Dr. Kevin Brown

Senior Scientist

Research Focus

Epidemiology and biostatistics
Public health interventions
Antimicrobial resistance and C. difficile
Covid-19 and respiratory infections

Publications

Brown KA, Jones A, Daneman N, Chan AK, Schwartz KL, Garber GE, et al. Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada. JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(2):229-36.
Brown KA, Daneman N, Schwartz KL, Langford B, McGeer A, Quirk J, et al. The urine-culturing cascade: variation in nursing home urine culturing and association with antibiotic use and Clostridiodes difficile infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;70(8):1620-7.
Ulloa AC, Buchan SA, Daneman N, Brown KA. Estimates of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant severity in Ontario, Canada. JAMA. 2022;327(13):1286-8.

View all publications by Dr. Kevin Brown on PubMed.gov

New Initiatives

Using big data techniques to identify non-antibiotic drugs that are risk factors for C. difficile infection and informing stewardship interventions
Measuring the prevalence of antimicrobial resistant infections in Ontario and estimating their total burden on life expectancy in Ontario

News

Blog Post

During the pandemic, voluntary isolation centers were established to help individuals who could not isolate effectively at home, aiming to reduce household COVID-19 transmission. A new PHO study investigated the effectiveness of these centers in curbing the spread within households.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Epidemiology), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Master of Science (Biostatistics), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Appointments

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Personal statement

"PHO is a great home base for a researcher that wants to have a real impact on the health of Ontarians. At PHO we interact with health care workers, clinicians and researchers from across the province, so our research stays grounded and is swiftly translated into practice and policy."

Contact

Media

media@oahpp.ca

Updated 1 Nov 2022