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Anita Kozyrskyj

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Alberta

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Anita Kozyrskyj

Researcher

Pediatrics

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.
5 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 16 research grants (16 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 6 trainee awards (6 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Allergy Asthma Cesarean Section Infants Intestine Microbiota Overweight Preschool

Latest papers

Microbial Diversity Estimation and Hill Number Calculation Using the Hierarchical Pitman-Yor Process.
Statistics in medicine · 2026
Early-life antibiotic exposure aggravates hepatic steatosis through enhanced endotoxemia and lipotoxic effects driven by gut Parabacteroides.
MedComm · 2025
Maternal Iron and Vitamin D Status during the Second Trimester Is Associated with Third Trimester Depression Symptoms among Pregnant Participants in the APrON Cohort.
The Journal of nutrition · 2024

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Role of prenatal stress in the co-development of children's gut microbiome and socioemotional problems
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,327,276
Gut microbiota as a biological pathway linking social determinants, maternal mental health, and child neurodevelopment
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,350,225
Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 25 grants and awards

19 publications.

Microbial Diversity Estimation and Hill Number Calculation Using the Hierarchical Pitman-Yor Process.

McGregor K, Parsons T, Simons E, Scott J, Kozyrskyj A, Quince C

Statistics in medicine2026

DOI: 10.1002/sim.70689 PMID: 42547909

Early-life antibiotic exposure aggravates hepatic steatosis through enhanced endotoxemia and lipotoxic effects driven by gut Parabacteroides.

Zhang X, Chan DCL, Zhu J, Sin DZY, Peng Y, Wong MKL, Zhu W, Tsui Y, Haqq AM, Ting JY, Kozyrskyj A, Chan FKL, Ng SC, Tun HM

MedComm2025

DOI: 10.1002/mco2.70104 PMID: 39968496

Maternal Iron and Vitamin D Status during the Second Trimester Is Associated with Third Trimester Depression Symptoms among Pregnant Participants in the APrON Cohort.

Evanchuk JL, Kozyrskyj A, Vaghef-Mehrabani E, Lamers Y, Giesbrecht GF, Letourneau N, Aghajafari F, Dewey D, Leung B, Bell RC, Field CJ

The Journal of nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.10.029 PMID: 37984742

Maternal Iron Status Is Dynamic Throughout Pregnancy and Might Predict Birth Outcomes in a Sex Dependent Manner: Results from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Cohort Study.

Evanchuk JL, Kozyrskyj A, Hanas N, Goruk S, Vaghef-Mehrabani E, Archundia-Herrera CM, O'Brien KO, Letourneau NL, Giesbrecht GF, Bell RC, Field CJ

The Journal of nutrition2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.06.042 PMID: 37393033

Pathways of atopic disease and neurodevelopmental impairment: assessing the evidence for infant antibiotics.

Volker E, Tessier C, Rodriguez N, Yager J, Kozyrskyj A

Expert review of clinical immunology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2022.2101450 PMID: 35822921

Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health.

Prescott SL, Wegienka G, Kort R, Nelson DH, Gabrysch S, Hancock T, Kozyrskyj A, Lowry CA, Redvers N, Poland B, Robinson J, Moubarac JC, Warber S, Jansson J, Sinkkonen A, Penders J, Erdman S, Nanan R, van den Bosch M, Schneider K, Schroeck NJ, Sobko T, Harvie J, Kaplan GA, Moodie R, Lengnick L, Prilleltensky I, Celidwen Y, Berman SH, Logan AC, Berman B

International journal of environmental research and public health2021

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182010654 PMID: 34682400

Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity.

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, Ouyang F, Luo ZC, Fan J, Dubois L, Mâsse B, Zhang J, Leung PCK, Liao XP, Herba CM, Booij L, Shen J, Lewin A, Jiang H, Wang L, Xu J, Wu W, Sun W, Wu J, Li H, Lei C, Kozyrskyj A, Semenic S, Chaillet N, Fortier I, Masse L, Zhan J, Allard C, Knoppers B, Zawati M, Baillargeon JP, Velez MP, Zhang H, Yu Y, Yu W, Ding Y, Vaillancourt C, Liu H, Tetu A, Fang W, Zhang R, Zhao X, Jin Y, Liu XM, Zhang H, Chen Z, Yang X, Hao YH, Abdelouahab N, Fraser W, Huang HF

BMJ open2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045192 PMID: 33795307

Maternal and cord blood vitamin D level and the infant gut microbiota in a birth cohort study.

Kassem Z, Sitarik A, Levin AM, Lynch SV, Havstad S, Fujimura K, Kozyrskyj A, Ownby DR, Johnson CC, Yong GJM, Wegienka G, Cassidy-Bushrow AE

Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology2020

DOI: 10.1186/s40748-020-00119-x PMID: 33101701

Food allergy and growth from late childhood to early adolescence.

Smith SJ, Abrams EM, Kozyrskyj A, Becker A, Protudjer JLP

Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2020.05.030 PMID: 32504665

Eighth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities.

Prescott SL, Hancock T, Bland J, van den Bosch M, Jansson JK, Johnson CC, Kondo M, Katz D, Kort R, Kozyrskyj A, Logan AC, Lowry CA, Nanan R, Poland B, Robinson J, Schroeck N, Sinkkonen A, Springmann M, Wright RO, Wegienka G

International journal of environmental research and public health2019

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16214302 PMID: 31694316

Role of prenatal stress in the co-development of children's gut microbiome and socioemotional problems

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Gut-Brain-Axis; Mental Health; Microbiome Maturation; Prenatal Stress; Socioemotional Development

$1,327,276

Gut microbiota as a biological pathway linking social determinants, maternal mental health, and child neurodevelopment

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ospina, Maria B; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Sycuro, Laura K; Van Lieshout, Ryan J

Keywords: Child Neurodevelopment; Epidemiology; Gut Microbiota; Mental Health; Microbiology; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Prospective Cohort Study; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Sciences

$1,350,225

Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Human Dev. Child and Youth Health

Principal investigators: Samuel, Susan M; Andrade, Brendan; Archibald, Mandy M; Benchimol, Eric I; Birken, Catherine S; Chafe, Roger E; Chaillet, Nils; Jans, Jop; Keijzer, Richard; King, Alexandra; King, Malcolm; Mandhane, Piush; Poonai, Naveen; Pritchard-Wiart, Lesley; Regnault, Timothy R; Salami, Bukola O; Stinson, Jennifer N; Tersigni, Claudia A; Thomson, Ron; Walsh, Catharine M; Zwicker, Jill G

Keywords: Child; Child Health; Clinician; Equity; Human Development; Life Cycle; Perinatal Health; Scientist; Training; Youth

$2,400,000

The Impact of Maternal Distress on Infant Neurodevelopment: Examining the Mediating Role of the Infant Gut Microbiome and Metabolome

SupervisorCIHR2020Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Principal investigators: Tessier, Carmen

Keywords: Gut Microbiome And Metabolome; Infant; Infant Neurodevelopment; Maternal Distress; Mediating Role

$6,000

Contribution of the microbiome to asthma risk in premature infants

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Arrieta Mendez, Marie-Claire; Azad, Meghan; Giesbrecht, Gerald F; Kembel, Steven W; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Langille, Morgan G; McNagny, Kelly M; Sycuro, Laura K

Keywords: Asthma; Early-Life Microbiome; Gut Microbiome; Prematurity; Systems Biology

$1,999,941

Causational Roles of the Gut Microbiome in Childhood Asthma: Leveraging the CHILD Cohort Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams

Principal investigators: Subbarao, Padmaja; Azad, Meghan; Duan, Qingling; Hirota, Jeremy A; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Lou, Wen-Yi W; McNagny, Kelly M; Surette, Michael G; Turvey, Stuart E

Keywords: Asthma; Bioinformatics; Birth Cohort; Epidemiology; Gut Microbiome; Human Milk; Immunology; Mechanistic Studies; Murine Asthma Models; Translational Science

$1,999,401

Integrated Microbiome Platforms for Advancing Causation Testing and Translation (IMPACTT)

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Core - LOI

Principal investigators: McCoy, Kathy; Arrieta Mendez, Marie-Claire; Beiko, Robert G; Brinkman, Fiona S; Geuking, Markus; Gros, Philippe; Harrison, Joe J; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Kubes, Paul; Langille, Morgan G; Lewis, Ian A; Madsen, Karen L; Silva, Diego S; Sycuro, Laura K; Wine, Eytan

Keywords: Computational Tools And Analysis; Functional Studies; Gnotobiotic Animal Models; Host-Microbe Interactions; Human Cohort Linkage; Microbial Repositories; Microbiome; Omics Platforms; Research Core; Standardized Protocols

$25,000

IMPACTT: A Microbiome Research Core based on Integrated Microbiome Platforms for Advancing Causation Testing and Translation

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Core

Principal investigators: McCoy, Kathy; Arrieta Mendez, Marie-Claire; Brinkman, Fiona S; Danska, Jayne S; Geuking, Markus; Greenwood, Celia M; Gros, Philippe; Harrison, Joe J; Hsiao, William; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Kubes, Paul; Lewis, Ian A; Madsen, Karen L; Silva, Diego S; Sycuro, Laura K

Keywords: Computational Tools And Analyses; Functional Studies; Gnotobiotic Animal Models; Host-Microbiome Interactions; Human Cohorts; Microbial Repositories; Microbiome; Omics Platforms; Research Core; Standardized Protocols

$3,000,000

The microbiome of premature infants in asthma risk

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Arrieta Mendez, Marie-Claire; Azad, Meghan; Giesbrecht, Gerald F; Kembel, Steven W; Kozyrskyj, Anita L; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Langille, Morgan G; McNagny, Kelly M

Keywords: Asthma; Early-Life Microbiome; Gut Microbiome; Prematurity; Systems Biology

$25,000

Programming the gut microbiome for child growth and development: a multi-national intervention study.

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Comelli, Elena M; Connor, Kristin L

Keywords: Child Growth And Development; Cohort Studies; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Intervention; Microbiome; Nutrition; Obesity; Pregnancy

$25,000

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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Anita Kozyrskyj

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Latest funding

Microbial Diversity Estimation and Hill Number Calculation Using the Hierarchical Pitman-Yor Process.

Early-life antibiotic exposure aggravates hepatic steatosis through enhanced endotoxemia and lipotoxic effects driven by gut Parabacteroides.

Maternal Iron and Vitamin D Status during the Second Trimester Is Associated with Third Trimester Depression Symptoms among Pregnant Participants in the APrON Cohort.

Maternal Iron Status Is Dynamic Throughout Pregnancy and Might Predict Birth Outcomes in a Sex Dependent Manner: Results from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Cohort Study.

Pathways of atopic disease and neurodevelopmental impairment: assessing the evidence for infant antibiotics.

Project Earthrise: Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health.

Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity.

Maternal and cord blood vitamin D level and the infant gut microbiota in a birth cohort study.

Food allergy and growth from late childhood to early adolescence.

Eighth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities.

Frequent collaborators

Matilda Van Den Bosch

Blake Poland

J Michael Paterson

Yvonne Lamers

Jerome Yager

Brenda Leung

Jean-Claude Moubarac

Fariba Aghajafari

Jean-Patrice Baillargeon

Luigi Bouchard

Hind Sbihi

Zhong-Cheng Luo

William Fraser

Louise Masse

Linda Booij

Theo Moraes

Isabel Fortier

Ma'n Zawati

James Scott

Allan Becker

Judah Aryeh Denburg

Joseph Macri

Michael Mark Cyr

Padmaja Subbarao

Malcolm Sears

Nicole Letourneau

Dawn Kingston

Bartha Knoppers

Deborah Dewey

Lise Dubois

Sonia Anand

Isabelle Marc