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Nicholas Ashbolt
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Research
Latest papers
Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) of human health risks from faecal pathogens associated with a Natural Swimming Pond (NSP).
Water research · 2021 · senior author
Characterization of water treatment-resistant and multidrug-resistant urinary pathogenic Escherichia coli in treated wastewater.
Water research · 2020
Arctic antibiotic resistance gene contamination, a result of anthropogenic activities and natural origin.
The Science of the total environment · 2018
Latest funding
- $99,970
COVID-19 Variant Network - Detection and quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to conduct surveillance on burden of community infection, identify outbreaks and support public health decision-making on control measures for transmission of COVID-19
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $50,000
Transport of Aerosols/Droplets Related to the Spread of COVID-19 in Indoor and Outdoor Environments_x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $487,859
Detection and quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to conduct surveillance on burden of community infection, identify outbreaks and support public health decision-making on control measures for transmission of COVID-19
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
8 publications.
Screening Level Risk Assessment (SLRA) of human health risks from faecal pathogens associated with a Natural Swimming Pond (NSP).
Petterson S, Li Q, Ashbolt N
Characterization of water treatment-resistant and multidrug-resistant urinary pathogenic Escherichia coli in treated wastewater.
Zhi S, Stothard P, Banting G, Scott C, Huntley K, Ryu K, Otto S, Ashbolt N, Checkley S, Dong T, Ruecker NJ, Neumann NF
Arctic antibiotic resistance gene contamination, a result of anthropogenic activities and natural origin.
Tan L, Li L, Ashbolt N, Wang X, Cui Y, Zhu X, Xu Y, Yang Y, Mao D, Luo Y
Annual variations and effects of temperature on Legionella spp. and other potential opportunistic pathogens in a bathroom.
Lu J, Buse H, Struewing I, Zhao A, Lytle D, Ashbolt N
A one-step centrifugal ultrafiltration method to concentrate enteric viruses from wastewater.
Qiu Y, Lee BE, Ruecker NJ, Neumann N, Ashbolt N, Pang X
Evaluation of Various Campylobacter-Specific Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Assays for Detection and Enumeration of Campylobacteraceae in Irrigation Water and Wastewater via a Miniaturized Most-Probable-Number-qPCR Assay.
Banting GS, Braithwaite S, Scott C, Kim J, Jeon B, Ashbolt N, Ruecker N, Tymensen L, Charest J, Pintar K, Checkley S, Neumann NF
Evaluation of three full-scale stormwater treatment systems with respect to water yield, pathogen removal efficacy and human health risk from faecal pathogens.
Petterson SR, Mitchell VG, Davies CM, O'Connor J, Kaucner C, Roser D, Ashbolt N
Photovoltaic powered ultraviolet and visible light-emitting diodes for sustainable point-of-use disinfection of drinking waters.
Lui GY, Roser D, Corkish R, Ashbolt N, Jagals P, Stuetz R
COVID-19 Variant Network - Detection and quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to conduct surveillance on burden of community infection, identify outbreaks and support public health decision-making on control measures for transmission of COVID-19
Principal investigators: Pang, Xiaoli L; Hinshaw, Deena; Ashbolt, Nicholas J
Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic; Local, National And International Collaborative Efforts; Measure Of Community-Based Infection; Predict Re-Emergence Of Covid-19 Outbreak; Public Health Decision-Making; Real-Time Evidence To Support Rapis Response Interventions; Real-Time Molecular Detection And Quantitation Of Sars-Cov-2; Sars-Cov-2 In Sewage
Transport of Aerosols/Droplets Related to the Spread of COVID-19 in Indoor and Outdoor Environments_x000d_
Principal investigators: Zhang, Wenming
Detection and quantitation of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to conduct surveillance on burden of community infection, identify outbreaks and support public health decision-making on control measures for transmission of COVID-19
Principal investigators: Pang, Xiaoli L; Hinshaw, Deena; Ashbolt, Nicholas J
Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic; Local, National And International Collaborative Efforts; Measure Of Community-Based Infection; Predict Re-Emergence Of Covid-19 Outbreak; Public Health Decision-Making; Real-Time Evidence To Support Rapis Response Interventions; Real-Time Molecular Detection And Quantitation Of Sars-Cov-2; Sars-Cov-2 In Sewage
Possibility and Risk of COVID-19 Virus Transport via Bioaerosols in Building Plumbing and Municipal Drainage Systems_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
Principal investigators: Zhu, David
The Water-Food-Health Nexus: A Nunavut-led Assessment
Principal investigators: Harper, Sherilee L; Ashbolt, Nicholas J; Ford, James D; Jamieson, Rob; LeBlanc-Havard, Michele; Shapiro, Karen
Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation; Food And Water Security; Foodborne Disease; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing; Interdisciplinary Research; Inuit Health And Wellness; Mixed Qualitative And Quantitative Research Methods; One Health / Ecohealth Approaches; Water-Food-Health Nexus; Waterborne Disease
Advancing energy recovery from source-diverted municipal wastewater: shaping microbial community through direct interspecies electron transfer**
Principal investigators: Liu, Yang
Evaluating microbial risks and performance criteria for safe management of stormwater and rainwater use in Alberta
Principal investigators: Neumann, Norman
Control options for premise plumbing opportunistic pathogen exposures
Principal investigators: Ashbolt, Nicholas
forWater: NSERC Network for Forested Drinking Water Source Protection Technologies
Principal investigators: Emelko, Monica
Bridging the gap between exposure to AMR in the environment and impact to human health
Principal investigators: Ashbolt, Nicholas J
Keywords: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria; Antimicrobial Resistance; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Sources; Health Impact
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Other
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