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Marcelo Urquia

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Manitoba

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Marcelo Urquia

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Crc Child Welfare Parental Health Equity Gender Immigrants Life Course Population Health

Latest papers

Identifying people with post-COVID condition using linked, population-based administrative health data from Manitoba, Canada: prevalence and predictors in a cohort of COVID-positive individuals.
BMJ open · 2025
Birth Outcomes Among First Nations Birthing Parents Incarcerated While Pregnant: A Linked Administrative Data Study From Manitoba, Canada.
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health · 2024
COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations among First Nations in Manitoba: A nations-based retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data, 2020-2021.
PLoS medicine · 2024

All 10 publications

Latest funding

SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sector Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$60,000
SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sectoral Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$372,200
Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$500,000

All 11 grants and awards

10 publications.

Identifying people with post-COVID condition using linked, population-based administrative health data from Manitoba, Canada: prevalence and predictors in a cohort of COVID-positive individuals.

Katz A, Ekuma O, Enns JE, Cavett T, Singer A, Sanchez-Ramirez DC, Keynan Y, Lix L, Walld R, Yogendran M, Nickel NC, Urquia M, Star L, Olafson K, Logsetty S, Spiwak R, Waruk J, Matharaarachichi S

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087920 PMID: 39788761

Birth Outcomes Among First Nations Birthing Parents Incarcerated While Pregnant: A Linked Administrative Data Study From Manitoba, Canada.

Nickel NC, Enns JE, Brownell M, Quddus F, Walld R, Brownell E, Turnbull L, Casiano H, Urquia M, Decaire E, Mahar A, Wall-Wieler E, Campbell R, Durksen A, Lee JB, Tso Deh M, Ferland I, Granger M, Phillips-Beck W

Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2024.06.001 PMID: 38971690

COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations among First Nations in Manitoba: A nations-based retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data, 2020-2021.

Nickel NC, Phillips-Beck W, Enns JE, Ekuma O, Taylor C, Fileatreault S, Eze N, Star L, Lavoie J, Katz A, Brownell M, Mahar A, Urquia M, Chateau D, Lix L, Chartier M, Brownell E, Tso Deh M, Durksen A, Romanescu R

PLoS medicine2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004348 PMID: 38363739

Gender-based discrimination and son preference in Punjabi-Canadian families: a community-based participatory qualitative research study.

Wanigaratne S, Januwalla A, Bhangu M, Uppal P, Kumar-Ratta A, Brar A, Dennis CL, Urquia M

BMJ open2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074276 PMID: 37648385

Food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, and self-reported health among newcomer Manitoba youth: A cross-sectional study.

Alexiuk T, Pilli B, Hinds A, Urquia M, Slater J

Ecology of food and nutrition2023

DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2022.2148664 PMID: 36416439

A scoping review on the measurement of transnationalism in migrant health research in high-income countries.

Kim YN, Urquia M, Villadsen SF, Merry L

Globalization and health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12992-021-00777-2 PMID: 34715897

Diagnostic testing and vaccination for COVID-19 among First Nations, Metis and Inuit in Manitoba, Canada: protocol for a nations-based cohort study using linked administrative data.

Nickel NC, Clark W, Phillips-Beck W, Sanguins J, Enns JE, Lavoie JG, Romanescu R, Katz A, Mahar AL, Brownell M, Lix L, Urquia M, Tso Deh M, O'Conaill C, Durksen A, Brownell E, COVID Equity Team

BMJ open2021

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052936 PMID: 34521679

Association of source country gender inequality with experiencing assault and poor mental health among young female immigrants to Ontario, Canada.

Lebenbaum M, Stukel TA, Saunders NR, Lu H, Urquia M, Kurdyak P, Guttmann A

BMC public health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10720-0 PMID: 33863298

Severe maternal morbidity among migrants with insecure residency status in Sweden 2000-2014: a population-based cohort study.

Liu C, Wall-Wieler E, Urquia M, Carmichael SL, Stephansson O

Journal of migration and health2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jmh.2020.100006 PMID: 34405161

Missing girls among deliveries from Indian and Chinese mothers in Spain 2007-2015.

Castelló A, Urquia M, Rodríguez-Arenas MÁ, Bolúmar F

European journal of epidemiology2019

DOI: 10.1007/s10654-019-00513-6 PMID: 30891687

SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sector Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: cross-sector research; social policy; partnership; community organizations; government; administrative data; qualitative methodologies; participatory action research; knowledge co-creation

$60,000

SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sectoral Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: cross-sector research; social policy; partnership; community organizations; government; administrative data; qualitative methodologies; participatory action research; knowledge co-creation

$372,200

Canada Reseach Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2021Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Long-term Sequelae of COVID-19: Using Clinical and Administrative Data to Support Diagnosis and Treatment of Long COVID Patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Katz, Alan; Keynan, Yoav; Lix, Lisa M; Singer, Alexander G

Keywords: Administrative Health Data; Comorbidities; Covid-19; Electronic Medical Records; First Nations; Free Text Analysis; High Dimensional Propensity Score; Immigrants; Long Covid Syndrome

$202,005

A Distinction-Based Study on Equity in COVID-19 Testing for Manitoba First Nations, Metis and Inuit

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Nickel, Nathan C; Star, Leona; Clark, Wayne; Lavoie, Josée G; Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Sanguins, Julianne

Keywords: Contact Tracing; Covid-19; Diagnostic Testing; First Nations; Health Equity; Indigenous; Inuit; Metis

$317,917

The Relationship Between Health and Child Protection Services Involvement Among Parents in Manitoba, Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wall-Wieler, Elizabeth; Bennett, Marlyn L; Brownell, Marni D; Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Child Welfare; Parental Health

$393,976

Maternal and Child Health Consequences of Infant Removal by Child Protective Services

SupervisorCIHR2019CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Kenny, Kathleen S

Keywords: Birth Alerts; Child Custody Loss; Child Protective Service; Colonialism; Health Inequities; Indigenous Health; Maternal Health; Newborn; Out-Of-Home Placement

$135,000

Health, Well-Being, and Disease-Birth to Adulthood in Manitoba

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Roos, Leslie L; Brownell, Marni D

Keywords: Family Stress; Human Capital; Large Data Bases; Mother-Child

$244,799

FANS: Building Evidence to Inform Policies and Programs for Food and Nutrition Security in Manitoba Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Slater, Joyce J; Katz, Alan; Santos, Robert G

Keywords: Adolescents; Determinants Of Health; Diet And Nutrition; Food Security; Health Equity; Nutrition Epidemiology; Nutrition Security; Schools; Survey; Youth

$393,975

CRC Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2016Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

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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Marcelo Urquia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identifying people with post-COVID condition using linked, population-based administrative health data from Manitoba, Canada: prevalence and predictors in a cohort of COVID-positive individuals.

Birth Outcomes Among First Nations Birthing Parents Incarcerated While Pregnant: A Linked Administrative Data Study From Manitoba, Canada.

COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations among First Nations in Manitoba: A nations-based retrospective cohort study using linked administrative data, 2020-2021.

Gender-based discrimination and son preference in Punjabi-Canadian families: a community-based participatory qualitative research study.

Food insecurity, nutrition insecurity, and self-reported health among newcomer Manitoba youth: A cross-sectional study.

A scoping review on the measurement of transnationalism in migrant health research in high-income countries.

Diagnostic testing and vaccination for COVID-19 among First Nations, Metis and Inuit in Manitoba, Canada: protocol for a nations-based cohort study using linked administrative data.

Association of source country gender inequality with experiencing assault and poor mental health among young female immigrants to Ontario, Canada.

Severe maternal morbidity among migrants with insecure residency status in Sweden 2000-2014: a population-based cohort study.

Missing girls among deliveries from Indian and Chinese mothers in Spain 2007-2015.

SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sector Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation

SPECTRUM: A Collaborative Cross-Sectoral Partnership Using Data Science and Participatory Action Methodologies to Conduct Equity-Focused Social Policy Research and Evaluation

Frequent collaborators

Lisa Lix

Marni Brownell

Wanda Phillips-Beck

Alan Katz

Leona Star

Leona Star

Marcelo Urquia

Paul Kurdyak

Alyson Mahar

Alyson Mahar

Elizabeth Wall-Wieler

Rae Spiwak

Yoav Keynan

Elizabeth Decaire

Aynslie Hinds

Alexander Singer

Susitha Wanigaratne

Joyce Slater

Wayne Clark

Rhonda Campbell

Astrid Guttmann

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Julianne Sanguins

Mariette Chartier

Sarvesh Logsetty