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Karen Kopciuk

ResearcherOncologyUniversity of Calgary

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Karen Kopciuk

Researcher

Oncology

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.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Cancer Screening Cancer Stage Facilitators And Barriers Knowledge Translation Mixed Methods Métis People System Level Evaluation Cancer Diagnosis Pathway

Latest papers

Understanding cancer screening experiences of Métis people in Alberta.
International journal of circumpolar health · 2025 · senior author
Using prior-data conflict to tune Bayesian regularized regression models.
Statistics and computing · 2025
A clinically useful and biologically informative genomic classifier for papillary thyroid cancer.
Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,151,326
Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Nishtohtamihk li kaansyr (Understanding Cancer): Cancer Screening, Outcomes and Experiences among Métis People in Alberta
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 10 grants and awards

20 publications.

Understanding cancer screening experiences of Métis people in Alberta.

Zhang E, Kima J, M Andrew A, Macphail M, Anderson A, Bartel R, Letendre A, Yang H, Kopciuk K

International journal of circumpolar health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2025.2600136 PMID: 41373159

Using prior-data conflict to tune Bayesian regularized regression models.

Biziaev T, Kopciuk K, Chekouo T

Statistics and computing2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11222-025-10582-1 PMID: 39990592

A clinically useful and biologically informative genomic classifier for papillary thyroid cancer.

Craig S, Stretch C, Farshidfar F, Sheka D, Alabi N, Siddiqui A, Kopciuk K, Park YJ, Khalil M, Khan F, Harvey A, Bathe OF

Frontiers in endocrinology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1220617 PMID: 37772080

Associations between health-related fitness and quality of life in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Courneya KS, An KY, Arthuso FZ, Bell GJ, Morielli AR, McNeil J, Wang Q, Allen SJ, Ntoukas SM, McNeely ML, Vallance JK, Culos-Reed SN, Kopciuk K, Yang L, Matthews CE, Filion M, Dickau L, Mackey JR, Friedenreich CM

Breast cancer research and treatment2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10549-023-06935-x PMID: 37055681

Plasma hPG80 (Circulating Progastrin) as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for early-stage breast cancer in a breast cancer cohort.

Prieur A, Harper A, Khan M, Vire B, Joubert D, Payen L, Kopciuk K

BMC cancer2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-023-10729-1 PMID: 37016331

Quantification of human plasma metalloproteins in multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and healthy controls reveals an association of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with age.

Sarpong-Kumankomah S, Knox KB, Kelly ME, Hunter G, Popescu B, Nichol H, Kopciuk K, Ntanda H, Gailer J

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262160 PMID: 35020753

Cancer Screening Interventions in Indigenous Populations: A Rapid Review.

Bryant J, Patterson K, Vaska M, Chiang B, Letendre A, Bill L, Yang H, Kopciuk K

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol28030161 PMID: 34066460

CXCR4 expression in lung carcinogenesis: Evaluating gender-specific differences in survival outcomes based on CXCR4 expression in early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Fung AS, Kopciuk K, Dean ML, D'Silva A, Otsuka S, Klimowicz A, Hao D, Morris D, Bebb DG

PloS one2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241240 PMID: 33507926

A strategy for early detection of response to chemotherapy drugs based on treatment-related changes in the metabolome.

Amin S, Rattner J, Keramati MR, Farshidfar F, McNamara MG, Knox JJ, Kopciuk K, Vogel HJ, Bathe OF

PloS one2019

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213942 PMID: 30939138

Beyond disease-progression: Clinical outcomes after EGFR-TKIs in a cohort of EGFR mutated NSCLC patients.

Tudor RA, D'Silva A, Tremblay A, MacEachern P, Morris D, Brenner D, Kopciuk K, Bebb DG

PloS one2017

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181867 PMID: 28777825

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Friedenreich, Christine M; Yang, Lin

Keywords: Biologic Mechanisms; Breast Cancer; Cohort Study; Facilitators And Barriers; Lymphedema; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Physical Activity; Physical Fitness; Sedentary Behaviour; Survival

$1,151,326

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Breast Cancer Research

Principal investigators: Friedenreich, Christine M; Yang, Lin

Keywords: Biologic Mechanisms; Breast Cancer; Cohort Study; Facilitators And Barriers; Lymphedema; Physical Activity; Physical Fitness; Quality Of Life; Sedentary Behaviour; Survival

$100,000

Nishtohtamihk li kaansyr (Understanding Cancer): Cancer Screening, Outcomes and Experiences among Métis People in Alberta

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit or Métis health

Principal investigators: Kopciuk, Karen A; Bartel, Reagan M; Letendre, Angeline D; Yang, Huiming

Keywords: Cancer Screening; Facilitators And Barriers; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; Métis People; System Level Evaluation

$100,000

PRecision medicine for IMproving the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis in the Emergency Department (PRIMED)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Graham C; Vogel, Hans (Harm) J

Keywords: Appendicitis; Biomarkers; Child; Emergency Medicine; Metabolomics; Metallomics; Precision Medicine; Proteomics

$1,518,524

Assessing cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta

Nominated PICIHR2018Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Kopciuk, Karen A; Yang, Huiming

Keywords: Cancer Diagnosis Pathway; Cancer Screening; Cancer Stage; First Nations; Residential Location (Urban, Rural); Screen-Detected Cancer; Screening Follow-Up; Screening Participation; Time-To-Diagnosis

$99,864

Development of a Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer based on Metabolomic Signature

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Bathe, Oliver F; Ritchie, Shawn; Vogel, Hans (Harm) J

Keywords: Biomarker; Colorectal Cancer; Diagnosis; Metabolomics; Screening

$389,215

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Friedenreich, Christine M; Courneya, Kerry S; Culos-Reed, S.Nicole; Mcneely, Margaret L; Vallance, Jeffrey K

Keywords: Anthropometry; Biomarkers; Breast Cancer; Determinants Of Physical Activity; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Physical Activity; Physical Fitness; Prospective Cohort Study; Sedentary Behaviour; Survival

$1,931,625

Determinants of cancer stage at diagnosis

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kopciuk, Karen A; Robson, Paula J; Shack, Lorraine

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Cancer Screening; Cancer Stage; Geographical; Health Habits; Micro-Simulation Models; Ordinal Regression Models; Residential Factors; Validation

$229,351

Statistical methods for chronic diseases which genetic determinants

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kopciuk, Karen

$16,000

Longitudinal phenotype choice for complex traits in genetic analyses of family data

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kopciuk, Karen

$24,000

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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Karen Kopciuk

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding cancer screening experiences of Métis people in Alberta.

Using prior-data conflict to tune Bayesian regularized regression models.

A clinically useful and biologically informative genomic classifier for papillary thyroid cancer.

Associations between health-related fitness and quality of life in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Plasma hPG80 (Circulating Progastrin) as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for early-stage breast cancer in a breast cancer cohort.

Quantification of human plasma metalloproteins in multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and healthy controls reveals an association of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with age.

Cancer Screening Interventions in Indigenous Populations: A Rapid Review.

CXCR4 expression in lung carcinogenesis: Evaluating gender-specific differences in survival outcomes based on CXCR4 expression in early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients.

A strategy for early detection of response to chemotherapy drugs based on treatment-related changes in the metabolome.

Beyond disease-progression: Clinical outcomes after EGFR-TKIs in a cohort of EGFR mutated NSCLC patients.

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study: Understanding how Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Health-related Fitness are Related to Breast Cancer Survival

Nishtohtamihk li kaansyr (Understanding Cancer): Cancer Screening, Outcomes and Experiences among Métis People in Alberta

PRecision medicine for IMproving the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis in the Emergency Department (PRIMED)

Assessing cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta

Development of a Blood Test for Colorectal Cancer based on Metabolomic Signature

Alberta Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (AMBER) Cohort Study

Determinants of cancer stage at diagnosis

Statistical methods for chronic diseases which genetic determinants

Longitudinal phenotype choice for complex traits in genetic analyses of family data

Frequent collaborators

Huiming Yang

Huiming Yang

Nizar Bahlis

Darren Brenner

Lin Yang

Samuel Weiss

Khaled Barakat

Lea Bill

Reagan Bartel

Jack Tuszynski

Bogdan Popescu

Andrea Molckovsky

Karen Kopciuk

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding cancer screening experiences of M&#xe9;tis people in Alberta.

Using prior-data conflict to tune Bayesian regularized regression models.

A clinically useful and biologically informative genomic classifier for papillary thyroid cancer.

Associations between health-related fitness and quality of life in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Plasma hPG80 (Circulating Progastrin) as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for early-stage breast cancer in a breast cancer cohort.

Quantification of human plasma metalloproteins in multiple sclerosis, ischemic stroke and healthy controls reveals an association of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complexes with age.

Cancer Screening Interventions in Indigenous Populations: A Rapid Review.

CXCR4 expression in lung carcinogenesis: Evaluating gender-specific differences in survival outcomes based on CXCR4 expression in early stage non-small cell lung cancer patients.

A strategy for early detection of response to chemotherapy drugs based on treatment-related changes in the metabolome.

Beyond disease-progression: Clinical outcomes after EGFR-TKIs in a cohort of EGFR mutated NSCLC patients.

Statistical methods for chronic diseases which genetic determinants

Longitudinal phenotype choice for complex traits in genetic analyses of family data

Frequent collaborators

Huiming Yang

Huiming Yang

Nizar Bahlis

Darren Brenner

Lin Yang

Samuel Weiss

Khaled Barakat

Lea Bill

Reagan Bartel

Jack Tuszynski

Bogdan Popescu

Andrea Molckovsky

Understanding cancer screening experiences of Métis people in Alberta.