Andrew Pinto

MD, CCFP, FRCPC, MSc

Scientist

Biography

Dr. Andrew Pinto is the founder and director of the Upstream Lab, a research team focused on tackling social determinants of health, population health management, and using data science to enable proactive care. He holds the CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Upstream Prevention. He is a Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialist and family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. He is the Associate Director for Clinical Research at the University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network, the lead for clinical research of Ontario’s POPLAR network, and the founder of the Canadian Primary Care Trials Network. He serves on the Institute Advisory Board of CIHR’s Institute for Population and Public Health, is an adjunct scientist at the Institute for Work and Health, and an honorary senior lecturer at St. Andrews University in Scotland.

 

Recent Publications

  1. Birdi, S, Rabet, R, Durant, S, Patel, A, Vosoughi, T, Shergill, M et al.. Bias in machine learning applications to address non-communicable diseases at a population-level: a scoping review. BMC Public Health. 2024;24 (1):3599. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21081-9. PubMed PMID:39732655 PubMed Central PMC11682638.
  2. El Sabawy, D, Feldman, J, Pinto, AD. The Connected Care for Canadians Act: an important step toward interoperability of health data. CMAJ. 2024;196 (42):E1385-E1388. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241123. PubMed PMID:39653400 PubMed Central PMC11627560.
  3. Allen, LN, Rechel, B, Alton, D, Pettigrew, LM, McKee, M, Pinto, AD et al.. Integrating public health and primary care: a framework for seamless collaboration. BJGP Open. 2024;8 (4):. doi: 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0096. PubMed PMID:39532486 PubMed Central PMC11687267.
  4. Patel, A, Maruthananth, K, Matharu, N, Pinto, AD, Hosseini, B. Early Warning Systems for Acute Respiratory Infections: Scoping Review of Global Evidence. JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024;10 :e62641. doi: 10.2196/62641. PubMed PMID:39510516 PubMed Central PMC11582482.
  5. Komeiha, M, Kujbida, G, Reynolds, A, Mbagwu, I, Dojeiji, L, O'Rourke, JJ et al.. A study of the enablers and barriers to the collection of sociodemographic data by public health units in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2024;24 (1):3061. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20519-4. PubMed PMID:39506709 PubMed Central PMC11539653.
  6. Johnson, R, Chang, T, Moineddin, R, Upshaw, T, Crampton, N, Wallace, E et al.. Using Primary Health Care Electronic Medical Records to Predict Hospitalizations, Emergency Department Visits, and Mortality: A Systematic Review. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024;37 (4):583-606. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230381R1. PubMed PMID:39455267 .
  7. Ali, S, Li, Z, Moqueet, N, Moghadas, SM, Galvani, AP, Cooper, LA et al.. Incorporating Social Determinants of Health in Infectious Disease Models: A Systematic Review of Guidelines. Med Decis Making. 2024;44 (7):742-755. doi: 10.1177/0272989X241280611. PubMed PMID:39305116 PubMed Central PMC11491037.
  8. Ruangsomboon, O, Zhong, A, Kopp, A, Elston, B, Eldridge, K, Lee, S et al.. Changes in Primary Care Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From Ontario. Healthc Policy. 2024;19 (4):42-54. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27362. PubMed PMID:39229662 PubMed Central PMC11411643.
  9. Ojha, T, Patel, A, Sivapragasam, K, Sharma, R, Vosoughi, T, Skidmore, B et al.. Exploring Machine Learning Applications in Pediatric Asthma Management: Scoping Review. JMIR AI. 2024;3 :e57983. doi: 10.2196/57983. PubMed PMID:39190449 PubMed Central PMC11387921.
  10. Garies, S, Liang, S, Weyman, K, Ramji, N, Alhaj, M, Pinto, AD et al.. Developing an AI Tool to Derive Social Determinants of Health for Primary Care Patients: Qualitative Findings From a Codesign Workshop. Ann Fam Med. 2024;22 (4):317-324. doi: 10.1370/afm.3117. PubMed PMID:39038983 PubMed Central PMC11268682.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Staff Physician, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
  • Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto