Professor

Jeff Kwong

DFCM

MD,MSc

Publications

Location

Toronto Western Hospital

Address

440 Bathurst Street, #300, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 2S8

Research Interests

Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Vaccines, Observational Studies, Administrative Databases, Quantitative Data Analysis

Accepting

Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows

Senior Scientist, ICES
Scientist, Public Health Ontario
Family Physician, Toronto Western Family Health Team
Professor, DFCM and Clinical Public Health and Epidemiology Divisions, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Degrees: McGill University BSc; University of Toronto MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC

Research Synopsis

I am an epidemiologist, a specialist in public health and preventive medicine, and a practicing academic family physician. Much of my research has leveraged administrative and other databases to study the epidemiology of infectious diseases and to generate real-world evidence for optimizing vaccination programs.

Honours and Awards

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CIHR New Investigator Salary Award (2013-2018)
CIHR New Investigator Prize of Excellence in Research on Aging (2013)
DFCM Award for Research Excellence (2012)
DFCM Outstanding Research Publications (2017, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2008)
MOHLTC Career Scientist Award (2008-2013)

Grants

Selected Grants:

2024 Apr - 2029 Mar. Co-Investigator. Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Renewal. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)’s Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) and its partner the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). PI: Halperin SA. Co-Is: Abu-Raya B, Alcantara J, Andrew M, Bettinger J, Boivin G, Bolotin S, Brisson M, Brousseau N, Buchan C, Buchan S, Burchell A, Burton C, Carazo S, Cheng M, Comeau J, Constantinescu C, Cooper C, Cowan J, Deeks S, Dionne M, Driedger S, Dubé E, Elsherif M, Fitzpatrick T, Gantt S, Graham J, Greyson D, Halperin D, Hatchette T, Heffernan J, Isenor J, Janjua N, Jardine C, Jassem A, Jubis V, Katz K, Kellner J, Kiely M, Kwong JC, et al. $15,000,000.

2022 Oct - 2024 Sep Co-Principal Investigator. Canada-Africa Monkeypox Partnership (CAMP): Characterizing transmission dynamics and evaluating medical countermeasures to inform the clinical and public health response to Mpox. Canadian Institutes of Health Research and International Development Research Centre. PIs: Tan DH, Adebajo S, Audu R, Chan A, Daodu OB, Klein MB, Kozak RA, Kwong JC, McGeer AJ, Mishra S, Okpokoro E, Olufadewa II, Walmsley SL. Co-Is: Blais AD, Griffiths D, Kwag M, Rayak SM, Abimiku A, Adesina MA, Baral SD, Bettinger JA, Buchan S, Burchell AN, Charurat M, Cholette F, Ezeobi PM, Grennan T, Gubbay J, Guthrie J, Hasso M, Hull MW, Ige FA, Igumbor EU, Irvine MA, Janjua NZ, Jassem AN, Kana MA, Kandel C, Longtin Y, Maheu-Giroux M, Mogaji S, Muller MP, Nasreen S, Navarro C, Olukomogbon T, Onyemata EJ, Ostrowski MA, Patel S, Prystajecky NA, Sander BH, Sekirov I, Shaibu JO, Sheehan NL, Sheth PM, Tseng A, Tyson J, Weese SJ, Wong HH, Yoong D, Zlosnik JE. $2,000,000 (CIHR), $1,000,000 (IDRC).

2022 Apr - 2024 Mar Co-Principal Investigator. Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN): Directed Grant Extension. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). PI: Halperin S. Co-PIs: Andrew M, Bettinger J, Bolotin S, Brisson M, De Serres G, De Wals P, Deeks S, Dube E, Hatchette T, Kwong JC, Kellner J, Langley J, Loeb M, MacDonald S, McNeil S, Top K, Ward B. $6,000,000.

2021 Jan - 2022 Dec Co-Principal Investigator. Canadian Immunization Research Network: COVID-19 Vaccine Readiness. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). PI: Halperin S. Co-PIs: Andrew M, Bettinger J, Bolotin S, Brisson M, De Serres G, De Wals P, Deeks S, Dube E, Hatchette T, Kellner J, Kwong JC, Langley J, Loeb M, MacDonald S, McNeil S, Top K, Ward B. 44 other Collaborators. $3,516,000.

2020 Dec - 2022 Mar Principal Investigator. Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Provincial Collaborative Network (PCN) COVID-19 Vaccine Post-Market Studies. COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF)/Vaccine Surveillance Reference Group (VSRG). PI: Kwong JC; Co-Is: Austin P, Basta N, Brousseau N, Buchan S, Carleton B, Deeks S, Fell D, De Serres G, de Wals P, Janjua N, Lalji F, MacDonald S, Mahmud S, Nasreen S, Naus M, Righolt C, Sundaram M, Svenson L, Tadrous M, Top K, Wilson K, Wilson S. $1,347,384.

Selected Contracts:

2023 Nov - 2025 Mar Principal Investigator. Air pollution and long-term health outcomes after COVID-19. Health Canada. PI: Kwong JC. Collaborator(s): Chen H. $159,078.

2021 Nov - 2024 Apr Principal Site Investigator. Assessing the safety of COVID-19 vaccines across large and diverse populations using the 17-country Global Vaccine Data Network Consortium. US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. $283,000 USD.