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Fariba Aghajafari

ResearcherUniversity of Calgary

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Fariba Aghajafari

Researcher

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
24 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Social, Cultural, Environmental And Population Health

Latest papers

The impact of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations: a Canadian population-based cohort study using administrative data
BMC International Health and Human Rights · 2026
Attitudes towards supervised consumption sites and e-health overdose response interventions: development and reliability of the Canadian National Questionnaire on Overdose Monitoring (CNQOM).
BMJ open · 2026
Continuity of Care Surrounding Emergency Department Encounters for People with Kidney Failure in Alberta, Canada: A Qualitative Study.
Kidney360 · 2026

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Co-Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Kickstand360: A Learning Health System
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$617,701
Community organizing for equitable and empowered involvement of racialized immigrant communities in health research: transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral mobilization
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Virtual Primary Care Policy for Pandemic Preparedness and the New Normal: Co-designing resilience, sustainability, quality and equity
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,520

All 6 grants and awards

37 publications.

The impact of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations: a Canadian population-based cohort study using administrative data

Katz A, Aubrey-Bassler K, Aghajafari F, Fransoo G, Ivers NM, Kwong JC, Moineddin R, Nguyen L, Saj D, Taylor C

BMC International Health and Human Rights20261 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24824-4

Attitudes towards supervised consumption sites and e-health overdose response interventions: development and reliability of the Canadian National Questionnaire on Overdose Monitoring (CNQOM).

Rider N, Seo B, Viste D, Rioux W, Sedaghat N, Pan B, Al Hamarneh YN, McCormack GR, Aghajafari F, McDougall L, Ghosh SM

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105751 PMID: 41577347

Continuity of Care Surrounding Emergency Department Encounters for People with Kidney Failure in Alberta, Canada: A Qualitative Study.

Kotani HE, Thompson S, Harrison TG, Love S, Ronksley PE, McRae AD, Aghajafari F, Donald M, Corradetti B, Verdin N, MacRae JM, Elliott MJ

Kidney3602026

DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000001161 PMID: 41801262

"Don't tell me I'm going to feel joy": The emotional burden of informal caregivers of patients with a fragility fracture discharged from a rehabilitation hospital.

Hodwitz K, El-Hussein M, Cameron JI, Meadows LM, Watt J, Ashe M, Phan J, Aghajafari F, Funnell L, Verduyn A, Sale JEM

Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00198-026-08027-0 PMID: 42165872

Vaccination models of delivery for refugees and migrants: a global scoping review.

Aghajafari F, Guzek D, Kamal H, Ness A, Wall L, McClurg C, Pooladi-Darvish A, Weightman AM, Coakley A

BMC public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24315-6 PMID: 41063068

Mobilizing COVID-19 Vaccination Partnerships for Newcomer Refugees and Immigrants in the Calgary, Canada Area, 2021-2022.

Aghajafari F, Wall L, Weightman AM, Ness A, Lake D, Anupindi K, Moorthi G, Kuk B, Santana M, Coakley A

Journal of immigrant and minority health2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10903-025-01687-w PMID: 40312594

Comparing the Quality of Primary Care Electronic Health Record Data in Australia and Canada: Case Study in Osteoarthritis.

Thuraisingam S, Marasinghe DH, Barrick K, Aghajafari F, Manski-Nankervis JA, Dowsey MM, Quan H, Williamson T, Garies S

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/69631 PMID: 40607740

An exploration of COVID-19 vaccination models for newcomer refugees and immigrants in Calgary, Canada.

Aghajafari F, Wall L, Weightman AM, Ness A, Lake D, Anupindi K, Moorthi G, Kuk B, Santana M, Coakley A

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01255-y PMID: 38468290

Exploring community- and systemic-level gender-based violence in visible minority women across five countries from an intersectionality lens: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review.

Chowdhury N, Erman D, Raihan M, Marshall Z, Datta R, Aghajafari F, Shankar J, Sehgal K, Rashid R, Turin TC

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077113 PMID: 39174066

Bisphosphonates.

Billington E, Aghajafari F, Skulsky E, Kline GA

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076898 PMID: 39168493

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Fariba Aghajafari

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The impact of COVID-19 vaccine distribution channels on equity-deserving populations: a Canadian population-based cohort study using administrative data

Attitudes towards supervised consumption sites and e-health overdose response interventions: development and reliability of the Canadian National Questionnaire on Overdose Monitoring (CNQOM).

Continuity of Care Surrounding Emergency Department Encounters for People with Kidney Failure in Alberta, Canada: A Qualitative Study.

"Don't tell me I'm going to feel joy": The emotional burden of informal caregivers of patients with a fragility fracture discharged from a rehabilitation hospital.

Vaccination models of delivery for refugees and migrants: a global scoping review.

Mobilizing COVID-19 Vaccination Partnerships for Newcomer Refugees and Immigrants in the Calgary, Canada Area, 2021-2022.

Comparing the Quality of Primary Care Electronic Health Record Data in Australia and Canada: Case Study in Osteoarthritis.

An exploration of COVID-19 vaccination models for newcomer refugees and immigrants in Calgary, Canada.

Exploring community- and systemic-level gender-based violence in visible minority women across five countries from an intersectionality lens: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review.

Bisphosphonates.

Co-Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Kickstand360: A Learning Health System

Community organizing for equitable and empowered involvement of racialized immigrant communities in health research: transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral mobilization

Virtual Primary Care Policy for Pandemic Preparedness and the New Normal: Co-designing resilience, sustainability, quality and equity

Decisions to Seek Emergency Medical Care Among People with Kidney Failure: Implications for Optimal Care Delivery

Improving Vaccine Confidence with Better Clinical Conversations: Expanding and evaluating a dynamic, clinician-driven, online guide for Canadian primary care

Community Based Health Data Cooperative in an Urban Immigrant Community.

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Annalee Coakley

Maria Santana

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Deidre Lake

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Kris Aubrey-Bassler

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Zack Marshall

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