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Faculty Member

Vasily Giannakeas PhD, MPH, BASc

Email Address(es)
vasily.giannakeas(at)mail.utoronto.ca
Office Phone
(416) 351-3800 x7516
Office Address
Women's College Hospital 6th Floor, Room 6320 76 Grenville St Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
Website(s)
Women's College Hospital
Division(s)/Institute(s)
Epidemiology Division
Position
Assistant Professor
SGS Status
Associate Member
Appointment Status
Status Only

Research Interests

  • Cancer epidemiology
  • Cancer risk prediction and survivorship
  • Breast cancer screening
  • Real-world data
  • Epidemiologic methods
  • Machine learning
  • Causal inference
  • Simulation and synthetic data analysis

Education and Training History

PhD, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
MPH, Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
BASc, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo

Other Affiliations

  • Scientist, Research and Innovation Institute, Women’s College Hospital

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

CHL8010H S3 – Oncology and Public Health

Representative Publications

Giannakeas V, Lim DW, Narod SA. Bilateral Mastectomy and Breast Cancer Mortality. JAMA Oncol. 2024 Sep 1;10(9):1228-1236.

Giannakeas V, Murji A, Lipscombe LL, Narod SA, Kotsopoulos J. Salpingectomy and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Ontario. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2327198.

Giannakeas V. Trends in platelet count among cancer patients. Exp Hematol Oncol. 2022 Mar 24;11(1):16.

Giannakeas V, Kotsopoulos J, Cheung MC, Rosella L, Brooks JD, Lipscombe L, Akbari MR, Austin PC, Narod SA. Analysis of Platelet Count and New Cancer Diagnosis Over a 10-Year Period. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2141633.

Giannakeas V, Narod SA. Incidence of Cancer Among Adults With Thrombocytosis in Ontario, Canada. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Aug 2;4(8):e2120633.

Giannakeas V, Lim DW, Narod SA. The risk of contralateral breast cancer: a SEER-based analysis. Br J Cancer. 2021 Aug;125(4):601-610.

Giannakeas V, Sopik V, Narod S. A Validation of Methods for the Evaluation of Observational Studies of Screening Mammography: An Exploratory Analysis Based on Simulating Screening Cohorts. Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 27;12:1161-1169.

Giannakeas V, Sopik V, Narod SA. Association of a Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ With Death From Breast Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2017124.

Giannakeas V. Single Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer-Signal or Noise? JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jan 3;3(1):e1918176.

Giannakeas V, Cadarette SM, Ban JK, Lipscombe L, Narod SA, Kotsopoulos J. Denosumab and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women: a population-based cohort study. Br J Cancer. 2018 Nov;119(11):1421-1427.

Narod SA, Iqbal J, Giannakeas V, Sopik V, Sun P. Breast Cancer Mortality After a Diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Oct;1(7):888-96.