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Magdalena Janus
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Latest papers
Understanding Educator Perceptions in Assessment of Kindergarten Children’s Development
Early Childhood Education Journal · 2026 · senior author
Reciprocal Links Between Math Self-Concept and Achievement: Evidence From Population-Level Administrative Data
International Journal of Population Data Science · 2026 · senior author
Developmental health and well-being of refugee children in resettlement contexts: population-level findings from Australia and Canada
BMJ Paediatrics Open · 2026
Latest funding
- $449,120
Beyond The Gaze: Contextualizing Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Law, Data, and Lived Experience
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $285,821
Crip time and disabled childhood: Critical policy analysis of a Longitudinal dataset
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $24,994
The Promoting Healthy Families Knowledge Dissemination Summit: A Canadian Evaluation of Two Parenting Programs
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
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From the 150 most recent of 232 publications.
Understanding Educator Perceptions in Assessment of Kindergarten Children’s Development
Spadafora N, Jezrawi R, De Jesus S, Cameron D, Janus M
Reciprocal Links Between Math Self-Concept and Achievement: Evidence From Population-Level Administrative Data
Lefebvre JP, Sinclair J, Davies S, Kim H, Duku E, Janus M
Developmental health and well-being of refugee children in resettlement contexts: population-level findings from Australia and Canada
Petteni MG, Edwards B, Guhn M, Janus M, Gadermann A
Teacher-Reported Prevalence of FASD in Kindergarten and Association With Home Problems and Early Intervention in 2010–2015 and 2016–2020
Hawke R, Reid-Westoby C, Pei J, Janus M
Effectiveness of Enhanced Developmental Screening at 18 Months to Identify Developmental Delays
Hamovitch E, Raveendran T, Cohen E, Guttmann A, Altaf A, Diong C, Evans A, Stukel TA, Janus M, Saunders NR
Understanding the early development and well-being of children from refugee backgrounds in kindergarten from the perspective of teachers and settlement workers: A population-level, mixed methods study
Petteni MG, Edwards B, Poon B, Janus M, Guhn M, Goossen R, Ortiz SS, Gadermann A
Early development and school readiness in very preterm children
Raghuram K, Bando N, Janus M, Lee S, Gaskin A, Offord A, Reid-Westoby C, Ault R, Ricci MF, Simard M-N
Children’s School Readiness and Math Achievement Trajectories: A Large-Scale, Longitudinal Study From Ontario
Ameli F, Davies S, Janus M, Duku E
Adversity profiles among Canadian families: A secondary data analysis of a randomized controlled trial of the Family Check-Up®.
Amédée LM, Gonzalez A, Andrews K, Rieder A, Abela KR, Georgiades K, Pires P, Janus M, Lipman E, Bennett T
Outpatient Care Before and After Mental Health Hospitalization for Adolescents From Immigrant, Refugee and Non-immigrant Backgrounds in British Columbia: A Retrospective Cohort Study: Soins en consultation externe avant et après une hospitalisation en santé mentale pour les adolescents, issus ou non de l’immigration ou réfugiés, en Colombie-Britannique: Une étude de cohorte rétrospective
Gadermann A, Petteni MG, Magee C, Janus M, Georgiades K, Sassi R, Guhn M, Puyat JH
Beyond The Gaze: Contextualizing Child Supervision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Law, Data, and Lived Experience
Principal investigators: Ruiz-Casares, Monica
Crip time and disabled childhood: Critical policy analysis of a Longitudinal dataset
Principal investigators: Underwood, Kathryn
The Promoting Healthy Families Knowledge Dissemination Summit: A Canadian Evaluation of Two Parenting Programs
Principal investigators: Gonzalez, Andrea; Carsley, Sarah; Macmillan, Harriet L
Keywords: Child Behaviour Problems; Community Engagement; Community-Based Programs; Economic Evaluation; Health Equity; Organizational Readiness; Parenting; Policy/Practice Interface; Social Determinants Of Health
Understanding the Expression of Classroom Incivility Across Middle Childhood
Principal investigators: Spadafora, Natalie
Keywords: classroom incivility; middle childhood; early adolescence; elementary teachers
Advancing community partnerships to integrate monitoring system data and support decision making for the well-being of children, youth, and families
Principal investigators: Guhn, Martin
Keywords: Child & youth well-being and development; social context; community/population-level data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sector collaboration; evidence-informed decision making
Pathways from early childhood to young adulthood: Early indicators of secondary and post-secondary graduation outcomes for children and youth in BC
Principal investigators: Gadermann, Anne M.
Keywords: secondary graduation; post-secondary graduation; early childhood development; middle childhood; adolescence; social inequities
Healthcare Utilization and Developmental Outcomes Among Siblings of Children Born Preterm: A Multi-Provincial Population-based Study
Principal investigators: Louis, Deepak; Bacchini, Fabiana; Lisonkova, Sarka; Saunders, Natasha R
Keywords: Developmental Outcome; Early Childhood Experiences; Families; Healthcare Utilization; Impact Of Prematurity; Mental Health; Physical Health; Preterm Birth; School Readiness; Siblings
SUCCESS: Screen Use in Children and School Success
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Cohort; Education; Elementary Student; Eqao; Longitudinal; Mental Health; School Success; Screen Use
A longitudinal examination of health behaviours, family context, and disruptive behaviour from preschool to primary school
Principal investigators: Charach, Alice; Cost, Katherine T
Keywords: Behavioural Health; Paediatric Health; Social Determinants Of Health
Transnational normative networks: Towards corporate accountability for environmental damage
Principal investigators: Ellis, Jaye D.
Keywords: public international law; transnational law; environmental law; corporate responsibility; environmental standards
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Courses taught
1- Undergraduate
Social Determinants of Child Health
HTHSCI 4SC3 · last taught 2024
Frequent collaborators
- Peter Szatmari and Stelios Georgiades: 115 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Stelios Georgiades: 113 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Peter Szatmari: 112 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Teresa Bennett: 95 shared papers
- Teresa Bennett and Stelios Georgiades: 82 shared papers
- Andrea Gonzalez and Harriet MacMillan: 82 shared papers
- Teresa Bennett and Peter Szatmari: 78 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Magdalena Janus: 77 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Michael Boyle: 64 shared papers
- Michael Boyle and Harriet MacMillan: 61 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Michael Boyle: 60 shared papers
- Melissa Kimber and Harriet MacMillan: 49 shared papers
- Ellen Louise Lipman and Michael Boyle: 43 shared papers
- Kathryn Jane Bennett and Peter Szatmari: 41 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Kathy Georgiades: 39 shared papers
- Charles E Cunningham and Michael Boyle: 35 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Laura Duncan: 34 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Magdalena Janus: 32 shared papers
- Teresa Bennett and Andrea Gonzalez: 29 shared papers
- Ellen Louise Lipman and Kathy Georgiades: 28 shared papers
- Laura Duncan and Michael Boyle: 28 shared papers
- Melissa Kimber and Andrea Gonzalez: 26 shared papers
- Teresa Bennett and Magdalena Janus: 25 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Martin Guhn: 25 shared papers
- Kathryn Jane Bennett and Michael Boyle: 23 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Ellen Louise Lipman: 22 shared papers
- Laura Duncan and Harriet MacMillan: 22 shared papers
- Laura Duncan and Li Wang: 22 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Li Wang: 21 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Kathy Georgiades: 20 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Melissa Kimber: 19 shared papers
- Michael Boyle and Li Wang: 19 shared papers
- Ellen Louise Lipman and Magdalena Janus: 18 shared papers
- Andrea Gonzalez and Magdalena Janus: 18 shared papers
- Kathryn Jane Bennett and Ellen Louise Lipman: 17 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Charles E Cunningham: 17 shared papers
- Peter Szatmari and Magdalena Janus: 17 shared papers
- Harriet MacMillan and Christine Wekerle: 17 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Scott Davies: 16 shared papers
- Michael Boyle and Christine Wekerle: 16 shared papers
- Andrea Gonzalez and Geoffrey Hall: 15 shared papers
- Andrea Gonzalez and Christine Wekerle: 15 shared papers
- Martin Guhn and Anne Gadermann: 15 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Scott Davies: 14 shared papers
- Laura Anderson and Peter Szatmari: 14 shared papers
- Peter Szatmari and Geoffrey Hall: 14 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Stelios Georgiades: 14 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Marni Brownell: 14 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Michael Boyle: 13 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Magdalena Janus: 12 shared papers
- Kathryn Jane Bennett and Magdalena Janus: 12 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Martin Guhn: 12 shared papers
- Laura Duncan and Magdalena Janus: 12 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Harriet MacMillan: 12 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Brian Timmons: 11 shared papers
- Ellen Louise Lipman and Brian Timmons: 11 shared papers
- Ellen Louise Lipman and Charles E Cunningham: 11 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Brian Timmons: 11 shared papers
- Martin Guhn and Marni Brownell: 11 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Geoffrey Hall: 10 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Marni Brownell: 10 shared papers
- Melissa Kimber and Magdalena Janus: 10 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
- Laura Anderson and Magdalena Janus: 9 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
- Andrea Gonzalez and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Jim Dunn: 9 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Charles E Cunningham: 9 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Li Wang: 9 shared papers
- Ryan Van Lieshout and Scott Davies: 8 shared papers
- Eric Duku and Laura Anderson: 8 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Brian Timmons: 8 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Geoffrey Hall: 8 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Christine Wekerle: 8 shared papers
- Magdalena Janus and Anne Gadermann: 8 shared papers
- Kathy Georgiades and Anne Gadermann: 5 shared papers
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Pediatrics
- Life Span Development
- Sociology
- Health, Aging & Society
- Anesthesia
- Other
Co-authors at McMaster University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Eric Duku
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
77 shared papers, latest 2026
Kathy Georgiades
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
32 shared papers, latest 2026
Martin Guhn
Life Span Development
25 shared papers, latest 2026
Teresa Bennett
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
25 shared papers, latest 2026
Andrea Gonzalez
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
18 shared papers, latest 2026
Ellen Louise Lipman
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
18 shared papers, latest 2026
Peter Szatmari
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
17 shared papers, latest 2022
Scott Davies
Sociology
16 shared papers, latest 2026
Marni Brownell
Faculty
14 shared papers, latest 2025
Stelios Georgiades
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
14 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Boyle
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
13 shared papers, latest 2025
Harriet MacMillan
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
12 shared papers, latest 2019
Ryan Van Lieshout
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
12 shared papers, latest 2019
Laura Duncan
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
12 shared papers, latest 2019
Kathryn Jane Bennett
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
12 shared papers, latest 2019
Melissa Kimber
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
10 shared papers, latest 2025
Charles E Cunningham
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
9 shared papers, latest 2025
Jim Dunn
Health, Aging & Society
9 shared papers, latest 2024
Li Wang
Anesthesia
9 shared papers, latest 2019
Laura Anderson
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
9 shared papers, latest 2025
Geoffrey Hall
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Christine Wekerle
Pediatrics
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Noam Soreni
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Anne Gadermann
Child and Adolescent Psychology
8 shared papers, latest 2026
Brian Timmons
Pediatrics
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Michelle Lynn Butt
Nursing
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Louis Schmidt
Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour
8 shared papers, latest 2019
Nazeem Muhajarine
Community Health and Epidemiology
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Ayesha Siddiqua
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
7 shared papers, latest 2022
Catherine Birken
Nutritional Sciences
6 shared papers, latest 2024
Muhammad Mamdani
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
6 shared papers, latest 2024
Heather Prime
Psychometrics
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Dena Zeraatkar
Anesthesia
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Giulia Muraca
Obstetrics & Gynecology
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrea Feller
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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