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Seungmi Yang

ResearcherEpidemiology and BiostatisticsMcGill University

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Seungmi Yang

Researcher

Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Epidemiology Health Disparity Immigrant Health Avoidable Hospitalization Health Care Access Healthy Immigrant Effect Addiction Covid-19

Latest papers

Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.
Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026
Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.
Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026
Association of severe maternal morbidity with epilepsy diagnosis in children: a population-based birth cohort study.
International journal of epidemiology · 2026 · senior author

All 78 publications

Latest funding

New statistical methods for assessing cumulative effects of past and recent values of time-varying risk and prognostic factors: development, validation and real-world epidemiological and clinical applications
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$742,052
Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Avoidable hospitalizations among mothers and their Canadian-born children by immigration status: Unfolding the heterogeneity
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$355,726

All 13 grants and awards

78 publications.

Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.

Batisse E, Lloyd M, Lavigne E, Yang S, Ganji A, Xu J, Hatzopoulou M, Baumgartner J, Weichenthal S

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.)2026

DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000528 PMID: 42688910

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.

Nandi A, Atabay E, Windle S, Akbari E, White L, Vincent I, Arneja J, Elgar F, Behrman J, Yang S, Harper S

Journal of epidemiology and community health2026

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2026-226571 PMID: 42686414

Association of severe maternal morbidity with epilepsy diagnosis in children: a population-based birth cohort study.

Driollet B, Buajitti E, Ahmed AM, Hutcheon JA, Rosella L, Yang S

International journal of epidemiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyag097 PMID: 42435418

Severe maternal morbidity is associated with increased risk of cerebral palsy in offspring.

Ahmed AM, Driollet B, Buajitti E, Hutcheon JA, Rosella L, Yang S

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2026.02.015 PMID: 41707893

Maternal Diabetes and Risk of Epilepsy in Offspring.

Driollet B, Ahmed AM, Hutcheon JA, Buajitti E, Rosella L, Yang S

Pediatrics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2025-071138 PMID: 41633502

Preterm Birth and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders: A Register-Linkage Cohort Study: Liens entre la naissance prématurée et le risque de troubles psychiatriques : une étude de cohorte avec couplage de registres.

Balit J, Collet O, Yang S, Côté SM, Nuyt AM, Luu TM, Orri M

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251389872 PMID: 41147193

Indigenous pregnancy: Agency and strength of Batwa women challenging colonialism and gender inequity.

Patterson K, Lwasa S, Berrang-Ford L, Yang S, Sargeant J, Kesande C, Communities B, Twesigomwe S, Harper SL

PLOS global public health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005809 PMID: 41604382

Vaccination experiences and decision-making in older adult Korean immigrants living in Canada: A qualitative descriptive study.

Kim JY, Park I, Cha E, Sulis G, Yang S, Papenburg J, Li P, Banerjee A

PLOS global public health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005538 PMID: 41417845

Coverage of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among immigrant and non-immigrant older adults in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Kim JY, Sulis G, Russell A, Yang S, Papenburg J, Banerjee A, Li P

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25005-z PMID: 41188807

Housing and Preterm Birth, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Canada: A Population-based Study Using 2006 and 2016 National Census Data.

Mehrabadi A, Shapiro GD, Kaufman JS, Yang S

Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001886 PMID: 40729682

New statistical methods for assessing cumulative effects of past and recent values of time-varying risk and prognostic factors: development, validation and real-world epidemiological and clinical applications

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Abrahamowicz, Michal M

Keywords: Biostatistics; Cardiovascular And Cancer Epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Cumulative Effects; Model Development And Validation; Non-Linear Effects; Simulations; Sparse Longitudinal Data; Survival Analysis; Time-Varying Risk/Prognostic Factors

$742,052

Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Ali, Samina; Banerjee, Ananya T; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Constantin, Evelyn; Cooke, Suzette R; Drouin, Olivier; Foulds, Jessica L; Freire, Gabrielle; Giroux, Ryan; Kam, April; Maratta, Christina I; Orr-Gaucher, Nathalie; Principi, Tania; Suleman, Shazeen; Ukah, Ugochinyere Viv; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Adverse And Safety Events; Co-Design; Health Equity; Hospital Care; Indigenous Identity; Language Preference; Pediatrics; Race And Ethnicity; Shared Decision Making

$100,000

Avoidable hospitalizations among mothers and their Canadian-born children by immigration status: Unfolding the heterogeneity

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yang, Seungmi

Keywords: Avoidable Hospitalization; Health Care Access; Health Disparity; Healthy Immigrant Effect; Immigrant Health

$355,726

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial support programs on social inequalities in mental health in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit; Harper, Samuel; Yang, Seungmi

Keywords: Addiction; Covid-19; Disparties; Impact Evaluation; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Mental Illness; Social Inequality; Social Policy; Substance Use

$423,177

Neuro-developmental Disorders in Canadian Children: Burdens of Conditions and Effects of Maternal Morbidity

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yang, Seungmi

Keywords: Child Neurodevelopment Disorders; Epidemiology; Gestational Diabetes; Pregestational Diabetes; Severe Maternal Morbidity

$470,475

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$196,663

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$53,275

Socioeconomic and Ethnocultural Disparities in Perinatal Health in Canada: Current Pattern and Changes Over Time

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yang, Seungmi

Keywords: Health Disparity; Immigrant Health; Perinatal Health; Social And Cultural Determinants Of Health

$321,300

Mind the Gap: Disparities in Perinatal Health among Foreign-born Women in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vang, Zoua

Keywords: Antenatal Hospitalization; Healthy Immigrant Effect; Immigrants; Infant Mortality; Maternal Morbidity; Pregnancy; Preterm Birth; Stillbirth

$351,901

The Health Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress from the 1998 Quebec Ice Storm

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: King, Suzanne; Yang, Seungmi

Keywords: Birth Outcomes; Epidemiology; Health Outcomes; Prenatal Maternal Stress; Psychopathology; School Achievment

$833,305

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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Seungmi Yang

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Exposure to outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations and incidence of childhood cancer: A population-based cohort study.

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.

Association of severe maternal morbidity with epilepsy diagnosis in children: a population-based birth cohort study.

Severe maternal morbidity is associated with increased risk of cerebral palsy in offspring.

Maternal Diabetes and Risk of Epilepsy in Offspring.

Preterm Birth and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders: A Register-Linkage Cohort Study: Liens entre la naissance pr&#xe9;matur&#xe9;e et le risque de troubles psychiatriques : une &#xe9;tude de cohorte avec couplage de registres.

Indigenous pregnancy: Agency and strength of Batwa women challenging colonialism and gender inequity.

Vaccination experiences and decision-making in older adult Korean immigrants living in Canada: A qualitative descriptive study.

Coverage of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among immigrant and non-immigrant older adults in Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Housing and Preterm Birth, Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Canada: A Population-based Study Using 2006 and 2016 National Census Data.

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Frequent collaborators

Laura Rosella

Arijit Nandi

Patricia Li

Angela Mashford-Pringle

Maryam Oskoui

Patricia Li

Jonathan Chevrier

Jesse Papenburg

Azar Mehrabadi

Ananya Banerjee

Jesse Papenburg

Jonathan Chevrier

Giorgia Sulis

Ananya Banerjee

Olga Basso

Gabriel Altit

Massimiliano Orri

Scott Weichenthal

Éric Lavigne

Suzanne King

Sherilee Harper

Yan Kestens

Jay Kaufman

Lea Berrang Ford

Frank Elgar

Jill Baumgartner

Daniel Weinstock

Yan Kestens

Preterm Birth and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders: A Register-Linkage Cohort Study: Liens entre la naissance prématurée et le risque de troubles psychiatriques : une étude de cohorte avec couplage de registres.