Pengfei Zhao, McGill University

Research

qualitative research methodology research ethics ethical review boards researchers' responsibilities digital tools in qualitative research data ownership data security situated research ethics

Latest papers

Translation of Cultures and Texts: Envisioning a Culturally Responsive Translational Practice in Qualitative Research.
Qualitative health research · 2025 · first author
Transportation and degradation of decabrominated diphenyl ether in sequential anoxic and oxic crop rotation.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2020 · first author
Uptake and transformation of decabromodiphenyl ether in different rice cultivars: Evidence from a carbon-14 study.
The Science of the total environment · 2020 · first author

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Latest funding

Practicing Research Ethics in the Technoscape: Data Ownership, Digital Infrastructure and Social Researchers' Responsibilities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,103

All 1 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Translation of Cultures and Texts: Envisioning a Culturally Responsive Translational Practice in Qualitative Research.

Zhao P, Li PJ, Qi W

Qualitative health research2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251316757 PMID: 40171589

02

Transportation and degradation of decabrominated diphenyl ether in sequential anoxic and oxic crop rotation.

Zhao P, Wang W, Whalen JK, Zhang S, Ye Q

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115082 PMID: 32629310

03

Uptake and transformation of decabromodiphenyl ether in different rice cultivars: Evidence from a carbon-14 study.

Zhao P, Ye Q, Yu K, Whalen JK, Rajesh Kumar R, Cheng X, Delgado-Moreno L, Wang W

The Science of the total environment2020First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135398 PMID: 31836228

Practicing Research Ethics in the Technoscape: Data Ownership, Digital Infrastructure and Social Researchers' Responsibilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Zhao, Pengfei

Keywords: qualitative research methodology; research ethics; ethical review boards; researchers' responsibilities; digital tools in qualitative research; data ownership; data security; situated research ethics; marginalized social groups; vignette-based interview

$34,103

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: qualitative research methodology Dear Professor Zhao, 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 "Translation of Cultures and Texts: Envisioning a Culturally Responsive Translational Practice in Qualitative Research." (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 SSHRC-funded project "Practicing Research Ethics in the Technoscape: Data Ownership, Digital Infrastructure and Social Researchers' Responsibilities" (2024), 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]