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Karen Zhang

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Assistant Professor (Part-Time)Psychiatry & Behavioural NeurosciencesMcMaster University

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

64 publications.

01

Multi-methods development and validation of a tool for use in measuring serious illness communication competence: Assessment of clinical encounters – Communication tool (ACE-CT)

Arora AK, Seow H, Bainbridge D, Kulasegaram K, Apramian T, Incardona N, Steinberg L, Sanders J, Jia Z, Levine O

Patient Education and Counseling20262 citations
02

All providers Better Communication Skills (ABCs) program: protocol for a randomized controlled trial assessing communication training effectiveness with interprofessional clinicians

Seow H, Arora AK, Bainbridge D, Jia Z, Steinberg L, Incardona N, Levine O, Sanders JJ, Simon J, des Ordons AR

BMC Palliative Care20261 citations
03

Higher-order assembly of a type IX retron enables exploitation for designer antimicrobials

Hibshman GN, Wang L, MacRae N, Zhang K, Florez A, Shipman SL, Nogales E

20261 citations
04

Hip fracture patients exhibit poorer premorbid quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic

Wong KC, Fong J, Ong KH, Lee M, Zhang K, Koh JSB, Howe TS, Khing Tay KX, Yeo W

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare2026
05

Author Correction: Random access and semantic search in DNA data storage enabled by Cas9 and machine-guided design

Imburgia C, Organick L, Zhang K, Cardozo N, McBride J, Bee C, Wilde D, Roote G, Jorgensen S, Ward D

Nature Communications2026
06

Patient- and caregiver-reported outcome and experience measures for evaluating serious illness communication: An environmental scan

Seow H, Arora AK, Jia Z, Zhang K, Melchionna G, Levine O, Simon J, Sanders JJ, Myers J

Palliative Care2026
07

Continuous multiplexed phage genome editing using recombitrons

Fishman CB, Crawford KD, Bhattarai-Kline S, Poola D, Zhang K, González-Delgado A, Rojas-Montero M, Shipman SL

Nature Biotechnology202539 citations
08

Random access and semantic search in DNA data storage enabled by Cas9 and machine-guided design

Imburgia C, Organick L, Zhang K, Cardozo N, McBride J, Bee C, Wilde D, Roote G, Jorgensen S, Ward D

Nature Communications202516 citations
09

SspA is a transcriptional regulator of CRISPR adaptation in E. coli

Lopez SC, Lee Y, Zhang K, Shipman SL

Nucleic Acids Research (NAR)20258 citations
10

Screen Time and Standardized Academic Achievement Tests in Elementary School

Li X, Keown-Stoneman CD, Omand JA, Cost KT, Gallagher-Mackay K, Hove J, Janus M, Korczak DJ, Pullenayegum EM, Tsujimoto KC

JAMA Network Open20258 citations

Research institutes and memberships

  • Escarpment Cancer Research Institute (ECRI) (Joint Institute)
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