Research
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Latest papers
Hematologic adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and revaccination in persons aged 12 and above: A Canadian Immunization Research Network study
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics · 2026
Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive National Pediatric Surveillance (1991 to 2019).
Paediatrics & child health · 2025
Immunological effects and safety of live rotavirus vaccination after antenatal exposure to immunomodulatory biologic agents: a prospective cohort study from the Canadian Immunization Research Network.
The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2023
Latest funding
- $932,667
Canadian Immunization Research Network
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
- $19,811
CPARG @30: Knowledge translation in the digital age
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
- $10,000
Establishing a Research Agenda for Optimizing the Diagnosis and Care of Infants with Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Infection in Canada
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
122 publications.
Hematologic adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and revaccination in persons aged 12 and above: A Canadian Immunization Research Network study
Smolinski M, Chew JL, Constantinescu C, Buchan CA, Burton C, Carignan A, Castellucci LA, Suresh S, McConnell A, Morris SK
Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive National Pediatric Surveillance (1991 to 2019).
Lee LD, Vadlamudi NK, Yu K, Sadarangani M, Le Saux N, Embree J, Kellner JD, Morris SK, Halperin SA, Bettinger JA, for Members of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT)
Immunological effects and safety of live rotavirus vaccination after antenatal exposure to immunomodulatory biologic agents: a prospective cohort study from the Canadian Immunization Research Network.
Fitzpatrick T, Alsager K, Sadarangani M, Pham-Huy A, Murguía-Favela L, Morris SK, Seow CH, Piché-Renaud PP, Jadavji T, Vanderkooi OG, Top KA, Constantinescu C, Special Immunization Clinic Network investigators
Factors associated with intention for revaccination among patients with adverse events following immunization
Muñoz CE, Pham-Huy A, Pernica JM, Boucher FD, De Serres G, Vaudry W, Constantinescu C, Sadarangani M, Bettinger JA, Tapiéro B
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza-related hospitalization, intensive care admission and mortality in children in Canada: A population-based study.
Groves HE, Papenburg J, Mehta K, Bettinger JA, Sadarangani M, Halperin SA, Morris SK, for members of the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT)
Revaccination and Adverse Event Recurrence in Patients with Adverse Events following Immunization
Muñoz CE, MacDonald B, Pham-Huy A, Vaudry W, Pernica JM, Boucher FD, Constantinescu C, Sadarangani M, Bettinger JA, Tapiéro B
Kawasaki disease following immunization reported to the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive (IMPACT) from 2013 to 2018.
Alsager K, Khatri Vadlamudi N, Jadavji T, Bettinger JA, Constantinescu C, Vaudry W, Tan B, Sauvé L, Sadarangani M, Halperin SA, Top KA
Antiviral Use in Canadian Children Hospitalized for Influenza.
Mehta K, Morris SK, Bettinger JA, Vaudry W, Jadavji T, Halperin SA, Bancej C, Sadarangani M, Dendukuri N, Papenburg J, Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT) Investigators
Pregnancy Among HIV-Serodiscordant Couples: Case Report of Vertical Transmission and Retrospective Case Series
Bipasha Choudhury, Maria Stadnyk, Dolores Freire Jijon, Luke McLaughlin, Jamil N. Kanji, Carmen L. Charlton, Petra Smyczek, Wendy Vaudry, Stan C. Houston, Alena Tse‐Chang, Michael Hawkes
POS-199 STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE-ASSOCIATED HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME IN CANADIAN CHILDREN WITH INVASIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE: FROM IMPACT NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE NETWORK
Lauren Dagyung Lee, Manish Sadarangani, Nicole Le Saux, Francesca Reyes Domingo, James D. Kellner, Joanne Embreé, Wendy Vaudry, Shaun K. Morris, Scott A. Halperin, J.A. Bettinger for the members of IMPACT
Canadian Immunization Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Burchell, Ann N; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Doroshenko, Alexander; Dubé, Eve; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; McNeil, Shelly A; Sadarangani, Manish; Top, Karina A; Ulanova, Marina; Ward, Brian J
Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Modeling And Economic Analysis; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations
CPARG @30: Knowledge translation in the digital age
Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima
Keywords: Hiv; Knowledge Dissemination; Pediatrics; Tools
Establishing a Research Agenda for Optimizing the Diagnosis and Care of Infants with Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) Infection in Canada
Principal investigators: Brophy, Jason C; Chakraborty, Pranesh K; Dunn, Jessica; Gantt, Soren M; Goldfarb, David M
Keywords: Congenital Cmv Infection; Cytomegalovirus; Infant Hearing Loss; Newborn Screening
Canadian Immunization Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Dubé, Eve; Fisman, David N; Hatchette, Todd F; Isenor, Jennifer; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; MacDougall, Heather A; Mahmud, Salaheddin; McNeil, Shelly A; Naus, Monika; Ogilvie, Gina S; Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Scheifele, David W; Top, Karina A; Van Buynder, Paul; Vaudry, Wendy L; Ward, Brian J; Watts, Tania H; Wilson, Kumanan; Wilson, Sarah
Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations
Canadian Immunization Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Dubé, Eve; Hatchette, Todd F; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; Mahmud, Salaheddin; McNeil, Shelly A; Naus, Monika; Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Scheifele, David W; Skowronski, Danuta Maria; Top, Karina A; Vaudry, Wendy L; Ward, Brian J; Watts, Tania H; Wilson, Kumanan; Wilson, Sarah
Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations
Severe influenza in infants, children and youth: Role of clinical and epidemiologic risk factors
Principal investigators: Tran, Dat; Halperin, Scott A
Keywords: Children; Clinical Risk Factors; Epidemiology; Influenza; Pandemic
Severe influenza in infants, children and youths: Role of clinical and epidemiologic risk factors
Principal investigators: Tran, Dat; Halperin, Scott A
Keywords: Children; Clinical Risk Factors; Epidemiology; Influenza; Pandemic
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Scott Halperin and Julie Bettinger: 90 shared papers
- Julie Bettinger and Manish Sadarangani: 73 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Shelly McNeil: 71 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Karina Top: 66 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Wendy Vaudry: 60 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Allison McGeer: 55 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Manish Sadarangani: 53 shared papers
- Julie Bettinger and Karina Top: 52 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Jesse Papenburg: 50 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Manish Sadarangani: 46 shared papers
- Julie Bettinger and Wendy Vaudry: 45 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Karina Top: 41 shared papers
- James Kellner and Otto Vanderkooi: 41 shared papers
- Jesse Papenburg and Caroline Quach: 39 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Bruce Smith: 37 shared papers
- Jason Brophy and Ari Bitnun: 35 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Karina Top: 34 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Jesse Papenburg: 33 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and James Kellner: 33 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and James Kellner: 32 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Manish Sadarangani: 24 shared papers
- Julie Bettinger and Otto Vanderkooi: 24 shared papers
- Jason Brophy and Fatima Kakkar: 22 shared papers
- Jesse Papenburg and Cheryl Foo: 22 shared papers
- Bonita Lee and Otto Vanderkooi: 22 shared papers
- Fatima Kakkar and Jesse Papenburg: 21 shared papers
- Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Manish Sadarangani: 20 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Julie Bettinger: 20 shared papers
- Fatima Kakkar and Manish Sadarangani: 20 shared papers
- Karina Top and Wendy Vaudry: 20 shared papers
- Deborah Money and Jason Brophy: 19 shared papers
- Deborah Money and Fatima Kakkar: 19 shared papers
- Fatima Kakkar and Ari Bitnun: 19 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Cheryl Foo: 19 shared papers
- Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Karina Top: 17 shared papers
- Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Jesse Papenburg: 16 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Wendy Vaudry: 16 shared papers
- Cora-Mihaela Constantinescu and Karina Top: 16 shared papers
- Deborah Money and Shelly McNeil: 15 shared papers
- Jason Brophy and Michael Hawkes: 15 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Wendy Vaudry: 15 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Caroline Quach: 15 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Dat Tran: 14 shared papers
- Deborah Money and Ari Bitnun: 13 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Bonita Lee: 13 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Julie Bettinger: 12 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Cheryl Foo: 12 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Bruce Smith: 11 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Caroline Quach: 11 shared papers
- Manish Sadarangani and Cora-Mihaela Constantinescu: 11 shared papers
- Shaun Morris and Wendy Vaudry: 10 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Cora-Mihaela Constantinescu: 8 shared papers
- Michael Hawkes and Ari Bitnun: 8 shared papers
- James Kellner and Wendy Vaudry: 8 shared papers
- Caroline Quach and Wendy Vaudry: 7 shared papers
- Cora-Mihaela Constantinescu and Wendy Vaudry: 7 shared papers
- Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Wendy Vaudry: 6 shared papers
- Jason Brophy and Wendy Vaudry: 6 shared papers
- Fatima Kakkar and Wendy Vaudry: 6 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Michael Hawkes: 5 shared papers
- Michael Hawkes and Bonita Lee: 5 shared papers
- Michael Hawkes and Wendy Vaudry: 5 shared papers
- Bonita Lee and Wendy Vaudry: 5 shared papers
- Otto Vanderkooi and Wendy Vaudry: 5 shared papers
- Deborah Money and Wendy Vaudry: 4 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Doug Coyle: 4 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Wendy Vaudry: 4 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Sergio Fanella: 4 shared papers
- Allison McGeer and Wendy Vaudry: 4 shared papers
- Julie Bettinger and Doug Coyle: 4 shared papers
- Jesse Papenburg and Wendy Vaudry: 4 shared papers
- Sergio Fanella and Wendy Vaudry: 4 shared papers
- Karina Top and Bruce Smith: 4 shared papers
- Dat Tran and Sergio Fanella: 3 shared papers
- Cheryl Foo and Wendy Vaudry: 3 shared papers
- Doug Coyle and Wendy Vaudry: 3 shared papers
- Wendy Vaudry and Bruce Smith: 3 shared papers
- Wendy Vaudry and Ari Bitnun: 3 shared papers
- Department of Pediatrics
- Cumming School of Medicine
- Pediatrics Dept
- Department of Paediatrics
- Pediatrics
- Epidemiology Division
- Département de microbiologie et immunologie
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Scott Halperin
Department of Pediatrics
60 shared papers, latest 2026
Julie Bettinger
Department of Pediatrics
45 shared papers, latest 2025
David Scheifele
Department of Pediatrics
41 shared papers, latest 2025
Karina Top
Pediatrics Dept
20 shared papers, latest 2026
Manish Sadarangani
Department of Pediatrics
16 shared papers, latest 2026
Dat Tran
Department of Paediatrics
15 shared papers, latest 2022
Shaun Morris
Epidemiology Division
10 shared papers, latest 2025
James Kellner
Cumming School of Medicine
8 shared papers, latest 2025
Caroline Quach
Département de microbiologie et immunologie
7 shared papers, latest 2026
Cora-Mihaela Constantinescu
Cumming School of Medicine
7 shared papers, latest 2026
Jeffrey Pernica
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Gaston De Serres
Prix Et Distinctions
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Fatima Kakkar
Pediatrics
6 shared papers, latest 2019
Jason Brophy
Pediatrics
6 shared papers, latest 2020
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica
Department of Pediatrics
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Michael Hawkes
Biodiversity Research Centre
5 shared papers, latest 2021
Otto Vanderkooi
Cumming School of Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Hawkes
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2021
Bonita Lee
Department of Community Health Sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2014
Lindy Samson
Microbiologie et immunologie
5 shared papers, latest 2020
Bruce Smith
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Ari Bitnun
Department of Paediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2020
Alex Carignan
Département de microbiologie et d'infectiologie
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Vivian Huang
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Julia Upton
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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