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Niels Koehncke

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ProfessorDepartment of MedicineUniversity of Saskatchewan

Niels Koehncke

Professor

Department of Medicine

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 CIHR, 1 CFI), most recently in 2010.

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289

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Research

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Latest papers

Reliability and agreement during the Rapid Entire Body Assessment: Comparing rater expertise and artificial intelligence
PLoS ONE · 2025
Biomechanical risk factors for rotator cuff syndrome in high-risk occupations: A prospective study protocol.
PloS one · 2025
Sleep Patterns, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, and Sleep Disturbance Among First Nations Children in Saskatchewan.
Clocks & sleep · 2025

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Safety and Health in Agricultural and Rural Populations (SHARP): Partnering for Success
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,399,950
Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Sleep Health among First Nations People
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,250,775

All 7 grants and awards

32 publications.

Reliability and agreement during the Rapid Entire Body Assessment: Comparing rater expertise and artificial intelligence

Denise Balogh, Xiaoxiao Cui, Monique N Mayer, Niels K. Koehncke, Ryan Dueck, Angelica E. Lang

PLoS ONE20256 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0323262 PMID: 40343925

Biomechanical risk factors for rotator cuff syndrome in high-risk occupations: A prospective study protocol.

Lang AE, Friesen KB, Lawson J, Mondal P, Koehncke N, Kim SY, Chilibeck P

PloS one20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326229 PMID: 40540472

Sleep Patterns, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, and Sleep Disturbance Among First Nations Children in Saskatchewan.

Karunanayake CP, Thompson C, Kachroo MJ, Rennie DC, Seesequasis W, Seeseequasis J, Dosman JA, Fenton M, Ramsden VR, King M, Abonyi S, Kirychuk S, Koehncke N, Pahwa P

Clocks & sleep2025Open Access

DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep7020021 PMID: 40407627

Sleep Efficiency and Sleep Onset Latency in One Saskatchewan First Nation.

Karunanayake CP, Pahwa P, Kirychuk S, Fenton M, Ramsden VR, Seeseequasis J, Seesequasis W, Skomro R, Rennie DC, McMullin K, Russell BP, Koehncke N, Abonyi S, King M, Dosman JA

Clocks & sleep20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep6010004 PMID: 38247884

Association of Insomnia with Functional Outcomes Relevant to Daily Behaviors and Sleep-Related Quality of Life among First Nations People in Two Communities in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Karunanayake CP, Dosman JA, Ayas N, Fenton M, Seeseequasis J, Lindain R, Seesequasis W, McMullin K, Kachroo MJ, Ramsden VR, King M, Abonyi S, Kirychuk S, Koehncke N, Skomro R, Pahwa P

Clocks & sleep20245 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep6040039 PMID: 39449313

Trends in Work-Related Fatal Farm Injuries, Saskatchewan, Canada: 2005-2019.

Karunanayake CP, Koehncke N, Enebeli S, Ulmer K, Rennie DC

Journal of agromedicine2023

DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2022.2134244 PMID: 36218341

Blood and Hand Surface Lead in Veterinary Workers Using Lead Shielding During Diagnostic Radiography.

Mayer M, Feng T, Sukut S, Wiebe S, Parker S, Blakley B, Koehncke N

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002908 PMID: 37311074

Obesity, Sex, Snoring and Severity of OSA in a First Nation Community in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dosman JA, Karunanayake CP, Fenton M, Ramsden VR, Seeseequasis J, Skomro R, Kirychuk S, Rennie DC, McMullin K, Russell BP, Koehncke N, Abonyi S, King M, Pahwa P

Clocks & sleep202217 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep4010011 PMID: 35323165

STOP-Bang Score and Prediction of Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a First Nation Community in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Dosman JA, Karunanayake CP, Fenton M, Ramsden VR, Seeseequasis J, Mike D, Seesequasis W, Neubuhr M, Skomro R, Kirychuk S, Rennie DC, McMullin K, Russell BP, Koehncke N, Abonyi S, King M, Pahwa P

Clocks & sleep20227 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep4040042 PMID: 36278535

Intergenerational transfer of occupational risks on family farms.

Norman PA, Dosman JA, Voaklander DC, Koehncke N, Pickett W, Saskatchewan Farm Injury Cohort Study Team

The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association20226 citations

DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12602 PMID: 34101265

Safety and Health in Agricultural and Rural Populations (SHARP): Partnering for Success

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lang, Angelica

Keywords: Agriculture; Capacity Building; Conference; Dissemination; Health And Safety; Health Outcomes; Knowledge Sharing; Rural And Remote Communities

$20,000

Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; Baetz, Marilyn; King, Malcolm; Kirychuk, Shelley; Mike, Delano T; Naytowhow, Carol D; Neubuhr, Marie J; Pahwa, Punam; Seeseequasis, Jeremy T; Seesequasis, Warren B

Keywords: Baseline And Prospective Evaluations; Determinants Of Health; First Nations People; Mental Health, Housing, Home; Personal, Social, Physical Determinants; Rural Environments

$1,399,950

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Sleep Health among First Nations People

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; King, Malcolm; Pahwa, Punam

Keywords: Baseline And Prospective Evaluations; Determinants Of Health; First Nations People; Personal, Socal And Physical Determinants; Rural Environments; Sleep Disordered Breathing

$1,250,775

The Built Environment and First Nations Health: Addressing & Redressing the Issues. Establishing a Blueprint for Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kirychuk, Shelley

Keywords: Environment; First Nations; Housing; Knowledge Exchange; Policy Interventions; Program Interventions; Respiratory Health

$11,000

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People. RN

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Dosman, James A; Abonyi, Sylvia; Episkenew, Jo-Ann M; Pahwa, Punam

Keywords: Environment; First Nations; Inequities; Respiratory Health; Rural

$1,592,521

OEMAC Annual Scientific Conference

Nominated PICIHR2010Dissemination Events

Principal investigators: Koehncke, Niels K

Keywords: Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Public Health; Respiratory Health

$15,000

Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture: National Agricultural Industrial Hygiene Laboratory - A world leader linking agricultural/rural exposures to human health (Centre National Lab)

Principal investigatorCFI2006Innovation Fund: New Initiatives Fund 2006

Principal investigators: Koehncke, Niels

Keywords: agriculture, health, exposures, industrial hygiene, genetics, engineering, control measures, patents

$5,822,362

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Niels Koehncke

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Reliability and agreement during the Rapid Entire Body Assessment: Comparing rater expertise and artificial intelligence

Biomechanical risk factors for rotator cuff syndrome in high-risk occupations: A prospective study protocol.

Sleep Patterns, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, and Sleep Disturbance Among First Nations Children in Saskatchewan.

Sleep Efficiency and Sleep Onset Latency in One Saskatchewan First Nation.

Association of Insomnia with Functional Outcomes Relevant to Daily Behaviors and Sleep-Related Quality of Life among First Nations People in Two Communities in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Trends in Work-Related Fatal Farm Injuries, Saskatchewan, Canada: 2005-2019.

Blood and Hand Surface Lead in Veterinary Workers Using Lead Shielding During Diagnostic Radiography.

Obesity, Sex, Snoring and Severity of OSA in a First Nation Community in Saskatchewan, Canada.

STOP-Bang Score and Prediction of Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a First Nation Community in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Intergenerational transfer of occupational risks on family farms.

Safety and Health in Agricultural and Rural Populations (SHARP): Partnering for Success

Assess, Redress, Re-Assess: Addressing Disparities in House, Home and Mental Health Among First Nations People

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Sleep Health among First Nations People

The Built Environment and First Nations Health: Addressing & Redressing the Issues. Establishing a Blueprint for Canada

Assess, Redress, Re-assess: Addressing Disparities in Respiratory Health Among First Nations People. RN

OEMAC Annual Scientific Conference

Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture: National Agricultural Industrial Hygiene Laboratory - A world leader linking agricultural/rural exposures to human health (Centre National Lab)

Frequent collaborators

James Dosman

Shelley Kirychuk

Punam Pahwa

Mark Fenton

Vivian Ramsden

Sylvia Abonyi

Jeremy Seeseequasis

Malcolm King

William Pickett

Catherine Trask

Joshua Lawson

Gregory Marchildon

Roland Dyck

Chandima Karunanayake

Melissa Andersen

Brenna Bath

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Angelica Lang

Stanley Enebeli

Najib Ayas

Phil Chilibeck

Tarun Katapally

Janet Smylie

Aaron Kociolek