James Dickinson, University of Calgary

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Calgary profile.

Infection Population Health Vaccination

Latest papers

Characterizing Pain in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Who Present for Emergency Care.
The Journal of pediatrics · 2021
Age and sex-specific incidence rates of group A streptococcal pharyngitis between 2010 and 2018: a population-based study.
Future microbiology · 2021
Importance of quality in breast cancer screening practice - a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada.
BMJ open · 2020

All 12 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$3,000,000
Preparation for Transforming Oral Health Prevention throughout Canada: two historical studies, a survey of elected officials and a template for action
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$99,970
Building evidence for adopting a new disease classification system in Canadian primary care settings: a mixed methods feasibility study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$646,424

All 4 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Characterizing Pain in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Who Present for Emergency Care.

Ali S, Maki C, Xie J, Lee BE, Dickinson J, MacDonald SE, Poonai N, Thull-Freedman J, Vanderkooi O, Rajagopal M, Sivakumar M, Chui L, Graham TAD, Nettel-Aguirre A, Svenson LW, Freedman SB, Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE Team) and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)

The Journal of pediatrics2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.029 PMID: 33333114

02

Age and sex-specific incidence rates of group A streptococcal pharyngitis between 2010 and 2018: a population-based study.

Mponponsuo K, Church DL, Lu SJ, Viczko J, Naugler C, McDonald T, Dickinson J, Somayaji R

Future microbiology2021

DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2021-0077 PMID: 34468182

03

Importance of quality in breast cancer screening practice - a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada.

Yuan Y, Vu K, Shen Y, Dickinson J, Winget M

BMJ open2020

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028766 PMID: 31911508

04

Performance of Stool-testing Recommendations for Acute Gastroenteritis When Used to Identify Children With 9 Potential Bacterial Enteropathogens.

Tarr GAM, Chui L, Lee BE, Pang XL, Ali S, Nettel-Aguirre A, Vanderkooi OG, Berenger BM, Dickinson J, Tarr PI, Drews S, MacDonald J, Kim K, Freedman SB

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2019

DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1021 PMID: 30517612

05

Scope of practice of family medicine graduates who completed a rural versus urban program.

Myhre D, Szafran O, Schipper S, Dickinson J, Janke F

Rural and remote health2018

DOI: 10.22605/rrh4514 PMID: 30059629

06

Factors associated with mode of colorectal cancer detection and time to diagnosis: a population level study.

Sikdar KC, Dickinson J, Winget M

BMC health services research2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1944-y PMID: 28056946

07

Implications of not matching to a first-choice discipline: a family medicine perspective.

Woloschuk W, Myhre D, Dickinson J, Ross S

Canadian medical education journal2017

PMID: 29098046

08

Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Canada during the era of prostate-specific antigen screening.

Dickinson J, Shane A, Tonelli M, Connor Gorber S, Joffres M, Singh H, Bell N

CMAJ open2016First author

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140079 PMID: 27280117

09

Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE): epidemiology, emerging organisms, and economics

Freedman SB, Lee BE, Louie M, Pang X-L, Ali S, Chuck A, Chui L, Currie GR, Dickinson J, Drews SJ

BMC Pediatrics201537 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0407-7

10

Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies.

Bell KJ, Del Mar C, Wright G, Dickinson J, Glasziou P

International journal of cancer2015

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29538 PMID: 25821151

The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - General

Principal investigators: Skowronski, Danuta Maria; Carazo, Sara; Dickinson, James; Mather, Richard

Keywords: Effectiveness; Emerging; Observational; Pandemic; Respiratory; Sentinel; Surveillance; Vaccine; Variant; Virus

$3,000,000

Preparation for Transforming Oral Health Prevention throughout Canada: two historical studies, a survey of elected officials and a template for action

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Guichon, Juliet R

Keywords: Communication; Dentistry; Family Medicine; History; Pediatrics; Public Health

$99,970

Building evidence for adopting a new disease classification system in Canadian primary care settings: a mixed methods feasibility study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Williamson, Tyler; Campbell, David J; Garies, Stephanie; McBrien, Kerry

Keywords: Administrative Data; Disease Classification System; Family Medicine; International Classification For Primary Care (Icpc); International Classification Of Diseases (Icd); Primary Care

$646,424

Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Coldman, Andrew J; Krajden, Mel; Van Niekerk, Dirk J; Ogilvie, Gina S

Keywords: Cancer Control; Cervical Cancer; Human Papillomavirus; Molecular Testing; Prevention; Screening

$395,000

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

Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Community Health Sciences
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Family Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Christopher Naugler

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2025

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Infection Dear Professor Dickinson, 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 "Characterizing Pain in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Who Present for Emergency Care." (2021), 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 "The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics." (2025), 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]

James Dickinson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Characterizing Pain in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis Who Present for Emergency Care.

Age and sex-specific incidence rates of group A streptococcal pharyngitis between 2010 and&#xa0;2018: a population-based study.

Importance of quality in breast cancer screening practice - a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada.

Performance of Stool-testing Recommendations for Acute Gastroenteritis When Used to Identify Children With 9 Potential Bacterial Enteropathogens.

Scope of practice of family medicine graduates who completed a rural versus urban program.

Factors associated with mode of colorectal cancer detection and time to diagnosis: a population level study.

Implications of not matching to a first-choice discipline: a family medicine perspective.

Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Canada during the era of prostate-specific antigen screening.

Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE): epidemiology, emerging organisms, and economics

Prevalence of incidental prostate cancer: A systematic review of autopsy studies.

Preparation for Transforming Oral Health Prevention throughout Canada: two historical studies, a survey of elected officials and a template for action

Building evidence for adopting a new disease classification system in Canadian primary care settings: a mixed methods feasibility study

Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening

Frequent collaborators

Samina Ali

Marcello Tonelli

Harminder Singh

Shannon MacDonald

James Kellner

Shelley Ross

Jennifer Thull-Freedman

Otto Vanderkooi

Yan Yuan

Mohamed Eltorki

Steven Drews

Ranjani Somayaji

Mo Eltorki

Naveen Poonai

Elizabeth Shaw

Christopher Naugler

Age and sex-specific incidence rates of group A streptococcal pharyngitis between 2010 and 2018: a population-based study.