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Finlay Maguire

ResearcherDalhousie University

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Finlay Maguire

Researcher

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 NSERC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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6,615

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Research

Travel Award

Latest papers

Episiotomy on TikTok: Assessing Misinformation and Information Quality Shared on a Popular Social Media Platform.
International urogynecology journal · 2026
Sarand: exploring antimicrobial resistance gene neighbourhoods in complex metagenomic assembly graphs.
NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2026 · senior author
Evaluation of Phenotypic and Genotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods for Newer β-lactam/β-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations in Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Ecology and evolution of coronaviruses in Canadian wildlife
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000
Worst-case regret in bargaining
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$43,694
The H5Nx Genomic Landscape: Predictive Modelling of Host and Antigenic Transitions
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 9 grants and awards

48 publications.

Episiotomy on TikTok: Assessing Misinformation and Information Quality Shared on a Popular Social Media Platform.

Scott A, Harris C, Cruickshank A, Maguire F, Stairs J

International urogynecology journal2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00192-025-06496-1 PMID: 41427989

Sarand: exploring antimicrobial resistance gene neighbourhoods in complex metagenomic assembly graphs.

Kafaie S, Naseri S, Mahoney DBJ, Gagie T, Beiko RG, Maguire F

NAR genomics and bioinformatics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqag066 PMID: 42454225

Evaluation of Phenotypic and Genotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods for Newer β-lactam/β-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations in Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Hall CW, Waglechner N, Choi E, Aftanas P, Katz K, Vermeiren C, Maguire F, Kozak R, Li XX

The Journal of infectious diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaf585 PMID: 41248977

Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study

Nirmalarajah K, Aftanas P, Barati S, Chien E, Crowl G, Faheem A, Farooqi L, Jamal AJ, Khan S, Kotwa JD

BMC Infectious Diseases20253 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10450-3

Correction: Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study

Nirmalarajah K, Aftanas P, Barati S, Chien E, Crowl G, Faheem A, Farooqi L, Jamal AJ, Khan S, Kotwa JD

BMC Infectious Diseases2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-11828-z

argNorm: normalization of antibiotic resistance gene annotations to the Antibiotic Resistance Ontology (ARO).

Ugarcina Perovic S, Ramji V, Chong H, Duan Y, Maguire F, Coelho LP

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf173 PMID: 40238188

Comparison of pharyngeal and invasive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes by whole-genome sequencing in Toronto, Canada.

Zeppa JJ, Avery EG, Aftanas P, Choi E, Uleckas S, Patel P, Waglechner N, Jimenez H, Vermeiren C, Katz K, Li XX, Maguire F, Kozak R

Microbiology spectrum2025

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02141-24 PMID: 39945517

Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 D614G, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron variants in golden hamsters.

Banete A, Griffin BD, Corredor JC, Chien E, Yip L, Gunawardena TNA, Nirmalarajah K, Liang J, Lee Y, Leacy A, Pagliarani S, de Borja R, Yim W, Lee H, Onodera Y, Aftanas P, Budylowski P, Ahn SK, Pei Y, Ouyang H, Kent L, Li XA, Ostrowski MA, Kozak RA, Wootton SK, Christie-Holmes N, Gray-Owen SD, Taipale M, Simpson JT, Maguire F, McGeer AJ, Zhang H, Susta L, Moraes TJ, Mubareka S

Npj viruses2025

DOI: 10.1038/s44298-025-00092-2 PMID: 40295859

Men who hate women: The misogyny of involuntarily celibate men.

Halpin M, Richard N, Preston K, Gosse M, Maguire F

New media & society2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/14614448231176777 PMID: 39711688

When Help Is Harm: Health, Lookism and Self-Improvement in the Manosphere.

Halpin M, Gosse M, Yeo K, Handlovsky I, Maguire F

Sociology of health & illness2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70015 PMID: 40069550

Ecology and evolution of coronaviruses in Canadian wildlife

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Mubareka, Samira

$125,000

Worst-case regret in bargaining

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kostadinov, Rumen

Keywords: bargaining; game theory; mechanism design; worst-case regret

$43,694

The H5Nx Genomic Landscape: Predictive Modelling of Host and Antigenic Transitions

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Poljak, Zvonimir Z

$150,000

United by hate: misogyny in male oriented online communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Halpin, Michael A.

Keywords: Misogyny; Ambivalent sexism; Intersectionality; Hegemonc Masculinity; Qualitative Methods; Computational Sociology; Online communities

$44,337

Is unexplained inequality unfair?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Asada, Yukiko

Keywords: Inequality; Fairness; Empirical methods

$38,455

Advancing understanding of the evolution of key bacterial and fungal genes in microbial communities through metagenomic assembly optimisation and context-aware graph algorithms

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Maguire, Finlay

$99,000

Social Disconnection and Masculinity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Halpin, Michael

Keywords: Social Disconnection; Masculinity; Health; Emerging Asocial Society; Abductive Analysis; Mixed Methods; Computational Social Science

$30,840

Advancing understanding of the evolution of key bacterial and fungal genes in microbial communities through metagenomic assembly optimisation and context-aware graph algorithms

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Maguire, Finlay

$12,500

JPIAMR-Virtual Research Institute Event

Nominated PICIHR2019Hacking AMR 2019 - Using the digital world to fight Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Maguire, Finlay

Keywords: Travel Award

$3,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Travel Award Dear Professor Maguire, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Episiotomy on TikTok: Assessing Misinformation and Information Quality Shared on a Popular Social Media Platform." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Advancing understanding of the evolution of key bacterial and fungal genes in microbial communities through metagenomic assembly optimisation and context-aware graph algorithms" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Finlay Maguire

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Episiotomy on TikTok: Assessing Misinformation and Information Quality Shared on a Popular Social Media Platform.

Sarand: exploring antimicrobial resistance gene neighbourhoods in complex metagenomic assembly graphs.

Evaluation of Phenotypic and Genotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods for Newer &#x3b2;-lactam/&#x3b2;-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations in Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study

Correction: Identification of patient demographic, clinical, and SARS-CoV-2 genomic factors associated with severe COVID-19 using supervised machine learning: a retrospective multicenter study

argNorm: normalization of antibiotic resistance gene annotations to the Antibiotic Resistance Ontology (ARO).

Comparison of pharyngeal and invasive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes by whole-genome sequencing in Toronto, Canada.

Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 D614G, Alpha, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron variants in golden hamsters.

Men who hate women: The misogyny of involuntarily celibate men.

When Help Is Harm: Health, Lookism and Self-Improvement in the Manosphere.

Ecology and evolution of coronaviruses in Canadian wildlife

Worst-case regret in bargaining

The H5Nx Genomic Landscape: Predictive Modelling of Host and Antigenic Transitions

United by hate: misogyny in male oriented online communities

Is unexplained inequality unfair?

Advancing understanding of the evolution of key bacterial and fungal genes in microbial communities through metagenomic assembly optimisation and context-aware graph algorithms

Social Disconnection and Masculinity

Advancing understanding of the evolution of key bacterial and fungal genes in microbial communities through metagenomic assembly optimisation and context-aware graph algorithms

JPIAMR-Virtual Research Institute Event

Frequent collaborators

Samira Mubareka

Andrew McArthur

Robert Kozak

Arinjay Banerjee

Juliette Blais-Savoie

Bradley Pickering

Karen Mossman

BO WANG

Mikko Taipale

Nick Daneman

Henry Wong

Volker Gerdts

Paul Yip

Idowu Olawoye

Leonardo Susta

Prameet Sheth

Ingrid Handlovsky

Anne-Claude Gingras

Brian Raught

Allison McGeer

Haibo Zhang

Jason Moffat

Sharon Walmsley

Darryl Falzarano

Eric Brown

Tony Mazzulli

Gerard Wright

Andrew Doxey

Artem Cherkasov

Jack Greenblatt

Evaluation of Phenotypic and Genotypic Susceptibility Testing Methods for Newer β-lactam/β-lactamase Inhibitor Combinations in Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.