Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Peter Selby MBBS, CCFP, FCFP, MHSc, Dip ABAM

Research Interests

• Addiction medicine
• Tobacco dependence
• Digital health interventions
• Implementation science
• Technology-enabled collaborative care
• Clinical public health
• Learning Health Systems

Other Affiliations

• Vice-Chair, Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Barnett & Beverly Giblon Professorship, Family Medicine Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Senior Medical Consultant, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
• Clinician Scientist, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Senior Scientist, Addictions, IMHPR, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

Graduate student and research resident supervision

Honours & Awards

• 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award in Addictions Medicine in Canada – Canadian Society of Addictions Medicine
• 2022 – IDEAL Bioscience Employer (Nicotine Dependence Service, CAMH) – BioTalent Canada
• 2020 – CFPC/CPA Collaborative Mental Health Care Award, Large Institutionally Based Program – Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine
• 2019 – Dave Davis Research Award – Continuing and Professional Development 2017-8, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• 2017 – Educator of the Year Award – American Society of Addiction Medicine
• 2016 – 2016 LEADing Practice Award (Clinical Practice, Specialty: STOP Portal) – Canada Health Infoway and Accreditation Canada
• 2014 – Clinician Scientist Investigator Award – Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
• 2012 – Physician Achievement Award – Ontario Medical Association, Section on Addiction Medicine
• 2011 – President’s Shield Award – Addictions Ontario
• 2007 – Colin R. Woolf Award for Excellence/Course Coordination – Office of Continuing Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• 2007 – Award of Excellence – Ontario College of Family Physicians
• 2006 – Certificate of Appreciation – Volunteer Canada – The Jean Tweed Centre
• 2006 – Certificate of Appreciation – Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto
• 2006 – Smoke-Free Champion Award – Ontario Public Health Association
• 2005 – Certificate of Recognition – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• 2003 – Investigator Research Award – Ontario Tobacco Research Unit

Current Research Projects

• The STOP (Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients) Study: The effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy in Ontario smokers.
• Training Enhancement in Applied Counselling and Helping: A Program to Enhance Capacity for Delivery of Smoking Cessation Interventions in Ontario (TEACH)
• TECC-T1D3: Technology-enabled Comprehensive Care for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes and Diabetes Distress.

Representative Publications

Selby P, Zawertailo L. Tobacco Addiction. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Jul 28;387(4):345-54.

Zawertailo, L, Dragonetti, R, Bondy, SJ, Victor, JC, Selby, P. Reach and effectiveness of mailed nicotine replacement therapy for smokers: 6-month outcomes in a naturalistic exploratory study. Tobacco Control. 2013 May;22(3):e4.

Selby P, Brosky G, Oh PI, Raymond V, Ranger S. How pragmatic or explanatory is the randomized, controlled trial? The application and enhancement of the PRECIS tool to the evaluation of a smoking cessation trial. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2012 Jul 23;12(1):101.

Jones, H.E., Kaltenbach, K., Heil, S.H., Stine, S.M., Coyle, M.G., Arria, A.M., O’Grady, K.E., Selby, P., Martin, P.R., Fischer, G. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome following methadone or buprenorphine exposure. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 9;363(24):2320-31.

Bader P, McDonald P, Selby P., An algorithm for tailoring pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation: Results from a Delphi panel of international experts. Tobacco Control 2009;18(1):34-42.