Michael Rotondi

Faculty & School/Dept.

Faculty of Health - School of Kinesiology & Health Science

Degrees

Ph D - 2010
University of Western Ontario
Canada

M Sc - 2006
Carleton University
Canada

B Math - 2005
Carleton University
Canada

Selected Publications

Avery L, Rotondi M. Evaluation of Respondent-Driven Sampling Prevalence Estimators Using Real-World Reported Network Degree. Sociological Methodology. 2023:00811750231163832.

Smylie J, McConkey S, Rachlis B, Avery L, Mecredy G, Brar R, Bourgeois C, Dokis B, Vandevenne S, Rotondi MA. Uncovering SARS-COV-2 vaccine uptake and COVID-19 impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto and London, Ontario. CMAJ. 2022:194(29):E1018-26.

Rotondi MA, Wong O, Riddell M, Perkins B. Population-level impact and cost-effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring and intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring technologies for adults with type 1 diabetes in Canada: a modeling study. Diabetes Care. 2022:45(9):2012-9.

Avery L, Maddox R, Abtan R, Wong O, Rotondi NK, McConkey S, Bourgeois C, McKnight C, Wolfe S, Flicker S, Macpherson A. Modelling prevalent cardiovascular disease in an urban Indigenous population. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2022 Aug 9:1-13.

Avery L, Rotondi M. More comprehensive reporting of methods in studies using respondent driven sampling is required: a systematic review of the uptake of the STROBE-RDS guidelines. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2020; 117:68-77.

Avery L, Rotondi N, McKnight C, Firestone M, Smylie J, Rotondi M. Unweighted regression models perform better than weighted regression techniques for respondent-driven sampling data: results from a simulation study. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2019; 9(1):202.

Rotondi MA, O’Campo P, O’Brien K, Firestone M, Wolfe SH, Bourgeois C, Smylie JK. Our Health Counts Toronto: using respondent-driven sampling to unmask census undercounts of an urban indigenous population in Toronto, Canada. BMJ Open. 2017; 7(12):e018936.

Beckett MW, Ardern CI, Rotondi MA. A meta-analysis of prospective studies on the role of physical activity and the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. BMC Geriatrics. 2015 Dec;15(1):9.

Rotondi M, Donner A.  A confidence interval approach to sample size estimation for studies of interobserver agreement with multiple raters and outcomes.  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.  2012; 65(7):778-784.

Supervision

Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes

Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Yes

Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: No

Current Research

Working with Indigenous community partners, my primary research area is the development and application of new statistical methods, specifically, respondent-driven sampling, to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in urban areas.  

In partnership with Indigenous health partners, researchers and community members, I am co-leading a CIHR-funded research study to measure the rates of testing, incidence and vaccination for COVID-19 in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Toronto, London, Thunder Bay and Kenora.   I am also co-leading a second CIHR-funded study to develop statistical techniques to combine the results from several urban Indigenous health databases that used respondent-driven sampling in a valid way.  Where appropriate, this approach will provide Indigenous community partners an improved and more precise understanding of the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples living in Canadian cities.

Beyond urban Indigenous Health and my wide-ranging contributions to respondent-driven sampling techniques, I also lead other biostatistical research projects, including in areas such as type 1 diabetes, burn injuries, clinical trials and systematic reviews.