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Jennifer Gratrix

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Jennifer Gratrix

Researcher

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.
21 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Knowledge Mobilization Syphilis Congenital Syphilis Emergency Department First Nations Communities Partner Notification Nurse Pregnancy Rapid Tests For Syphilis And Hiv

Latest papers

Management of Infants Born to Pregnant Women with Reactive Syphilis Serology: Resource Saving from Using the Current Centers for Disease Control Guidelines.
American journal of perinatology · 2026
Assessing the Impact of an Sexually Transmitted Infections Nurse on the Delivery of Sexually Transmitted Infections/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Services in an Inner-City Emergency Department Using a Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Point-of-Care Test During a Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta, Canada.
Sexually transmitted diseases · 2026 · first author
Evaluating the Impact of Implementing and Scaling-Up the Use of Syphilis Rapid/Point-of-Care Tests: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of New Syphilis Positivity Rates in Alberta, Canada.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026

All 44 publications

Latest funding

Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Dual Syphilis and HIV: Evaluation of POC and Self-Test by Untrained Persons, Peers and Intended Users
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$250,000

All 8 grants and awards

44 publications.

Management of Infants Born to Pregnant Women with Reactive Syphilis Serology: Resource Saving from Using the Current Centers for Disease Control Guidelines.

Lofiego PLF, Tse-Chang A, Gratrix J, Smyczek P, Robinson JL, Kumar M

American journal of perinatology2026

DOI: 10.1055/a-2768-2636 PMID: 41380725

Assessing the Impact of an Sexually Transmitted Infections Nurse on the Delivery of Sexually Transmitted Infections/Human Immunodeficiency Virus Services in an Inner-City Emergency Department Using a Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Point-of-Care Test During a Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta, Canada.

Gratrix J, Ives N, Egan C, Vetland C, Meyer G, Harrington S, Wittmeier R, Velji A, Berenger B, Rourke S, Fonseca K, Singh AE, Syphilis and HIV Point-of-Care Testing in Acute Care and Community (SHACC) Team

Sexually transmitted diseases2026First author

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002333 PMID: 41996301

Evaluating the Impact of Implementing and Scaling-Up the Use of Syphilis Rapid/Point-of-Care Tests: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of New Syphilis Positivity Rates in Alberta, Canada.

Thompson LA, Gratrix J, Ives N, Fonseca K, Egan C, Vetland C, Berenger BM, Fuezery A, Joffe AM, Menard K, McDougall L, Meyer G, Rourke SB, Tipples G, Valaire S, Venner AA, Wong T, Zhou HY, Singh AE

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2026

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaf651 PMID: 41413926

Risk of cancer among individuals with a history of bacterial sexually transmitted infections: A population-based study in Alberta, Canada.

Qureshi HM, Hughes T, Franco EL, Fiest KM, Gratrix J, Smyczek PA, Read R, Afzal AR, Deardon R, Kassam A, Fidler-Benaoudia MM

International journal of cancer2026

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.70215 PMID: 41238523

Serologic Follow-Up of Infants Exposed to Maternal Syphilis During Pregnancy.

Tse-Chang A, Schwartz D, Robinson J, Gratrix J, Smyczek P, Hawkes MT

Sexually transmitted diseases2026

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002269 PMID: 41165318

Prevalence, Treatment, and Follow-Up for Lymphogranuloma Venereum Serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics in Alberta, Canada, 2018 to 2022.

Gratrix J, Plitt S, Niruban J, Karwacki J, McCullough E, Shukalek CB, Chu A, Gibbons S, Severini A, Smyczek P

Sexually transmitted diseases2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000002199 PMID: 40815293

Performance of the bioLytical Multiplex HIV 1/2 and Syphilis rapid test on serum in a laboratory evaluation for syphilis.

Eliopoulos A, Rivera B, McCullough E, Singh AE, Gratrix J, Tipples G, Zhou HY, Galli R, Rourke SB, Fonseca K

Microbiology spectrum2025

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00132-25 PMID: 40387374

Letter: Real-World Impact of Point-of-Care Testing for Syphilis and HIV in Non-Acute Care and Community Settings During a Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta, Canada.

Gratrix J, Singh AE, Vetland C, Ives N, Eliopoulos A, Fonseca K, Berenger BM, Egan C, Füzéry AK, Joffe AM, McDougall L, Rourke SB, Schindler R, Stokes W, Thompson LA, Tipples G, Valaire S, Venner AA

AIDS patient care and STDs2025First author

DOI: 10.1089/apc.2025.0026 PMID: 40277424

Kinetics of RPR Decline in Pregnant Persons Treated for Syphilis in Pregnancy and Their Infants.

Schwartz D, Tse-Chang A, Robinson J, Gratrix J, Smyczek P, Hawkes MT

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens13111010 PMID: 39599563

Retrospective Review of Prenatal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening in Alberta: 2018-2022.

McCullough E, Gratrix J, Smyzcek P, Charlton C, Plitt SS

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2023.102229 PMID: 37741620

Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research

Principal investigators: Singh, Ameeta E; Littlechild, Randy W; Sandstrom, Paul A; Egan, Cari; Gratrix, Jennifer; Rourke, Sean B

Keywords: Knowledge Mobilization; Syphilis

$150,000

Dual Syphilis and HIV: Evaluation of POC and Self-Test by Untrained Persons, Peers and Intended Users

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L; Keynan, Yoav; Rueda, Zulma V; Singh, Ameeta E

Keywords: Knowledge Mobilization; Syphilis

$150,000

Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Op. Gr.:Addressing Infectious/Congenital Syphilis-Syphilis Impl. Science-General

Principal investigators: Singh, Ameeta E; Littlechild, Randy W; Sandstrom, Paul A; Egan, Cari; Gratrix, Jennifer; Rourke, Sean B

Keywords: Congenital Syphilis; Emergency Department; First Nations Communities; Partner Notification Nurse; Pregnancy; Rapid Tests For Syphilis And Hiv; Screening And Diagnosis

$250,000

REACHing underserved and undiagnosed populations living with STBBIs in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: "Test, treat and linkage to culturally appropriate care"

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L; Fleury, Mathew; Keynan, Yoav; Rueda, Zulma V; Singh, Ameeta E; Skinner, Stuart J

Keywords: Congenital Syphilis; Cultural Support; Hiv; Implementation; Indigenous; Prairies; Syphilis; Test, Treat, Linkage To Care

$2,000,000

Dual Syphilis and HIV: Evaluation of POC and Self-Test by Untrained Persons, Peers and Intended Users

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Gr.:Addressing Infectious/Congenital Syphilis-Syphilis Impl. Science-General

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L; Keynan, Yoav; Rueda, Zulma V; Singh, Ameeta E

Keywords: Centralized Coordination; Clinical Trial; Community-Centred; Culturally Appropriate Care; Infectious And Congenital Syphilis; Knowledge Mobilization; Medical Device; Point Of Care And Self-Testing; Real-Time Monitoring And Evaluation; Test And Treat Interventions

$250,000

Improving sexual health for Canadians through a pharmacy-based sexual health services model

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: THINC Implementation Science Team Grants-HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Kelly, Deborah V; Godsell, Jennifer; MacNeil, Paula; Moulton, Dylan P; Richard, Greg; Hughes, Christine A; Ramsey, Tasha D; Wilby, Kyle J

Keywords: Community Pharmacy; Health Care Delivery; Hiv; Implementation Science; Mixed Methods; Sexual Health Services

$1,916,463

SCaPE Study: Syphilis in the Canadian Prairies Epidemiological Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Catalyst Grant: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C - Syphilis

Principal investigators: Shaw, Souradet Y

Keywords: Molecular Epidemiology; Stbbis; Surveillance; Syphilis

$99,865

Testing, Reaching the Undiagnosed and Linkages to Care: "REACHing" for Impact

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: HIV/AIDS Biomedical and Clinical Research - Prevention - Large

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Jones, Jennifer E; Monteith, Kenneth M; Proctor-Simms, Michelle; Tharao, Wangari E; Anis, Aslam H; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kelly, Deborah V; Kim, John E; King, Alexandra; Krajden, Mel; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Otis, Joanne; Pai, Nitika; Thavorn, Kednapa; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Biomedical And Clinical Team Grant

$5,999,999

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Knowledge Mobilization Dear Professor Gratrix, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Management of Infants Born to Pregnant Women with Reactive Syphilis Serology: Resource Saving from Using the Current Centers for Disease Control Guidelines." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Jennifer Gratrix

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Management of Infants Born to Pregnant Women with Reactive Syphilis Serology: Resource Saving from Using the Current Centers for Disease Control Guidelines.

Evaluating the Impact of Implementing and Scaling-Up the Use of Syphilis Rapid/Point-of-Care Tests: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of New Syphilis Positivity Rates in Alberta, Canada.

Risk of cancer among individuals with a history of bacterial sexually transmitted infections: A population-based study in Alberta, Canada.

Serologic Follow-Up of Infants Exposed to Maternal Syphilis During Pregnancy.

Prevalence, Treatment, and Follow-Up for Lymphogranuloma Venereum Serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics in Alberta, Canada, 2018 to 2022.

Performance of the bioLytical Multiplex HIV 1/2 and Syphilis rapid test on serum in a laboratory evaluation for syphilis.

Letter: Real-World Impact of Point-of-Care Testing for Syphilis and HIV in Non-Acute Care and Community Settings During a Syphilis Outbreak in Alberta, Canada.

Kinetics of RPR Decline in Pregnant Persons Treated for Syphilis in Pregnancy and Their Infants.

Retrospective Review of Prenatal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening in Alberta: 2018-2022.

Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta

Dual Syphilis and HIV: Evaluation of POC and Self-Test by Untrained Persons, Peers and Intended Users

Scaling Up Point Of Care Testing And Linkages To Care For Syphilis And HIV In Rural, Remote, And Indigenous Populations In Central Alberta

REACHing underserved and undiagnosed populations living with STBBIs in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba: "Test, treat and linkage to culturally appropriate care"

Dual Syphilis and HIV: Evaluation of POC and Self-Test by Untrained Persons, Peers and Intended Users

Improving sexual health for Canadians through a pharmacy-based sexual health services model

SCaPE Study: Syphilis in the Canadian Prairies Epidemiological Study

Testing, Reaching the Undiagnosed and Linkages to Care: "REACHing" for Impact

Frequent collaborators

Cari Egan

Ameeta Singh

Max Chernesky

Kathryn Dong

Raynell Lang

Richard Lester

Mingkai Peng

Sean Rourke

Christopher Sikora

Deena Hinshaw

Graham Tipples

Deena Hinshaw

Alejandra Ugarte Torres

Caley Shukalek

Raynell Lang

Gina Ogilvie

Richard Lester