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Rees Kassen

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Ottawa

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Rees Kassen

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
15 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 13 research grants (11 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Covid-19 Environmental Detection Environmental Swabbing Reopening School Surveillance

Latest papers

Targeted metatranscriptomic detection of viruses from floors for simultaneous evaluation of respiratory disease burden and viral variant identification.
mSphere · 2026
Accelerated evolution in networked metapopulations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
eLife · 2026 · senior author
SARS-CoV-2 detection is independent of microbiome composition on surfaces in a major Ontario hospital.
PloS one · 2025

All 56 publications

Latest funding

Beyond endless frontiers: rethinking the social contract for science and innovation
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$168,780
COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): Evaluating the use of environmental swabs for the detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in school and congregate settings
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$499,415
COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in high traffic hospital settings_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 14 grants and awards

56 publications.

Targeted metatranscriptomic detection of viruses from floors for simultaneous evaluation of respiratory disease burden and viral variant identification.

Carroll AC, Hinz A, Hicks AMA, Khov E, Van Bakel T, Doukhanine E, Fralick M, Nott C, Kassen R, Thampi N, Hug LA, MacFadden D, Wong A

mSphere2026

DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00086-26 PMID: 42007699

Accelerated evolution in networked metapopulations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Chakraborty PP, Kassen R

eLife2026Senior author

DOI: 10.7554/elife.107189 PMID: 41609711

SARS-CoV-2 detection is independent of microbiome composition on surfaces in a major Ontario hospital.

George NA, Bradford L, Hinz A, El Kadi M, Xing L, Doukhanine E, MacFadden DR, Nott C, Fralick M, Kassen R, Wong A, Hug LA

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326403 PMID: 41343559

City-wide built environment SARS-CoV-2 detection for COVID-19 surveillance.

MacFadden DR, Fralick M, Nott C, Moggridge JA, Hicks AMA, Van Bakel T, Doukhanine E, Hinz A, Thampi N, Bastien P, Mansour S, Khov E, Burhunduli T, Manuel DG, Wong A, Kassen R

PLOS global public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004306 PMID: 40920757

Predicting COVID-19 Cases Across a Large University Campus Using Built Environment Surveillance.

Hinz A, Moggridge JA, Ke H, Hicks AM, Doukhanine E, Fralick M, Hug LA, MacFadden DR, Mejbel HS, Nott C, Raudanskis A, Thampi N, Wong A, Kassen R

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2024-0002 PMID: 40672706

SARS-CoV-2 burden on the floor was associated with COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in two acute care hospitals: a prospective cohort study.

Fralick M, Moggridge JA, Wiebe M, Castellani L, McGeer A, Feenstra B, Hinz A, Hicks AMA, Hug LA, Wong A, Van Bakel T, Abeygunawardena S, Burhunduli T, Mejbel HS, Kassen R, Thampi N, MacFadden D, Nott C

Infection control and hospital epidemiology2024

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2024.121 PMID: 39301606

Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 outbreak detection in hospital: a single-centre prospective study.

Ray P, Lim B, Zorcic K, Johnstone J, Hinz A, Hicks AMA, Wong A, MacFadden DR, Nott C, Castellani L, Kassen R, Fralick M

Infection prevention in practice2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.infpip.2024.100353 PMID: 38516392

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in schools using built environment testing in Ottawa, Canada: A multi-facility prospective surveillance study.

Thampi N, Burhunduli T, Strain J, Raudanskis A, Moggridge JA, Hinz A, Doukhanine E, Castellani L, Kassen R, McCready J, Nott C, Wong A, Fralick M, MacFadden DR

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300397 PMID: 38758922

Unpredictability of the Fitness Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance Mutations Across Environments in Escherichia coli.

Hinz A, Amado A, Kassen R, Bank C, Wong A

Molecular biology and evolution2024

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae086 PMID: 38709811

The impact of genetic background during laboratory evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a cystic fibrosis-like environment.

Filipow N, Mallon S, Shewaramani S, Kassen R, Wong A

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution2024

DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad189 PMID: 37862583

Beyond endless frontiers: rethinking the social contract for science and innovation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Schillo, Ruth Sandra

Keywords: social contract; science; society; mission-directed research; skills; inclusive innovation; interdisciplinary; Indigenous; other ways of knowing; science communication outreach public engagement; science ethics integrity trust

$168,780

COVID-19 in the urban built environment (CUBE): Evaluating the use of environmental swabs for the detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in school and congregate settings

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Priorities-Core Public Health and Control Measures

Principal investigators: Thampi, Nisha; Castellani, Lucas; Fralick, Michael P; Kassen, Rees; MacFadden, Derek R; Nott, Caroline; Wong, Alex

Keywords: Covid-19; Environmental Detection; Environmental Swabbing; Reopening; School; Surveillance

$499,415