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Jason Cabaj

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Jason Cabaj

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

Health Sciences

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.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Childhood Vaccination Health Equity Implementation Science Quality Improvement Vaccine Hesitancy Youth Health

Latest papers

Wastewater-based surveillance of hepatitis A virus across municipalities and neighbourhoods in Alberta, Canada.
The Science of the total environment · 2026
Organizational interventions to support and promote the mental health of healthcare workers during pandemics and epidemics: a systematic review
BMC Health Services Research · 2025
A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021.
Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2025

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Developing wastewater-based surveillance tools to understand the changing nature of population-level substance use and reduce drug poisonings
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,231,649
Wastewater-based surveillance for substances of abuse: Developing actionable tools to inform on the dynamic nature of the drug supply
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Tertiary Care Hospitals: Advancing Wastewater Science and Providing an Early-Warning System for Hospital Transmission and Outbreaks
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$304,948

All 13 grants and awards

12 publications.

Wastewater-based surveillance of hepatitis A virus across municipalities and neighbourhoods in Alberta, Canada.

Weyant RB, Ueno A, Waddell B, Lee J, Bhardwaj T, Acosta N, Xiang K, Sarabi S, Bertazzon S, Bender A, Visser G, McCalder J, Papparis C, Bautista Chavarriaga M, Clark RG, Fonseca K, Borlang J, Lee E, Swain M, Coffin CS, Lee B, Pang X, Cabaj J, O'Grady C, Conly JM, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

The Science of the total environment2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.181421 PMID: 41671811

Organizational interventions to support and promote the mental health of healthcare workers during pandemics and epidemics: a systematic review

Belita E, Neil-Sztramko SE, Seale C, Zhou F, Zogo CO, Boamah S, Cabaj J, Jack SM, Banfield L, Neudorf C

BMC Health Services Research202519 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12888-2

A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021.

Beall RF, Flores Anato JL, D'Souza AG, Velásquez García HA, Ma H, Yang F, Baral SD, Cabaj J, Cooper E, Hollis A, Janjua NZ, Katz A, Leal J, Maheu-Giroux M, May ER, Malikov K, Mishra S, Moloney G, Williamson T

Public health in practice (Oxford, England)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100594 PMID: 40104250

Understanding the mental health and intention to leave of the public health workforce in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Belita E, Neil-Sztramko SE, De Rubeis V, Boamah S, Cabaj J, Jack SM, Neudorf C, Zogo CO, Seale C, Watson-Creed G

BMC International Health and Human Rights20247 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19783-1

HPV self-sampling implementation strategies to engage under screened communities in cervical cancer screening: a scoping review to inform screening programs.

Fullerton MM, Ford C, D'Silva C, Chiang B, Onobrakpor SI, Dievert H, Yang H, Cabaj J, Ivers N, Davidson S, Hu J

Frontiers in public health2024

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1430968 PMID: 39257941

Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewater of tertiary care hospitals correlates with increasing case burden and outbreaks.

Acosta N, Bautista MA, Waddell BJ, Du K, McCalder J, Pradhan P, Sedaghat N, Papparis C, Beaudet AB, Chen J, Van Doorn J, Xiang K, Chan L, Vivas L, Low K, Lu X, Lee J, Westlund P, Chekouo T, Dai X, Cabaj J, Bhatnagar S, Ruecker N, Achari G, Clark RG, Pearce C, Harrison JJ, Meddings J, Leal J, Ellison J, Missaghi B, Kanji JN, Larios O, Rennert-May E, Kim J, Hrudey SE, Lee BE, Pang X, Frankowski K, Conly J, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

Journal of medical virology2023

DOI: 10.1002/jmv.28442 PMID: 36579780

Campus node-based wastewater surveillance enables COVID-19 case localization and confirms lower SARS-CoV-2 burden relative to the surrounding community.

Lee J, Acosta N, Waddell BJ, Du K, Xiang K, Van Doorn J, Low K, Bautista MA, McCalder J, Dai X, Lu X, Chekouo T, Pradhan P, Sedaghat N, Papparis C, Buchner Beaudet A, Chen J, Chan L, Vivas L, Westlund P, Bhatnagar S, Stefani S, Visser G, Cabaj J, Bertazzon S, Sarabi S, Achari G, Clark RG, Hrudey SE, Lee BE, Pang X, Webster B, Ghali WA, Buret AG, Williamson T, Southern DA, Meddings J, Frankowski K, Hubert CRJ, Parkins MD

Water research2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120469 PMID: 37634459

Association Between Residential Proximity to Hydraulic Fracturing Sites and Adverse Birth Outcomes.

Cairncross ZF, Couloigner I, Ryan MC, McMorris C, Muehlenbachs L, Nikolaou N, Wong RC, Hawkins SM, Bertazzon S, Cabaj J, Metcalfe A

JAMA pediatrics2022

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.0306 PMID: 35377398

Respiratory and cardiovascular condition-related physician visits associated with wildfire smoke exposure in Calgary, Canada, in 2015: a population-based study.

Mahsin MD, Cabaj J, Saini V

International journal of epidemiology2022

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab206 PMID: 34561694

Healthy food prescription incentive programme for adults with type 2 diabetes who are experiencing food insecurity: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, modelling and implementation studies.

Olstad DL, Beall R, Spackman E, Dunn S, Lipscombe LL, Williams K, Oster R, Scott S, Zimmermann GL, McBrien KA, Steer KJD, Chan CB, Tyminski S, Berkowitz S, Edwards AL, Saunders-Smith T, Tariq S, Popeski N, White L, Williamson T, L'Abbé M, Raine KD, Nejatinamini S, Naser A, Basualdo-Hammond C, Norris C, O'Connell P, Seidel J, Lewanczuk R, Cabaj J, Campbell DJT

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050006 PMID: 35168964

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Childhood Vaccination Dear Professor Cabaj, 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 "Wastewater-based surveillance of hepatitis A virus across municipalities and neighbourhoods in Alberta, Canada." (2026), 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 Next Steps for Childhood Vaccination: Community and Expert Consultation in Addressing Reductions in Childhood Vaccination Access and Uptake Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic for Kids New to Canada" (2021), 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]

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Jason Cabaj

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Wastewater-based surveillance of hepatitis A virus across municipalities and neighbourhoods in Alberta, Canada.

Organizational interventions to support and promote the mental health of healthcare workers during pandemics and epidemics: a systematic review

A Canadian multi-province study of COVID-19 vaccine coverage along area-level social determinants in 2021.

Understanding the mental health and intention to leave of the public health workforce in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

HPV self-sampling implementation strategies to engage under screened communities in cervical cancer screening: a scoping review to inform screening programs.

Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewater of tertiary care hospitals correlates with increasing case burden and outbreaks.

Campus node-based wastewater surveillance enables COVID-19 case localization and confirms lower SARS-CoV-2 burden relative to the surrounding community.

Association Between Residential Proximity to Hydraulic Fracturing Sites and Adverse Birth Outcomes.

Respiratory and cardiovascular condition-related physician visits associated with wildfire smoke exposure in Calgary, Canada, in 2015: a population-based study.

Healthy food prescription incentive programme for adults with type 2 diabetes who are experiencing food insecurity: protocol for a randomised controlled trial, modelling and implementation studies.

Frequent collaborators

Stefania Bertazzon

Xiaoli Pang

Tyler Williamson

Jenine Leal

Gaynor Watson-Creed

Susan Jack

Sarah Neil-Sztramko

Maureen Dobbins

Brent Hagel

Emily Belita

Sheila Boamah

Elissa Rennert-May

Richard Oster

Huiming Yang

Heather Orpana

Eldon Spackman

Richard Lewanczuk

John Conly

Vineet Saini

Aidan Hollis

Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

Colleen Norris

Colleen Norris

Judy Seidel

Huiming Yang