Arija Birze, University of Toronto

Research

Acute Stress Cortisol Emotional Labour Gender Stress Hrv Organizational Support Oxytocin Ptsd

Latest papers

Operationalizing Patient Experience Data as a System Feedback Asset in Learning Health Systems: Learnings From Model of Care Redesign at Trillium Health Partners.
Learning health systems · 2026
Workplace Trauma in a Digital Age: The Impact of Video Evidence of Violent Crime on Criminal Justice Professionals.
Journal of interpersonal violence · 2023 · first author
Traumatic residue, mediated remembering and video evidence of sexual violence: A case study.
International journal of law and psychiatry · 2022 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Social & Physiological Influences on the Development of PTSD Among Public Safety Communications Personnel (PSCP)
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$26,700

All 1 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Operationalizing Patient Experience Data as a System Feedback Asset in Learning Health Systems: Learnings From Model of Care Redesign at Trillium Health Partners.

Majid U, Birze A, Jacobson D, Marcinow M, Murray N, Chen W, Bird M, Gdyczynski A, Kuluski K

Learning health systems2026

DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70113 PMID: 42610086

02

Workplace Trauma in a Digital Age: The Impact of Video Evidence of Violent Crime on Criminal Justice Professionals.

Birze A, Regehr K, Regehr C

Journal of interpersonal violence2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/08862605221090571 PMID: 35483029

03

Traumatic residue, mediated remembering and video evidence of sexual violence: A case study.

Regehr C, Regehr K, Birze A

International journal of law and psychiatry2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2022.101778 PMID: 35124404

04

Perceived organizational support and emotional labour among police communicators: what can organizational context tell us about posttraumatic stress?

Birze A, Regehr C, Paradis E, LeBlanc V, Einstein G

International archives of occupational and environmental health2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00420-021-01708-9 PMID: 33987771

05

Understanding Bullying and Cyberbullying Through an Ecological Systems Framework: the Value of Qualitative Interviewing in a Mixed Methods Approach.

Mishna F, Birze A, Greenblatt A

International journal of bullying prevention : an official publication of the International Bullying Prevention Association2022

DOI: 10.1007/s42380-022-00126-w PMID: 36118794

06

How gender shapes interprofessional teamwork in the operating room: a qualitative secondary analysis.

Etherington C, Kitto S, Burns JK, Adams TL, Birze A, Britton M, Singh S, Boet S

BMC health services research2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-07403-2 PMID: 34923992

07

Looking Beyond Assumptions to Understand Relationship Dynamics in Bullying.

Mishna F, Birze A, Greenblatt A, Pepler D

Frontiers in psychology2021

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661724 PMID: 33959082

08

The "Managed" or Damaged Heart? Emotional Labor, Gender, and Posttraumatic Stressors Predict Workplace Event-Related Acute Changes in Cortisol, Oxytocin, and Heart Rate Variability.

Birze A, LeBlanc V, Regehr C, Paradis E, Einstein G

Frontiers in psychology2020First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00604 PMID: 32373009

09

Prevalence, Motivations, and Social, Mental Health and Health Consequences of Cyberbullying Among School-Aged Children and Youth: Protocol of a Longitudinal and Multi-Perspective Mixed Method Study.

Mishna F, McInroy LB, Lacombe-Duncan A, Bhole P, Van Wert M, Schwan K, Birze A, Daciuk J, Beran T, Craig W, Pepler DJ, Wiener J, Khoury-Kassabri M, Johnston D

JMIR research protocols2016

DOI: 10.2196/resprot.5292 PMID: 27220556

Social & Physiological Influences on the Development of PTSD Among Public Safety Communications Personnel (PSCP)

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Mental Wellness in Public Safety Team Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Regehr, Cheryl; Birze, Arija

Keywords: Acute Stress; Cortisol; Emotional Labour; Gender Stress; Hrv; Organizational Support; Oxytocin; Ptsd

$26,700

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Psychology
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Medicine
Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
Innovation in Medical Education
Anesthesiology
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Gillian Einstein

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Simon Kitto

Innovation in Medical Education

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Kerry Kuluski

Health Policy, Management & Evaluation

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Sylvain Boet

Anesthesiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Acute Stress Dear Professor Birze, 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 "Operationalizing Patient Experience Data as a System Feedback Asset in Learning Health Systems: Learnings From Model of Care Redesign at Trillium Health Partners." (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 CIHR-funded project "Social & Physiological Influences on the Development of PTSD Among Public Safety Communications Personnel (PSCP)" (2019), 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]

Arija Birze

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Operationalizing Patient Experience Data as a System Feedback Asset in Learning Health Systems: Learnings From Model of Care Redesign at Trillium Health Partners.

Workplace Trauma in a Digital Age: The Impact of Video Evidence of Violent Crime on Criminal Justice Professionals.

Traumatic residue, mediated remembering and video evidence of sexual violence: A case study.

Perceived organizational support and emotional labour among police communicators: what can organizational context tell us about posttraumatic stress?

Understanding Bullying and Cyberbullying Through an Ecological Systems Framework: the Value of Qualitative Interviewing in a Mixed Methods Approach.

How gender shapes interprofessional teamwork in the operating room: a qualitative secondary analysis.

Looking Beyond Assumptions to Understand Relationship Dynamics in Bullying.

The "Managed" or Damaged Heart? Emotional Labor, Gender, and Posttraumatic Stressors Predict Workplace Event-Related Acute Changes in Cortisol, Oxytocin, and Heart Rate Variability.

Prevalence, Motivations, and Social, Mental Health and Health Consequences of Cyberbullying Among School-Aged Children and Youth: Protocol of a Longitudinal and Multi-Perspective Mixed Method Study.

Social & Physiological Influences on the Development of PTSD Among Public Safety Communications Personnel (PSCP)

Frequent collaborators

Cheryl Regehr

Gillian Einstein

Gillian Einstein

Elise Paradis

Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

Cole Etherington

Sukhbir Singh

Simon Kitto

Kerry Kuluski

Sylvain Boet