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Bruce Smith
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Latest papers
A controlled human infection model for symptomatic pertussis in North America using the pertactin-producing clinical isolate D420.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
Development and validation of super learner models to predict small and large for gestational age in the second generation.
Scientific reports · 2025
Grandmaternal prepregnancy body mass index and infant birthweight: a mediation analysis of maternal prepregnancy body mass index.
American journal of epidemiology · 2025
Latest funding
- $4,569,190
Open-label, phase 1/2, dose-escalation and dose-confirmation clinical trial to establish a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) by determining and confirming the optimal, safe, and reproducible Influenza A:H3N2 dose administered intranasally to healthy adults 18-40 years of age that induces mild symptomatic infection and detection of Influenza A:H3N2 in nasal secretions by culture and/or PCR
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $1,142,297
Open-label, phase 1/2, dose-escalation and dose-confirmation clinical trial to establish a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) by determining and confirming the optimal, safe, and reproducible Influenza A:H3N2 dose administered intranasally to healthy adults 18-40 years of age that induces mild symptomatic infection and detection of Influenza A:H3N2 in nasal secretions by culture and/or PCR
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $932,667
Canadian Immunization Research Network
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
From the 150 most recent of 247 publications.
A controlled human infection model for symptomatic pertussis in North America using the pertactin-producing clinical isolate D420.
ElSherif MS, Redden KL, Langley JM, Ye L, Blanchard W, Smith B, Wang J, Abu-Raya B, Filliter JH, Edwards KM, Creech CB, McNeil S, Hatchette TF, LeBlanc JJ, Hariri S, Pawloski L, Maniatis P, Fox LM, Whittle CA, Halperin SA
Development and validation of super learner models to predict small and large for gestational age in the second generation.
Brown MM, Kuhle S, Smith B, Allen VM, Payne J, Woolcott CG
Grandmaternal prepregnancy body mass index and infant birthweight: a mediation analysis of maternal prepregnancy body mass index.
Brown MM, Kuhle S, Smith B, Allen VM, Payne J, Woolcott CG
2838 Evaluation of the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) for delirium identification in welsh hospitals
E Gravell, Gabrielle Williams, Bruce R. Smith, C Willimont, Catherine Beynon-Howells, P Quinn, Theresa Green, DJ Burberry, Stefan Fernandez, Elizabeth Davies
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An enveloped virus-like particle alum-adjuvanted cytomegalovirus vaccine is safe and immunogenic: A first-in-humans Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) study.
Langley JM, Gantt S, Halperin SA, Ward B, McNeil S, Ye L, Cai Y, Smith B, Anderson DE, Mitoma FD
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Using principal component analysis to investigate pacing strategies in elite international canoe kayak sprint races.
Goreham JA, Landry SC, Kozey JW, Smith B, Ladouceur M
A New Bivariate Distribution With Applications on Dependent Competing Risks Data
Thamer Manshi, Ammar M. Sarhan, Bruce R. Smith
Open-label, phase 1/2, dose-escalation and dose-confirmation clinical trial to establish a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) by determining and confirming the optimal, safe, and reproducible Influenza A:H3N2 dose administered intranasally to healthy adults 18-40 years of age that induces mild symptomatic infection and detection of Influenza A:H3N2 in nasal secretions by culture and/or PCR
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Ward, Brian J
Keywords: Challenge Study; Challenge Unit; Controlled Human Infection Model (Chim); Dose-Finding; Dose-Ranging; Healthy Adults; Influenza Virus; Pandemic Preparedness; Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial
Open-label, phase 1/2, dose-escalation and dose-confirmation clinical trial to establish a Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) by determining and confirming the optimal, safe, and reproducible Influenza A:H3N2 dose administered intranasally to healthy adults 18-40 years of age that induces mild symptomatic infection and detection of Influenza A:H3N2 in nasal secretions by culture and/or PCR
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Ward, Brian J
Keywords: Challenge Study; Challenge Unit; Controlled Human Infection Model (Chim); Dose-Finding; Dose-Ranging; Healthy Adults; Influenza Virus; Pandemic Preparedness; Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial
Canadian Immunization Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Burchell, Ann N; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Doroshenko, Alexander; Dubé, Eve; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; McNeil, Shelly A; Sadarangani, Manish; Top, Karina A; Ulanova, Marina; Ward, Brian J
Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Modeling And Economic Analysis; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations
Canadian Immunization Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Andrew, Melissa K; Bettinger, Julie A; Bolotin, Shelly; Brisson, Marc; Coleman, Brenda L; Crowcroft, Natasha S; De Serres, Gaston; De Wals, Philippe; Deeks, Shelley L; Dubé, Eve; Fisman, David N; Hatchette, Todd F; Isenor, Jennifer; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Langley, Joanne M; Loeb, Mark B; MacDougall, Heather A; Mahmud, Salaheddin; McNeil, Shelly A; Naus, Monika; Ogilvie, Gina S; Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Scheifele, David W; Top, Karina A; Van Buynder, Paul; Vaudry, Wendy L; Ward, Brian J; Watts, Tania H; Wilson, Kumanan; Wilson, Sarah
Keywords: Adverse Events Following Immunization; Immunogenicity; Population-Based Methodology; Rapid Response Research Capacity; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Effectiveness; Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Safety; Vulnerable Populations
Robust handling of heterogeneous data and probabilistic pedigrees in aquaculture selective breeding programs
Principal investigators: Herbinger, Christophe
PHAC/CIHR Influenza Research Network
Principal investigators: Halperin, Scott A; Bortolussi, Robert A; Collet, Jean-Paul; De Serres, Gaston; Johnson, Marcia M; Kwong, Jeffrey C; McNeil, Shelly A; Scheifele, David W; Ward, Brian J
Keywords: And Effectiveness; Immunogenicity; Influenza; Influenza Vaccine; Pandemic; Vaccine Coverage; Vaccine Program Implementation; Vaccine Safety
High performance computing for statistical research and training
Principal investigators: Dowd, Michael
Time series analysis, with environmental applications
Principal investigators: Smith, Bruce
MPrime Network (formerly MITACS) / Réseau MPrime (autrefois MITACS)
Principal investigators: Gupta, Arvind
Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems/Les mathématiques des technologies de l'information et des systèmes complexes
Principal investigators: Gupta, Arvind
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
- Scott Halperin and Joanne Langley: 111 shared papers
- Steven Hawken and Kumanan Wilson: 84 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Shelly McNeil: 71 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Joanne Langley: 70 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Wendy Vaudry: 60 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Karina Top: 41 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Bruce Smith: 37 shared papers
- Shelley Deeks and Kumanan Wilson: 24 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Brian Ward: 22 shared papers
- Joanne Langley and Bruce Smith: 21 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Shelley Deeks: 20 shared papers
- Karina Top and Wendy Vaudry: 20 shared papers
- Otto Vanderkooi and Karina Top: 19 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Otto Vanderkooi: 15 shared papers
- Shelley Deeks and Steven Hawken: 14 shared papers
- Christy Woolcott and Mary Brown: 13 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Brian Ward: 11 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Bruce Smith: 11 shared papers
- Joanne Langley and Brian Ward: 11 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Curtis Cooper: 9 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Kumanan Wilson: 9 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Bahaa Abu-Raya: 8 shared papers
- Shelly McNeil and Otto Vanderkooi: 8 shared papers
- Joanne Langley and Curtis Cooper: 8 shared papers
- Curtis Cooper and Brian Ward: 8 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Audrey Steenbeek: 7 shared papers
- Kumanan Wilson and Christiaan Righolt: 6 shared papers
- Joanne Langley and Bahaa Abu-Raya: 5 shared papers
- Otto Vanderkooi and Wendy Vaudry: 5 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Steven Hawken: 4 shared papers
- Scott Halperin and Pierre Lavigne: 4 shared papers
- Beverley Orser and Andrew Baker: 4 shared papers
- Brian Ward and Bruce Smith: 4 shared papers
- Audrey Steenbeek and Karina Top: 4 shared papers
- Shelley Deeks and Christiaan Righolt: 4 shared papers
- Karina Top and Bruce Smith: 4 shared papers
- Alezandre Dauphin and Beverley Orser: 3 shared papers
- Pierre Lavigne and Bruce Smith: 3 shared papers
- Wendy Vaudry and Bruce Smith: 3 shared papers
- Christy Woolcott and Joanne Langley: 2 shared papers
- Christy Woolcott and Jennifer Payne: 2 shared papers
- Christy Woolcott and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Beverley Orser and Alison Macarthur: 2 shared papers
- Curtis Cooper and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Shelley Deeks and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Steven Hawken and Christiaan Righolt: 2 shared papers
- Steven Hawken and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Kumanan Wilson and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Christiaan Righolt and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Mary Brown and Jennifer Payne: 2 shared papers
- Mary Brown and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Bahaa Abu-Raya and Wendy Vaudry: 2 shared papers
- Otto Vanderkooi and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Michel Ladouceur and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Jennifer Payne and Bruce Smith: 2 shared papers
- Alezandre Dauphin and Bruce Mazer: 1 shared paper
- Alezandre Dauphin and Andrew Baker: 1 shared paper
- Alezandre Dauphin and Alison Macarthur: 1 shared paper
- Alezandre Dauphin and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Scott Halperin and Alison Macarthur: 1 shared paper
- Shelly McNeil and Audrey Steenbeek: 1 shared paper
- Bruce Mazer and Beverley Orser: 1 shared paper
- Bruce Mazer and Brian Ward: 1 shared paper
- Bruce Mazer and Andrew Baker: 1 shared paper
- Bruce Mazer and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Beverley Orser and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Brian Ward and Pierre Lavigne: 1 shared paper
- Andrew Baker and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Audrey Steenbeek and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Bahaa Abu-Raya and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Alison Macarthur and Bruce Smith: 1 shared paper
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
- Pediatrics Dept
- Department of Mathematics & Statistics
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- Other
Co-authors at Dalhousie University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Scott Halperin
Department of Pediatrics
37 shared papers, latest 2026
Joanne Langley
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
21 shared papers, latest 2026
Shelly McNeil
Department of Pediatrics
11 shared papers, latest 2026
David Scheifele
Department of Pediatrics
6 shared papers, latest 2012
Karina Top
Pediatrics Dept
4 shared papers, latest 2021
Brian Ward
Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
4 shared papers, latest 2024
Wendy Vaudry
Pediatrics Dept
3 shared papers, latest 2018
Pierre Lavigne
Biochemistry and Functional Genomics
3 shared papers, latest 2006
Stefan Kuhle
Health and Human Performance
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Mary Brown
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Otto Vanderkooi
Cumming School of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Christy Woolcott
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Christiaan Righolt
Department of Surgery
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Salaheddin Mahmud
Community Health Sciences
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Heather Scott
Obstetrics and Gynecology
2 shared papers, latest 2006
Michel Ladouceur
Kinesiology
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Jennifer Payne
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Soren Gantt
Microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Steven Hawken
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Shelley Deeks
Department of Pediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Jean Wong
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 1998
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