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Courtney Heffernan

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Alberta

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Courtney Heffernan

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Covid-19 Health Care Access Health Care Delivery Health Care Utilization Indigenous Gender And Wellness

Latest papers

Increasing Innu participation in public health: a qualitative study of data governance among Innu in Labrador, Canada.
BMJ public health · 2026
Refining the definition of miliary/disseminated tuberculosis in Canada.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2024
Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada.
The Journal of infectious diseases · 2024

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Functional Outcomes, Lung health, and Livelihood Outcomes among people With Tuberculosis (FOLLOW-TB): a pan-Canadian prospective cohort study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$2,945,248
Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access, Utilization, Delivery, and Outcomes for Patients with Pulmonary Diseases in Alberta (INCLUDE Study)
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$405,226
Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$2,616

All 4 grants and awards

32 publications.

Increasing Innu participation in public health: a qualitative study of data governance among Innu in Labrador, Canada.

Ward LM, Heffernan C, Alvarez GG, Picard A, Carrington A, Long R

BMJ public health2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002745 PMID: 41835926

Refining the definition of miliary/disseminated tuberculosis in Canada.

Huang Y, Long R, Ferrara G, Egedahl ML, Doroshenko A, Heffernan C, Paulsen C, Cooper R, Lau A

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107238 PMID: 39260768

Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada.

Riopel ND, Long R, Heffernan C, Tyrrell GJ, Shandro C, Li V, Islam MR, Stobart M, Sharma MK, Soualhine H, Cooper R

The Journal of infectious diseases2024

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiae124 PMID: 38456644

Expert views on screening for tuberculosis infection in patients commencing treatment with a biologic agent.

Sultana A, Migliori GB, D'Ambrosio L, García-García JM, Silva DR, Rendon LA, Codecasa LR, Blanc FX, Tiberi S, Ong CWM, Heffernan C, Sotgiu G, Centis R, Dobler CC, Global Tuberculosis Network

Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia2024

DOI: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20240082 PMID: 39356910

The association between phylogenetic lineage and the subclinical phenotype of pulmonary tuberculosis: A retrospective 2-cohort study.

Long R, Croxen M, Lee R, Doroshenko A, Lau A, Asadi L, Heffernan C, Paulsen C, Egedahl ML, Lloyd C, Li V, Tyrrell G

The Journal of infection2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2023.12.006 PMID: 38104727

The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada.

Campbell JR, Faust L, Paulsen C, Heffernan C

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00767-4 PMID: 37014575

The prevalence, risk factors, and public health consequences of peripheral lymph node-associated clinical and subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

Heffernan C, Egedahl ML, Barrie J, Winter C, Armstrong G, Doroshenko A, Tyrrell G, Paulsen C, Lau A, Long R

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.01.026 PMID: 36736990

Time to diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous peoples: a systematic review.

Varughese M, Heffernan C, Li MY, Long R

BMC infectious diseases2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08098-y PMID: 36882707

Exploration of inter-jurisdictional TB programming and mobility in a Canadian First Nation community.

Heendeniya Vidanaral A, Long R, Heffernan C, Abonyi S, Clarke S, Hackett P

BMC public health2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14756-8 PMID: 36517778

A comparison of the chest radiographic and computed tomographic features of subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

Lau A, Lin C, Barrie J, Winter C, Armstrong G, Egedahl ML, Doroshenko A, Heffernan C, Asadi L, Fisher D, Paulsen C, Moolji J, Huang Y, Long R

Scientific reports2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21016-7 PMID: 36195738

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Courtney Heffernan

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Increasing Innu participation in public health: a qualitative study of data governance among Innu in Labrador, Canada.

Refining the definition of miliary/disseminated tuberculosis in Canada.

Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium caprae Infections in Humans in Western Canada.

Expert views on screening for tuberculosis infection in patients commencing treatment with a biologic agent.

The association between phylogenetic lineage and the subclinical phenotype of pulmonary tuberculosis: A retrospective 2-cohort study.

The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada.

The prevalence, risk factors, and public health consequences of peripheral lymph node-associated clinical and subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

Time to diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in indigenous peoples: a systematic review.

Exploration of inter-jurisdictional TB programming and mobility in a Canadian First Nation community.

A comparison of the chest radiographic and computed tomographic features of subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis.

Functional Outcomes, Lung health, and Livelihood Outcomes among people With Tuberculosis (FOLLOW-TB): a pan-Canadian prospective cohort study

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access, Utilization, Delivery, and Outcomes for Patients with Pulmonary Diseases in Alberta (INCLUDE Study)

Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Implementing the "Patient's charter of tuberculosis care" in high incidence Indigenous communities and across jurisdictional borders

Frequent collaborators

Richard Long

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Zhiwei Gao

Matthew Croxen

Gregory Tyrrell

André Carrington

Billie-Jo Hardy

Jody Boffa

Bonnie Healy

Kate Storey

Malcolm King

Janet Smylie

Janet Smylie

Sylvia Abonyi