Vineet Saini, University of Calgary

Research

Artificial Intelligence Data Collection Risk Factor Surveillance Social Determinants Of Health Technology Community Driven Research Priority Participatory Action Research

Latest papers

A population-based study of community antibiotic prescribing patterns in Alberta from 2010 to 2017: Implications for antibiotic stewardship.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026 · senior author
Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.
Journal of epidemiology and population health · 2024
Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024 · senior author

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$558,451
Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 5 grants and awards

20 publications.

01

A population-based study of community antibiotic prescribing patterns in Alberta from 2010 to 2017: Implications for antibiotic stewardship.

Manji S, Saxinger L, Cook L, McDonald T, Dickinson JA, Saini V

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01104-7 PMID: 41062912

02

Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.

Martin EA, D'Souza AG, Saini V, Tang K, Quan H, Eastwood CA

Journal of epidemiology and population health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeph.2024.202791 PMID: 39546940

03

Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study.

MacDonald SE, Dhungana M, Stagg V, McDonald S, McNeil D, Kellner JD, Tough S, Saini V

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01323-3 PMID: 38886808

04

Evaluating the impact of the Community Helpers Program on adolescents 12-18 years old in Edmonton, Canada.

Pulok MH, Novaes de Amorim A, Johansen S, Pilon K, Lucente C, Saini V

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00878-6 PMID: 38683287

05

Investigating associations between maternal stress, smoking and adverse birth outcomes: evidence from the All Our Families cohort.

Yamamoto SS, Premji SS, Saini V, McDonald SW, Jhangri GS

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-023-06029-y PMID: 37794335

06

Color coded health data: factors related to willingness to share health information in South Asian community members in Canada.

Naeem I, Aroua M, Chowdhury N, Saini V, Quan H, Turin TC

International journal of population data science2023

DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i1.2134 PMID: 37670959

07

Reasons and suggestions for improving low immunization uptake among children living in low socioeconomic status communities in Northern Alberta, Canada - A qualitative study.

Chiem A, Olaoye F, Quinn R, Saini V

Vaccine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.06.004 PMID: 35701329

08

Predicting the Risk Factors Associated With Severe Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients-Decision Tree Modeling Approach.

Kumaran M, Pham TM, Wang K, Usman H, Norris CM, MacDonald J, Oudit GY, Saini V, Sikdar KC

Frontiers in public health2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.838514 PMID: 35664103

09

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 epidemiology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyab206 PMID: 34561694

10

Factors Associated With Willingness to Share Health Information: Rapid Review.

Naeem I, Quan H, Singh S, Chowdhury N, Chowdhury M, Saini V, Tc T

JMIR human factors2022

DOI: 10.2196/20702 PMID: 35138263

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tang, Karen L; Teare, Gary F

Keywords: Electronic Health Records; Mixed Methods; Social Determinants Of Health

$558,451

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Tang, Karen L; Teare, Gary F

Keywords: Electronic Health Record; Natural Language Processing; Qualitative Methods; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Tang, Karen L; Teare, Gary F

Keywords: Electronic Health Record; Natural Language Processing; Qualitative Methods; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

Data Collection Initiative using Artificially Intelligent Technology for Social Determinants and Risk Factors Surveillance

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning/Dissemination Grants - IPPH - ICS - Artificial Intelligence - ECI Pool

Principal investigators: Saini, Vineet

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Collection; Risk Factor Surveillance; Social Determinants Of Health; Technology

$20,000

Healthcare Access for an Immigrant Community: Identifying and Prioritizing Barriers for Mitigation through Community Engagement

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Chowdhury, Tanvir T; Lasker, Mohammad A; O'Beirne, Maeve; Rymkiewicz, Peter M; Saini, Vineet

Keywords: Community Driven Research Priority; Participatory Action Research

$25,000

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

Suzanne Tough and Sheila McDonald: 46 shared papers
Kumanan Wilson and Devon Greyson: 7 shared papers
Suzanne Tough and Deborah McNeil: 4 shared papers
Janice Graham and Devon Greyson: 4 shared papers
Kumanan Wilson and Shannon MacDonald: 4 shared papers
Devon Greyson and Shannon MacDonald: 4 shared papers
Shannon MacDonald and William Fisher: 4 shared papers
Jeroen De Buck and Simon Dufour: 4 shared papers
Hude Quan and Vineet Saini: 3 shared papers
Vineet Saini and Shannon MacDonald: 3 shared papers
Stefania Bertazzon and Jason Cabaj: 3 shared papers
Kumanan Wilson and William Fisher: 3 shared papers
Kumanan Wilson and Arnaud Gagneur: 3 shared papers
Devon Greyson and William Fisher: 3 shared papers
Shannon MacDonald and Arnaud Gagneur: 3 shared papers
William Fisher and Arnaud Gagneur: 3 shared papers
Scott Halperin and Samantha Meyer: 2 shared papers
Scott Halperin and Shannon MacDonald: 2 shared papers
Hude Quan and Karen Tang: 2 shared papers
Hude Quan and Nashit Chowdhury: 2 shared papers
Suzanne Tough and Vineet Saini: 2 shared papers
Janice Graham and Samantha Meyer: 2 shared papers
Janice Graham and Shannon MacDonald: 2 shared papers
Sheila McDonald and Vineet Saini: 2 shared papers
Vineet Saini and Nashit Chowdhury: 2 shared papers
Vineet Saini and Jeroen De Buck: 2 shared papers
Vineet Saini and William Fisher: 2 shared papers
Samantha Meyer and Shannon MacDonald: 2 shared papers
Juliet Guichon and Shannon MacDonald: 2 shared papers
Scott Halperin and Heather MacDougall: 1 shared paper
Scott Halperin and Dat Tran: 1 shared paper
Scott Halperin and Vineet Saini: 1 shared paper
Scott Halperin and Juliet Guichon: 1 shared paper
Heather MacDougall and Dat Tran: 1 shared paper
Heather MacDougall and Janice Graham: 1 shared paper
Heather MacDougall and Vineet Saini: 1 shared paper
Heather MacDougall and Juliet Guichon: 1 shared paper
Karen Madsen and Vineet Saini: 1 shared paper
Karen Madsen and Stefania Bertazzon: 1 shared paper
Dat Tran and Janice Graham: 1 shared paper
Dat Tran and Vineet Saini: 1 shared paper
Janice Graham and Vineet Saini: 1 shared paper
Sheila McDonald and Deborah McNeil: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Stefania Bertazzon: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Kumanan Wilson: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Deborah McNeil: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Karen Tang: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Samantha Meyer: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Jason Cabaj: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Juliet Guichon: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Devon Greyson: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Simon Dufour: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Rob Deardon: 1 shared paper
Vineet Saini and Arnaud Gagneur: 1 shared paper
Jeroen De Buck and Rob Deardon: 1 shared paper
Simon Dufour and Rob Deardon: 1 shared paper

Community Health Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Community Health Sciences
Medicine
Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of
Public and population health
Pediatrics
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Artificial Intelligence Dear Professor Saini, 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 "A population-based study of community antibiotic prescribing patterns in Alberta from 2010 to 2017: Implications for antibiotic stewardship." (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.] 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]

Vineet Saini

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A population-based study of community antibiotic prescribing patterns in Alberta from 2010 to 2017: Implications for antibiotic stewardship.

Extracting social determinants of health from inpatient electronic medical records using natural language processing.

Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study.

Evaluating the impact of&#xa0;the Community Helpers Program on adolescents 12-18 years old in Edmonton, Canada.

Investigating associations between maternal stress, smoking and adverse birth outcomes: evidence from the All Our Families cohort.

Color coded health data: factors related to willingness to share health information in South Asian community members in Canada.

Reasons and suggestions for improving low immunization uptake among children living in low socioeconomic status communities in Northern Alberta, Canada - A qualitative study.

Predicting the Risk Factors Associated With Severe Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients-Decision Tree Modeling Approach.

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

Factors Associated With Willingness to Share Health Information: Rapid Review.

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Enhancing sociodemographic data in a province-wide electronic health record

Data Collection Initiative using Artificially Intelligent Technology for Social Determinants and Risk Factors Surveillance

Healthcare Access for an Immigrant Community: Identifying and Prioritizing Barriers for Mitigation through Community Engagement

Frequent collaborators

Shannon MacDonald

Hude Quan

William Fisher

Nashit Chowdhury

Jeroen De Buck

Suzanne Tough

Sheila McDonald

Devon Greyson

Simon Dufour

Stefania Bertazzon

Rob Deardon

Karen Tang

Deborah McNeil

Samantha Meyer

Arnaud Gagneur

Kumanan Wilson

Juliet Guichon

Jason Cabaj

Scott Halperin

Janice Graham

Dat Tran

Heather MacDougall

Karen Madsen

Evaluating the impact of the Community Helpers Program on adolescents 12-18 years old in Edmonton, Canada.