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Susan Kutz

ResearcherVeterinary Medicine, Faculty ofUniversity of Calgary

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Susan Kutz

Researcher

Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of

Natural 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.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 19 research grants (19 NSERC), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Climate change One Health Arctic Ecology Caribou Community-based monitoring Conservation Disease Muskox

Latest papers

Centering community: using principles of community engagement to support veterinary service-learning programs with Indigenous communities in Canada.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2026
Ecological and methodological insights from genetic and coprological profiling of gastrointestinal communities in wild howler monkeys.
Scientific reports · 2026
Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003-2022).
PloS one · 2026

All 65 publications

Latest funding

Co-development of a One Health-guided community-based participatory wildlife health monitoring framework and surveillance program in the Yukon, Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000
Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$160,000
Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$72,000

All 26 grants and awards

65 publications.

Centering community: using principles of community engagement to support veterinary service-learning programs with Indigenous communities in Canada.

Baker T, Kutz S, Pratt YP, Tan JY

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association2026

DOI: 10.2460/javma.25.10.0710 PMID: 41780163

Ecological and methodological insights from genetic and coprological profiling of gastrointestinal communities in wild howler monkeys.

Carboni S, Macfarland C, Cheves Hernandez S, Buret AG, Kutz S, Melin AD

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-57628-6 PMID: 42323440

Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003-2022).

Schutten K, Shirose L, Stevens B, Goldsmith D, Slater O, Rothenburger JL, Kutz S, Lair S, Jones M, Bourque L, McBurney S, Pybus M, Stasiak I, Moffatt E, Jutha N, Schwantje H, Nituch L, Joly DO, Jardine CM, Bollinger TK

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0343520 PMID: 41785212

A refined guide for aging muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) based on mandibular examination.

Suitor E, Dickinson E, Scheels J, Pruvot M, Mavrot F, Ekaluktutiak Hunters and Trappers Organization, Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Organization, Davison T, Leclerc LM, Kutz S

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328994 PMID: 40991649

A Pain in the Butt: The Association Between Endo-Parasite Diversity and Horn Growth in Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

Henry TC, Rijal S, Alves J, Neuhaus P, Kutz S, Ruckstuhl KE

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens14070623 PMID: 40732671

Seroprevalence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in Beaufort Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) is Linked to Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) Demographics.

Biddlecombe BA, Pilfold NW, Richardson ES, Kutz S, Mavrot F, Schneider A, Derocher AE

Journal of wildlife diseases2025

DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-24-00078 PMID: 39471827

Exploring winter diet, gut microbiota and parasitism in caribou using multi-marker metabarcoding of fecal DNA.

Nagati M, Bergeron MJ, Gagné P, Arsenault A, Droit A, Wilson P, Pittoello G, Kutz S, Manseau M, Martineau C

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-76594-5 PMID: 39543233

Patterns of gastrointestinal parasite infections in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, with respect to host sex and seasonality.

Rijal S, Neuhaus P, Thorley J, Caulkett N, Kutz S, Ruckstuhl KE

International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2024.100950 PMID: 38966857

Brucellosis emergence in the Canadian Arctic.

Aguilar XF, Mavrot F, Surujballi O, Leclerc LM, Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, Ekaluktutiak Hunters and Trappers Organization, Olokhaktomiut Hunters and Trappers Committee, Tomaselli M, Kutz S

One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100712 PMID: 38590630

Digital dermatitis-associated Treponema species detection and quantification in migratory tundra caribou (Rangifer tarandus).

Dias AP, Aguilar XF, De Buck J, Kutz S, Arrazuria R

Research in veterinary science2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2024.105210 PMID: 38460203

Co-development of a One Health-guided community-based participatory wildlife health monitoring framework and surveillance program in the Yukon, Canada

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Andrew, Cassandra L

Keywords: Circumpolar; Co-Production; Community; Epidemiology; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Mixed Methods; North; One Health; Participatory; Wildlife

$140,000

Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

Keywords: arctic ecology; wildlife health; climate change; trace minerals; conservation; muskox; caribou; one health; community-based monitoring; disease

$160,000

Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Northern Research Supplement

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

Keywords: arctic ecology; wildlife health; climate change; trace minerals; conservation; muskox; caribou; one health; community-based monitoring; disease

$72,000

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals and Healthy Communities in a Changing Arctic

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

Keywords: Wildlife; one health; Indigenous; animal health; Arctic; ; pathogen; climate change

$800,000

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

$8,000,000

Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals and Healthy Communities in a Changing Arctic

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

$50,000

Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation Network (AIM-HI Network)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - Alberta

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Healy, Bonnie A; Tailfeathers, Esther; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Currie, Cheryl L; Fellner, Karlee; Henry, Robert; Voyageur, Cora J

Keywords: Alberta; Indigenous; Mentorship; Training

$1,000,000

Engaging Inuit Youth in Science and Developing Community Expertise in Wildlife Health Monitoring

Principal investigatorNSERC2016PromoScience

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

$142,500

Integrative Assessment Tools for Monitoring Muskox Health and Vulnerability in a Changing Arctic

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kutz, Susan

$210,000

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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Susan Kutz

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Centering community: using principles of community engagement to support veterinary service-learning programs with Indigenous communities in Canada.

Ecological and methodological insights from genetic and coprological profiling of gastrointestinal communities in wild howler monkeys.

Twenty years of ungulate disease surveillance by the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (2003-2022).

A refined guide for aging muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) based on mandibular examination.

A Pain in the Butt: The Association Between Endo-Parasite Diversity and Horn Growth in Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep.

Seroprevalence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in Beaufort Sea Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) is Linked to Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) Demographics.

Exploring winter diet, gut microbiota and parasitism in caribou using multi-marker metabarcoding of fecal DNA.

Patterns of gastrointestinal parasite infections in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis, with respect to host sex and seasonality.

Brucellosis emergence in the Canadian Arctic.

Digital dermatitis-associated Treponema species detection and quantification in migratory tundra caribou (Rangifer tarandus).

Co-development of a One Health-guided community-based participatory wildlife health monitoring framework and surveillance program in the Yukon, Canada

Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates

Advancing animal health knowledge, surveillance and prediction in the Arctic: the role of trace minerals in the health of Arctic ungulates

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals and Healthy Communities in a Changing Arctic

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Arctic One Health: Healthy Animals and Healthy Communities in a Changing Arctic

Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation Network (AIM-HI Network)

Engaging Inuit Youth in Science and Developing Community Expertise in Wildlife Health Monitoring

Integrative Assessment Tools for Monitoring Muskox Health and Vulnerability in a Changing Arctic

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