Andrea Tricco

PhD, MSc

Scientist

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. Richards, DP, Bowden, J, Gee, P, Haagaard, A, Kothari, A, McKinnon, A et al.. The ultimate power play in research - partnering with patients, partnering with power. Res Involv Engagem. 2025;11 (1):65. doi: 10.1186/s40900-025-00745-9. PubMed PMID:40528262 PubMed Central PMC12172280.
  2. Tricco, AC, Tovey, D. Editors' Choice: July 2025. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;183 :111866. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111866. PubMed PMID:40517534 .
  3. Tovey, D, Tricco, AC. Editors' Choice June 2025. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;182 :111854. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111854. PubMed PMID:40483088 .
  4. Aboelzahab, YH, McCracken, A, Abdoulrezzak, R, Naguib, S, McLean, M, Tricco, AC et al.. Virtual care in community pharmacy services: a scoping review. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2025;21 (9):653-666. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.03.066. PubMed PMID:40254504 .
  5. Wong, EK, Isaranuwatchai, W, Sale, JEM, Tricco, AC, Straus, SE, Naimark, DMJ et al.. Cost-Effectiveness of the Geriatrician-Led Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Different Healthcare Settings: An Economic Evaluation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025; :. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19448. PubMed PMID:40135559 .
  6. Lunny, C, Higgins, JPT, White, IR, Dias, S, Hutton, B, Wright, JM et al.. Risk of Bias in Network Meta-Analysis (RoB NMA) tool. BMJ. 2025;388 :e079839. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079839. PubMed PMID:40101916 PubMed Central PMC11915405.
  7. Tovey, D, Tricco, AC. Editorial, April 2025. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;180 :111749. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111749. PubMed PMID:40085978 .
  8. Zarin, W, Sreetharan, S, Doherty-Kirby, A, Scott, M, Zibrowski, E, Soobiah, C et al.. Patient- and public-driven health research: a model of co-leadership and partnership in research priority setting using a modified James Lind Alliance approach. J Clin Epidemiol. 2025;181 :111731. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111731. PubMed PMID:40010582 .
  9. Wong, EK, Isaranuwatchai, W, Sale, JEM, Tricco, AC, Straus, SE, Naimark, DMJ et al.. Changing Time Representation in Microsimulation Models. Med Decis Making. 2025;45 (3):276-285. doi: 10.1177/0272989X251319808. PubMed PMID:39995284 PubMed Central PMC11894904.
  10. Saif-Ur-Rahman, KM, Nurdin, N, Movsisyan, A, Kothari, K, Conway, T, Tierney, M et al.. Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025;2 (2):CD016192. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016192. PubMed PMID:39991854 PubMed Central PMC11848964.
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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