James Dickinson, University of British Columbia

Research

Effectiveness Emerging Observational Pandemic Respiratory Sentinel Surveillance Vaccine

Latest papers

Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Canada during the era of prostate-specific antigen screening.
CMAJ open · 2016 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$3,000,000
Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening
CIHR · 2014 · Co-investigator
$395,000
Quality of cancer care in remote-dwelling Canadians
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$237,868

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Canada during the era of prostate-specific antigen screening.

Dickinson J, Shane A, Tonelli M, Connor Gorber S, Joffres M, Singh H, Bell N

CMAJ open2016First author

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140079 PMID: 27280117

The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - General

Principal investigators: Skowronski, Danuta Maria; Carazo, Sara; Dickinson, James; Mather, Richard

Keywords: Effectiveness; Emerging; Observational; Pandemic; Respiratory; Sentinel; Surveillance; Vaccine; Variant; Virus

$3,000,000

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Coldman, Andrew J; Krajden, Mel; Van Niekerk, Dirk J; Ogilvie, Gina S

Keywords: Cancer Control; Cervical Cancer; Human Papillomavirus; Molecular Testing; Prevention; Screening

$395,000

Quality of cancer care in remote-dwelling Canadians

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Tonelli, Marcello

Keywords: Cancer; Determinants Of Health; Epidemiology; Quality Of Care; Rural Or Remote Residence Location; Screening

$237,868

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

Medicine
Community Health Sciences
Biology
School of Nursing
Medicine/Nephrology
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.

Marcello Tonelli

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Marcello Tonelli

Medicine/Nephrology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Harminder Singh

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Harminder Singh

Biology

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Effectiveness Dear Professor Dickinson, 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 "Trends in prostate cancer incidence and mortality in Canada during the era of prostate-specific antigen screening." (2016), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics." (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]