Awards and Publications
Resident Awards
CAME Rising Star Certificate of Excellence: Dr. Oscar Pico Espinosa
PHPM Medical Education Award: Dr. Emma Pillsworth (Pictured Above)
NAPCRG Distinguished Trainee Award: Dr. Kasunka Kankanam Gamage
HPCO Poster Award: Dr. Chidubem Okechukwu
PHPM Medical Education Award: Dr. Imran Khan (Pictured Above)
PHPM Medical Education Award: Dr. John Tuinema (Pictured Above)
Selected Resident Publications
2026. Pacey L, Murti M, Groot E, Ahmed SW, Aloosh M. Approach to wildfire-related health impacts. Can Fam Physician. 2026 May;72(5):313-320. doi: 10.46747/cfp.7205313.
2026. Okechukwu C, Rebellato S, Pitfield H, Magnusson K, Sereshk R, Slavic D, McClinchey H, Wilson S, Kus J, Lee C. Isolation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae from cutaneous lesions in a donkey in Ontario, Canada, 2024: Implications for zoonotic disease transmission and One Health approach. Can Commun Dis Rep. 2026 Feb 19;52(1-2):8-14. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v52i0102a02.
2026. Labrosse D, Gamage KK, Nikodem P, Bodson A, Knowlan S, Aubin N, Leary T, Morin KA. Staff perspectives on delivering inpatient care in a newly developed addiction medicine unit in Northern Ontario. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2026 Apr 3;21(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13011-026-00725-6.
2025. Tan DHS, Hull MW, Onyegbule SO, Ajiboye W, Arkell C, Baril JG, Cox J, Harris M, Kelly D, Kwag M, Lambert G, O’Byrne P, O’Donnell S, Shukalek CB, Singh A, Sotindjo T, Swidrovich J, Tremblay C, Yoong D. Canadian guideline on HIV pre- and postexposure prophylaxis: 2025 update. CMAJ. 2025 Nov 30;197(41):E1374-E1391. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.250511.
2025. Fatima SA, Hao XY, Sun D, Malkin I, Alvarez E, Anderson LN, Poon DE, Singh J, Apatu E, Verschoor CP, Piggott T, Belita E, Boamah SA, Sutton A, Zendo Z, Hopkins JP. Burnout among public health physicians and residents in Canada following the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Ment Health. 2025 Dec 23;2(12):e0000527. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000527.
2024. Clifford Rashotte M, Yoong D, Naccarato M, Pico Espinosa OJ, Fisher K, Bogoch II, Tan DH. Appropriate usage of post-exposure prophylaxis-in-pocket for HIV prevention by individuals with low-frequency exposures. Int J STD AIDS. 2024 May;35(6):446-451. doi: 10.1177/09564624231215151. Epub 2023 Nov 14.
2023. Pico-Espinosa OJ, Hull M, MacPherson P, Grace D, Lachowsky N, Gaspar M, Mohammed S, Truong R, Tan DHS. Reasons for not using pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and strategies that may facilitate uptake in Ontario and British Columbia among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional survey. CMAJ Open. 2023 Jun 27;11(3):E560-E568. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20220113.
2023. Pico-Espinosa OJ, Hull M, Gaspar M, Lachowsky N, Grace D, Truong R, Mohammed S, MacPherson P, Woodward K, Tan DHS. Disjuncture between self-perceived and clinically assessed risk of HIV among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health. 2023 Jun 13;23(1):1133. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16065-0.
2023. Kankanam Gamage K, Tejpar S, Majid U, Dixon K, Sabioni P, Sud A. Bridging the Macro-micro Divide: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis on the Perspectives and Experiences of Health Care Providers on the Extramedical Use and Diversion of Buprenorphine. J Addict Med. 2023 Jan-Feb 01;17(1):e1-e10. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001020. Epub 2022 Aug 2.
2023. Kankanam Gamage K, Chiu K, Ryk J, Grundy Q, Sud A. How policy problems and solutions travel in the scientific literature: An international scientometric analysis of the French Model of opioid use disorder care. J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Jun;29(4):576-590. doi: 10.1111/jep.13822. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
2022. Pico-Espinosa OJ, Hull M, MacPherson P, Grace D, Gaspar M, Lachowsky N, Mohammed S, Demers J, Kilduff M, Truong R, Tan DHS. PrEP-related stigma and PrEP use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada. AIDS Res Ther. 2022 Oct 27;19(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12981-022-00473-0.