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Overview

Stewart B. Harris is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and has a research focus primarily in medicine, with a significant emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their scholarly work encompasses subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, general health professions, and surgery.

Harris's research topics are concentrated on diabetes-related areas, including diabetes management and research, diabetes treatment and management, diabetes education, and investigations into diabetes and its associated disorders. Further topics include metabolism linked to diabetes and cancer, hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients, and pancreatic function in diabetes.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Diabetes
  • Canadian Journal of Diabetes
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Diabetes Therapy
  • Primary care diabetes

Stewart B. Harris has contributed to numerous recent papers, such as:

  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diabetes services: planning for a global recovery, 2022, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • A disease state approach to the pharmacological management of Type 2 diabetes in primary care: A position statement by Primary Care Diabetes Europe, 2020, Primary care diabetes
  • 2022 update to the position statement by Primary Care Diabetes Europe: a disease state approach to the pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes in primary care, 2022, Primary care diabetes
  • Vulnerable and Forgotten: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Autism Special Schools in England, 2021, Frontiers in Education
  • Use of once-weekly semaglutide in patients with type 2 diabetes in routine clinical practice: Results from the SURE Canada multicentre, prospective, observational study, 2021, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harris include:

  • Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing
  • Guangyong Zou
  • Bridget Ryan
  • Hertzel C. Gerstein
  • Ravi Retnakaran

Best Publications

  • Interpretation and Impact of Real-World Clinical Data for the Practicing Clinician

    Lawrence Blonde;Kamlesh Khunti;Stewart B Harris;Casey Meizinger

  • Overweight among children and adolescents in a Native Canadian community: prevalence and associated factors

    Anthony J.G. Hanley;Stewart B. Harris;Joel Gittelsohn;Thomas M.S. Wolever

  • Association of Vitamin D With Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction in Subjects at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

    Sheena Kayaniyil;Reinhold Vieth;Ravi Retnakaran;Julia A. Knight;Julia A. Knight

  • Controlled outcome evaluation of the First Step Program: a daily physical activity intervention for individuals with type II diabetes

    C Tudor-Locke;R C Bell;A M Myers;A M Myers;S B Harris

  • The Prevalence of NIDDM and Associated Risk Factors in Native Canadians

    Stewart B Harris;Joel Gittelsohn;Anthony Hanley;Annette Barnie

  • Circulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha concentrations in a native Canadian population with high rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    B. Zinman;A. J. G. Hanley;A. J. G. Hanley;S. B. Harris;J. Kwan

  • Specific Patterns of Food Consumption and Preparation Are Associated with Diabetes and Obesity in a Native Canadian Community

    Joel Gittelsohn;Thomas M. S. Wolever;Stewart B. Harris;Robert Harris-Giraldo

  • Glycemic control and morbidity in the Canadian primary care setting (results of the diabetes in Canada evaluation study)

    Stewart B. Harris;Jean-Marie Ekoé;Yola Zdanowicz;Susan Webster-Bogaert

  • Assessment of the Impact of Fear of Hypoglycemic Episodes on Glycemic and Hypoglycemia Management

    Lawrence A. Leiter;Jean-François Yale;Jean-Louis Chiasson;Stewart Harris

  • A randomized trial of adding insulin glargine vs. avoidance of insulin in people with Type 2 diabetes on either no oral glucose‐lowering agents or submaximal doses of metformin and/or sulphonylureas. The Canadian INSIGHT (Implementing New Strategies with Insulin Glargine for Hyperglycaemia Treatment) Study

    H. C. Gerstein;J.-F. Yale;S. B. Harris;M. Issa

  • A Pilot School-Based Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Intervention Improves Diet, Food Knowledge, and Self-Efficacy for Native Canadian Children

    Brit I. Saksvig;Joel Gittelsohn;Stewart B. Harris;Anthony J. G. Hanley

  • The role of patient, physician and systemic factors in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Judith Belle Brown;Stewart B Harris;Susan Webster-Bogaert;Stephen Wetmore

  • Low-dose combination therapy with rosiglitazone and metformin to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus (CANOE trial): a double-blind randomised controlled study

    Bernard Zinman;Bernard Zinman;Stewart B Harris;Jan Neuman;Hertzel C Gerstein

  • Long-term efficacy and safety of canagliflozin over 104 weeks in patients aged 55-80 years with type 2 diabetes

    B. Bode;K. Stenlöf;S. Harris;D. Sullivan

  • How to obtain excellent response rates when surveying physicians.

    C Thorpe;B Ryan;S L McLean;A Burt

  • Nutrition and exercise prevent excess weight gain in overweight pregnant women.

    Michelle F. Mottola;Isabelle Giroux;Robert Gratton;Jo-Anne Hammond

  • Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Oral Semaglutide Versus Placebo Added to Insulin With or Without Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The PIONEER 8 Trial

    Bernard Zinman;Vanita R. Aroda;Vanita R. Aroda;John B. Buse;Bertrand Cariou

  • Health-related quality of life associated with daytime and nocturnal hypoglycaemic events: a time trade-off survey in five countries

    Marc Evans;Kamlesh Khunti;Muhammad Mamdani;Claus B Galbo-Jørgensen

  • Cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a detailed analysis and position paper by the cardiometabolic risk working group.

    Lawrence A. Leiter;Lawrence A. Leiter;David H. Fitchett;David H. Fitchett;Richard E. Gilbert;Richard E. Gilbert;Milan Gupta

  • The Hepatic Nuclear Factor-1α G319S Variant Is Associated with Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian Oji-Cree1

    Robert A. Hegele;Henian Cao;Stewart B. Harris;Anthony J. G. Hanley

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J.G. Hanley
Anthony J.G. Hanley University of Toronto
Bernard Zinman
Bernard Zinman University of Toronto
Robert A. Hegele
Robert A. Hegele University of Western Ontario
Philip W. Connelly
Philip W. Connelly University of Toronto
Hertzel C. Gerstein
Hertzel C. Gerstein McMaster University
Joel Gittelsohn
Joel Gittelsohn Johns Hopkins University
Thomas M. S. Wolever
Thomas M. S. Wolever University of Toronto
Richard E. Gilbert
Richard E. Gilbert St. Michael's Hospital
Eva Lonn
Eva Lonn McMaster University
J. David Spence
J. David Spence University of Western Ontario

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