CAD
2016-2017	CIHR Canadian Immunization Research Network	Vaccine coverage and safety in children with epilepsy	Co-investigator, PI for Ontario	$120,000 CAD
2016-2017	Grand Challenges Explorations – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Development of an algorithm for metabolic prediction of risk of neonatal sepsis, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and infant death	Co-investigator	$211,259.8 USD
2015-2017	Grand Challenges Explorations – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Development of a global algorithm for metabolic gestational age dating	Co-investigator	$1,206,353 USD
2015-2017	Health Canada	Bayesian Modelling of Air Pollution Exposure and Health Outcomes in the BORN Cohort	Co-PI and Lead Analyst	$107,500 CAD
2015-2016	CIHR Operating Grant	Crystalloid FLUID Choices for Resuscitation of Hospitalized Patients: A Pragmatic Cluster Cross Over Pilot Trial	Co-investigator	$99,504 CAD
2014-2016	Grand Challenges Explorations – Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation	Using Newborn Screening Data to Estimate Gestational Age	Co-investigator	$113,080 CAD
2013-2016	CIHR Operating Grant	Assessing Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) and predicting patient outcomes in Ontario's elderly population using the modified STOPP criteria in large administrative health databases (the PIP-STOPP study)	Co-investigator	$192,451 CAD
2012-2014	CIHR Banting Doctoral Research Award	Determining the Risk of Adverse Events following Recommended Pediatric Vaccinations in Ontario, Canada	Principal Applicant	$105,000 CAD
2004-2009	CIHR Operating Grant	Early origins of obesity and co-morbidities - the FAMILY cohort	Co-investigator	$1,311,631 CAD

Internal Research Funding

Years	Source	Title	Role	Amount
2022-2023	CHEO Precision Child Mental Health Directed Research Grant	ELEGANT study: PrEcision mentaL hEalth usinG Artificial iNtelligence for early inTervention	Co-Applicant	$250,000 CAD
2018-2020	University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine Translational Research Grant	The missing link: Integrating placental pathology into existing pregnancy, birth and childhood health repositories	Principal Investigator	$37,500 CAD
2012-2014	University of Ottawa Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies	University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship	Student	$30,000 CAD

Teaching

Graduate Courses

** Jan 2016–present ** | EPI5143 : Epidemiological Research Using Large Databases

University of Ottawa

Responsible for teaching (3 hours of lecture per week) and ongoing coordination and course development of this full semester graduate course. Course content includes: Programming skills (using SAS and R) required to manipulate and analyze data from large health administrative databases; Concepts needed to conduct high quality research using large health administrative databases.

Guest Lectures

** 2023, 2024, 2025 ** | Introduction to SAS

MSc Epidemiology Seminar , University of Ottawa

** 2022/01 ** | Big Data and Medical AI

MSc Epidemiology Seminar , University of Ottawa

** 2021/03 ** | Handling Missing Data

EPI8166: PhD Seminar , University of Ottawa

** 2021/02 ** | What is Big Data and Medical AI?

EPI5366: MSc Seminar , University of Ottawa

** 2016/12 ** | Introduction to Communicable Disease Epidemiology

EPI 5212 , University of Ottawa

** 2016/10 ** | Analytic Epidemiology

EPI 7108 , University of Ottawa

** 2016/09 ** | Investigative Methods in Population Health

POP 8920 , University of Ottawa

Conference Session Organizing

** 2025/06 ** — Artificial Intelligence in Perinatal Research

Invited Session Chair , Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting , Montreal, QC

Trainee Supervision

Current / In Progress

** Aylin Ermin **

PhD | University of Ottawa ( Apr 2025–present )

Thesis: Applications of AI in Maternal Fetal Medicine

Role: Principal Supervisor

** Ashley Kim **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( April 2024–present )

Thesis: Effects of Wildfire Smoke Particulate Matter and Extreme Heat on the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Canada

Role: Principal Supervisor

Completed

** Wenshan Li **

PDF | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute ( Nov 2022 – Dec 2024 )

Thesis: Using Machine Learning to Predict Cognitive Decline Among Long-Term Care Residents in Ontario

Role: Principal Supervisor

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Award: Awarded AMS Fellowship in Compassion and AI ($75,000)

** Kevin Dick **

PDF | CHEO Research Institute ( 2022/08 – 2023/08 )

Thesis: ELEGANT - prEcision mentaL hEalth usinG Artificial iNtelligence for early intervention

Role: ICES Supervisor

Current Position: AI Data Scientist BORN Ontario

** Danielle Roy **

PhD | University of Ottawa ( 2021/10 – 2025/09 )

Thesis: Plasma Biomarkers, Genetics and Clinical factors for Predicting Risk of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in Ambulatory Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy

Role: Principal Supervisor

Current Position: PostDoc, Northern School of Medicine (NOSM)

** Brieanne Olibris **

PhD | University of Ottawa ( 2016/09 – 2021/09 )

Thesis: Use and Risks of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes and Major Birth Defects Associated with Assisted Reproductive Technologies: An Epidemiological and Health Policy Analysis of Canadian and Australian Populations

Role: Principal Supervisor

Current Position: Medical Resident

** Amrin Ahmed **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( Sept 2022 – Dec 2024 )

Thesis: Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Health Outcomes

Role: Principal Supervisor

** Nichole Dai **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( Sept 2023 – Nov 2025 )

Thesis: Medically attended influenza illness during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth and preterm birth: a population based retrospective cohort study in Ontario Canada

Role: Co-supervisor

Current Position: PHAC

** Maisha Islam **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( Sept 2022 – April 2025 )

Thesis: Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Diabetes and Crohn’s & Colitis (CONNECT-DCC)

Role: Co-supervisor

** Laura Walsh **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( 2016/09 – 2018/12 )

Thesis: The influence of prenatal exposure to 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination and influenza infection during pregnancy on the development of infectious and atopic disease during childhood

Role: Co-Supervisor

Current Position: Data Analyst, BORN Ontario

** Jessica Yau **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( 2016/09 – 2018/12 )

Thesis: Association of newborn screening analytes with type of delivery among term and preterm births

Role: Co-Supervisor

Current Position: Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada

** Chunhe Yao **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( 2016/09 – 2019/10 )

Thesis: Validation of case-finding algorithms derived from health administrative data for identifying neonatal sepsis

Role: Co-Supervisor

Current Position: Analyst, Statistics Canada

** Emeril Santander **

MSc | University of Ottawa ( 2017/09 - 2021/02 )

Thesis: An Investigation of the Association between Metabolic Screening Analytes and Bilirubin Levels in Ontario Newborns

Role: Co-Supervisor

Current Position: Data Analyst, Newborn Screening Ontario

Thesis Advisory Committee Memberships

In Progress

• Ashley Kim ( MSc )
• Ariana Noel ( MSc )
• Saredo Mohamed Bouraleh ( MSc )
• Arum Han ( MSc )

Completed

• Samuel Tiukuvaara ( MSc , 2025 )
• Erin Collins ( PhD , 2024 )
• Alyson McCormack ( MSc , 2024 )
• Lisa Currie ( PhD , 2021 )
• Meghan Laverty ( MSc , 2019 )
• Romina Fakhraei ( MSc , 2019 )
• Xinbei Zhao ( MSc , 2017 )
• Jason Chan ( MSc , 2016 )
• Robin Ducharme ( MSc , 2014 )

Scholarly Activities

Thesis Examiner

** 2025/07 ** — Rafidul Islam , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2024/12 ** — Rong Luo , PhD Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2023/07 ** — Therese Chan , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2021/08 ** — Nikola Rasevic , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2020/11 ** — Ryan Iverson , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2020/04 ** — Francois Thériault , PhD Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2019/08 ** — Julie Hudson , MSc Mathematics , University of Ottawa

** 2019/05 ** — Shazia Hira Chaudhry , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2019/01 ** — Iris Perelman , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2017/11 ** — Alvi Anan Rahman , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

** 2016/07 ** — Kristian Macdonald , MSc Epidemiology , University of Ottawa

Thesis Defense Chair

** 2023/08 ** — Het Vaishnav , MSc Cellular and Molecular Medicine

** 2022/06 ** — Josephine Zein , MSc Neuroscience

** 2018/07 ** — Sarwat Khan , MSc Microbiology and Immunology

** 2017/09 ** — Faranak Vahid-Ansari , PhD Neuroscience

Thesis Proposal Examiner

** 2020–Aug 20 ** — Patrick Duong , PhD Rehabilitation Science

PhD Comprehensive Examiner

** 2025/10 ** — Meghan Lewis , PhD Epidemiology

** 2024/10 ** — Ahsun Jiwani , PhD Epidemiology

** 2024/10 ** — Mahin Ahmadi-Pishkuhi , PhD Epidemiology

** 2022/10 ** — Komal Valliani , PhD Epidemiology

** 2018/04 ** — Ghayath Janoudi , PhD Epidemiology

** 2017/05 ** — Lisa Currie , PhD Epidemiology ( re-examination )

** 2016/12 ** — Lisa Currie , PhD Epidemiology

Data Safety Monitoring Committees

** 2022–Present ** — Member, DSMC

Study: Inotropes versus placebo therapy for cardiogenic shock – The CAPITAL DOREMI-2 Trial

PI: Dr. Rebecca Mathew , University of Ottawa Heart Institute

** 2021–Present ** — Member, DSMC

Study: Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair for Inotrope Dependent Cardiogenic Shock – The CAPITAL MINOS Trial

PI: Dr. Rebecca Mathew & Dr. Benjamin Hibbert , University of Ottawa Heart Institute

** 2018–2025 ** — Member, DSMC

Study: Rivaroxaban Post-Transradial Access for the Prevention of Radial Artery Occlusion

PI: Dr. Benjamin Hibbert , University of Ottawa Heart Institute

** 2018–2022 ** — Member, DSMC

Study: Comparison of Milrinone versus Dobutamine in a Heterogeneous Population of Critically Ill Patients

PI: Dr. Benjamin Hibbert , University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Grant Review Committees

** 2025 Nov ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Project Grant Randomized Controlled Trials

~20 hours reviewing + 3 full day committee meetings

** 2025 April ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , IYS-Net Phase 2: Indigenous Network

~8 hours reviewing, 1 full day committee meeting

** 2025 April ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , IYS-Net Phase 2: Provincial Networks

~20 hours reviewing, 2 full day committee meetings

** 2024 Dec ** — Peer Reviewer, Canadian Space Agency , Health and Life Science Research on the International Space Station

~4 hours reviewing + 2 half day committee meetings

** 2024 Nov ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Project Grant Randomized Controlled Trials

~20 hours reviewing + 3 full day committee meetings

** 2023 Nov ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Project Grant Randomized Controlled Trials

~20 hours reviewing + 3 full day committee meetings

** 2023 Jan ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts

~12 hours reviewing + 3 half day committee meetings

** 2021 Dec ** — Peer Reviewer, PSI Foundation , Health Research Operating Grant

** 2021 Oct ** — Peer Reviewer, Ontario Early Researcher Award , Life Science Clinical

~16 hours + 2 full-day committee meetings

** 2021 May ** — Peer Reviewer, OSSU AMS Fellowship , Compassionate AI (LOI stage and full proposal stage)

~16 hours + 2 half-day committee meetings

** 2020 Oct ** — Peer Reviewer, OSSU AMS , Small Grants in Compassionate AI

~10 hours + half-day committee meeting

** 2020 Oct ** — Peer Reviewer, CHEO External Grant Review , CIHR Project Grant Fall 2020

** 2019 Sep ** — Peer Reviewer, CHEO External Grant Review , CIHR Team Grant Fall 2019

** 2019 Jan ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts

** 2018 Jan ** — Peer Reviewer, CIHR , Operating Grant: Secondary Data Analysis for Cancer Prevention and Control

Editorial and Peer Review

Journal Editorial Boards and Peer Review

• American Journal of Epidemiology
• American Journal of Infection Control
• BMC Health Services Research
• BMC Medical Research Methodology
• BMC Neurology
• BMC Pediatrics
• Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
• Open Medicine
• Neurological Sciences
• Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
• PLOS One
• Vaccine
• Springer Science (Content reviewer for a biostatistics textbook on the Self-controlled case series design by Paddy Farrington et al.)

Invited Talks and Seminars

** 2025/04 ** — Observational Research | Dept of Nuclear Medicine, OMC Academic Half Day

** 2025/03 ** — Cohort Studies Tutorial in R | Dept. of Medicine Research Plus Training Program, The Ottawa Hospital

** 2025/01 ** — Statistical Methods for Cohort Studies | Dept of Medicine Research Plus Training Program, The Ottawa Hospital

** 2024/06 ** — Statistical Methods for Cohort Studies | Dept of Medicine Research Plus Training Program, The Ottawa Hospital

** 2023/09 ** — Observational Research | Dept of Geriatrics. OMC Academic Half Day

** 2023/07 ** — Big Data Research/Handling Missing Data | Dept of Infectious Diseases. OMC Academic Half Day

** 2023/02 ** — Observational Research, Large Databases | Dept of Critical Cares. OMC Academic Half Day

** 2022/08 ** — Health Research with Big Data | OMNI Summer Education Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

** 2022/07 ** — Developing and validating models for predicting perinatal and paediatric health outcomes using linked metabolomics, birth registry and clinical databases in Ontario | OMNI Summer Education Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

** 2022/10 ** — Research Using Routinely Collected Health Data | Department of Adult Neurology, The Ottawa Hospital

** 2021/05 ** — Observational Research | Dept of Geriatrics. OMC Academic Half Day

** 2021/05 ** — Observational Research | Dept of Medicine OMC Academic Half Day

** 2021/08 ** — Introduction to Biostatistics | Summer Institute in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ottawa

** 2021/07 ** — Health Research with Big Data | OMNI Summer Education Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

** 2020/08 ** — Introduction to Biostatistics (2 full days) | Summer Institute in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ottawa

** 2019/08 ** — Introduction to Biostatistics (2 full days) | Summer Institute in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ottawa

** 2019/11 ** — BORN Data Analysis and its Clinical Application | Keynote Speaker, National Training Program for Maternal and Neonatal Care ( Guangzhou, China )

** 2019/11 ** — Big Data Research with Linked Health Administrative Data | Keynote Speaker, International Summit on Perinatal and Midwifery Care ( Guangzhou, China )

** 2019/10 ** — Expertise Available at The Ottawa Methods Centre | Co-presented with Tim Ramsay, Kelley Cobey, Justin Presseau, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, The Ottawa Hospital

** 2019/07 ** — Big Data Research with Linked Health Administrative Data | OMNI Summer Education Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

** 2019/09 ** — The power of big data linkage for maternal-newborn health research: Secondary metabolomic analysis of Newborn Screening Ontario data | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Scientist Retreat

** 2018/10 ** — Postnatal gestational age estimation from newborn screening bloodspots: From linear regression to artificial neural networks | Clinical Epidemiology Program Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

** 2018/10 ** — Developing and validating models for predicting perinatal and pediatric health outcomes using linked metabolomics, birth registry and clinical databases in Ontario | Bioinformatics Seminar, University of Guelph ( Guelph, Ontario, Canada )

** 2018/10 ** — Introducing Epic: New Technologies and New Opportunities for Clinical Research with Big Data | Research in Progress Rounds, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa

** 2018/09 ** — The top 10 ways to ensure your clinical research project fails, or: “Scary stories my biostatistician told me around the campfire.” | Institute for Mental Health Research Training Series, The Royal Ottawa Healthcare Group ( Ottawa, Ontario, Canada )

** 2018/03 ** — Harnessing the Power of Data Linkage of Metabolomics, Clinical and Health Administrative Databases from Ontario, Canada: Modeling and Risk Prediction for Perinatal and Pediatric Health Outcomes | Epidemiology Rounds, University of Iowa School of Public Health ( Iowa City, Iowa, USA )

** 2016/12 ** — Harnessing metabolic markers from newborn blood samples for precision medicine: accurate gestational age prediction and beyond | Newborn Screening Reference Centre ( Manila, The Philippines )

** 2016/04 ** — Accurate prediction of gestational age using newborn screening metabolite data | Clinical Epidemiology Program Rounds, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute ( Ottawa, Ontario, Canada )

Publications

Profile Statistics:

• H-Index: 39
• i10-Index: 94
• Total Citations: 35930

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2026 ( 12 publication(s))

230. LM Bjerre, G Smith, C Catley, R Halil, T Ramsay, C Cahir, C Ryan, …. Association between potentially inappropriate prescribing and adverse patient outcomes using codified STOPP-START and Beers criteria in large, routinely collected population …. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2026.

231. Y Megahed, SI Megahed, R Ducharme, I Lee, ADC Chan, MC Walker, …. Benchmarking Self-Supervised Models for Cardiac Ultrasound View Classification. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2026.

232. A Werlang, SCS Souza, E Sabri, S Hawken, M Gomes. Evaluation of a Canadian-adapted Modified Early Obstetrics Warning system (Can-MEOWS): A quality improvement initiative. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2026.

233. LM Bjerre, R Halil, C Catley, G Smith, T Ramsay, C Cahir, C Ryan, …. Identifying potentially inappropriate prescribing in entire populations: coding the STOPP-START and Beers criteria for use with large, routinely collected population health …. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2026. [2 citations]

234. T Kendzerska, K Blades, MP Mallampalli, M Povitz, R Vyuha, …. Impact of Philips device recall on adults with obstructive sleep apnea treated with PAP therapy: Results of a cross-national patient survey. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2026.

235. O Sheehy, V Tchuente, S Eltonsy, S Hawken, P Kaul, M Walker, …. Late Pregnancy Antiseizure Medication Exposure and Offspring Neurodevelopmental Risk: A Multi‐Child Cohort Study. Annals of Neurology, 2026. [1 citations]

236. O De Bruin, E Maisonneuve, E Hurley, HME Nordeng, A Bérard, …. Medications Used Among Nonhospitalized Pregnant Women With COVID‐19: A Prospective Individual Patient Data Meta‐Analysis in Europe and North America. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2026.

237. K Dick, E Kaczmarek, OX Miguel, AC Bowie, R Ducharme, …. MetaCAM as an ensemble-based class activation mapping framework improves model explainability. Scientific Reports, 2026.

238. AL Chang, JD Reiss, A Culos, M Becker, JA Mayo, I Marić, …. Quantitative assessment of neonatal health using dried blood spot metabolite profiles and deep learning. Science Translational Medicine, 2026.

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2025 ( 36 publication(s))

218. K Foley, S Buchan, D McNally, M Dimitris, S Swayze, J Kwong, S Hawken, …. 7750 The effectiveness of palivizumab in reducing the risk of paediatric asthma: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2025.

219. J Humber, K Dick, R Ducharme, S Ramlawi, F Sugati, S Hawken, …. A comparison of patient information sheets for Gestational Diabetes created by large language models and health professionals. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2025.

220. L McIntyre, D Fergusson, T McArdle, S English, DJ Cook, …. A crossover trial of hospital-wide lactated Ringer’s solution versus normal saline. New England Journal of Medicine, 2025. [19 citations]

221. O de Bruin, E Maisonneuve, E Hurley, HME Nordeng, A Bérard, O Sheehy, …. Adverse outcomes among pregnant women with COVID‐19 according to hospitalization status: A prospective individual participant data meta‐analysis in Europe and North America. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2025.

222. T Kendzerska, R Talarico, M Povitz, K Blades, C Mackenzie, AS Gershon, …. Association between a Recalled Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Device and Obstructive Lung Disease: A Province-Based Study. Chest, 2025. [3 citations]

223. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Mallick, D Burger, M Carrier, P Wells, S Hawken. Association of baseline and longitudinal changes in inflammation and cardiac biomarkers with the risk of venous thromboembolism and clinically relevant bleeding in cancer patients. Biomarkers and Genetics for the Prediction of Venous Thromboembolism and …, 2025.

224. A Ahmed, S Hawken, A Gunz, R Talarico, C Yu, H Chen, PJ Villeneuve, …. Associations of prenatal exposure to residential greenspace and active living environments with cerebral palsy: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Epidemiology, 2025. [1 citations]

225. Y Megahed, A Erman, R Ducharme, MC Walker, S Hawken, ADC Chan. Automated Classification of First-Trimester Fetal Heart Views Using Ultrasound-Specific Self-Supervised Learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025. [1 citations]

226. Y Megahed, S Abou-Alwan, A Fuller, DE Demellawy, S Hawken, …. Automated Histopathologic Assessment of Hirschsprung Disease Using a Multi-Stage Vision Transformer Framework. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025.

227. D El-Chaâr, R Ducharme, SS Souza, C Yu, K Muldoon, N Dayan, …. Connection to Perinatal Care for the Management of Maternal Non-communicable Diseases: The CONNECT Project. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2025.

228. W Li, L Turcotte, AT Hsu, R Talarico, D Qureshi, C Webber, S Hawken, …. Correction: Derivation and validation of an algorithm to predict transitions from community to residential long-term care among persons with dementia—A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Digital Health, 2025.

229. K Dick, E Kaczmarek, R Ducharme, AC Bowie, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. Correction: Transformer-based deep learning ensemble framework predicts autism spectrum disorder using health administrative and birth registry data. Scientific Reports, 2025.

230. M Serhan, A Nilormi, B Ntacyabukura, K Atkinson, R Ducharme, …. Coverage disparities and delayed immunization: Assessing 12-month vaccination completion in Canadian children using data from a digital immunization platform. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2025.

231. A Bérard, O Sheehy, P Kaul, S Eltonsy, M Walker, S Hawken, S Bernatsky, …. COVID-19 Infections Still Occur: How Do Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Individuals Compare? A Study from the Canadian Mother–Child Initiative on Drug Safety in Pregnancy (CAMCCO). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2025.

232. Y Megahed, I Lee, R Ducharme, A Erman, OX Miguel, K Dick, ADC Chan, …. Deep learning analysis of prenatal ultrasound for identification of ventriculomegaly. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025. [6 citations]

233. CY Yin, R Talarico, MM Scott, R Hakimjavadi, J Kierulf, C Webber, …. Development of a predictive model for loss of functional and cognitive abilities in long-term care home residents: a protocol. BMJ open, 2025.

234. I Maric, H Mujuru, G Chimhini, SK Saha, N Otieno, S Hawken, K Wilson, …. Identification of Early and Mid-Pregnancy Maternal Lipidomics and Metabolomics Signatures of Preterm and Small-for-Gestational Age Infants from Low-and Middle-income Countries …. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE, 2025.

235. Y Xu, M Pugliese, L Skeith, M Sood, AK Malinowski, S Hawken, …. Impact of race on the incidence, diagnosis and outcomes of pregnancy-associated venous thromboembolism: A nested case-control study. Blood, 2025.

236. Y Megahed, R Ducharme, I Lee, I Willner, OX Miguel, K Dick, ADC Chan, …. Improved cystic hygroma detection from prenatal imaging using ultrasound-specific self-supervised representation learning. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025. [2 citations]

237. RL Roberts, H Imsirovic, R Talarico, W Li, A Carrington, K Patel, D Manuel, …. Laboratory Test Use and Values in the Last Year of Life—a Matched Cohort Design. Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2025. [1 citations]

238. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Mallick, D Burger, M Carrier, P Wells, S Hawken. Machine learning models for predicting the 7-month risk of venous thromboembolism and clinically relevant bleeding in ambulatory patients with cancer. Biomarkers and Genetics for the Prediction of Venous Thromboembolism and …, 2025.

239. I Marić, A Mahzarnia, HA Mujuru, G Chimhini, SK Saha, …. Maternal lipidomic signatures of preterm and small-for-gestational-age newborn infants in low-and middle-income countries. Science Advances, 2025.

240. N Yuskiv, A Saad, BK Potter, S Stockler‐Ipsiroglu, JJ Mitchell, S Hawken, …. Metabolic Control and Frequency of Clinical Monitoring Among Canadian Children With Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Deficiency: A Retrospective Cohort Study. JIMD reports, 2025. [1 citations]

241. V Ward, I Maric, K Adhikari, H Mujuru, G Chimhini, N Otieno, SK Saha, …. Metabolomic profiling of biomarkers associated with preterm birth from infants in low resource settings using machine learning. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE, 2025.

242. M Cloutier, C Yu, R Talarico, S Hawken, H Chen, S Weichenthal, …. Prenatal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Components and Autism Risk in Childhood. JAMA Network Open, 2025.

243. A Ahmed, S Hawken, A Gunz, R Talarico, C Yu, C Messerlian, Y Zhang, …. Prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter composition and risk of cerebral palsy: A population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Pollution, 2025. [1 citations]

244. LM Bjerre, C Catley, G Smith, R Halil, T Ramsay, C Cahir, C Ryan, …. Prevalence and predictors of potentially inappropriate prescribing using codified STOPP-START and Beers criteria: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario’s older population. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2025. [3 citations]

245. K Wong, R Ducharme, MSQ Murphy, AE Clarke, J Brophy, S Hawken, …. SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy and infant outcomes in the first year of life: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 2025.

246. Y Megahed, I Lee, R Ducharme, K Dick, ADC Chan, S Hawken, …. Self-Supervised Ultrasound Representation Learning for Renal Anomaly Prediction in Prenatal Imaging. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025. [3 citations]

247. CY Yin, MM Scott, R Talarico, R Hakimjavadi, J Kierulf, C Webber, …. Transfer from long-term care to acute care and risk of new permanent cognitive or physical disability among long-term care residents in Canada: Protocol for a retrospective …. BMJ open, 2025. [1 citations]

248. K Dick, E Kaczmarek, R Ducharme, AC Bowie, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. Transformer-based deep learning ensemble framework predicts autism spectrum disorder using health administrative and birth registry data. Scientific Reports, 2025. [12 citations]

249. Y Megahed, R Ducharme, A Erman, M Walker, S Hawken, ADC Chan. USF-MAE: Ultrasound Self-Supervised Foundation Model with Masked Autoencoding. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2025. [7 citations]

250. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Mallick, D Burger, M Carrier, P Wells, S Hawken. Venous thromboembolism and bleeding in cancer patients: role of inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers. European Heart Journal, ehaf, 2025. [1 citations]

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2024 ( 28 publication(s))

182. T Kendzerska, SR Pendharkar, R Talarico, K Blades, C Mackenzie, …. Association between a recalled positive airway pressure device and incident cancer: a population-based study. European Respiratory Journal, 2024. [7 citations]

183. E Kaczmarek, OX Miguel, AC Bowie, R Ducharme, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. CAManim: Animating end-to-end network activation maps. Plos one, 2024. [5 citations]

184. A Berard, O Sheehy, P Kaul, S Eltonsy, S Hawken, S Bernatsky, M Walker, …. Characterizing medication use patterns among pregnant and non-pregnant patients with COVID-19 in the Canadian Mother-Child Cohort (CAMCCO). NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY, 2024.

185. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Lun, A Zahrai, R Mallick, D Burger, G Zitikyte, …. Circulating blood biomarkers and risk of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2024. [10 citations]

186. E Collins, Y Galipeau, C Arnold, A Bhéreur, R Booth, AC Buchan, …. Clinical and serological predictors of post COVID-19 condition–findings from a Canadian prospective cohort study. Frontiers in Public Health, 2024. [5 citations]

187. A Berard, O Sheehy, P Kaul, S Eltonsy, M Walker, S Hawken, S Bernatsky, …. COVID-19 Infection and Medicines in Pregnancy in Canada. European Psychiatry, 2024.

188. OX Miguel, E Kaczmarek, I Lee, R Ducharme, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. Deep learning prediction of renal anomalies for prenatal ultrasound diagnosis. Scientific Reports, 2024. [18 citations]

189. W Li, L Turcotte, AT Hsu, R Talarico, D Qureshi, C Webber, S Hawken, …. Derivation and validation of an algorithm to predict transitions from community to residential long-term care among persons with dementia—A retrospective cohort study. PLOS Digital Health, 2024. [1 citations]

190. VC Ward, S Hawken, P Chakraborty, GL Darmstadt, K Wilson. Estimating gestational age and prediction of preterm birth using metabolomics biomarkers. Clinics in Perinatology, 2024. [2 citations]

191. O Sheehy, S Eltonsy, S Hawken, M Walker, P Kaul, B Winquist, O Barrett, …. Health Canada advisory impacts on the prevalence of oral codeine use in the Pediatric Canadian population: comparative study across provinces. Scientific Reports, 2024. [3 citations]

192. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Lun, A Zahrai, R Mallick, D Burger, G Zitikyte, …. Inherited thrombophilia gene mutations and risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. American journal of hematology, 2024. [4 citations]

193. VC Ward, ACC Lee, S Hawken, NA Otieno, HA Mujuru, G Chimhini, …. Overview of the global and US burden of preterm birth. Clinics in Perinatology, 2024. [27 citations]

194. K Atkinson, B Ntacyabukura, S Hawken, Z El-Khatib, L Laflamme, …. Parent and family characteristics associated with reported pediatric influenza vaccination in a sample of Canadian digital vaccination platform users. An exploratory, cross …. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2024. [5 citations]

195. T Kendzerska, K Blades, M Povitz, C Mackenzie, AS Gershon, N T AYAS, …. PATIENT-REPORTED IMPACT OF PHILIPS RECALL IN CANADIAN ADULTS WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA TREATED WITH POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY. Chest, 2024. [3 citations]

196. K Dick, E Kaczmarek, R Ducharme, AC Bowie, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. Predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder: Transformer-Based Deep Learning Ensemble Framework Using Health Administrative & Birth Registry Data. medRxiv, 2024.

197. K Bellai-Dussault, SD Dougan, DB Fell, S Hawken, T Huang, CL Venegas, …. Pregnancies with ’double-positive’multiple marker screening results: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2024. [1 citations]

198. E Lavigne, R Talarico, C Yu, JN Côté, I Colman, S Hawken. Prenatal exposure to extreme ambient temperatures and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders: a cohort study in Ontario, Canada. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2024.

199. DT Zhu, S Hawken, M Serhan, F Graves, J Smith, K Wilson. Public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccine mandates and vaccine certificates in Canada: a time series study. Archives of Public Health, 2024. [6 citations]

200. LM Currie, DB Fell, S Hawken, BK Potter, D Coyle, SW Wen, M Walker, …. Relationship between gestational weight gain and health service utilization in early childhood: A retrospective cohort study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2024. [1 citations]

201. Y Guo, SCS Souza, L Bruce, R Luo, D El‐Chaâr, LM Gaudet, K Muldoon, …. Risk related to gestational weight loss among individuals with obesity: a population‐based cohort study. Obesity, 2024. [1 citations]

202. E Collins, E Philippe, CA Gravel, S Hawken, MA Langlois, J Little. Serological markers and long COVID—A rapid systematic review. European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2024. [13 citations]

203. K Wong, J Brophy, A Clarke, R Ducharme, D El-Chaar, S Hawken, …. The Association Between SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy and Offspring Health Outcomes in the First Year of Life: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2024.

204. S Persaud, M Fitzgerald, S Hawken, P Tanuseputro, L Boucher, …. The association of combinations of social factors and SARs-CoV-2 infection: A retrospective population-based cohort study in Ontario, 2020–2021. Dialogues in Health, 2024. [3 citations]

205. K Dick, J Humber, R Ducharme, A Dingwall-Harvey, CM Armour, …. The Transformative Potential of AI in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2024. [5 citations]

206. S Hawken, LA Wilson, K Wilson. Using vaccine safety data to demonstrate the potential of pooled data analysis. Vaccines, 2024. [2 citations]

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2023 ( 18 publication(s))

154. JF Shaw, Y Ouyang, DA Fergusson, T McArdle, C Martin, D Cook, …. A hospital-wide open-label cluster crossover pragmatic comparative effectiveness randomized trial comparing normal saline to Ringer’s lactate: protocol and statistical analysis …. JMIR Research Protocols, 2023. [4 citations]

155. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Lun, A Zharai, R Mallick, D Burger, G Zitikyte, …. Blood Biomarkers and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Blood, 2023.

156. A Berard, O Sheehy, P Kaul, S Eltonsy, M Walker, S Hawken, S Bernatsky, …. COVID-19 infection and medicines in pregnancy in Canada. PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2023.

157. S Hawken, R Ducharme, MSQ Murphy, B Olibris, AB Bota, LA Wilson, …. Development and external validation of machine learning algorithms for postnatal gestational age estimation using clinical data and metabolomic markers. Plos one, 2023. [12 citations]

158. M Chassé, DA Fergusson, A Tinmouth, JP Acker, I Perelman, A Tuttle, …. Effect of donor sex on recipient mortality in transfusion. New England Journal of Medicine, 2023. [30 citations]

159. LA McIntyre, DA Fergusson, T McArdle, A Fox-Robichaud, SW English, …. FLUID trial: a hospital-wide open-label cluster cross-over pragmatic comparative effectiveness randomised pilot trial comparing normal saline to Ringer’s lactate. BMJ open, 2023. [6 citations]

160. Y Guo, SCS Souza, L Bruce, R Luo, D El-Chaâr, LM Gaudet, K Muldoon, …. Gestational weight loss and fetal growth in uncomplicated pregnancies among women with obesity: a population-based retrospective cohort study. International journal of obesity, 2023. [14 citations]

161. O Sheehy, S Eltonsy, S Hawken, P Kaul, B Winquist, O Barrett, A Savu, …. Health Canada advisory impact on the prevalence and trends of oral codeine use in the pediatric Canadian population: A comparative study across provinces. PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2023.

162. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Lun, A Zharai, R Mallick, D Burger, G Zitikyte, …. Inherited Thrombophilia Gene Mutations and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Blood, 2023.

163. LM Currie, HK Brown, BK Potter, S Hawken, D Coyle, SW Wen, M Walker, …. Maternal weight and paediatric health use: mediating role of adverse birth outcomes: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023.

164. E Kaczmarek, OX Miguel, AC Bowie, R Ducharme, ALJ Dingwall-Harvey, …. MetaCAM: Ensemble-based class activation map. arXiv preprint arXiv:, 2023. [5 citations]

165. E Collins, E Philippe, C Gravel, S Hawken, MA Langlois, J Little. Serological markers and Post COVID-19 Condition (PCC)–A rapid review of the evidence. medRxiv, 2023.

166. D Smith, DT Zhu, S Hawken, AB Bota, SS Mithani, A Marcon, …. The influence of sociodemographic factors on COVID-19 vaccine certificate acceptance: A cross-sectional study. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023. [4 citations]

167. D Smith, DT Zhu, S Hawken, AB Bota, SS Mithani, A Marcon, …. The influence of sociodemographic factors on COVID-19 vaccine mandate acceptance: a cross-sectional study. **, 2023.

168. DC Roy, TF Wang, M Carrier, R Mallick, D Burger, S Hawken, PS Wells. Thrombophilia gene mutations predict venous thromboembolism in ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2023. [5 citations]

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2022 ( 21 publication(s))

136. M Canney, M Atiquzzaman, AM Cunningham, Y Zheng, L Er, S Hawken, …. A population-based analysis of the risk of glomerular disease relapse after COVID-19 vaccination. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2022. [56 citations]

137. A Breiner, R Talarico, S Hawken, C Barnett. A population-based cohort study of pregnancy outcomes in women with myasthenia gravis. Muscle & Nerve, 2022. [2 citations]

138. DC Roy, A Zahrai, R Lun, TF Wang, S Hawken, R Mallick, D Burger, …. Blood Biomarkers for the Prediction of Venous Thromboembolism in Perioperative or Hospitalized Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review. Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2022.

139. M Rushton, C Kappel, I Lima, M Tuna, K Pritchard, S Hawken, S Dent. Cardiac monitoring and heart failure in advanced breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab in Ontario, Canada. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022. [5 citations]

140. AM Carrington, DG Manuel, PW Fieguth, T Ramsay, V Osmani, B Wernly, …. Deep ROC analysis and AUC as balanced average accuracy, for improved classifier selection, audit and explanation. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 2022. [468 citations]

141. KM Atkinson, B Ntacyabukura, S Hawken, L Laflamme, K Wilson. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported 12-month pneumococcal vaccination series completion rates in Canada. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022. [5 citations]

142. KM Atkinson, B Ntacyabukura, S Hawken, L Laflamme, K Wilson. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-reported 12-month pneumococcal vaccination series completion rates in Canada: An interrupted time-series analysis. medRxiv, 2022. [1 citations]

143. MSQ Murphy, R Ducharme, S Hawken, DJ Corsi, W Petrcich, D El-Chaâr, …. Exposure to intrapartum epidural analgesia and risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring. JAMA Network Open, 2022. [25 citations]

144. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Mallick, M Carrier, E Mollanji, P Liu, L Zhang, …. Growth differentiation factor-15, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for predicting risk of venous thromboembolism in ambulatory …. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2022. [15 citations]

145. DT Myran, E Staykov, N Cantor, M Taljaard, BI Quach, S Hawken, …. How has access to legal cannabis changed over time? An analysis of the cannabis retail market in Canada 2 years following the legalisation of recreational cannabis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2022. [87 citations]

146. Y Guo, S Souza, L Bruce, R Luo, D El-Chaâr, L Gaudet, K Muldoon, …. Intentional gestational weight loss among women with obesity and fetal growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study. **, 2022.

147. S Hawken, V Ward, AB Bota, M Lamoureux, R Ducharme, LA Wilson, …. Real world external validation of metabolic gestational age assessment in Kenya. PLOS Global Public Health, 2022. [7 citations]

148. A Bérard, P Kaul, S Eltonsy, B Winquist, D Chateau, S Hawken, …. The Canadian mother-child cohort active surveillance initiative (CAMCCO): comparisons between Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. PLoS One, 2022. [20 citations]

149. DC Roy, TF Wang, R Mallick, PS Wells, M Carrier, S Hawken. Thrombophilia gene mutations for the prediction of venous thromboembolism in ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Blood, The Journal of the American Society of Hematology, 2022. [1 citations]

150. R Fakhraei, SG Fung, W Petrcich, N Crowcroft, S Bolotin, L Gaudet, …. Trends and characteristics of Tdap vaccination during pregnancy in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ open, 2022. [8 citations]

151. B Bota, V Ward, M Lamoureux, E Santander, R Ducharme, S Hawken, …. Unlocking the global health potential of dried blood spot cards. Journal of global health, 2022. [6 citations]

152. MC Walker, I Willner, OX Miguel, MSQ Murphy, D El-Chaâr, F Moretti, …. Using deep-learning in fetal ultrasound analysis for diagnosis of cystic hygroma in the first trimester. Plos one, 2022. [35 citations]

153. S Hawken, B Olibris, R Ducharme, AB Bota, JC Murray, BK Potter, …. Validation of gestational age determination from ultrasound or a metabolic gestational age algorithm using exact date of conception in a cohort of newborns conceived using …. AJOG global reports, 2022. [8 citations]

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2021 ( 20 publication(s))

115. LM Currie, DB Fell, S Hawken, BK Potter, D Coyle, SW Wen, M Walker, …. A Retrospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index on Pediatric Health Service Utilization. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2021. [2 citations]

116. M Chassé, DA Fergusson, A Tinmouth, JP Acker, S English, A Forster, …. An Innovative Trial Assessing Donor Sex on Recipient Survival (iTADS). **, 2021. [2 citations]

117. DB Fell, LA Wilson, S Hawken, S Spruin, M Murphy, BK Potter, J Little, …. Association between newborn screening analyte profiles and infant mortality. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 2021. [6 citations]

118. K Coyle, AML Quan, LA Wilson, S Hawken, AB Bota, D Coyle, JC Murray, …. Cost-effectiveness of a gestational age metabolic algorithm for preterm and small-for-gestational-age classification. American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM, 2021. [9 citations]

119. S Hawken, MSQ Murphy, R Ducharme, AB Bota, LA Wilson, W Cheng, …. External validation of machine learning models including newborn metabolomic markers for postnatal gestational age estimation in East and South-East Asian infants. Gates Open Research, 2021. [8 citations]

120. N Thampi, BD Knight, K Thavorn, RJ Webster, K Lanctot, S Hawken, …. Health care costs of hospitalization of young children for respiratory syncytial virus infections: a population-based matched cohort study. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal, 2021. [25 citations]

121. M Laverty, N Crowcroft, S Bolotin, S Hawken, K Wilson, G Amirthalingam, …. Health outcomes in young children following pertussis vaccination during pregnancy. pediatrics, 2021. [14 citations]

122. SD Khangura, BK Potter, C Davies, R Ducharme, AB Bota, S Hawken, …. Health services use by children identified as heterozygous hemoglobinopathy mutation carriers via newborn screening. BMC pediatrics, 2021. [4 citations]

123. P Di Santo, R Mathew, RG Jung, T Simard, S Skanes, B Mao, FD Ramirez, …. Impact of baseline beta-blocker use on inotrope response and clinical outcomes in cardiogenic shock: a subgroup analysis of the DOREMI trial. Critical Care, 2021. [40 citations]

124. R Fakhraei, N Crowcroft, S Bolotin, E Sucha, S Hawken, K Wilson, …. Obstetric and perinatal health outcomes after pertussis vaccination during pregnancy in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal, 2021. [15 citations]

125. ES Shoemaker, T Saiyin, S Smith, M Loutfy, L Darling, M Walker, …. Patterns of cesarean birth among women living with HIV in Ontario: A cross‐sectional, population‐level study. Birth, 2021. [2 citations]

126. DA Fergusson, M Chassé, A Tinmouth, JP Acker, S English, AJ Forster, …. Pragmatic, double-blind, randomised trial evaluating the impact of red blood cell donor sex on recipient mortality in an academic hospital population: the innovative Trial …. BMJ open, 2021. [16 citations]

127. D Jomaa, S Hawken, S Lawrence, P Chakraborty, M Henderson. Predicting gestational age improves newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine, 2021.

128. K Abdullah, DB Fell, D Radhakrishnan, S Hawken, DW Johnson, …. Risk of asthma in children diagnosed with bronchiolitis during infancy: protocol of a longitudinal cohort study linking emergency department-based clinical data to provincial …. BMJ open, 2021. [2 citations]

129. DB Fell, D Radhakrishnan, S Hawken, DW Johnson, P Mandhane, T To, …. Risk of asthma in children diagnosed with bronchiolitis during infancy: Protocol of a longitudinal cohort study linking emergency department-based clinical data to provincial …. **, 2021.

130. KA Mullen, A Garg, F Gagnon, G Wells, A Kapur, S Hawken, AL Pipe, …. The INITIATE trial protocol: a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a “quit card” intervention on long-term abstinence among tobacco smokers presenting to …. Trials, 2021. [2 citations]

131. CH Righolt, G Pabla, J Donelle, P Brna, SL Deeks, SE Wilson, B Smith, …. Vaccine coverage among children with epilepsy in two Canadian provinces: A Canadian immunization research network study. Vaccine, 2021. [5 citations]

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2020 ( 13 publication(s))

95. D Jomaa, M Henderson, S Hawken, P Chakraborty. 30 Predicting gestational age improves newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2020.

96. MK Rushton-Marovac, I Lima, M Tuna, C Melloni, K Pritchard, S Hawken, …. Abstract P5-14-11: Cardiac monitoring in advanced breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab: Does it improve cardiac safety?. Cancer Research, 2020. [1 citations]

97. KA Top, CH Righolt, S Hawken, J Donelle, G Pabla, P Brna, SL Deeks, …. Adverse events following immunization among children with epilepsy: a self-controlled case series. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2020. [10 citations]

98. D Jomaa, M Henderson, S Hawken, P Chakraborty. Avery Longmore1, 2, Kathleen Hollamby2, Jeanne Zielonka2, Douglas M Campbell3, 1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2St. Michael’s Hospital, 3Department of Pediatrics, St …. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2020.

99. M Chassé, A Tinmouth, M Goldman, SF O’Brien, S Hawken, MSQ Murphy, …. Evaluating the clinical effect of female blood donors of child-bearing age on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a cohort study. Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2020. [18 citations]

100. S Hawken, MSQ Murphy, R Ducharme, AB Bota, MML Alcausin, …. Gates Open Research. **, 2020.

101. M Rushton, I Lima, M Tuna, C Johnson, J Ivars, K Pritchard, S Hawken, …. Impact of stopping trastuzumab in early breast cancer: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2020. [37 citations]

102. DJ Corsi, J Donelle, E Sucha, S Hawken, H Hsu, D El-Chaâr, L Bisnaire, …. Maternal cannabis use in pregnancy and child neurodevelopmental outcomes. Nature medicine, 2020. [243 citations]

103. DB Fell, R Fakhraei, M Laverty, N Crowcroft, S Bolotin, K Wilson, …. Obstetric perinatal and early childhood health outcomes following pertussis immunization during pregnancy in Ontario Canada. PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2020.

104. ME Kuenzig, S Hawken, K Wilson, R Talarico, P Chakraborty, MM Sood, …. Serum newborn screening blood metabolites are not associated with childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based matched case-control study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2020. [4 citations]

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2019 ( 12 publication(s))

82. LA Wilson, DB Fell, S Hawken, CA Wong, MSQ Murphy, J Little, BK Potter, …. Association between newborn screening analytes and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Scientific Reports, 2019. [14 citations]

83. DJ Corsi, L Walsh, D Weiss, H Hsu, D El-Chaar, S Hawken, DB Fell, …. Association between self-reported prenatal cannabis use and maternal, perinatal, and neonatal outcomes. Jama, 2019. [268 citations]

84. S Hawken, R Ducharme, DB Fell, AP Oron, K Wilson. Effects of sex and birth weight on non-specific health services use following whole-cell pertussis vaccination: a self-controlled case series analysis. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019. [4 citations]

85. MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, W Cheng, LA Wilson, M Lamoureux, …. External validation of postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn metabolic profiles in Matlab, Bangladesh. Elife, 2019. [20 citations]

86. S Hawken, A Guttmann, J Kwong. Health outcomes of young children born to mothers who received 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination during pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study. **, 2019.

87. LK Walsh, J Donelle, L Dodds, S Hawken, K Wilson, EI Benchimol, …. Health outcomes of young children born to mothers who received 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccination during pregnancy: retrospective cohort study. bmj, 2019. [54 citations]

88. MD Karaceper, SD Khangura, K Wilson, D Coyle, M Brownell, C Davies, …. Health services use among children diagnosed with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency through newborn screening: a cohort study in Ontario, Canada. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019. [19 citations]

89. SD Khangura, K Wilson, D Coyle, M Brownell, C Davies, L Dodds, …. Health services use among children diagnosed with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency through newborn screening: A cohort study in Ontario, Canada. **, 2019.

90. LA Wilson, MSQ Murphy, R Ducharme, K Denize, NM Jadavji, B Potter, …. Postnatal gestational age estimation via newborn screening analysis: application and potential. Expert review of proteomics, 2019. [14 citations]

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2018 ( 15 publication(s))

70. MM Sood, MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, CA Wong, BK Potter, KD Burns, …. Association between newborn metabolic profiles and pediatric kidney disease. Kidney international reports, 2018. [18 citations]

71. MK Rushton, I Lima, C Johnson, M Tuna, S Hawken, SF Dent. Balancing the risks versus benefits of trastuzumab: A call to action for oncologists, cardiologists, and cardio-oncologists.. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018.

72. AS Gershon, MA Campitelli, S Hawken, C Victor, BA Sproule, P Kurdyak, …. Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric events after varenicline use for smoking cessation. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018. [37 citations]

73. L McIntyre, M Taljaard, T McArdle, A Fox-Robichaud, SW English, …. FLUID trial: a protocol for a hospital-wide open-label cluster crossover pragmatic comparative effectiveness randomised pilot trial. BMJ open, 2018. [12 citations]

74. EJ Benjamin, SS Virani, CW Callaway, AM Chamberlain, AR Chang, …. Forecasting the future of cardiovascular disease in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 2018.

75. MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, W Cheng, LA Wilson, M Lamoureux, …. Gates Open Research. **, 2018.

76. X Zhao, LM Bjerre, GC Nguyen, DR Mack, DG Manuel, S Hawken, …. Health services use during transition from pediatric to adult care for inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study using health administrative data. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2018. [45 citations]

77. MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, W Cheng, LA Wilson, M Lamoureux, …. Metabolic profiles derived from residual blood spot samples: A longitudinal analysis. Gates Open Research, 2018. [9 citations]

78. M SQ Murphy, S Hawken, W Cheng, LA Wilson, M Lamoureux, …. Postnatal Gestational Age Estimation Using Newborn Metabolic Profiles: A Validation Study in Matlab, Bangladesh. **, 2018.

79. J Donelle, L Walsh, K Wilson, J Kwong, S Hawken, D Fell. Prenatal exposure to the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine on health outcomes in children. International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018.

80. AS Gershon, MA Campitelli, S Hawken, BA Sproule, P Selby. Reply to Goulden et al.: Risk of Bias in Study of Varenicline and Cardiovascular Outcomes. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018.

81. K Wilson, DR Duque, MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, A Pham-Huy, J Kwong, …. T-cell receptor excision circle levels and safety of paediatric immunization: A population-based self-controlled case series analysis. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018. [5 citations]

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2017 ( 11 publication(s))

55. S Hawken, R Ducharme, LC Rosella, EI Benchimol, JM Langley, K Wilson, …. Assessing the risk of intussusception and rotavirus vaccine safety in Canada. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017. [25 citations]

56. R Imtiaz, S Hawken, BB McCormick, S Leung, S Hiremath, …. Diabetes mellitus and younger age are risk factors for hyperphosphatemia in peritoneal dialysis patients. Nutrients, 2017. [16 citations]

57. KA Mullen, DG Manuel, SJ Hawken, AL Pipe, D Coyle, LA Hobler, …. Effectiveness of a hospital-initiated smoking cessation programme: 2-year health and healthcare outcomes. Tobacco Control, 2017. [136 citations]

58. LM Bjerre, T Ramsay, C Cahir, C Ryan, R Halil, B Farrell, K Thavorn, …. Identifying Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Whole Populations: Coding the STOPP-START Criteria for Use with Large, Routinely Collected Population Datasets. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2017.

59. S Hawken, R Ducharme, MSQ Murphy, KM Atkinson, BK Potter, …. Performance of a postnatal metabolic gestational age algorithm: a retrospective validation study among ethnic subgroups in Canada. BMJ open, 2017. [15 citations]

60. MSQ Murphy, S Hawken, KM Atkinson, J Milburn, J Pervin, C Gravett, …. Postnatal gestational age estimation using newborn screening blood spots: a proposed validation protocol. BMJ global health, 2017. [15 citations]

61. K Wilson, S Hawken, MSQ Murphy, KM Atkinson, BK Potter, A Sprague, …. Postnatal prediction of gestational age using newborn fetal hemoglobin levels. EBioMedicine, 2017. [40 citations]

62. DB Fell, S Hawken, CA Wong, LA Wilson, MSQ Murphy, P Chakraborty, …. Using newborn screening analytes to identify cases of neonatal sepsis. Scientific reports, 2017. [37 citations]

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2016 ( 10 publication(s))

44. K Wilson, S Hawken, BK Potter, P Chakraborty, M Walker, R Ducharme, …. Accurate prediction of gestational age using newborn screening analyte data. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2016. [56 citations]

45. KM Atkinson, J Westeinde, R Ducharme, SE Wilson, SL Deeks, …. Can mobile technologies improve on-time vaccination? A study piloting maternal use of ImmunizeCA, a Pan-Canadian immunization app. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2016. [58 citations]

46. C van Walraven, S Hawken. Competing risk bias in Kaplan–Meier risk estimates can be corrected. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2016. [36 citations]

47. A Feigenbaum, SD Khangura, MD Karaceper, P Chakraborty, D Coyle, …. HEALTH SYSTEM IMPACT OF FALSE-POSITIVE NEWBORN SCREENING RESULTS FOR MEDIUM-CHAIN ACYL-CoA DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY AND PHENYLKETONURIA IN ONTARIO, CANADA. MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM, 2016.

48. DB Fell, K Wilson, R Ducharme, S Hawken, AE Sprague, JC Kwong, …. Infant respiratory outcomes associated with prenatal exposure to maternal 2009 A/H1N1 influenza vaccination. PLoS One, 2016. [17 citations]

49. MD Karaceper, P Chakraborty, D Coyle, K Wilson, JB Kronick, S Hawken, …. The health system impact of false positive newborn screening results for medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: a cohort study. Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2016. [54 citations]

50. S Hawken, BK Potter, J Little, EI Benchimol, S Mahmud, R Ducharme, …. The use of relative incidence ratios in self-controlled case series studies: an overview. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016. [27 citations]

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2015 ( 13 publication(s))

34. J Cowan, L Gaudet, S Mulpuru, V Corrales-Medina, S Hawken, …. A retrospective longitudinal within-subject risk interval analysis of immunoglobulin treatment for recurrent acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PloS one, 2015. [52 citations]

35. LM Bjerre, T Ramsay, C Cahir, C Ryan, R Halil, B Farrell, K Thavorn, …. Assessing potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and predicting patient outcomes in Ontario’s older population: a population-based cohort study applying subsets of the …. BMJ open, 2015. [37 citations]

36. FD Ramirez, B Hibbert, T Simard, R Maze, A Pourdjabbar, AY Chong, …. Clinical outcomes among patients with extreme obesity undergoing elective coronary revascularization: Evaluation of major complications in contemporary practice. International Journal of Cardiology, 2015. [5 citations]

37. DF Ramirez, B Hibbert, T Simard, R Maze, A Pourdjabbar, AY Chong, …. Clinical outcomes among patients with extreme obesity undergoing elective coronary revascularization: evaluation of major complications in contemporary practice: 143Category …. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions, 2015.

38. AS Gershon, MA Campitelli, S Hawken, JC Victor, B Sproule, P Kurdyak, …. D15 TOBACCO CESSATION: IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES AND EMERGING NEEDS: The Risk Of Cardiovascular And Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events Following Varenicline Use For Tobacco …. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2015.

39. C van Walraven, FA McAlister, JA Bakal, S Hawken, J Donzé. External validation of the Hospital-patient One-year Mortality Risk (HOMR) model for predicting death within 1 year after hospital admission. Cmaj, 2015. [98 citations]

40. S Hawken, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, NS Crowcroft, AJ McGeer, R Ducharme, …. Simulation study of the effect of influenza and influenza vaccination on risk of acquiring Guillain-Barré syndrome. Emerging infectious diseases, 2015. [27 citations]

41. AS Gershon, MA Campitelli, S Hawken, JC Victor, B Sproule, P Kurdyak, …. The Risk Of Cardiovascular And Neuropsychiatric Adverse Events Following Varenicline Use For Tobacco Cessation In Ontario, Canada: A Self-Controlled Study. D, 2015.

42. CC Awh, S Hawken, BW Zanke. Treatment response to antioxidants and zinc based on CFH and ARMS2 genetic risk allele number in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology, 2015. [129 citations]

43. KM Atkinson, J Westeinde, S Hawken, R Ducharme, K Barnhardt, …. Using mobile technologies for immunization: Predictors of uptake of a pan-Canadian immunization app (ImmunizeCA). Paediatrics & Child Health, 2015. [9 citations]

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2014 ( 8 publication(s))

21. CC Awh, AM Lane, S Hawken, B Zanke, IK Kim. Author reply: To PMID 23972322. Ophthalmology, 2014.

22. K Wilson, R Ducharme, B Ward, S Hawken. Increased emergency room visits or hospital admissions in females after 12-month MMR vaccination, but no difference after vaccinations given at a younger age. Vaccine, 2014. [14 citations]

23. K Wilson, S Hawken, R Ducharme, BK Potter, J Little, B Thébaud, …. Metabolomics of prematurity: analysis of patterns of amino acids, enzymes, and endocrine markers by categories of gestational age. Pediatric research, 2014. [57 citations]

24. S Hawken. Methodological Approaches to Studying Risk Factors for Adverse Events Following Routine Vaccinations in the General Population and Vulnerable Subgroups of Individuals Using …. Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, 2014.

25. S Hawken, BK Potter, EI Benchimol, J Little, R Ducharme, K Wilson. Seasonal variation in rates of emergency room visits and acute admissions following recommended infant vaccinations in Ontario, Canada: A self-controlled case series analysis. Vaccine, 2014. [4 citations]

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2013 ( 15 publication(s))

13. S Hawken, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, NS Crowcroft, R Ducharme, DG Manuel, …. Association between birth order and emergency room visits and acute hospital admissions following pediatric vaccination: a self-controlled study. PLoS One, 2013. [18 citations]

14. K Wilson, R Ducharme, S Hawken. Association between socioeconomic status and adverse events following immunization at 2, 4, 6 and 12 months. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2013. [11 citations]

15. CC Awh, AM Lane, S Hawken, B Zanke, IK Kim. CFH and ARMS2 genetic polymorphisms predict response to antioxidants and zinc in patients with age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology, 2013. [170 citations]

16. N Shehata, A Forster, L Li, DM Rothwell, CD Mazer, G Naglie, R Fowler, …. Does anemia impact hospital readmissions after coronary artery bypass surgery?. Transfusion, 2013. [32 citations]

17. K Wilson, S Hawken. Drug safety studies and measures of effect using the self‐controlled case series design. pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2013. [28 citations]

18. T Simard, B Hibbert, A Pourdjabbar, FD Ramirez, KR Wilson, S Hawken, …. Percutaneous coronary intervention with or without on-site coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International journal of cardiology, 2013. [16 citations]

19. C van Walraven, J Wong, AJ Forster, S Hawken. Predicting post‐discharge death or readmission: deterioration of model performance in population having multiple admissions per patient. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 2013. [23 citations]

20. JC Kwong, PP Vasa, MA Campitelli, S Hawken, K Wilson, LC Rosella, …. Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome after seasonal influenza vaccination and influenza health-care encounters: a self-controlled study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2013. [172 citations]

21. EI Benchimol, S Hawken, JC Kwong, K Wilson. Safety and utilization of influenza immunization in children with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatrics, 2013. [30 citations]

22. TA Seibert, B Hibbert, YX Chen, K Rayner, T Simard, T Hu, CM Cuerrier, …. Serum heat shock protein 27 levels represent a potential therapeutic target for atherosclerosis: observations from a human cohort and treatment of female mice. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013. [82 citations]

23. B Hibbert, T Simard, FD Ramirez, A Pourdjabbar, JE Raizman, R Maze, …. The effect of statins on circulating endothelial progenitor cells in humans: a systematic review. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 2013. [58 citations]

24. R Ducharme, EI Benchimol, SL Deeks, S Hawken, DA Fergusson, …. Validation of diagnostic codes for intussusception and quantification of childhood intussusception incidence in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 2013. [47 citations]

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2012 ( 16 publication(s))

-2. FD Ramirez, B Hibbert, T Simard, A Pourdjabbar, KR Wilson, R Hibbert, …. 012 Natural History and Management of Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Graft Aneurysms: A Systematic Review of Published Cases. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2012.

-3. C van Walraven, J Wong, S Hawken, AJ Forster. Comparing methods to calculate hospital-specific rates of early death or urgent readmission. CMAJ, 2012. [30 citations]

-4. LW Chambers, K Wilson, S Hawken, J Puxty, L Crowe, PP Lam, …. Impact of the Ottawa Influenza Decision Aid on healthcare personnel’s influenza immunization decision: a randomized trial. Journal of Hospital Infection, 2012. [30 citations]

-5. K Wilson, S Hawken. Incidence of adverse events in premature children following 2-month vaccination. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2012. [13 citations]

-6. TA Seibert, B Hibbert, T Simard, YX Chen, T Hu, X Zhao, K Rayner, …. Low Serum Heat Shock Protein 27 (HSP27) Levels are Predictive of Future Cardiovascular Events and Experimental Vascular Lesions are Prevented or Stabilized with Recombinant …. Circulation, 2012.

-7. FD Ramirez, B Hibbert, T Simard, A Pourdjabbar, KR Wilson, R Hibbert, …. Natural history and management of aortocoronary saphenous vein graft aneurysms: a systematic review of published cases. Circulation, 2012. [169 citations]

-8. K Wilson, S Hawken, KH Henningsen, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, …. On-time vaccination coverage in premature infants in Ontario, 2002–2009. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2012. [18 citations]

-9. E Theodoratou, Z Montazeri, S Hawken, GCL Allum, J Gong, V Tait, I Kirac, …. Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in colorectal cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2012. [127 citations]

-10. S Hawken, KR Wilson. The self-controlled case series method for evaluating safety of vaccines. The Medical journal of Australia, 2012. [3 citations]

-11. B Hibbert, T Simard, KR Wilson, S Hawken, GA Wells, FD Ramirez, …. Transradial versus transfemoral artery approach for coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in the extremely obese. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2012. [129 citations]

-12. S Hawken, DG Manuel, SL Deeks, JC Kwong, NS Crowcroft, K Wilson. Underestimating the safety benefits of a new vaccine: the impact of acellular pertussis vaccine versus whole-cell pertussis vaccine on health services utilization. American journal of epidemiology, 2012. [20 citations]

-13. K Wilson, S Hawken, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, NS Crowcroft, D Manuel. Vaccine and Immunization Surveillance in Ontario (VISION)–Using linked health administrative databases to monitor vaccine safety. Vaccine, 2012. [28 citations]

-14. P Robichaud, S Hawken, L Beard, D Morra, G Tomlinson, K Wilson, …. Vaccine-critical videos on YouTube and their impact on medical students’ attitudes about seasonal influenza immunization: a pre and post study. Vaccine, 2012. [75 citations]

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2011 ( 8 publication(s))

-18. K Wilson, S Hawken, JC Kwong, S Deeks, NS Crowcroft, C Van Walraven, …. Adverse events following 12 and 18 month vaccinations: a population-based, self-controlled case series analysis. PLoS One, 2011. [36 citations]

-19. J Dennis, S Hawken, D Krewski, N Birkett, M Gheorghe, J Frei, …. Bias in the case-only design applied to studies of gene–environment and gene–gene interaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International journal of epidemiology, 2011. [39 citations]

-20. K Wilson, S Hawken, JC Kwong, SL Deeks, DG Manuel, KH Henningsen, …. Impact of birth weight at term on rates of emergency room visits and hospital admissions following vaccination at 2 months of age. Vaccine, 2011. [10 citations]

-21. K Wilson, S Hawken, BK Potter, P Chakraborty, J Kwong, N Crowcroft, …. Patterns of emergency room visits, admissions and death following recommended pediatric vaccinations—a population based study of 969,519 vaccination events. Vaccine, 2011. [25 citations]

-22. AJ Forster, JR Worthington, S Hawken, M Bourke, F Rubens, K Shojania, …. Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital. BMJ quality & safety, 2011. [82 citations]

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2010 ( 6 publication(s))

-26. B Zanke, S Hawken, R Carter, D Chow. A genetic approach to stratification of risk for age-related macular degeneration. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010. [42 citations]

-27. J Little, S Hawken. On track? Using the human genome epidemiology roadmap. Public Health Genomics, 2010. [8 citations]

-28. SJ Hawken, CMT Greenwood, TJ Hudson, R Kustra, J McLaughlin, …. The utility and predictive value of combinations of low penetrance genes for screening and risk prediction of colorectal cancer. Human genetics, 2010. [53 citations]

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2009 ( 4 publication(s))

-32. M Merkel. Postprandialer Lipoproteinstoffwechsel und kardiovaskuläres Risiko. Adipositas-Ursachen, Folgeerkrankungen, Therapie, 2009. [1 citations]

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2008 ( 6 publication(s))

-36. L LIND, MJ MCQUEEN, S HAWKEN, W XINGYU, S OUNPUU, …. Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries. Lancet, 2008.

-37. MJ McQueen, S Hawken, X Wang, S Ounpuu, A Sniderman, J Probstfield, …. Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study. The lancet, 2008. [1192 citations]

-38. S Hawken, X Wang, S Ounpuu, A Sniderman, J Probstfield, K Steyn, …. Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins as risk markers of myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): a case-control study. The Lancet, 2008. [1 citations]

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2007 ( 5 publication(s))

-42. S Anand. Oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy and peripheral arterial disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 2007. [534 citations]

-43. M Keltai, M Tonelli, JFE Mann, E Sitkei, BS Lewis, S Hawken, SR Mehta, …. Renal function and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome: impact of clopidogrel. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2007. [157 citations]

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2006 ( 6 publication(s))

-47. A Chapman, H Richards, S Hawken. Data and Information Quality at the Canadian Institute for Health Information.. ICIQ, 2006. [2 citations]

-48. H Richards, A Chapman, C Pelletier, S Hawken. Re-abstraction Study of Discharges from Ontario Case Costing Hospitals.. ICIQ, 2006. [1 citations]

-49. KK Teo, S Ounpuu, S Hawken, MR Pandey, V Valentin, D Hunt, R Diaz, …. Tobacco use and risk of myocardial infarction in 52 countries in the INTERHEART study: a case-control study. The lancet, 2006. [1578 citations]

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2005 ( 6 publication(s))

-53. K Steyn, K Sliwa, S Hawken, P Commerford, C Onen, A Damasceno, …. INTERHEART investigators in Africa. Risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in Africa: the INTERHEART …, 2005. [21 citations]

-54. S Yusuf, S Hawken, S Ounpuu, L Bautista, MG Franzosi, P Commerford, …. Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27 000 participants from 52 countries: a case-control study. The Lancet, 2005. [4216 citations]

-55. K Steyn, K Sliwa, S Hawken, P Commerford, C Onen, A Damasceno, …. Risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in Africa: the INTERHEART Africa study. Circulation, 2005. [541 citations]

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2004 ( 6 publication(s))

-59. A Rosengren, S Hawken, S Ôunpuu, K Sliwa, M Zubaid, WA Almahmeed, …. Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. The Lancet, 2004. [3493 citations]

-60. S Yusuf, S Hawken, S Ôunpuu, T Dans, A Avezum, F Lanas, M McQueen, …. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. The lancet, 2004. [19532 citations]

-61. S Yusuf, S Hawken, S Ounpuu. i wsp. Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet, 2004. [72 citations]

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2001 ( 4 publication(s))

-65. L Cronin, J Zhu, P Pais, S Hawken, A Parkhomenko, D Hunt, A Budaj, …. Variations in practice patterns and clinical outcomes in 12,512 patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes (ACS) recruited in 13 countries and 5 continents.. CIRCULATION, 2001. [1 citations]

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Preprints

** Automated Classification of First-Trimester Fetal Heart Views Using Ultrasound-Specific Self-Supervised Learning **

Youssef Megahed, Aylin Erman, Robin Ducharme, Mark C. Walker, Steven Hawken, Adrian D. C. Chan . Submitted 30 December, 2025 . arXiv:2512.24492

** Improved cystic hygroma detection from prenatal imaging using ultrasound-specific self-supervised representation learning **

Youssef Megahed, Robin Ducharme, Inok Lee, Inbal Willner, Adrian D. C. Chan, Mark Walker, Steven Hawken . Submitted 18 January, 2026 . arXiv:2512.22730

** Self-Supervised Ultrasound Representation Learning for Renal Anomaly Prediction in Prenatal Imaging **

Youssef Megahed, Inok Lee, Robin Ducharme, Kevin Dick, Adrian D. C. Chan, Steven Hawken, Mark C. Walker . arXiv:2512.13434

** Automated Histopathologic Assessment of Hirschsprung Disease Using a Multi-Stage Vision Transformer Framework **

Youssef Megahed, Saleh Abou-Alwan, Anthony Fuller, Dina El Demellawy, Steven Hawken, Adrian D. C. Chan . Submitted 12 December, 2025; v1 submitted 25 November, 2025 . arXiv:2511.20734

** Deep Learning Analysis of Prenatal Ultrasound for Identification of Ventriculomegaly **

Youssef Megahed, Inok Lee, Robin Ducharme, Aylin Erman, Kevin Dick, Olivier X. Miguel, Adrian D. C. Chan, Steven Hawken, Mark Walker, Felipe Moretti . Submitted 20 November, 2025 . arXiv:2511.07827

** USF-MAE: Ultrasound Self-Supervised Foundation Model with Masked Autoencoding **

Youssef Megahed, Robin Ducharme, Aylin Erman, Mark Walker, Steven Hawken, Adrian D. C. Chan . Submitted 6 November, 2025; v1 submitted 27 October, 2025 . arXiv:2510.22990

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