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Ernesto Avilla

PhD Student (He/Him)

ACADEMIC AREA
Health Policy and Management

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Implementation, Strategy, Healthcare Communications, Clinical Trials

SUPERVISOR(S)
Christopher Longo, PhD and Manaf Zargoush, PhD, MPhil, MSc

EMAIL
avillae@mcmaster.ca

Biography

Mr. Avilla’s expertise is implementation; driving initiatives from the ideation/inception phase through to their execution involving a wide range of stakeholders and trans-disciplinary partnerships leading to successful sustainable programs. Avilla’s research interests include determining the value/use of technology (machine learning/AI, predictive analytics) on healthcare decision making, patient health outcomes (reduced medication related adverse events, reduced hospital admissions) and costs (direct and indirect) as well as economic impact associated with the delivery of care.

Mr. Avilla obtained his Master of Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business, Western University and is currently pursuing his PhD, Health Management at the DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University.

Publications

  1. Chu DK, Freitag T, Marrin A , Walker TD, Avilla E, Freitag A, Spill P, Foster GA, Thabane L, Jordana M, Waserman S. Peanut Oral Immunotherapy With or Without H1 and H2 Antihistamine Premedication for Peanut Allergy (PISCES): A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2022;10:2386-94
  2. Waserman S, Shah A, Cruikshank H, Avilla E. Recognition and Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in the School and Community Setting. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2022 Feb;42(1):91-103.
  3. Waserman S, Shah A, Avilla E. Recent development on the use of sublingual immunotherapy tablets for allergic rhinitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 Aug;127(2):165-175.e
  4. Gaber J, Oliver D, Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Lamarche L, Avilla E, Parascandalo F, Price D, Dolovich L. Experiences of integrating community volunteers as extensions of the primary care team to help support older adults at home: a qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract. 2020 May 16;21(1):92.
  5. Betschel S, Avilla E, Kanani A, Kastner M, Keith P, Binkley K, Lacuesta G, Borici-Mazi R, Badiou J, Rowe A, Yang WH, Waserman S. Development of the Hereditary Angioedema Rapid Triage Tool. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Jan;8(1):310-317
  6. Waserman S, Avilla E, Harada L, Huang J, Kastner M. Decades of poor availability of epinephrine autoinjectors: Global problems in need of global solutions. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019 Nov 18. pii: S1081-1206(19)31389-4.
  7. Valaitis R, Longaphy J, Ploeg, J, Agarwal G, Oliver D, Nair K, Kastner M, Avilla E, Dolovich L. Health TAPESTRY: Co-designing interprofessional primary care programs for older adults using the persona-scenario method. BMC Family Practice. 2019 Sep 4;20(1):122.
  8. Javadi D, Lamarche L, Avilla E, Siddiqui R, Gaber J, Bhamani M, Oliver D, Cleghorn L, Mangin D, Dolovich L. Feasibility study of goal setting discussions between older adults and volunteers facilitated by an eHealth application: Development of the Health TAPESTRY approach. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 2018; 4:184.
  9. Waserman S, Avilla E, Harada L, Allen M, Isaranuwatchai W, Perdrizet J, Kastner M. To stock or not to stock? Implementation of epinephrine autoinjectors in food establishments. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Aug 2. pii: S2213-2198(18)30465-3.
  10. Yue D, Ciccolini A, Avilla E, Waserman S. Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis. J Asthma Allergy. 2018 Jun 20;11:111-120. doi: 10.2147/JAA.S162456. eCollection
  11. Oliver D, Dolovich L, Lamarche L, Gaber J, Avilla E, Bhamani B, Price D. A Volunteer Program to Connect Primary Care and the Home to Support the Health of Older Adults: A Community Case Study Front. Med. 2018, doi: 3389/fmed.2018.00048
  12. Waserman S, Avilla E, Ben-Shoshan M, Rosenfield L, Adcock AB, Greenhawt Epinephrine Autoinjectors: New Data, New Problems. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017 Sep – Oct;5(5):1180- 1191.

Book Chapter:

  1. Waserman S, Shah A, Cruikshank H, Avilla E. Recognition and Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in the School and Community Setting. Allergic and Non-Allergic Systematic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis, Sriaroon P, Ledford DK, Lockey RF (Eds). Elsevier, 2022, pp. 91-104.