Professor Jason Pole
Professor

Jason Pole

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Background

Jason D. Pole is the Deputy Director of Research for the Queensland Digital Health Centre (QDHeC) and a Professor in the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. Jason's program of research utilises clinical and surveillance data linked with real-world administrative data to answer health questions in several areas.

Jason has a background in epidemiology, health services research and digital health with an emphasis in the use of real-world data and complex survey instruments.

Currently, Jason has research interests in the areas of digital health applications to improve system performance including patient safety, health care utilization among childhood cancer survivors, the effects of childhood cancer treatment specifically on the development of second cancers and education achievement and has interests in the financial impact of a childhood cancer diagnosis on the family and the long-term financial health of the survivor. More recently, Jason has developed an interest in adolescent and young adult oncology (AYA) survivors and the specific long-term needs of this unique cancer population.

Jason maintains appointments as an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and an Adjunct Scientist with the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute and an Adjunct Senior Scientist with ICES, Toronto.

Availability

Professor Jason Pole is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Digital health Epidemiology Health Sciences Health services and systems Paediatrics

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), University of Waterloo
  • Masters (Research) of Science, Queen's University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Research interests

  • Digital Health / Data Linkage / Real-World Data

    Experience in linking detailed clinical / surveillance data to administrative data to answer population based research questions.

  • Pediatric & Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

    Program of research examining health service utilization and survivorship among pediatric and adolescent and young adult oncology patients. This includes educational and economic outcomes and the utilization of patient reported outcome measures (PROMs).

  • Digital Health

    Development of clinical decision aids and integrated clinical analytics to support health system change.

Research impacts

From a digital health standpoint, the primary research driver is the application and implimentation of digtial tools and techniques to imporve the quintuple aim. From a cancer survivorships stanpoint the primary research driver is to improve the health system and the lives of survivors and families who experience childhood or AYA cancer. This is achieved by examining health outcomes of and treatment consequences for survivors of childhood and AYA cancer, and the resultant health service use and diverse needs of this growing population. My cancer research program focuses not only on traditional health outcomes such as subsequent morbidity, but expands this concept to create a model of burden of illness using such quality of life-limiting outcomes as educational attainment and economic status, which are directly linked to the cancer survivors’ health-related quality of life. This work improves the quality of life for current survivors and protects the quality of life for future survivors through effective surveillance and screening, together with patient education focused on health promotion and preventative action. Describing the patterns of healthcare utilization by various diagnosis and treatment-related elements has the potential to identify specific groups of survivors at highest risk and allow for targeted interventions and related policy development.

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224 works between 1999 and 2025
All (224) Journal Article (165) Conference Publication (58) Other Outputs (1)

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2022

Conference Publication

Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adults with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Impact Cohort Population-Based Study

Gupta, Sumit, Baxter, Nancy N., Hodgson, David C., Pole, Jason, Lau, Cindy, Sutradhar, Rinku, Nathan, Paul and Punnett, Angela (2022). Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adults with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Impact Cohort Population-Based Study. 64th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH), New Orleans La, Dec 10-13, 2022. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. doi: 10.1182/blood-2022-165440

Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adults with Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma: An Impact Cohort Population-Based Study

2022

Journal Article

KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: description of clinical research protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study

Khondker, Adree, Groff, Michael, Nunes, Sophia, Sun, Carolyn, Jawa, Natasha, Lee, Jasmine, Cockovski, Vedran, Hejri-Rad, Yasmine, Chanchlani, Rahul, Fleming, Adam, Garg, Amit, Jeyakumar, Nivethika, Kitchlu, Abhijat, Lebel, Asaf, McArthur, Eric, Mertens, Luc, Nathan, Paul, Parekh, Rulan, Patel, Serina, Pole, Jason, Ramphal, Raveena, Schechter, Tal, Silva, Mariana, Silver, Samuel, Sung, Lillian, Wald, Ron, Gibson, Paul, Pearl, Rachel, Wheaton, Laura ... Zappitelli, Michael (2022). KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: description of clinical research protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, 8, 1-17. doi: 10.1177/20543581221130156

KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: description of clinical research protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study

2022

Journal Article

Healthcare utilization and costs associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with and without Down syndrome

Athale, Uma, Sutradhar, Rinku, Breakey, Vicky R., Li, Qing, Bassal, Mylene, Gibson, Paul, Patel, Serina, Wheaton, Laura, Pole, Jason D., Mittman, Nicole, Pechlivanoglou, Petros and Gupta, Sumit (2022). Healthcare utilization and costs associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with and without Down syndrome. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 69 (10) e29829, 1-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29829

Healthcare utilization and costs associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children with and without Down syndrome

2022

Journal Article

Understanding the digital disruption of health care: an ethnographic study of real-time multidisciplinary clinical behavior in a new digital hospital

Canfell, Oliver J, Meshkat, Yasaman, Kodiyattu, Zack, Engstrom, Teyl, Chan, Wilkin, Mifsud, Jayden, Pole, Jason D., Byrne, Martin, Raders, Ella Van and Sullivan, Clair (2022). Understanding the digital disruption of health care: an ethnographic study of real-time multidisciplinary clinical behavior in a new digital hospital. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13 (5), 1079-1091. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1758482

Understanding the digital disruption of health care: an ethnographic study of real-time multidisciplinary clinical behavior in a new digital hospital

2022

Journal Article

Publicly subsidised smoking cessation medicines in times of COVID-19 in Australia: an interrupted time seriesanalysis

Baliunas, Dolly, Gartner, Coral , Hollingworth, Samantha A. , Sullivan, Clair , Comans, Tracy and Pole, Jason D. (2022). Publicly subsidised smoking cessation medicines in times of COVID-19 in Australia: an interrupted time seriesanalysis. Drug and Alcohol Review, 42 (1), 225-232. doi: 10.1111/dar.13557

Publicly subsidised smoking cessation medicines in times of COVID-19 in Australia: an interrupted time seriesanalysis

2022

Journal Article

A comparison of leximancer semi-automated content analysis to manual content analysis: a healthcare exemplar using emotive transcripts of COVID-19 hospital staff interactive webcasts

Engstrom, Teyl, Strong, Jenny, Sullivan, Clair and Pole, Jason D. (2022). A comparison of leximancer semi-automated content analysis to manual content analysis: a healthcare exemplar using emotive transcripts of COVID-19 hospital staff interactive webcasts. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 160940692211189. doi: 10.1177/16094069221118993

A comparison of leximancer semi-automated content analysis to manual content analysis: a healthcare exemplar using emotive transcripts of COVID-19 hospital staff interactive webcasts

2022

Journal Article

Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–2016

Youlden, Danny R., Baade, Peter D., Moore, Andrew S., Pole, Jason D., Valery, Patricia C. and Aitken, Joanne F. (2022). Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–2016. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 37 (1), 81-91. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12895

Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–2016

2022

Journal Article

Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review

Kamel Rahimi, Amir, Canfell, Oliver J., Chan, Wilkin, Sly, Benjamin, Pole, Jason D., Sullivan, Clair and Shrapnel, Sally (2022). Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 162 104758, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104758

Machine learning models for diabetes management in acute care using electronic medical records: a systematic review

2022

Journal Article

The impact of hospital surgical volume on healthcare utilization outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy

Chesover, Alexander D., Eskander, Antoine, Griffiths, Rebecca, Pasternak, Jesse D., Pole, Jason D., Wolter, Nikolaus E. and Wasserman, Jonathan D. (2022). The impact of hospital surgical volume on healthcare utilization outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy. World Journal of Surgery, 46 (5), 1082-1092. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06456-6

The impact of hospital surgical volume on healthcare utilization outcomes after pediatric thyroidectomy

2022

Journal Article

Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada

Hayes, Louise, Basta, Nermine, Muirhead, Colin R., Pole, Jason D., Gibson, Paul, Di Monte, Bruna, Irwin, Meredith S., Greenberg, Mark, Tweddle, Deborah A. and McNally, Richard J Q (2022). Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada. Environmental Health, 21 (1) 30, 30. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00846-y

Temporal clustering of neuroblastic tumours in children and young adults from Ontario, Canada

2022

Journal Article

Toward a learning health care system: a systematic review and evidence-based conceptual framework for implementation of clinical analytics in a digital hospital

Lim, Han Chang, Austin, Jodie A., van der Vegt, Anton H., Rahimi, Amir Kamel, Canfell, Oliver J., Mifsud, Jayden, Pole, Jason D., Barras, Michael A., Hodgson, Tobias, Shrapnel, Sally and Sullivan, Clair M. (2022). Toward a learning health care system: a systematic review and evidence-based conceptual framework for implementation of clinical analytics in a digital hospital. Applied Clinical Informatics, 13 (02), 339-354. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1743243

Toward a learning health care system: a systematic review and evidence-based conceptual framework for implementation of clinical analytics in a digital hospital

2022

Journal Article

Quantifying cancer risk from exposures to medical imaging in the Risk of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Associated with Medical Imaging (RIC) Study: research methods and cohort profile

Kwan, Marilyn L., Miglioretti, Diana L., Bowles, Erin J. A., Weinmann, Sheila, Greenlee, Robert T., Stout, Natasha K., Rahm, Alanna Kulchak, Alber, Susan A., Pequeno, Priscila, Moy, Lisa M., Stewart, Carly, Fong, Cindy, Jenkins, Charisma L., Kohnhorst, Diane, Luce, Casey, Mor, Joanne M., Munneke, Julie R., Prado, Yolanda, Buth, Glen, Cheng, Stephanie Y., Deosaransingh, Kamala A., Francisco, Melanie, Lakoma, Matthew, Martinez, Yannica Theda, Theis, Mary Kay, Marlow, Emily C., Kushi, Lawrence H., Duncan, James R., Bolch, Wesley E. ... Smith-Bindman, Rebecca (2022). Quantifying cancer risk from exposures to medical imaging in the Risk of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Associated with Medical Imaging (RIC) Study: research methods and cohort profile. Cancer Causes and Control, 33 (5), 711-726. doi: 10.1007/s10552-022-01556-z

Quantifying cancer risk from exposures to medical imaging in the Risk of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Associated with Medical Imaging (RIC) Study: research methods and cohort profile

2022

Journal Article

Positive predictive value and sensitivity of ICD‐9‐CM codes for identifying pediatric leukemia

Weinmann, Sheila, Francisco, Melanie C., Kwan, Marilyn L., Bowles, Erin J. A., Rahm, Alanna Kulchak, Greenlee, Robert T., Stout, Natasha K., Pole, Jason D., Kushi, Lawrence H., Smith‐Bindman, Rebecca and Miglioretti, Diana L. (2022). Positive predictive value and sensitivity of ICD‐9‐CM codes for identifying pediatric leukemia. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 69 (2) e29383, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29383

Positive predictive value and sensitivity of ICD‐9‐CM codes for identifying pediatric leukemia

2022

Journal Article

Superior outcomes with paediatric protocols in adolescents and young adults with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Gupta, Sumit, Alexander, Sarah, Pole, Jason D., Sutradhar, Rinku, Crump, Michael, Nagamuthu, Chenthila, Baxter, Nancy N. and Nathan, Paul C. (2022). Superior outcomes with paediatric protocols in adolescents and young adults with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology, 196 (3), 743-752. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17862

Superior outcomes with paediatric protocols in adolescents and young adults with aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

2021

Journal Article

Changes in cancer incidence and survival among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, 1997–2016

Youlden, Danny R., Baade, Peter D., McBride, Craig A., Pole, Jason D., Moore, Andrew S., Valery, Patricia C., Young, Angela and Aitken, Joanne F. (2021). Changes in cancer incidence and survival among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, 1997–2016. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 69 (4) e29492, e29492. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29492

Changes in cancer incidence and survival among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia, 1997–2016

2021

Journal Article

Outcomes of rapid digital transformation of large-scale communications during the COVID-19 pandemic

Strong, J., Drummond, S., Hanson, J., Pole, J. D., Engstrom, T., Copeland, K., Lipman, B. and Sullivan, C. (2021). Outcomes of rapid digital transformation of large-scale communications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian Health Review, 45 (6), 696-703. doi: 10.1071/ah21125

Outcomes of rapid digital transformation of large-scale communications during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

Journal Article

Rates and Predictors of Visits to Primary Care Physicians during and after Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Breakey, Vicky R., Nathan, Paul, Patel, Serina, Wheaton, Laura, Li, Qing, Sutradhar, Rinku, Bassal, Mylene, Gibson, Paul J., Pole, Jason, Athale, Uma H. and Gupta, Sumit (2021). Rates and Predictors of Visits to Primary Care Physicians during and after Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Blood, 138 (Supplement 1), 138. doi: 10.1182/blood-2021-147326

Rates and Predictors of Visits to Primary Care Physicians during and after Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Population-Based Cohort Study

2021

Journal Article

Blinatumomab Is Cost-Effective Compared to Standard Chemotherapy for Children with High Risk Relapses of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Population-Based Healthcare Data

Pechlivanoglou, Petros, Luu, Linda, Li, Qing, Gibson, Paul J., Athale, Uma H., Bassal, Mylene, Breakey, Vicky R., Patel, Serina, Pole, Jason, Sutradhar, Rinku, Wheaton, Laura, Mittmann, Nicole and Gupta, Sumit (2021). Blinatumomab Is Cost-Effective Compared to Standard Chemotherapy for Children with High Risk Relapses of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Population-Based Healthcare Data. Blood, 138 (Supplement 1), 138. doi: 10.1182/blood-2021-154193

Blinatumomab Is Cost-Effective Compared to Standard Chemotherapy for Children with High Risk Relapses of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Population-Based Healthcare Data

2021

Journal Article

Utility of a cancer predisposition screening tool for predicting subsequent malignant neoplasms in childhood cancer survivors

Cullinan, Noelle, Schiller, Ian, Di Giuseppe, Giancarlo, Mamun, Mohammed, Reichman, Lara, Cacciotti, Chantel, Wheaton, Laura, Caswell, Kimberly, Di Monte, Bruna, Gibson, Paul, Johnston, Donna L., Fleming, Adam, Pole, Jason D., Malkin, David, Foulkes, William D., Dendukuri, Nandini, Goudie, Catherine and Nathan, Paul C. (2021). Utility of a cancer predisposition screening tool for predicting subsequent malignant neoplasms in childhood cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 39 (29), 3207-3216. doi: 10.1200/jco.21.00018

Utility of a cancer predisposition screening tool for predicting subsequent malignant neoplasms in childhood cancer survivors

2021

Journal Article

Locus‐of‐care disparities in end‐of‐life care intensity among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population‐based study using the IMPACT cohort

Coltin, Hallie, Rapoport, Adam, Baxter, Nancy N., Nagamuthu, Chenthila, Nathan, Paul C., Pole, Jason D., Momoli, Franco and Gupta, Sumit (2021). Locus‐of‐care disparities in end‐of‐life care intensity among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population‐based study using the IMPACT cohort. Cancer, 128 (2), 326-334. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33926

Locus‐of‐care disparities in end‐of‐life care intensity among adolescents and young adults with cancer: a population‐based study using the IMPACT cohort

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2025
    Physical, psychological, financial late effects and health care use in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: A population-based study (administered by SickKids)
    The Hospital For Sick Children
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2025
    HAI-TECH: Healthcare-Associated Infection Tracking with Enhanced Connectivity and Health Informatics
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    Life and health After Childhood cancEr (LACE): a national data linkage project.
    MRFF - National Critical Infrastructure Initiative
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Lipids Management in Queensland (LMQ)
    Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2024
    Validation of Clinical Trial Outcomes Using Hospital Administrative Data and Electronic Medical Records - A Data Linkage Methodology Project
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jason Pole is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • Open to supervision in the broad area of digital health.

    I am open to supervise HDR in various areas of digital health and pediatric, adolescent and young adult oncology, I generally like my HDR students to formulate their own questions in an area of of mutual interest.

Supervision history

Current supervision

Completed supervision

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