Kumanan Wilson
Senior Scientist, Methodological and Implementation Research
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Research Interests
Brief Biography
Dr. Kumanan Wilson is a specialist in General Internal Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Scientific Officer, Bruyère Research Institute, Vice President Research & Academic, Bruyère Continuing Care and Chief Scientific Officer of CANImmunize Inc.
A Professor and Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Chair in Digital Health Innovation at the University of Ottawa, he is also a member of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.
Dr. Wilson is the co-founder of CANImmunize, a science-based technology company specializing in immunization software that spun out from The Ottawa Hospital in 2019. To help Canadians keep track of their vaccinations, the team developed CANImmunize, a pan-Canadian digital immunization tracking system available as a mobile app and through a web portal. Dr. Wilson and his team are currently focused on digital immunization solutions to help vaccination programs.
Dr. Wilson’s research focuses on digital health, immunization, pandemic preparedness and public health policy and innovation. His research on immunization has explored social media’s impact on vaccine hesitancy, evaluation of vaccine safety using health services data and vaccine policy, including advocating for vaccine injury compensation. Other research interests include blood safety and newborn screening, health ethics, law and policy.
He has received support from multiple organizations including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the World Health Organization (WHO), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Canada’s Immunity Task Force.
Selected Publications
Vaccine Research
Flood CM, Krishnamurthy V, Wilson K. Please share your vaccination certificate. Policy Options. December 11, 2020.
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2020/please-show-your-vaccination-certificate/
Atkinson KM, Mithani SS, Bell C, Rubens-Augustson T, Wilson K. A digital immunization system of the future: imagining a patient-centric, interoperable immunization information system. Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy 2020, Vol. 8: 1–15 DOI: 10.1177/ 2515135520967203
Wilson K, Atkinson K, Bell C. Travel vaccines enter the digital age: creating a virtual immunization record. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2016 Mar; 94(3):485-8
Digital Health Research
Wilson K, Atkinson KM, Deeks SL, Crowcroft NS. Improving vaccine registries through mobile technologies. A vision for mobile enhanced immunization information systems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2016. 23(1):207-11. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv055.
Maternal-Child Metabolomics Research
Wilson K, Hawken S, Potter B, Chakraborty P, Walker M, Ducharme R, Little J. Accurate prediction of gestational age using newborn screening analyte data. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2016; 214(4):513.e1-9. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2015.10.017
Transfusion Research
Chassé M, Tinmouth A, English SW, Acker JP, Wilson K, Knoll G, Shehata N, van Walraven C, Forster AJ, Ramsay T, McIntyre LA, Fergusson DA. Association of blood donor age and sex with recipient survival after red blood cell transfusion. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016;176(9):1307-14. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3324
Diseases, conditions and populations of interest
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