selected scholarly activity
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chapters
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conferences
- Breath Analysis of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 Pneumonia Using Infrared Spectroscopy. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022
- Benchmarking End-to-end Learning of MIMO Physical-Layer Communication. GLOBECOM 2020 - 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 2020
- Generative Adversarial Radio Spectrum Networks. Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Wireless Security and Machine Learning. 12-15. 2019
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journal articles
- Machine learning enabled detection of COVID-19 pneumonia using exhaled breath analysis: a proof-of-concept study. Journal of Breath Research. 18:026009-026009. 2024
- Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors among hospitalized patients with substance use disorders: Findings from a retrospective cohort study of a Canadian inpatient addiction medicine service. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. 157:209210-209210. 2024
- “They forgot about us”: experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among people deprived of housing in an urban centre in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 114:796-805. 2023
- ‘It’s so simple’ Lessons from the margins: a qualitative study of patient experiences of a mobile health clinic in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 13:e066674-e066674. 2023
- The impact of an integrated safer use space and safer supply program on non-fatal overdose among emergency shelter residents during a COVID-19 outbreak: a case study. Harm Reduction Journal. 19:29. 2022
- “They're causing more harm than good”: a qualitative study exploring racism in harm reduction through the experiences of racialized people who use drugs. Harm Reduction Journal. 19:96. 2022
- Prophylactic Antibiotic Regimens in Tumor Resection Surgery Involving a Prosthesis—Reply. JAMA Oncology. 8:1222-1222. 2022
- Sex-Specific Risk Factors and Health Disparity Among Hepatitis C Positive Patients Receiving Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorder: Findings From a Propensity Matched Analysis. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 16:e248-e256. 2022
- Comparison of Prophylactic Intravenous Antibiotic Regimens After Endoprosthetic Reconstruction for Lower Extremity Bone Tumors. JAMA Oncology. 8:345-345. 2022
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Finding stability amidst the
COVID ‐19 pandemic: The impact of emergency temporary housing for people who use drugs. Drug and Alcohol Review. 41:7-8. 2022 - Infectious diseases, comorbidities and outcomes in hospitalized people who inject drugs (PWID). PLoS ONE. 17:e0266663-e0266663. 2022
- People With Injection Drug Use–associated Endocarditis Deserve More Than Half a Chance at Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 113:373-373. 2022
- Peer support workers as a bridge: a qualitative study exploring the role of peer support workers in the care of people who use drugs during and after hospitalization. Harm Reduction Journal. 18:19. 2021
- Hospital policy as a harm reduction intervention for people who use drugs. International Journal on Drug Policy, The. 97:103324-103324. 2021
- Pandemic Planning in Homeless Shelters: A Pilot Study of a Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing and Support Program to Mitigate the Risk of COVID-19 Outbreaks in Congregate Settings. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72:1639-1641. 2021
- IEEE TCCN Special Section Editorial: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for the Physical Layer. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 7:1-4. 2021
- The Second Heart Program—A multidisciplinary team supporting people who inject drugs with infective endocarditis: Protocol of a feasibility study. PLoS ONE. 16:e0256839-e0256839. 2021
- Comparison of four COVID-19 screening strategies to facilitate early case identification within the homeless shelter population: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 21:941. 2020
- Machine learning remakes radio. IEEE Spectrum. 57:35-39. 2020
- The effectiveness of substance use interventions for homeless and vulnerably housed persons: A systematic review of systematic reviews on supervised consumption facilities, managed alcohol programs, and pharmacological agents for opioid use disorder. PLoS ONE. 15:e0227298-e0227298. 2020
- Thirty-day readmission after medical-surgical hospitalization for people who experience imprisonment in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE. 15:e0227588-e0227588. 2020
- “When you first walk out the gates…where do [you] go?”: Barriers and opportunities to achieving continuity of health care at the time of release from a provincial jail in Ontario. PLoS ONE. 15:e0231211-e0231211. 2020
- Making the Cut: Perspectives on the Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis Among People Who Use Intravenous Drugs. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 35:1416-1418. 2019
- Clarifying the Relation Between Alcohol Demand and Alcohol-related Relative Reinforcement and Driving After Drinking in a Canadian Community Sample. Canadian Journal of Addiction. 10:16-23. 2019
- Prosthetic joint infections: is guideline-consistent surgical treatment beneficial?. Current Orthopaedic Practice. 29:560-564. 2018
- “They Will Come to Understand”: Supervisor Reflections on International Medical Electives. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 30:377-385. 2018
- Health Inequity and “Restoring Fairness” Through the Canadian Refugee Health Policy Reforms: A Literature Review. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 20:203-213. 2018
- Occult Amebic Liver Abscess as Cause of Extensive Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein Thrombosis. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 97:1214-1217. 2017
- Peri-splenectomy vaccination at tertiary-care facilities in Hamilton, Ontario. Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada. 2:41-46. 2017
- Impacts of the Interim Federal Health Program reforms: A stakeholder analysis of barriers to health care access and provision for refugees. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108:435-441. 2017
- Impacts of the Interim Federal Health Program reforms: A stakeholder analysis of barriers to health care access and provision for refugees.. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 108:435-441. 2017
- Impacts of the Interim Federal Health Program on Healthcare Access and Provision for Refugees and Refugee Claimants in Canada: A Stakeholder Analysis. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 32:S82-S82. 2017
- The inter-rater reliability of the diagnosis of surgical site infection in the context of a clinical trial. Bone and Joint Research. 5:347-352. 2016
- Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Identifies Critical Illness among Ward Patients in a Resource Restricted Setting in Kampala, Uganda: A Prospective Observational Study. PLoS ONE. 11:e0151408-e0151408. 2016
- Reducing stigma in healthcare and law enforcement: a novel approach to service provision for street level sex workers. International Journal for Equity in Health. 14:35. 2015
- Infectious disease outbreaks and increased complexity of care. International Nursing Review. 62:404-411. 2015
- Splanchnic venous thrombosis driven by a constitutively activated JAK2 V617F philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm: a case report. African Health Sciences. 14:1069-1069. 2014
- Toward reciprocity: host supervisor perspectives on international medical electives. Medical Education. 48:397-404. 2014
- Reasons and Outcomes for Long‐Term Care Transfers to the Hospital: A Retrospective Review. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society. 62:577-578. 2014
- Is HbA2 level a reliable diagnostic measurement for β‐thalassemia trait in people with iron deficiency?. American Journal of Hematology. 87:114-116. 2012
- Prophylactic antibiotic regimens in tumour surgery (PARITY): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled study. BMJ Open. 2:e002197-e002197. 2012
- Variability In Hb A2 levels among Individuals with Beta-Thalassemia Trait: Is Iron Deficiency Associated with Abnormally Low Hb A2?. Blood. 116:4281. 2010
- Prevalence and morphological types of anaemia and hookworm infestation in the medical emergency ward, Mulago Hospital, Uganda.. SAMJ - South African Medical Journal. 99:881-886. 2009
- Cost Analysis of Multiplex PCR Testing for Diagnosing Respiratory Virus Infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47:2812-2817. 2009
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preprints
- “They're Causing More Harm than Good.” A Qualitative Study Exploring Racism in Harm Reduction Through the Experiences of Racialized People Who use Drugs 2022
- Peer Support Workers as a Bridge: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Role of Peer Support Workers in the Care of People Who Use Drugs During and After Hospitalization 2020