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Andrea Tricco

PhD, MSc

Scientist

Email: Andrea.Tricco@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-6060 ext. 77521
Twitter: @ATricco

Research Programs

Biography

Please note: Dr. Tricco is not taking any summer students in 2023.

Andrea Tricco holds a MSc in Epidemiology and PhD in Population Health. She is a Scientist and Director of the Knowledge Synthesis Team in the Knowledge Translation Program of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health & Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation. She is also a Co-Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of the Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality JBI (formerly the Joanna Briggs Institute) Centre of Excellence at Queen’s University. Her research interests are related to responding to decision-makers (including policy-makers, healthcare providers, and patients) through knowledge synthesis. Her research focuses on advancing the science of knowledge synthesis and she is leading research projects related to rapid reviews, network meta-analysis, and scoping reviews.

Dr. Tricco has published >325 peer-reviewed articles. She currently holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Synthesis. She is the director of an online systematic review course that >600 students and staff have completed, which is offered through the University of Toronto. She is the Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

 

Recent Publications

  1. Hancock-Howard, R, Mendlowitz, AB, Saunders, H, Mishra, S, Plett, D, Loong, D et al.. Economic evaluation of multiple falls prevention interventions among community-residing older adults: we know the 'value', but what about 'value for money'?. Age Ageing. 2025;54 (12):. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaf343. PubMed PMID:41342612 .
  2. Tricco, AC, Chakraborty, S, Tovey, D. Editors' choice - November 2025: Methods for Living Guidelines Series. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;187 :112028. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.112028. PubMed PMID:41242762 .
  3. Tovey, D, Tricco, AC. The challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence and their impact on the journal. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;186 :111989. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111989. PubMed PMID:41106965 .
  4. Pollock, D, Hasanoff, S, Barker, TH, Clyne, B, Tricco, AC, Booth, A et al.. Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2025; :. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2024-113391. PubMed PMID:41106851 .
  5. Bérard, A, Cottin, J, Leal, LF, Picot, C, Pleau, J, Friedman, JM et al.. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and the Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Childhood. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.09.031. PubMed PMID:41062061 .
  6. Saif-Ur-Rahman, KM, Nurdin, N, Movsisyan, A, Kothari, K, Gleeson, C, Conway, T et al.. Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies in reducing COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025;10 (10):CD016192. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016192.pub2. PubMed PMID:41036688 PubMed Central PMC12489979.
  7. Veroniki, AA, Tricco, AC, Rangira, D, McKenzie, JE, Li, T, Straus, SE et al.. Updating the PRISMA reporting guideline for network meta-analysis: a scoping review. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;188 :111985. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111985. PubMed PMID:40976519 .
  8. Nussbaumer-Streit, B, Booth, A, Garritty, C, Hamel, C, Munn, Z, Tricco, AC et al.. Overview of evidence synthesis types and modes. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;187 :111970. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111970. PubMed PMID:40914296 .
  9. Toomey, E, Dabbagh, A, Houghton, C, O'Connell, N, O'Meara, C, Pollock, D et al.. Scoping review authors view knowledge user consultations as beneficial but not without challenges: a qualitative study. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;187 :111928. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111928. PubMed PMID:40812571 .
  10. Pollock, D, Hasanoff, S, McBride, G, Kanukula, R, Tricco, AC, Khalil, H et al.. Prioritising methodological research questions for scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps for health research: a protocol for PROSPECT Delphi study. BMJ Open. 2025;15 (8):e096298. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096298. PubMed PMID:40759523 PubMed Central PMC12323513.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Co-Director, Queen’s Collaboration for Health Care Quality JBI Centre of Excellence, Queen’s University
  • Chair, JBI Scoping Review Methodology Group
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Queen’s University
  • Member, Royal Society of Canada, 2021 onward
  • Member of the Research Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Task Force, Unity Health Toronto, 2021 onward
  • Member of the St. Michael’s Hospital Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Community of Practice, 2020-2022
  • Member of the Advisory Committee, Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN), Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Canadian Data Platform (SPOR CDP), 2020 onward
  • Member of the JBI Scientific Committee, North American Region Representative, 2020-2022
  • Member, Editorial Board for BMC Medicine, Systematic Reviews and JBI Evidence Reviews
  • Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology