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Dirk Van Niekerk

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Dirk Van Niekerk

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Cancer Control Cervical Cancer Human Papillomavirus Molecular Testing Prevention Screening

Latest papers

Colposcopy referral rates post-introduction of primary screening with human papillomavirus testing: evidence from a large British Columbia cohort study.
Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023
Age-Specific Trends of Invasive Cervical Cancer Incidence in British Columbia, Canada, 1971-2017.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023
Experiences with thermal ablation for cervical precancer treatment after self-collection HPV-based screening in the ASPIRE Mayuge randomized trial.
International journal of cancer · 2023

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination in Canada: ACE-Canada
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$9,884,540
Bridging the cancer divide: Leveraging community strengths and optimizing technology use to improve screening for Indigenous women in northern BC through HPV self-collection
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$199,027
Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$395,000

All 3 grants and awards

37 publications.

Colposcopy referral rates post-introduction of primary screening with human papillomavirus testing: evidence from a large British Columbia cohort study.

Gottschlich A, Gondara L, Smith LW, Anderson JJ, Cook D, Krajden M, Lee M, Martin RE, Melnikow J, Peacock S, Proctor L, Stuart G, Franco EL, van Niekerk D, Ogilvie GS

Lancet regional health. Americas2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100598 PMID: 37786399

Age-Specific Trends of Invasive Cervical Cancer Incidence in British Columbia, Canada, 1971-2017.

Raveinthiranathan N, Simkin J, Donken R, Ogilvie G, Smith L, Van Niekerk D, Lee M, Woods RR

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2023

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30080557 PMID: 37623038

Experiences with thermal ablation for cervical precancer treatment after self-collection HPV-based screening in the ASPIRE Mayuge randomized trial.

Gottschlich A, Payne BA, Trawin J, Albert A, Jeronimo J, Mitchell-Foster S, Mithani N, Namugosa R, Naguti P, Orem J, Rawat A, Simelela PN, Singer J, Smith LW, van Niekerk D, Nakisige C, Ogilvie G

International journal of cancer2023

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34369 PMID: 36408923

Community-integrated self-collected HPV-based cervix screening in a low-resource rural setting: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial.

Gottschlich A, Payne BA, Trawin J, Albert A, Jeronimo J, Mitchell-Foster S, Mithani N, Namugosa R, Naguti P, Pedersen H, Rawat A, Simelela PN, Singer J, Smith LW, van Niekerk D, Orem J, Nakisige C, Ogilvie G

Nature medicine2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02288-6 PMID: 37037880

Human papillomavirus-based screening at extended intervals missed fewer cervical precancers than cytology in the HPV For Cervical Cancer (HPV FOCAL) trial.

Gottschlich A, Gondara L, Smith LW, Cook D, Martin RE, Lee M, Peacock S, Proctor L, Stuart G, Krajden M, Franco EL, van Niekerk D, Ogilvie G

International journal of cancer2022

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34039 PMID: 35460070

Willingness to Self-Collect a Sample for HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in a Well-Screened Cohort: HPV FOCAL Survey Results.

Lesack A, Smith LW, Racey CS, Gondara L, Krajden M, Lee M, Martin RE, Stuart G, Peacock S, Franco EL, van Niekerk D, Ogilvie GS

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2022

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29060308 PMID: 35735417

The Path to Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Canada: Past, Present and Future Directions.

Caird H, Simkin J, Smith L, Van Niekerk D, Ogilvie G

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2022

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29020095 PMID: 35200594

High-risk HPV prevalence among women undergoing cervical cancer screening: Findings a decade after HPV vaccine implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Litwin C, Smith L, Donken R, Krajden M, van Niekerk D, Naus M, Cook D, Albert A, Ogilvie G

Vaccine2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.07.009 PMID: 34344555

Women's acceptability of and experience with primary human papillomavirus testing for cervix screening: HPV FOCAL trial cross-sectional online survey results.

Smith LW, Racey CS, Gondara L, Krajden M, Lee M, Martin RE, Stuart G, Peacock S, Coldman AJ, Franco EL, van Niekerk D, Ogilvie GS

BMJ open2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052084 PMID: 34620663

Declining rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in British Columbia, Canada: An ecological analysis on the effects of the school-based human papillomavirus vaccination program.

Donken R, van Niekerk D, Hamm J, Spinelli JJ, Smith L, Sadarangani M, Albert A, Money D, Dobson S, Miller D, Lee M, Mitchell-Foster S, Krajden M, Naus M, Ogilvie G

International journal of cancer2021

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33513 PMID: 33586169

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Dirk Van Niekerk

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Colposcopy referral rates post-introduction of primary screening with human papillomavirus testing: evidence from a large British Columbia cohort study.

Age-Specific Trends of Invasive Cervical Cancer Incidence in British Columbia, Canada, 1971-2017.

Experiences with thermal ablation for cervical precancer treatment after self-collection HPV-based screening in the ASPIRE Mayuge randomized trial.

Community-integrated self-collected HPV-based cervix screening in a low-resource rural setting: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial.

Human papillomavirus-based screening at extended intervals missed fewer cervical precancers than cytology in the HPV For Cervical Cancer (HPV FOCAL) trial.

Willingness to Self-Collect a Sample for HPV-Based Cervical Cancer Screening in a Well-Screened Cohort: HPV FOCAL Survey Results.

The Path to Eliminating Cervical Cancer in Canada: Past, Present and Future Directions.

High-risk HPV prevalence among women undergoing cervical cancer screening: Findings a decade after HPV vaccine implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Women's acceptability of and experience with primary human papillomavirus testing for cervix screening: HPV FOCAL trial cross-sectional online survey results.

Declining rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in British Columbia, Canada: An ecological analysis on the effects of the school-based human papillomavirus vaccination program.

Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination in Canada: ACE-Canada

Bridging the cancer divide: Leveraging community strengths and optimizing technology use to improve screening for Indigenous women in northern BC through HPV self-collection

Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening

Frequent collaborators

Mel Krajden

Gina Ogilvie

Marette Lee

Stuart Peacock

Gavin Stuart

Stuart Peacock

Calum Macaulay

Anna Gottschlich

Sheona Mitchell-Foster

Lily Proctor

Manish Sadarangani

Andrew Coldman

Lindsay Hedden

Michael Kwag

Gang Wang

Lindsay Hedden

Julian Little

Lisa Hartling

Ruth Martin

Mark Gilbert

Cathie Garnis

Deborah Money

Marco Marra

David Huntsman