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Caroline Colijn

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Caroline Colijn

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
67 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 21 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (5 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Publications

428

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Research

Cross-Border Measures Effectiveness Evaluation Evidence-Informed Decision Making Genome Sequencing Global Public Health Emergencies Integrated Modelling Methods Public Health Policy Coordination Risk Assessment Methods

Latest papers

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru from 2020 to 2024.
Communications medicine · 2026
Optimizing culture-free approaches to recover high-quality Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic variation.
Microbial genomics · 2026
Comparison of phylogenetic metrics of transmission between symptomatic and asymptomatic tuberculosis in individuals who were incarcerated in Brazil in 2008-24: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study.
The Lancet. Microbe · 2026

All 94 publications

Latest funding

Phylogenetic methods to detect and visualize Mycobaterium tuberculosis transmission
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$210,000
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Emergencies: Estimating the prevalence of the bacteria pneumonia and COVID-19 diseases, and quantifying COVID-19 impacts on vulnerable population such as opioid overdose for effective monitoring and planning.
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$270,000
COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Genomic epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of COVID-19 and other emerging corona viruses
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 17 grants and awards

94 publications.

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru from 2020 to 2024.

Sobkowiak B, Langdon A, Romero PE, Carrasco-Escobar G, Villa D, Cava Miller R, Cornejo Villanueva V, Dávila-Barclay A, Cuicapuza D, Salvatierra G, González L, Ayzanoa B, Huancachoque J, Marcos-Carbajal P, Gómez de la Torre JC, Barletta C, Chenet SM, Tapia-Limonchi R, Ballón J, Fernández P, Valderrama R, Leguía M, Delgado-Ratto C, Gotuzzo E, Zamudio C, Lescano W, Cárcamo C, Hurtado V, Lope-Pari P, Padilla-Rojas C, Jiménez-Vásquez V, Escalante-Maldonado O, Araujo-Castillo RV, Cabezas C, Colijn C, Tsukayama P

Communications medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-025-01273-z PMID: 41513994

Optimizing culture-free approaches to recover high-quality Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic variation.

Walter KS, Dos Santos PCP, Carey A, Shakir SM, Colijn C, Cohen T, Mathema B, Croda J, Andrews JR

Microbial genomics2026

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001806 PMID: 42611044

Comparison of phylogenetic metrics of transmission between symptomatic and asymptomatic tuberculosis in individuals who were incarcerated in Brazil in 2008-24: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study.

da Silva KE, Dos Santos PCP, Tsuha DH, Walter KS, Cunha EAT, Colijn C, Cohen T, de Oliveira RD, Bampi JVB, Croda MG, Gonçalves CCM, Demarchi LHF, Croda J, Andrews JR

The Lancet. Microbe2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101407 PMID: 42276094

Clade size distributions under the coalescent diversification model.

Song Y, Colijn C, MacPherson A

Theoretical population biology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2026.02.004 PMID: 41747810

SAASI: Sampling Aware Ancestral State Inference.

Song Y, Gill I, MacPherson A, Colijn C

Nature communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72851-5 PMID: 42115598

A reusable model of pangenome selection informs optimal surveillance strategies over vaccine introductions.

Lorenz LJ, Hellewell J, Horsfield ST, Russell MJ, Shrestha S, Pollard AJ, Bentley SD, Lo SW, Colijn C, Croucher NJ, Lees JA

Genome medicine2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13073-026-01672-4 PMID: 42706540

Comparing methods to estimate time-varying reproduction numbers using genomic and epidemiological data.

Are EB, Riazi S, Saeidi Mobarakeh N, Stockdale JE, Colijn C

Infectious Disease Modelling2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2026.05.005 PMID: 42434704

e3SIM: Epidemiological-ecological-evolutionary simulation framework for genomic epidemiology.

Xu P, Liang S, Hahn A, Zhao V, Lo WT', Haller BC, Sobkowiak B, Chitwood MH, Colijn C, Cohen T, Rhee KY, Messer PW, Wells MT, Clark AG, Kim J

Methods in ecology and evolution2026

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.70278 PMID: 41953710

Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Malawi: using global phylogeography to understand the impact of geographically focused interventions.

Beams AB, Song Y, McNichol J, Jones BR, Sobkowiak B, MacPherson P, Nliwasa M, Ndhlovu V, Phiri MD, Cohen T, Colijn C

Microbial genomics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001674 PMID: 41949012

Lineage-specific transmission and spatial clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2019-23: a population-based genomic study.

Wu CY, Chen YA, Ioerger TR, Lan Y, Bai RY, Li MH, Lee CH, Lin JN, Shin-Jung Lee S, Chien ST, Warren JL, Colijn C, Chang HH, Huang JJ, Cohen T, Lu PL, Lin HH

The Lancet. Microbe2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2026.101369 PMID: 42392122

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Caroline Colijn

Research

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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Peru from 2020 to 2024.

Optimizing culture-free approaches to recover high-quality Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomic variation.

Comparison of phylogenetic metrics of transmission between symptomatic and asymptomatic tuberculosis in individuals who were incarcerated in Brazil in 2008-24: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study.

Clade size distributions under the coalescent diversification model.

SAASI: Sampling Aware Ancestral State Inference.

A reusable model of pangenome selection informs optimal surveillance strategies over vaccine introductions.

Comparing methods to estimate time-varying reproduction numbers using genomic and epidemiological data.

e3SIM: Epidemiological-ecological-evolutionary simulation framework for genomic epidemiology.

Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Malawi: using global phylogeography to understand the impact of geographically focused interventions.

Lineage-specific transmission and spatial clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2019-23: a population-based genomic study.

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease

One Society Network: mathematical modelling of multi-sectoral impact of pandemics and control policies

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