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Burnside J, Djerboua M, Flemming JA, Sebastiani G, Wong WWL, Lu Z, Bajaj HS, Patel K, Biondi M, Betel M, Nahwegahbow A, Greenwald ZR, Moodie EEM, Saeed S. Reimbursement restrictions reduce liver fibrosis screening in adults with diabetes in Ontario: a population-based interrupted time series analysis. Scientific Reports. April 29
Featherstone A, Carter M, Yee S, Szumlanski N, Hoover M, Ospina MB, Gaudet L, Guan TH, Saeed S. Adoption of Universal Prenatal Syphilis Rescreening Recommendations across Ontario, Canada: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. BMJ Public Health 2026;4:e003567. doi:10.1136/ bmjph-2025-003567
Khandakar F, Austin N, Lu Z, Saeed S. Disruption to Sexual Health Service Impacted Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Rates Differently in Ontario and British Columbia: An Interrupted Time Series. BMJ Public Health. Nov 2025
Saeed S, Burnside J, Wen C, Rapino C, Swain M, Patel K, Ramji A, Sebastiani G. Call to Action: Integrating Steatotic Liver Disease into Public Health Strategies in Canada. Lancet Regional Health- Americas Dec 2025
Mackrell L, Antoun JP, Carter M, Larkin N, O’Byrne P, Tran V, Szumlanski N, Hoover M, Mandryk K, Khandakar F, Burnside J, Saeed S for the SPRITE Study. Intersecting Risks: Heightened Syphilis Seropositivity Among Equity-Deserving Populations in Ontario, Canada. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025 Aug 7;12(8):ofaf472.
Dinh DA, Betel M, Swain M, Lazarus JV, Joshi S, Cusi K, Kim JW, Jung HM, Dale C, Burnside J, Sebastiani G, Saeed S. Barriers and Facilitators to Liver Fibrosis Screening: Perspectives and Practices of Canadian Primary Care Physicians. Canadian Liver Journal. 2025 November.
Zhao S, Saeed S, Carter M, Stoner B, Hoover M, Guan H, Magpantay FMG. Edge-based modelling for disease transmission on random graphs: an application to mitigate a syphilis outbreak. R Soc Open Sci. 2025 30;12(4):250032. doi: 10.1098/rsos.250032.
Turnridge J, Kuforiji O, Sayyad S, Roy A, Zhou A, Al Mamun MS, Mamiya H, Tram K, Saeed S. How has aggregated mobility data-informed public health research? Health Policy and Technology. 2025; 14(5): 101055
Wen C, Sebastiani G, Saeed S. Compared to Who? Using Target Trial Emulation to Improve Causal Inference. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2025:S0828-282X(25)00323-X.
Zhao S, Saeed S, Carter M, Stoner B, Hoover M, Guan H, Magpantay FMG. Edge-based Modeling for Disease Transmission on Random Graphs: An Application to Syphilis in KFLA. Journal of Royal Society Interface Open. 2025; 12(4):250032
Burnside J, Cinque F, Sebastiani G, Ramji A, Patel K, Swain M, Saeed S. Significant Sex Disparities in the Prevalence, Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles and Management of Steatotic Liver Disease in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2025
Mackrell L, Carter M, Hoover M, O'Byrne P, Larkin N, Magpantay FM, Zhao S, Stoner B, Richard-Greenblatt M, Mandryk K, Belanger K, Burbidge J, Charette G, Deschenes G, Dinh D, Featherstone A, Khandakar F, Martinez-Cajas J, Tran V, Szumlanski N, Vance S, Saeed S. Syphilis Point of Care Rapid Test and Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) study: a mixed-methods implementation science research protocol of eight public health units in Ontario, Canada. BMJ Open. 2024;14(12). doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089021
Romano J, Burnside J, Sebastiani G, Ramji A, Patel J, Swain M, Saeed S. Examining the prevalence of hepatic steatosis and advanced fibrosis using non-invasive measures across Canada: A national estimate using the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) from 2009-2019. Ann Hepatol. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.aohep.2024.101757
Tan Y, Revell Z, Wilson V, Guan TH, Lambert J, & Saeed S. Isolation to stabilization: A Housing First approach to address homelessness in Kingston, Ontario. Can J Public Health. 2024. doi: 10.17269/s41997-024-00936-z
Dinh DA, Tan Y & Saeed S. Disengagement from Care Among People Co-Infected with HIV and HCV: A Scoping Review. AIDS Behav. 2024. doi:10.1007/s10461-024-04436-6
Saeed S, Thomas T, Dinh D, Moodie E, Cox J, Cooper C, Gill J, Martel-Laferriere V, Panagiotoglou D, Walmsley S, Wong A, Klein MB; Canadian Co-Infection Cohort Study. Frequent disengagement and subsequent mortality among people living with HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada: A prospective cohort study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2024;ofae239. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae239.
Burnside J, Thomas T, Sebastiani G, Saeed S. Geographical disparities in gastroenterologists and transient elastography across Canada. Can Liver J. 2023;6(4):417-424. doi:10.3138/canlivj-2023-0010
Her PH, Saeed S, Tram KH, Bhatnagar SR. Novel mobility index tracks COVID-19 transmission following stay-at-home orders. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):7654. Published 2022 May 10. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-10941-2
Collaborations
Farina F, Datta A, Morin SN, Saeed S, Lebouche B, Guaraldi G, Petta S, Sebastiani G. Intersections of vitamin D deficiency, HIV and chronic liver diseases. HIV Med. 2025 Sep 20.
Fontaine G, Taylor N, Bruneau J, Kronfli N, Greenaway C, Biondi MJ, Klein MB, Saeed S, Grebely J, Presseau J. The urgent need for implementation science to achieve hepatitis C elimination. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2025:S2468-1253(25)00050-0.
Elgretli W, Shengir M, Sasson S, Ramanakumar AV, Cinque F, Ballestreros LER, Deschenes M, Wong P, Chen T, Kronfli N, Saeed S, Keeshan A, Tandon S, Cooper C, Sebastiani G. Association of MASLD Phenotypes With Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C: The Role of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. J Viral Hepat. 2025;32(2):e70004
Cinque F, Long C, Dinh DA, Gore G, Swain M, Ramji A, Patel K, Betel M, Bajaj HS, Dasgupta K, Poder TG, Saeed S, Sebastiani G, for the FALCON investigators. Discrete Choice Experiments and Conjoint Analyses in Health Screening Programs for Type 2 Diabetes and Liver disease: a Scoping Review. Canadian Liver Journal 2025; 8:1, 63-78
Kablawi D, Milic J, Thomas T, Fotsing Tadjo T, Cinque F, Elgretli W, Gioè C, Lebouché B, Tsochatzis E, Finkel J, Bhagani S, Cascio A, Guaraldi G, Mazzola G, Saeed S, Sebastiani G. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis exhibits sex differences in people with HIV. HIV Med. 2024 Aug 1. doi: 10.1111/hiv.13697. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39091015.
Long C, Cinque F, Kablawi D, Kim DHD, Tadjo TF, Elgretli W, Ramos Ballesteros L, Lupu A, Nudo M, Lebouché B, Kronfli N, Cox J, Costiniuk CT, De Pokomandy A, Routy JP, Klein MB, Lamonde F, Agnihotram RV, Saeed S, Sebastiani G. Material deprivation is associated with liver stiffness and liver-related outcomes in people with HIV. Liver Int. 2024; 00: 1-10. doi:10.1111/liv.16022
Cervera SB, Saeed S, Luu TM, Gorgos A, Beltempo M, Claveau M, Basso O, Lapointe A, Tremblay S, Altit Gl. Evaluation of the association between patent ductus arteriosus approach and neurodevelopment in extremely preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2024;44(3):388-395. doi:10.1038/s41372-024-01877-8
Shengir M, Lebouche B, Elgretli W, Saeed S, Ramanakumar AV, Giannakis A, De Pokomandy A, Cox J, Costiniuk C, Routy J-P, Klein MB, Sebastiani G. Switch to a raltegravir-based antiretroviral regimen in people with HIV and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A randomized controlled trial. HIV Med. 2024;25(1):135-142. doi:10.1111/hiv.13531
Cinque F, Saeed S, Kablawi D, LR Ballesteros, W Elgretli, EEM Moodie, Price C, Monteith K, Cooper C, Walmsley SL, Pick N, Murray MCM, Cox J, Kronfli N, Costiniuk CT, de Polomandy A, Routy JP, Lebouche B, Klein MB, Sebastiani G. Role of fatty liver in the epidemic of advanced chronic liver disease among people with HIV: protocol for the Canadian LIVEHIV multicentre prospective cohort. BMJ Open. 2023;13(8):e076547
Benmassaoud A, Macias J, Delamarre A, Corma-GomezA , Guaraldi G, Milic Rockstroh JK, Van Bremen K, Tsochatzis E, Mulay A, Price J, Garvey LJ, Lemoine M, Kablawi D, Lebouche B, Klein MB, Ballesteros LR, Boesecke C, Schepis F, Bhagani S, Cooke G, Berzigotti A, Hirose, Pineda AJ, Ramanakumar AV, De-Ledinghen V, Saeed S, Sebastiani G. Prognostic value of non-invasive scores based on liver stiffness measurement, spleen diameter and platelets in HIV infected patients. Liver Int. 2023;43(7):1427-1439. doi:10.1111/liv.15605