Lab Information
Emily McDonald (MD/MSc)
ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
Keywords
Quality improvement • patient safety • infectionResearch Interests
My research focuses on interventions related to polypharmacy, safe and effective prescribing, and medication rationalization. A number of my studies relating to the appropriate use of hospital resources, tests and investigations have been published in high impact peer-reviewed journals and several relating to safer prescribing in older adults were featured recently in the media. I supervise postgraduate students in the field of medication safety and have received funding from the CIHR, the Centre for Ageing and Brain Health Innovation, the Canadian Frailty Network and, locally, from the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI-4).Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Sohani, Z. N., Zhong, Y. J., Afshar, A., Assiri, B. A., Gore, G., Cheng, M. P., Lieu, A., Serero, J., Hamilton, F., Lawandi, A., Paul, M., Yahav, D., Albuquerque, A. M., Butler-Laporte, G., McDonald, E. G. & Lee, T. C. (2026). Cefepime and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis. JAMA network open, vol. 9, p. e2633017.
- Trimm, K., Moraga, M.-T., Knäuper, B., Rahme, E., McDonald, E. G. & Tamblyn, R. (2026). Prescription duration of benzodiazepines: a retrospective cohort study of prescription duration in primary care. European journal of clinical pharmacology, vol. 82.
- Nolan, N. S., Sherbuk, J., Maximos, M., Egbert, S., Cappiello, M., Cooper, J. D., Garg, R., Bradford, W., Lahey, T., Liebman, S., Wuerz, T., Dominguez, F., Thakarar, K., Eckhardt, B., Dong, M. Q., Patel, P., Kurz, S., Hopgood, J., Rosenthal, E., Traver, E., King, M., Henderson, H., Fujita, A. W., Hojman, M., Lee, T. C., Lee, R. A., Tong, S. Y., Tirupathi, R., Bourassa-Blanchette, S., Eaton, E., Sanctuaire, A., Trotzky-Sirr, R., Kimmel, S. D., McDonald, E. G., Spellberg, B. & Baden, R. (2026). Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Complications of Injection Drug Use- A WikiGuidelines Group Consensus Statement. The American journal of medicine.
- Hedin, K., Oscarson, F., Cars, T., Almstedt, M., Fastén, A.-L., Hahlin, A., Olsson, Å., Åhrén, C., McDonald, E. G. & Tängdén, T. (2026). Reduced outpatient antibiotic prescribing is not associated with increased incidence of upper respiratory tract infections and complications: a large population-based cohort study. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
- El Hassani, M., Thirion, D. J. G., Yaliniz, A., Desforges, K., Verdon, J., McDonald, E. G. & Marsot, A. (2026). Do current oral ciprofloxacin regimens achieve pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic targets within safe exposure limits in older adults with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection? A population pharmacokinetic analysis. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, vol. 81.
- Prosty, C., Sorin, M., McDonald, E. G. & Lee, T. C. (2026). Secondary vancomycin prophylaxis during antibiotic re-exposure for the prevention of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis. JAC-antimicrobial resistance, vol. 8, p. dlag141.
- Prosty, C., Carignan, A., Chan, A. K., Chen, Y., Daley, P., Daneman, N., Kandel, C., Longtin, Y., Perez-Patrigeon, S., Wuerz, T., Cheaveau, J., Hota, S. S., Ogundipe, O., Steiner, T. S., Tsang, J. L. Y., Archambault, P., Bergevin, M., Brophy, J. M., Girouard, G., Kong, L., Parkes, L., Reinblatt, S., MacFadden, D., Lee, T. C. & McDonald, E. G. (2026). Secondary Prophylaxis of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infections During Systemic Antibiotics with Vancomycin (SPORES-V): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials.
- Filosa, E., Schönenberger, N., Essien, U. R., Gagnon, C., Gnjidic, D., Kouladjian O'Donnell, L., Manias, E., McCarthy, L. M., Moriarty, F., Nguyen-Soenen, J., Scott, S., Steinman, M. A., Thürmann, P. A., Wilson, M. G., Gutman, B. J., Mendel, A., Trinh, E., Lee, T. C. & McDonald, E. G. (2026). Identification of Potentially Inappropriate Medications for Adults Below 65 Years: Protocol for a Modified Delphi Study. JMIR research protocols, vol. 15, p. e92082.
- Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial Group, Lee, T. C., Barina, L. A., Walls, G., Goodman, A. L., Yahav, D., Cheng, M. P., Bonten, M., Bowen, A. C., Boyles, T., Daneman, N., Ekkelenkamp, M. B., Ghanem-Zoubi, N., Hensgens, M. P. M., Jager, N. G. L., Kaasch, A. J., Kouijzer, I. J. E., Lewis, R. J., Lumley, T., Lye, D. C., McDonald, E. G., McKew, G., McLean, A. R. D., McMullan, B. J., McQuilten, Z. K., Morpeth, S. C., Paterson, D. L., Roberts, J. A., Robinson, J. O., Saito, H., Scarborough, M., Ten Oever, J., Turner, R. M., Tverring, J., van Hal, S. J., Webb, S. A., Whiteway, L. M., Arias, C. A., Henderson, A., Heriot, G. S., Snelling, T. L., Afra, K., Ali, S. S., Amit, S., Anagnostou, N. A., Archuleta, S., Aston, S. J., Athan, E., Baharav, N., Bai, A. D., Barber, B. E., Baskaran, A., Berkeley, M. M. A., Best, E. J., Bhilave, N. R., Bloomfield, M. G., Bond, K. A., Bostock, J., Botheras, C. L., Boyd, M. A., Bradshaw, S. M. E., Briggs, E. J., Britton, P. N., Campbell, A. J., Carr, B. Z., Chancellor, J. A., Chen, K., Cheong, E. Y., Chew, K. L., Chia, P. Y., Chomba, R., Chong, B. S. W., Clews, C. J. N., Cohen, J. M., Commons, R. J., Cutfield, T., Daley, P., Daniel, D. S., Davies, J., De, P., Denholm, J. T., Di Virgilio, M., Dishon-Benattar, Y., Dotel, R., Duan, E. H., Easom, N., Eliakim-Raz, N., England, M. M., Fahmy, M., Findlater, A. R., Flanagan, K. L., Foo, E. Z. J., Foo, H., Forster, D. P., Fralick, M., Frazer, J. L., Gador-Whyte, A. P., Garnham, K., German, G. J., Ghosh, N., Gisolf, E. H., Giulieri, S. G., Goulding, S. R., Grant, J. M., Gregson, D., Grimwade, K. C., Grupper, M., Guy, S. D., Gwee, A., Hall, V. G., Hardy, E. J., Harris, D. J., Hatcher, J., Hobbs, M. R., Holmes, N. E., Howden, B. P., Huggan, P. J., Jennings, Z. A., Johnstone, J., Juniper, T., Kalimuddin, S., Kamfose, M., Kandel, C., Kelly, M. J., Kozak, R. A., Kümin, M., Lamontagne, F., Lau, J. S. Y., Lee, I. R., Lin, R. J., Lindsay, D., Llewelyn, M. J., Longtin, Y., Lother, S. A., Luey, C. E., MacFadden, D. R., Mahony, A. A., Malden, C., Malhamé, I., Manning, L. A., Marks, M., Martin, L. J., Matthews, G. V., McGann, P. H., McMahon, J. H., Melon, A., Menon, V., Mertz, D., Meyer, M. P., Molton, J. S., Mora, J. M., Moran, E., Mortimer, L. M., Motaganahalli, S., Muller, M. P., Munro, A. P. S., Murray, F. A., Murthy, S., Nagendra, V., Nel, H., New, D. W. J., Nguyen, V., Norton, G., Norton, K. M., Nourse, C. B., Nye, C. J. S., O'Callaghan, K., O'Sullivan, M. V. N., Ong, S. W. X., Otu, A. A., Owen, M., Papenburg, J., Parkes, L. O., Paul, M., Perez-Patrigeon, S., Petersiel, N., Petrella, L., Pett, S. L., Pham, D., Piazzese, C. J., Poulin, S., Rehak, R., Rennert-May, E., Richards, A. J., Rogers, B. A., Sahng, E., Salada, B., Scheuerman, O., Schneider, K., Schulz, T. R., Schwartz, K. L., Simos, P. A., Singh, H., Sinkeler, F. S., Smith, S., Smith, B. J., Smith, S. W., Somayaji, R., Sommerville, C., Song, R. X. J., Sowden, D. C., Stark, M. J., Stone, N. R. H., Strunk, T., Sud, A., Swe, K. P., Symons, C. R., Tan, Y. E., Ten Doesschate, T., Thien, S. Y., Thomas, A., Trad, M.-A., Tramontana, A. R., Tsang, J. L. Y., Ulett, K., Underwood, J., van Welzen, B. J., Vazquez-Grande, G., Velasquez Reyes, D. C., Verberk, J. D. M., Voss, L. M., Ward, D., Webb, R. H., Whitmore, T. J., Wieder-Finesod, A., Wilson, H. L., Wilson, E. W., Wong, H. M., Wong She, K., Wuerz, T., Yamamura, D. L., Yeoh, A., Yow, B. L. H., Dymock, M., Mahar, R. K., McGlothlin, A., Marsh, J. A., Davis, J. S. & Tong, S. Y. C. (2026). Cefazolin for Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. The New England journal of medicine, vol. 394, p. 2329-2339.
- Hamani, M., Pinto, R., Lee, T. C., MacFadden, D., McDonald, E. G., Sligl, W., Fowler, R. A., Daneman, N. & BALANCE consortium (2026). Duration of antibiotic therapy for bacteraemia in immune compromised hosts-a post-hoc subgroup analysis of the Bacteremia Antibiotic Length Actually Needed For Clinical Effectiveness (BALANCE) randomized clinical trial. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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