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Natalie Prystajecky

ResearcherLaboratory Medicine and PathologyUniversity of British Columbia

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Natalie Prystajecky

Researcher

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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.
47 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Publications

159

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Research

Clinical Data Covid-19 Data Integration Genomics Information Management Outcome Data Phylogenetics Sars-Cov-19

Latest papers

Wastewater surveillance as an early warning indicator for norovirus: Validating wastewater signals against clinical indicators in British Columbia, Canada, 2021-2025.
Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2026
Comparative diagnostic evaluation of microscopy and targeted next-generation sequencing of the barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I for tick identification in British Columbia, 2021-2023.
International journal for parasitology · 2026
Development and evaluation of a molecular assay for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus from municipal wastewater in British Columbia.
Journal of virological methods · 2026 · senior author

All 72 publications

Latest funding

Intralesional-Microbiome Impact on Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer Development
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$67,500
Subsequent to LEEP Evaluation of Disease Recurrence - Systemic and Comprehensive Pan-optic Exploration (SLEEPER-SCOPE 360) - A Comprehensive Exploration of post-LEEP HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia Recurrence and its Associated Factors
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
Development of single-chain antibodies against avian influenza H5N1 for environmental and diagnostic applications
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$112,500

All 9 grants and awards

72 publications.

Wastewater surveillance as an early warning indicator for norovirus: Validating wastewater signals against clinical indicators in British Columbia, Canada, 2021-2025.

Irwin B, Prystajecky N, Singal M, Relova S, Smith A, McVea D

Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2026

DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v52i78a04 PMID: 42774977

Comparative diagnostic evaluation of microscopy and targeted next-generation sequencing of the barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I for tick identification in British Columbia, 2021-2023.

Cabrera A, Lee TD, Yao AY, Tyson J, Kolehmainen K, Singh I, Cheung M, Lee MK, Su LD, Chahil N, Tsang F, Iwasawa S, Stewart Q, Fraser E, Snyman LP, Prystajecky N, Savage J, Morshed MG, Hogan CA

International journal for parasitology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2026.104897 PMID: 42242343

Development and evaluation of a molecular assay for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus from municipal wastewater in British Columbia.

Kopetzky J, Mansour SC, Floyd R, Byrne L, Tchao C, Prystajecky N

Journal of virological methods2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2025.115297 PMID: 41203138

The Mpox contextual data specification package: a data curation toolkit to support collaborative pathogen genomic surveillance

Griffiths EJ, Cameron R, Barclay C, John NS, Dooley D, Gill I, Iseminger M, Anwar MZ, Horsman ME, MacKenzie K

Microbial genomics2026

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001614

Associations between social determinants of health and COVID-19 outcomes by variants of concern: a Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis.

Xiu F, Irvine MA, Prystajecky N, Hoang L, Wang L, Mishra S, Sander B, Baral S, Janjua NZ, Sbihi H

BMJ public health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002918 PMID: 41262780

Series 2: Development of a Multiplex Amplicon Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Rapid Assessment of Resistance-Associated Mutations in M. tuberculosis Clinical Cases.

Cabrera A, Lee T, Kolehmainen K, Hird T, Jorgensen D, Lo CK, Hamze H, O'Dwyer A, Fornika D, KhunKhun RK, Rodrigues M, Prystajecky N, Tyson J, Zlosnik JEA, Sekirov I

Tropical medicine and infectious disease2025

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed10070194 PMID: 40711071

Series 1: The Use of hsp65- and erm(41)-Targeted Amplicon Sequencing in the Diagnostic Workflow for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria.

Lee T, Cabrera A, Kolehmainen K, Hird T, Jorgensen D, O'Dwyer A, Fornika D, KhunKhun RK, Rodrigues M, Prystajecky N, Tyson J, Sekirov I, Zlosnik JEA

Tropical medicine and infectious disease2025

DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed10070192 PMID: 40711069

Norovirus trends in British Columbia from 2021 to 2022: the relationship between wastewater surveillance and clinical outbreak data during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Treagus S, Kopetzky J, Tchao C, Chan T, Bishay F, Jeong HJ, Yu D, Kong A, Mansour SC, Prystajecky N

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-06940-8 PMID: 40596393

The mediating role of SARS-CoV-2 variants between income and hospitalization due to COVID-19: a period-based mediation analysis.

Harrigan SP, Fibke CD, Velásquez García HA, Mak S, Wilton J, Prystajecky N, Tyson J, Wang L, Sander B, Baral S, Mishra S, Janjua NZ, Sbihi H

American journal of epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae266 PMID: 39117572

Enhancing surveillance of antimicrobial resistant organisms in British Columbia through community-level wastewater testing.

Mansour SC, Woo SM, Kopetzky J, Russell S, Bishay F, Hon B, Byrne L, Prystajecky N, Hoang L

Scientific reports2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-32629-z PMID: 41422328

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Natalie Prystajecky

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Wastewater surveillance as an early warning indicator for norovirus: Validating wastewater signals against clinical indicators in British Columbia, Canada, 2021-2025.

Comparative diagnostic evaluation of microscopy and targeted next-generation sequencing of the barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase subunit I for tick identification in British Columbia, 2021-2023.

Development and evaluation of a molecular assay for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, influenza B, and respiratory syncytial virus from municipal wastewater in British Columbia.

The Mpox contextual data specification package: a data curation toolkit to support collaborative pathogen genomic surveillance

Associations between social determinants of health and COVID-19 outcomes by variants of concern: a Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis.

Series 2: Development of a Multiplex Amplicon Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Rapid Assessment of Resistance-Associated Mutations in M. tuberculosis Clinical Cases.

Series 1: The Use of hsp65- and erm(41)-Targeted Amplicon Sequencing in the Diagnostic Workflow for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria.

Norovirus trends in British Columbia from 2021 to 2022: the relationship between wastewater surveillance and clinical outbreak data during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The mediating role of SARS-CoV-2 variants between income and hospitalization due to COVID-19: a period-based mediation analysis.

Enhancing surveillance of antimicrobial resistant organisms in British Columbia through community-level wastewater testing.

Intralesional-Microbiome Impact on Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer Development

Subsequent to LEEP Evaluation of Disease Recurrence - Systemic and Comprehensive Pan-optic Exploration (SLEEPER-SCOPE 360) - A Comprehensive Exploration of post-LEEP HPV Infection and Cervical Dysplasia Recurrence and its Associated Factors

Development of single-chain antibodies against avian influenza H5N1 for environmental and diagnostic applications

Viral Imprinting in Shaping Childhood Immune Responses and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

Teasing apart the differential impact of variants of concern on COVID-19 severity and health inequities: a population-based genomic epidemiological investigation in Ontario and British Columbia.

CANMOD: Canadian Network for Modelling Infectious Disease

Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

RES'EAU-WaterNET: An NSERC Strategic Network on Small, Rural and First Nations Water Systems

Frequent collaborators

Hind Sbihi

Mel Krajden

Agatha Jassem

Inna Sekirov

Masahiro Niikura

Caroline Colijn

Sharmistha Mishra

William Hsiao

Beate Sander

Chelsea Himsworth

Ralph Pantophlet

Bonnie Henry

Mark Hull

Rolando Barrios

Manish Sadarangani

Curtis Cooper

Samira Mubareka

Ana Duggan

Robert Delatolla

Yann Joly

Patrick Tang

Lincoln Stein

Guillaume Bourque

Bryna Warshawsky

Anya Smith

Gaston De Serres

Ramzi Fattouh

Richard Harrigan

Denis Talbot

Andrew McArthur

Kirsten Mattison