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Gerry Veenstra
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Latest papers
PROCESS: a multimethods protocol to develop principles to operationalise community engagement, equity and sustainability in South Asian Health Research in Canada
BMJ Open · 2026
Concerted Cultivation in Canada: Class-Based Approaches to Parenting.
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2026 · first author
Metabolic Consequences of Adverse Social Transitions among Aging Adults: A Gender-Sensitive Prospective Study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Cohort (2011-2021).
Journal of obesity & metabolic syndrome · 2026
Latest funding
- $229,500
Multiple social tie transitions and their impact on cardiometabolic risk factors in aging women and men (MORE)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $52,000
Capital interplays and health in Canada
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $69,972
Exploring the link and inter-relations between social relationships and objectively measured cardiometabolic risk factors in older adult women and men in Canada Committee
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
52 publications.
PROCESS: a multimethods protocol to develop principles to operationalise community engagement, equity and sustainability in South Asian Health Research in Canada
Banerjee AT, Ismail I, Sarwar A, Parvez M, Desai P, Arora M, Jayaprakash T, Kalra B, Dulai J, Khan B
Concerted Cultivation in Canada: Class-Based Approaches to Parenting.
Veenstra G
Metabolic Consequences of Adverse Social Transitions among Aging Adults: A Gender-Sensitive Prospective Study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Cohort (2011-2021).
Civi RM, Ceolin G, Mehranfar S, Veenstra G, Zhang W, Khan NA, Conklin AI
Cardiovascular risk in aging adults with double deficits in social support: A gender-sensitive, cross-sectional analysis of the CLSA cohort.
Conklin AI, Safari A, Veenstra G, Khan NA
Adverse changes in close social ties in aging women and men: A population-based longitudinal study of the CLSA (2011-2021).
Ceolin G, Veenstra G, Khan NA, Madani Civi R, Mehranfar S, Conklin AI
Trends, transitions and patterning in social activity over time among aging women and men: A secondary analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
Ceolin G, Veenstra G, Mehranfar S, Madani Civi R, Khan NA, Conklin AI
A systematic review of social connections as determinants of obesity: Longitudinal evidence limited to marital transitions.
Madani Civi R, Mehranfar S, Plunkett R, Veenstra G, Conklin AI
Intergenerational reproduction and self-assessed mental health in adulthood in China.
Zhang X, Veenstra G
Social mobility and mental health in Canada.
Vanzella-Yang A, Veenstra G
Intergenerational reproduction and adult self-rated physical health in China.
Zhang X, Veenstra G
Multiple social tie transitions and their impact on cardiometabolic risk factors in aging women and men (MORE)
Principal investigators: Conklin, Annalijn
Keywords: Clsa Cohort; Economic Conditions; Healthy Aging; Hypertension; Longitudinal; Obesity; Social Tie Transitions; Women
Capital interplays and health in Canada
Principal investigators: Veenstra, Gerry D.
Keywords: socioeconomic status; capitals; capital interplays; intergenerational transmission of capitals; health and wellbeing; survey research; linked data
Exploring the link and inter-relations between social relationships and objectively measured cardiometabolic risk factors in older adult women and men in Canada Committee
Principal investigators: Conklin, Annalijn
Keywords: Body Weight; Gender; Hypertension; Obesity; Social Ties; Socioeconomic Position
Ethnicity-based differences in emergency department care of patients with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome.
Principal investigators: Mackay, Martha H
Keywords: Acute Coronary Syndrome; Emergency Care; Ethnicity; Health Care Equity; Myocardial Infarction; Quantitative
Social class and health: innovative theoretical exploration and empirical confirmation
Principal investigators: Veenstra, Gerry D.
Keywords: social class; socio-economic status; medical sociology; health inequalities; social determinants of health; population health; absolute and relative deprivation; pierre bourdieu; cultural capital; social capital; symbolic capital
Deconstructing the determinants of health at the local level
Principal investigators: Eyles, John
Keywords: Determinants of health; neighbourhoods; mixed methodologies; policy
The 'community resiliency project' in British Columbia: identifying the relationship between social capital and economic change
Principal investigators: Matthews, D.Ralph
Keywords: social cohesion; social capital; economic change; globalization; community; participation; trust; ethnicity; families; health; B.C.; resources
Left out: perspectives on social exclusion and social isolation in low-income populations
Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam
Keywords: social isolation; social exclusion; low-income urban population; social support; income inequality; policies and programs; qualitative; survey research
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
- Susan Elliott and John David Eyles: 47 shared papers
- Stephen Birch and John David Eyles: 22 shared papers
- Gita Wahi and Patricia Li: 6 shared papers
- Stephen Birch and Susan Elliott: 3 shared papers
- Gita Wahi and Maryam Parvez: 2 shared papers
- Gita Wahi and Palak Desai: 2 shared papers
- Patricia Li and Kaberi Dasgupta: 2 shared papers
- Patricia Li and Maryam Parvez: 2 shared papers
- Patricia Li and Palak Desai: 2 shared papers
- Maryam Parvez and Palak Desai: 2 shared papers
- Stephen Birch and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Gina (Ragini) Agarwal: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Kaberi Dasgupta: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Shazeen Suleman: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Susitha Wanigaratne: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Mandeep Mucina: 1 shared paper
- Gita Wahi and Maryam Khan: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Patricia Li: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Kaberi Dasgupta: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Shazeen Suleman: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Susitha Wanigaratne: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Mandeep Mucina: 1 shared paper
- Gina (Ragini) Agarwal and Maryam Khan: 1 shared paper
- Susan Elliott and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- John David Eyles and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Li and Shazeen Suleman: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Li and Susitha Wanigaratne: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Li and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Li and Mandeep Mucina: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Li and Maryam Khan: 1 shared paper
- Kaberi Dasgupta and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Wei Zhang and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Annalijn Conklin and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Shazeen Suleman and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Maryam Parvez and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Palak Desai and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Susitha Wanigaratne and Gerry Veenstra: 1 shared paper
- Gerry Veenstra and Mandeep Mucina: 1 shared paper
- Gerry Veenstra and Maryam Khan: 1 shared paper
- School of Population and Public Health
- Pediatrics
- Earth, Environment & Society
- Department of Sociology
- Pharmsci
- Family Medicine
- Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Mandeep Mucina
School of Child and Youth Care
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Maryam Khan
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Stephen Birch
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Gita Wahi
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Gina (Ragini) Agarwal
Family Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Susan Elliott
Earth, Environment & Society
1 shared papers, latest 2005
John David Eyles
Earth, Environment & Society
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Patricia Li
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Kaberi Dasgupta
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Wei Zhang
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Annalijn Conklin
Pharmsci
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Shazeen Suleman
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Maryam Parvez
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Palak Desai
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Susitha Wanigaratne
Epidemiology Division
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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