Faculty Member
Vasily Giannakeas PhD, MPH, BASc
- Email Address(es)
- vasily.giannakeas(at)mail.utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- (416) 351-3800 x7517
- 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.