David Kaiser, McGill University

Research

Housing Mental Health Neighborhood

Latest papers

Bed bug infestations: prevalence, correlates, and cross-sectional association with psychological symptoms in a large sample of tenants in Montreal, Canada.
BMC public health · 2025
The Effect of Heat Exposure on Myocardial Blood Flow and Cardiovascular Function.
Annals of internal medicine · 2024
Optimizing the Public Health Response to Heat Waves to Minimize Cardiovascular Risk.
The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2023 · first author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Designing a Pan-Canadian Civilian Emergency Reserve: governance, finance, and workforce models to strengthen public health surge capacity
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$750,000
Knowledge synthesis for mechanistic and targeted in-person and digital social-connection intervention for wellness and resilience in older adults in pandemic context and beyond
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$49,687
Energy poverty in Canada: What are the implications for the health and well-being of Canadians?
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$75,000

All 6 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Bed bug infestations: prevalence, correlates, and cross-sectional association with psychological symptoms in a large sample of tenants in Montreal, Canada.

Riva M, Kaiser D, Dufresne P, Plante C

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25936-7 PMID: 41419846

02

The Effect of Heat Exposure on Myocardial Blood Flow and Cardiovascular Function.

Barry H, Iglesies-Grau J, Chaseling GK, Paul J, Gosselin C, D'Oliviera-Sousa C, Juneau M, Harel F, Kaiser D, Pelletier-Galarneau M, Gagnon D

Annals of internal medicine2024

DOI: 10.7326/m24-3504 PMID: 38857500

03

Optimizing the Public Health Response to Heat Waves to Minimize Cardiovascular Risk.

Kaiser D, Roy M, Tétreault LF

The Canadian journal of cardiology2023First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.04.001 PMID: 37030514

04

Energy poverty: an overlooked determinant of health and climate resilience in Canada.

Riva M, Kingunza Makasi S, O'Sullivan KC, Das RR, Dufresne P, Kaiser D, Breau S

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00741-0 PMID: 36752979

05

Negotiating Safety and Wellbeing: The Collaboration Between Faith-Based Communities and Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

El-Majzoub S, Narasiah L, Adrien A, Kaiser D, Rousseau C

Journal of religion and health2021

DOI: 10.1007/s10943-021-01434-z PMID: 34559364

06

Exactly what do we know about tree pollen allergenicity?

Sousa-Silva R, Smargiassi A, Paquette A, Kaiser D, Kneeshaw D

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine2020

DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(19)30472-2 PMID: 32135096

07

The Montreal heat response plan: evaluation of its implementation towards healthcare professionals and vulnerable populations.

Price K, Benmarhnia T, Gaudet J, Kaiser D, Sadoine ML, Perron S, Smargiassi A

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2018

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0020-2 PMID: 29981064

08

A Difference-in-Differences Approach to Assess the Effect of a Heat Action Plan on Heat-Related Mortality, and Differences in Effectiveness According to Sex, Age, and Socioeconomic Status (Montreal, Quebec).

Benmarhnia T, Bailey Z, Kaiser D, Auger N, King N, Kaufman JS

Environmental health perspectives2016

DOI: 10.1289/ehp203 PMID: 27203433

Designing a Pan-Canadian Civilian Emergency Reserve: governance, finance, and workforce models to strengthen public health surge capacity

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: STEPS-Strengthening Public Health Systems for Pandemic Preparedness

Principal investigators: Baral, Prativa; Liu, Joanne; Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Sauve, Conrad

Keywords: Civilian Emergency Reserve; Climate And Health; Community Resilience; Emergency Response; Financing Models; Governance Models; Health Workforce; Pandemic Preparedness; Public Health Systems; Surge Capacity

$750,000

Knowledge synthesis for mechanistic and targeted in-person and digital social-connection intervention for wellness and resilience in older adults in pandemic context and beyond

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Dubé, Laurette

Keywords: Elderly Population; Knowledge Synthesis; Mental Health; Population Health; Resilience; Simulations; Social Distancing; Social Isolation; Social Networks; Wellness

$49,687

Energy poverty in Canada: What are the implications for the health and well-being of Canadians?

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant PA: Healthy Cities Research Initiative (HCRI) Data Analysis Grants

Principal investigators: Riva, Mylene

Keywords: Energy Poverty; Hospitalization; Housing; Lived Experience; Mental Health; Mortality

$75,000

Housing needs, neighborhood quality and mental health

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: Data Analysis - Healthy Cities Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Riva, Mylene; Kaiser, David

Keywords: Housing; Mental Health; Neighborhood

$75,000

Impacts of the new Réseau Express Métropolitain (REM) on mobility, health and equity: A pre-post intervention study

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: El-Geneidy, Ahmed; Ugnat, Anne-Marie; Kestens, Yan

Keywords: Construction And Health; Construction And Travel Behaviour; Infrastrcture And Health; Infrastructure And Travel Behaviour; Longitudenal Study; Natural Experiment; Quasi-Experimental Design; Transport And Health

$650,504

SynthEco: Synthetic Ecosystems for Expanding Cohort Data to Full Population-Level Representation and Visualization for Decision Support: A Novel Methodology to Improve Urban Population Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Op Gr: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts - Pop n Public Health

Principal investigators: Dubé, Laurette; Buckeridge, David L

Keywords: Information Technology; Longitudinal Cohort Datasets: Cartagene, Cptp, Canue, Epic; Operalization Of Existing Datasets; Policy Making; Population Health; Population-Level Health Interventions; Statistical Extrapolation Techniques; Synthetic Ecosystem; Urban Planning; Virtual Population

$99,996

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

David Kaiser

Social and Preventive Medicine

7 shared papers, latest 2025

Audrey Smargiassi

Occupational and Environmental Health

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Audrey Smargiassi

Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Daniel Gagnon

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Nathalie Auger

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Nathalie Auger

Social and Preventive Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Nicholas King

Computer Science

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Mylene Riva

Geography

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Housing Dear Professor Kaiser, 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 "Bed bug infestations: prevalence, correlates, and cross-sectional association with psychological symptoms in a large sample of tenants in Montreal, Canada." (2025), 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 "Housing needs, neighborhood quality and mental health" (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]