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Mieke Koehoorn

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Mieke Koehoorn

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, 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.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2016.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2016.

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101

Publications

148

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Grants

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Research

Occupational Epidemiology Work Disability Workers' Compensation Immigration Population-Based Data Linkage Study Work And Health Administrative Data Cohort Study

Latest papers

Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026
Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?
Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026
"He was Threatened and Told to Cooperate": Immigrant Worker Experiences with the Workers' Compensation System in the Canadian Context.
Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026 · senior author

All 101 publications

Latest funding

The ASSET Study: Assessing economic transitions and their impacts on health and well-being
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$818,550
What are the long-term health and labour market outcomes of workers who experienced work-related COVID-19 transmission?
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$412,136
The impact of sex and gender in occupational disease prevention
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$359,549

All 16 grants and awards

101 publications.

Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.

Smith P, Nadalin V, Severin C, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters C, Mustard C

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000003849 PMID: 42579804

Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Smith P, Severin C, Nadalin V, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters CE, Mustard C

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-026-10426-3 PMID: 42371267

"He was Threatened and Told to Cooperate": Immigrant Worker Experiences with the Workers' Compensation System in the Canadian Context.

Senthanar S, Ahmadi B, Creese G, Marino S, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-025-10307-1 PMID: 40624384

Correction: Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers Who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Smith P, Severin C, Nadalin V, Carnide N, Jetha A, Koehoorn M, Peters CE, Mustard C

Journal of occupational rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10926-026-10453-0 PMID: 42768260

Establishing work productivity loss norms: Absenteeism and presenteeism in a Canadian working population.

Zhang W, Qian H, L'Heureux J, Johns G, Koehoorn M, Woodcock S

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118892 PMID: 41469277

Provision of employment-related settlement services and relationship with paid employment for immigrants in Canada.

Senthanar S, Koehoorn M, McLeod CB

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321927 PMID: 40299811

Occupational asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal cancers: systematic review and meta-analyses.

Koehoorn M, McLeod CB, Fan J, Arrandale VH, Davies HW, Dement JM, Pahwa M, Peters CE, Stayner L, Straif K, Demers PA

Occupational and environmental medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109707 PMID: 39929711

Adherence to direct or vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: a long-term observational study.

Salmasi S, Safari A, De Vera MA, Högg T, Lynd LD, Koehoorn M, Barry AR, Andrade JG, Deyell MW, Rush KL, Zhao Y, Loewen P

Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11239-023-02921-8 PMID: 38103148

Missed opportunities to provide sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing in British Columbia: An interpretive description of users' experiences of Get Checked Online's design and implementation.

Iyamu I, Kassam R, Worthington C, Grace D, Pedersen H, Haag D, Bondyra M, Salmon A, Koehoorn M, Gilbert M

Digital health2024

DOI: 10.1177/20552076241277653 PMID: 39233893

Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review

Biswas A, Tiong M, Irvin E, Zhai G, Sinkins M, Johnston H, Yassi A, Smith PM, Koehoorn M

Occupational and Environmental Medicine202410 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109451

The ASSET Study: Assessing economic transitions and their impacts on health and well-being

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Richardson, Lindsey

Keywords: Covid-19; Employment And Economic Participation; Health Inequity; Inner-City Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Substance Use

$818,550

What are the long-term health and labour market outcomes of workers who experienced work-related COVID-19 transmission?

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: Smith, Peter M

Keywords: Covid-19; Gender; Recovery; Work; Workers' Compensation

$412,136

The impact of sex and gender in occupational disease prevention

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Peters, Cheryl E

Keywords: Carcinogen Exposures; Occupational Cancer; Occupational Disease; Occupational Hazards; Sex And Gender Science

$359,549

Improving Health Economic Evaluation: Better Measures of Work Productivity Losses due to Illness in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zhang, Wei

Keywords: Absenteeism; Chronic Conditions; Cost; Economic Evaluation; Population-Based Data; Presenteeism; Work Productivity

$436,048

Immigration and work disability in the Canadian context

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Koehoorn, Mieke W

Keywords: Immigration; Occupational Epidemiology; Population-Based Data Linkage Study; Work And Health; Work Disability; Workers' Compensation

$340,426

Cost-effectiveness of modified-return-to-work after a musculoskeletal injury

SupervisorCIHR2016CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Maas, Esther T

Keywords: Economic Evaluations; Effectiveness; Modified-Return-To-Work; Musculoskeletal Injuries; Return-To-Work Trajectories

$90,000

Return to work after work injury and illness: An international comparative effectiveness study of Canada, Australia and New Zealand

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: McLeod, Christopher B

Keywords: Administrative Data; Benchmarking/Performance Measurement; Cohort Studies; Comparative Effectiveness Research; Cross-Jurisdictional Comparisons; Health Policy; Occupational Health; Vulnerable Populations; Work Disability; Workers' Compensation

$525,826

STI/HIV Prevention and Young Men

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Shoveller, Jeannie A; Kendall, Perry

Keywords: Evidence-Informed Kte; Intervention Research; Population Health Intervention Ethics; Socio-Cultural And Structural Determinants Of Health; Sti/Hiv; Young Men'S Sexual Health

$9,971

Chair: Gender, Work and Health

Nominated PICIHR2012Chair: Gender, Work and Health

Principal investigators: Koehoorn, Mieke W

Keywords: Administrative Data For Health Research; Comparative Analysis/Inter-Jursisdictional Research; Gender/Sex Differences; Work Disability; Workers' Compensation

$800,000

Gender, Sex and Work Injury, Illness and Disability

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Koehoorn, Mieke W

Keywords: Administrative Data; Cohort Study; Database Linkage; Gender Health; Occupational Epidemiology; Occupational Injuries; Worker'S Compensation

$436,884

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Mieke Koehoorn

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Differences in health status among workers who acquired COVID-19 at work compared to workers who sustained a non-COVID-19 work-related injury or illness, 18-months post-injury/infection.

Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

"He was Threatened and Told to Cooperate": Immigrant Worker Experiences with the Workers' Compensation System in the Canadian Context.

Correction: Are There Differences in Return-to-Work Experiences for Workers Who Acquired COVID-19 at Work Compared to Workers Who Sustained a Non-COVID-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness?

Establishing work productivity loss norms: Absenteeism and presenteeism in a Canadian working population.

Provision of employment-related settlement services and relationship with paid employment for immigrants in Canada.

Occupational asbestos exposure and gastrointestinal cancers: systematic review and meta-analyses.

Adherence to direct or vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: a long-term observational study.

Missed opportunities to provide sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing in British Columbia: An interpretive description of users' experiences of Get Checked Online's design and implementation.

Gender and sex differences in occupation-specific infectious diseases: a systematic review

Frequent collaborators

Michael Brauer

Nancy Carnide

Emile Tompa

Hind Sbihi

Christopher McLeod

Wei Zhang

Clyde Hertzman

Cameron Mustard

Matilda Van Den Bosch

Annalee Yassi

Arif Jetha

Barbara Neis

Mark Gilbert

Amy Salmon

Jolanda Cibere

Aviroop Biswas

Peter Loewen

Martin Guhn

Heather Johnston

Stephanie Premji

Rosemin Kassam

Jaime Guzman

Hubert Wong