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UTOPIAN

The University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network (UTOPIAN) is a living laboratory that partners front-line care providers with academic researchers, providing necessary insights into what’s working and what could work better in primary care in Ontario. UTOPIAN is one of the largest primary care research networks in North America, and amongst the largest in the world.

*At this time, certain activities related to UTOPIAN are paused. No new data is being collected. However, as permitted by the REB, previously collected EMR data in the UTOPIAN Data Safe Haven is available and may be analyzed for research projects.

Get to know UTOPIAN

A state-of-the-art living laboratory
UTOPIAN is a network of over 1400 family physicians in practices within 14 DFCM academic sites throughout the GTA and beyond. The UTOPIAN database contains de-identified primary care EMR data available for research and to be linked to other datasets.

Work with UTOPIAN

Learn how you can join the network
Conduct research and engage with clinical research to strengthen family medicine’s research capacity.

Dr. Mike Evans explains primary care research and UTOPIAN

CFPC building research-readiness and QI in family medicine

May 31, 2023
Menopause remains largely taboo in today's public discourse, creating knowledge gaps among both patients and physicians about how to best manage this natural transitionary period. But how can an experience that impacts almost half of our population remain such an enigma?
Apr 11, 2023
Partnering with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, DFCM’s division of mental health and addiction co-hosted a summit on family medicine involvement in improving health outcomes for people who use substances.
Nov 10, 2022
Despite growing calls for anti-racism in health care, studies have shown that the world's top medical journals rarely publish articles on the topic of racism and health. So when the Canadian Medical Association Journal published two full special issues focused on Black health and anti-Black racism in health care in Canada, it was extraordinarily significant not only for the Black medical community, but for the medical profession at large.