Razvan Romanescu, University of Manitoba

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Manitoba profile.

Latest papers

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 · senior author
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.
BMJ open · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

The Brain-Gut Axis: Identifying Psychiatric Comorbidity Genes in Manitobans with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$27,000
Developing strategies to support First Nation communities' decision-making during COVID-19 outbreaks
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$475,836
A Distinction-Based Study on Equity in COVID-19 Testing for Manitoba First Nations, Metis and Inuit
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$317,917

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

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 medicine20245 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

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

02

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 open20215 citationsOpen Access

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

The Brain-Gut Axis: Identifying Psychiatric Comorbidity Genes in Manitobans with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

SupervisorCIHR2026CIHR Strategic Master's Award - Bioinformatics, Comput. Biology/Health Data Sci.

Principal investigators: Labossiere, Erica H

Keywords: Anxiety; Crohn'S Disease; Depression; Epistasis; Gut-Brain Axis; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Manitoba; Novel Gene-Interaction Testing Method; Psychiatric Comorbidity; Ulcerative Colitis

$27,000

Developing strategies to support First Nation communities' decision-making during COVID-19 outbreaks

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

Principal investigators: Lavoie, Josée G; Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Star, Leona

Keywords: Covid-19; First Nations; Modeling; Pandemic; Policy

$475,836

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

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

College of Community and Global Health
Community Health Sciences
School of Nursing
Psychiatry Dept

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