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Zahid A Butt

University of Waterloo · CA
Area of research
Epidemiology · Hepatology
Research interest
The goal of my research is to address complex public health issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic with the ultimate goal of helping public health agencies, health researchers, and HQP across Canada understand complex public health issues, develop and apply methods, and implement public health interventions and policies based on generated evidence. As a Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Research for Pandemic Preparedness, my research focuses on using innovative interdisciplinary approaches with the long-term goal of enhancing pandemic preparedness by applying a syndemic framework using COVID-19 as proof of concept, using digital data to address misinformation and augment disease surveillance, and examining and measuring interactions between diseases, disease syndemics and social and structural factors using disease mapping and spatial modelling.
h-index
90
citations
185,658
works
306
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by glaucoma: A meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020
Eye 2024cited by 92position: middledoi
National burden of rheumatoid arthritis in Canada, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 – a GBD collaborator-led study
RMD Open 2024cited by 19position: middledoi
Health trends in Canada 1990–2019: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
Canadian Journal of Public Health 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Saqib K, Goel V, Dubin JA, VanderDoes J, Butt ZA . Exploring the syndemic impact of COVID-19 and mental health on health services utilisation among adult Ontario population. Public Health. 2024 Aug 20;236:70-77.
2024cited by 0position: selected
Tsao SF, Chen H, Butt ZA . Validating part of the social media infodemic listening conceptual framework using structural equation modelling. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Mar 14;70:102544.
2024cited by 0position: selected
Monkeypox: a review of epidemiological modelling studies and how modelling has led to mechanistic insight
Epidemiology and Infection 2023cited by 43position: middledoi
Monkeypox: A review of epidemiological modelling studies and how modelling has led to mechanistic insight
Research Square 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
Yang Y, Tsao SF, Basri MA, Chen HH, Butt ZA . Digital Disease Surveillance for Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Early Warning System Using the Internet and Social Media Data for COVID-19 Forecasting in Canada. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 May 18;302:861-865.
2023cited by 0position: selected
Nazia N, Law J, Butt ZA . Modelling the spatiotemporal spread of COVID-19 outbreaks and prioritization of the risk areas in Toronto, Canada. Health Place. 2023 Mar;80:102988.
2023cited by 0position: selected
Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018
BMC Medicine 2022cited by 55position: middledoi
The overlapping burden of the three leading causes of disability and death in sub-Saharan African children
Nature Communications 2022cited by 27position: middledoi
Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
The Lancet 2021cited by 1,638position: middledoi
Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018
Nature Human Behaviour 2021cited by 165position: middledoi
Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021cited by 29position: middledoi
GBD 2021 Tuberculosis Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-specific progress towards the 2020 milestones of the WHO End TB Strategy: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Jul;24(7):698-725.
2021cited by 0position: selected
Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
The Lancet Global Health 2020cited by 2,977position: middledoi
Prevalence and attributable health burden of chronic respiratory diseases, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2020cited by 2,225position: middledoi
Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
The Lancet Global Health 2020cited by 1,325position: middledoi
Global, regional, and national burden of neurological disorders, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
The Lancet Neurology 2019cited by 5,636position: middledoi
Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
The Lancet Neurology 2019cited by 3,340position: middledoi
Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
Nature 2019cited by 276position: middledoi
Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
The Lancet 2018cited by 3,545position: middledoi
Butt ZA , Mak S, Gesink D, Gilbert M, Wong J, Yu A, Wong S, Alvarez M, Chong M, Buxton J, Tyndall M, Krajden M, Janjua NZ. Applying core theory and spatial analysis to identify Hepatitis C Virus infection 'core areas' in British Columbia, Canada. J Viral Hepat. 2018 Nov 17.
2018cited by 0position: selected
Butt ZA , Shrestha N, Gesink D, Murti M, Buxton JA, Gilbert M, Balshaw RF, Wong S, Kuo M, Wong J, Yu A, Alvarez M, Samji H, Roth D, Consolacion T, Hull MW, Ogilvie G, Tyndall MW, Krajden M, Janjua NZ. Effect of opioid-substitution therapy and mental health counseling on HIV risk among hepatitis C-in
2018cited by 0position: selected
Smoking prevalence and attributable disease burden in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
The Lancet 2017cited by 2,049position: middledoi
Butt ZA , Shrestha N, Wong S, Kuo M, Gesink D, Gilbert M, Wong J, Yu A, Alvarez M, Samji H, Buxton JA, Johnston JC, Cook VJ, Roth D, Consolacion T, Murti M, Hottes TS, Ogilvie G, Balshaw R, Tyndall MW, Krajden M, Janjua NZ; BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort. A syndemic approach to assess the effect of sub
2017cited by 0position: selected
Burden of Diarrhea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016cited by 44position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Iain R. Moyles · York University2 papers (2023–2023)Jane M. Heffernan · York University2 papers (2023–2023)Marina Banuet-Martínez · York University2 papers (2023–2023)Helen Chen · National University of Singapore2 papers (2023–2023)Chapin S. Korosec · York University2 papers (2023–2023) · 2 papers (2023–2023)Yang Yang · Southwest University2 papers (2023–2023)Ranjani Somayaji · McMaster University1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2024–2024)Jacek A. Kopec · University of Arizona1 papers (2024–2024)Diane Lacaille · University of British Columbia1 papers (2024–2024)Juwel Rana · McGill University Health Centre1 papers (2024–2024)Justin J. Lang · University of Ottawa1 papers (2024–2024)Leah E. Cahill · Dalhousie University1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2023–2023)Nizal Sarrafzadegan · Kathmandu University1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2024–2024)