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Journal publications

2023

Wernli, D., Jørgensen, P.S., Parmley, E.J., Majowicz, S.E., Lambraki, I., Carson, C.A., Cousins, M.; Graells, T., Henriksson, P.J., Léger, A., Harbarth, S. Scope and applicability of social–ecological resilience to antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2023, 7(7): e630-e637.
Gohari, M.R., Taylor, M., MacKinnon, M.C., Panagiotoglou, D., Galanis, E., Kaplan, G.G., Cook, R.J., Patrick, D.M., Ethelberg, S., Majowicz, S.E. Patterns of enteric infections in a population-wide cohort study of sequelae, British Columbia, Canada. Epidemiology and Infection, 2023, 151: e7. Published
Desta, B.N., Ota, S., Gournis, E., Pires, S.M., Greer, A.L., Dodd, W., Majowicz, S.E. Estimating the Under-ascertainment of COVID-19 cases in Toronto, Ontario, March to May 2020. Journal of Public Health Research, 2023, 12(2): p.22799036231174133.
Lambraki, I.A., Chadag, M.V., Cousins, M., Graells, T., Léger, A., Henriksson, P.J.G., Troell, M.F., Harbarth, S., Wernli, D., Jørgensen, P.S., Carson, C.A., Parmley, E.J., Majowicz, S.E. Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, one health study. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 13: p.992507.

2022

Lambraki, I., Cousins, M., Graells, T., Léger, A., Abdelrahman, S., Desbois, P., Gallagher, R., Staaf Larsson, B., Mattson, B., Henriksson, P., Troell, M., Jørgensen, P.S., Wernli, D., Carson, C.A., Parmley, E.J., Majowicz, S.E. Governing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in a changing climate: A participatory scenario planning approach applied to Sweden in 2050. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022,10:831097.
Major, M., Majowicz, S. E., Oremus, M., Jimenez, L. J., Angulo, F. J., Horton, S. Systematic Literature Review of SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence Surveys in Canada through April 2021. International Journal of Infectious Diseases Regions, 2022, 4:167-164.
Hopwood, P., MacEachen, E, Majowicz, S.E., Meyer, S.B., Amoako, J. “We need to talk to each other”: Crossing traditional boundaries between public health and occupational health to address COVID-19. Frontiers in Public Health, 2022, 10: -.
Desta, B.N., Gobena, T., Macuamule, C., Fayemi, O.E., Ayolabi, C.I., Mmbaga, B.T., Thomas, K.M., Dodd, W., Pires, S.M., Majowicz, S.E., Hald, T. Practicalities of implementing burden of disease research in Africa: lessons from a population survey component of our multi-partner FOCAL research project. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2022, 19(1):1-12.
MacEachen, E., Meyer, S.B., Majowicz, S., Hopwood, P., Crouch, M., Amoako, J., Jahangir, Y.T., Durant, S. and Ilic, A. Perceived COVID‐19 health and job risks faced by digital platform drivers and measures in place to protect them: A qualitative study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2022, 65(9): 731-742.
Graells, T., Lambraki, I.A., Cousins, M., Léger, A., Lillepold, K., Henriksson, P.J.G., Troell, M., Carson, C.A., Parmley, E.J., Majowicz, S.E., Wernli, D., Søgaard Jørgensen, P. Studying factors affecting success of antimicrobial resistance interventions through the lens of previous experience: a thematic analysis. Antibiotics, 2022, 11, 639.
Lambraki, I. A., Cousins, M., Graells, T., Léger, A., Henriksson, P., Harbarth, S., Troell, M., Werneli, D., Søgaard Jørgensen, P., Desbois, A. P., Carson, C.A., Parmley, E. J., Majowicz, S. E. Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in the European food system and potential leverage points for intervention: A participatory, One Health study. PloS one, 2022, 17(2), e0263914.
John, P., Varga, C., Cooke, M., Majowicz, S. E. Incidence, Demographic, and Seasonal Risk Factors of Infections Caused by Five Major Enteric Pathogens, Ontario, Canada, 2010–2017. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 2022, 19(4), 248-258.
MacEachen, E., de Rijk, A., Dyreborg, J., Fassier, J-B., Fletcher, M., Hopwood, P., Koivusalo, M; Majowicz, S; Meyer, S; Ståhl, C; Welti, F. Laws, policies, and collective agreements protecting low-wage and digital platform workers during the COVID-19 pandemic., 2022, NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy. 32(3): 201-212.

2021

Lambraki, I.A., Majowicz, S.E., Parmley, E.J., Wernli, D., Léger, A., Graells, T., Cousins, M., Harbarth, S., Carson, C., Henriksson, P., Troell, M. Building Social-Ecological System Resilience to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance Across the One Health Spectrum: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 2021, 10(6):e24378.
Pires, S.M., Desta, B.N., Mughini-Gras, L., Mmbaga, B.T., Fayemi, O.E., Salvador, E.M., Gobena, T., Majowicz, S.E., Hald, T., Hoejskov, P.S., Minato, Y. Burden of foodborne diseases: think global, act local. Current Opinion in Food Science. 2021, 39:152-159.
Varga, C., John, P., Cooke, M., Majowicz, S.E. Area-Level Clustering of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections and Their Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors in Ontario, Canada: An Ecological Study. Foodborne pathogens and disease. 2021.
Léger, A., Lambraki, I., Graells, T., Cousins, M., Henriksson, P., Harbarth, S., Carson, C., Majowicz, S., Troell, M., Parmley, E.J., Jørgensen, P.S., Wernli, D. AMR-Intervene: a social ecological framework to capture the diversity of actions to tackle antimicrobial resistance from a One Health perspective. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2021, 76, 1-21.
Butler, A.E., Battista, K., Leatherdale, S.T., Meyer, S.B., Elliott, S.J., Majowicz, S.E. A comparison of repeat cross-sectional and longitudinal results from the COMPASS study: design considerations for analysing surveillance data over time. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2021:1-3.
Drysdale, M., Ratelle, M., Skinner, K., Garcia-Barrios, J., Gamberg, M., Williams, M., Majowicz, S., Bouchard, M., Stark, K., Chalil, D., Laird, B.D. Human biomonitoring results of contaminant and nutrient biomarkers in Old Crow, Yukon, Canada. Science of The Total Environment. 2021;760:143339.
Côté, D., Durant, S., MacEachen, E., Majowicz, S., Meyer, S., Huynh, A.T., Laberge, M., Dubé, J. A rapid scoping review of COVID‐19 and vulnerable workers: Intersecting occupational and public health issues. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2021.
Sahu, K.S., Majowicz, S.E., Dubin, J.A., Morita, P.P. NextGen public health surveillance and the Internet of Things (IoT). Frontiers in Public Health, 2021, 9: 756675.

2020

Majowicz, S. E. What might the future bring? COVID-19 planning considerations for faculty and universities. Epidemiology & Infection, 2020, 148.
Majowicz, S. E. Using Market Availability Data to Support Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigations. American Journal of Public Health, 2020, 110(3), 278.
Majowicz, S. E., Panagiotoglou, D., Taylor, M., Gohari, M. R., Kaplan, G. G., Chaurasia, A., ...Galanis, E. Determining the long-term health burden and risk of sequelae for 14 foodborne infections in British Columbia, Canada: protocol for a retrospective population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 2020, 10(8), e036560.
Wernli, D., Jørgensen, P. S., Parmley, E. J., Troell, M., Majowicz, S., Harbarth, S., Léger, A., Lambraki, I., Graells, T., Henriksson, J. G., Carson, C., Cousins, M., ... Carson, C. Evidence for action: a One Health learning platform on interventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020, 20(12), e307-e311.
Speed, K. A., Meyer, S. B., Hanning, R. M., Rideout, K., Kurrein, M., Majowicz, S. E. “They hold on tight to the healthy eating, we hold on tight to our food safety, and how do we bridge that?”: Determinants of successful collaboration between food safety and food security practitioners in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Food Studies/La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, 2020, 7(1), 44-63.
Butler, A. E., Battista, K., Leatherdale, S. T., Meyer, S. B., Elliott, S. J., Majowicz, S. E. Environmental Factors of Youth Milk and Milk Alternative Consumption. American Journal of Health Behavior, 2020, 44(5), 666-680.
Ratelle, M., Packull-McCormick, S., Bouchard, M., Majowicz, S., Laird, B. Human biomonitoring of metals in sub-Arctic Dene communities of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Environmental Research, 2020, 190, 110008.
Varga, C., John, P., Cooke, M., Majowicz, S. E. Spatial and space-time clustering and demographic characteristics of human nontyphoidal Salmonella infections with major serotypes in Toronto, Canada. PloS one, 2020, 15(7), e0235291.

2019

Diplock, K. J., Jones‐Bitton, A., Leatherdale, S. T., Rebellato, S., Hammond, D., Majowicz, S. E. Food Safety Education Needs of High‐School Students: Leftovers, Lunches, and Microwaves. Journal of School Health, 2019, 89(7), 578-586.
Bitzegeio, J., Majowicz, S., Matysiak-Klose, D., Sagebiel, D., Werber, D. Estimating age-specific vaccine effectiveness using data from a large measles outbreak in Berlin, Germany, 2014/15: evidence for waning immunity. Eurosurveillance, 2019, 24(17), 1800529.
Pires, S. M., Majowicz, S., Gill, A., Devleesschauwer, B. Global and regional source attribution of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections using analysis of outbreak surveillance data. Epidemiology & Infection, 2019, 147.
Devleesschauwer, B., Pires, S. M., Young, I., Gill, A., Majowicz, S. E. Associating sporadic, foodborne illness caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli with specific foods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case-control studies. Epidemiology & Infection, 2019, 147.
Weijs, C., Coe, J., Desmarais, S., Majowicz, S., Jones-Bitton, A. Effects of mock Facebook workday comments on public perception of professional credibility: a field study in Canada. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019, 21(4), e12024.

2018

Majowicz, S.,Parmley, E.J., Carson, C., Pintar, K. Identifying non-traditional stakeholders with whom to engage, when mitigating antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens (Canada). BMC Research Notes, 2018, 11, 170. DOI:10.1186/s13104-018-3279-8.
Diplock, K.J., Dubin, J.A., Leatherdale, S.T., Hammond, D., Jones-Bitton, A., Majowicz, S.E. Observation of high school students’ food handling behaviors: do they improve following a food safety education intervention? Journal of Food Protection, 2018, 81, 917-925. DOI:10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-17-441.
Ratelle, M., Laird, M., Majowicz, S., Skinner, K., Swanson, H., Laird, B. Design of a human biomonitoring community-based project in the Northwest Territories Mackenzie Valley, Canada, to investigate the links between nutrition, contaminants and country foods. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018, 77, 1510714. DOI:10.1080/22423982.2018.1510714.
Ratelle, M., Skinner, K., Laird, M. J., Majowicz, S., Brandow, D., Packull-McCormick, S., ... & Hanning, R. (2018). Implementation of human biomonitoring in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, Canada (2016–2017). Archives of Public Health, 76(1), 73.
Dodd, W., Wyngaarden, S., Humphries, S., Patel, K., Majowicz, S., Dewey, C. The relationship between MGNREGA and internal labour migration in Tamil Nadu, India. European Journal of Development Research, 2018, DOI:10.1057/s41287-017-0122-3.

2017

Diplock, K.J., Leatherdale, S.T., Majowicz, S.E. Diarrhea ain't dope: Canada needs to consider the food safety implications of edible cannabis (PDF). Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2017, 108(4), e455.
Speed, K., Meyer, S.B., Hanning, R.M., Majowicz, S.E. “Highly processed, highly packaged, very unhealthy. But they are low risk”: exploring intersections between community food security and food safety. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada (Special Issue: the Food Environment in Canada), 2017, 37(10), 323-332. DOI:10.24095/hpcdp.37.10.02.
Diplock, K.J., Jones-Bitton, A., Leatherdale, S.T., Rebellato, S., Dubin, J.A., Majowicz, S.E. Over-confident and under-competent: exploring the importance of food safety education specific to high school students. Environmental Health Review, 2017, 60, 65-72. DOI:10.5864/d2017-018.
Majowicz, S.E., Hammond, D., Dubin, J.A., Diplock, K.J., Jones-Bitton, A., Rebellato, S., Leatherdale, S.T. A longitudinal evaluation of food safety knowledge and attitudes among Ontario high school students following a food handler training program. Food Control, 2017, 76, 108-116.
Majowicz, S.E., Jung, J., Courtney, S., Harrington, D. Exploring the concern about food allergies among secondary school and university students in Ontario, Canada: a descriptive analysis. Journal of Allergy, 2017, Article ID 2051916, DOI:10.1155/2017/2051916.
Weijs, C., Majowicz, S., Coe, J., Desmarais, S., Jones-Bitton, A. The personal use of Facebook by public health professionals in Canada: implications for public health practice. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 2017, DOI:10.1080/17538068.2016.1274846.
Lu, S.K., Elliott, S.J., Majowicz, S., Perlman, C.M. An evaluation toolkit for small NGOs in water-based development. Journal of International Development, 2017, DOI:10.1002/jid.
Dodd, W., Humphries, S., Patel, K., Majowicz, S., Little, M., Dewey, C. The determinants of internal migrant health in southern India: a mixed methods study. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2017, 17, 23.
Dodd, W., Humphries, S., Patel, K., Majowicz, S., & Dewey, C. The internal migration-development nexus: evidence from southern India. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 2017, 26(1), 56-83.
Reyes, E.S., Aristizabal Henao, J.J., Kornobis, K.M., Hanning, R.M., Majowicz, S.E., Liber, K., Stark, K.D., Low, G., Swanson, H.K., Laird, B.D. Associations between omega-3 fatty acids, selenium content, and mercury levels in wild-harvested fish from the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories, Canada. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 2017, 80(1), 18-31.

2016

Courtney, S.M., Majowicz, S.E., Dubin, J.A. Food safety knowledge of undergraduate students at a Canadian university: results of an online survey. BMC Public Health, 2016, 16(1), 1147.
Brown, K.M., Diplock, K.J., Majowicz, S.E. The environment in which behaviours are learned: a pilot assessment of high school teaching kitchens as food safety learning environments in Ontario. Environmental Health Review, 2016, 59(3), 88-95.
Majowicz, S.E., Meyer, S.B., Kirkpatrick, S.I., Graham, J.L., Shaikh, A., Elliott, S.J., Minaker, L.M., Scott, S., Laird, B. Food, health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action. BMC Public Health, 2016, 16, 487.
Dodd, W., Humphries, S., Patel, K., Majowicz, S., Dewey C. Determinants of temporary labour migration in southern India. Asian Population Studies, 2016, 12(3), 294-311.
Jalali, L., Bigelow, P., McColl, S., Majowicz, S., Gohari, M., Waterhouse, R. Changes in quality of life and perceptions of general health before and after operation of wind turbines. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 216, 608-15. DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.020.
Paller, C., Christidis, T., Majowicz, S., Aramini, J., Law, J., Bigelow, P. Use of Admail and a geographic information system to send surveys to target populations. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine. 2016, 21(3), 67-72.
Majowicz, S.E., Diplock, K.J., Leatherdale, S.T., Bredin, C.T., Rebellato, S., Hammond, D., Jones-Bitton, A., Dubin, J.A. Food safety knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices among Ontario high school students. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106(8), e520-6. DOI:10.17269/cjph.106.5213.
Lane, J.D., Bigelow, P.L, Majowicz, S.E., McColl, R.S. Impacts of wind turbine noise on sleep quality: results from a field study of rural residents in Ontario. Journal of Environmental Health, 2016, 79.1, 8-12.
Jones-Bitton, A., Gustafson, D.L., Butt, K., Majowicz, S.E. Does the public receive and adhere to boil water advisory recommendations? A cross-sectional study in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. BMC Public Health, 2016, 16, 14. DOI:10.1186/s12889-015-2688-z.

2012-2015

Havelaar, A., Kirk, M.D., Torgerson, P.R., Gibb, H.J., Hald, T., Lake, R.J., Praet, N., Bellinger, D.C., de Silva, N.R., Gargouri, N., Speybroeck, N., Cawthorne, A., Mathers, C., Stein, C., Angulo, F.J., Devleesschauwer, B.; World Health Organization Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (includes Majowicz, S.E.). World Health Organization global estimates and regional comparisons of the burden of foodborne disease in 2010. PLoS Medicine, 2015, DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001923.
Majowicz, S.E., Scallan, E., Jones-Bitton, A., Sargeant, J.M., Stapleton, J., Angulo, F.J., Yeung, D.H., Kirk, M.D.The global incidence of human Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections and deaths: a systematic review and knowledge synthesis. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 2014, 11(6), 447-55. DOI:10.1089/fpd.2013.1704.
Christidis, T., Paller, C., Majowicz, S.E., Bigelow, P., Wilson, A., Jamal, S. Creating and testing a survey to assess the impact of renewable energy technologies on quality of life. Environmental Health Review, 2013, 56(4), 103-11. DOI:10.5864/d2014-010.
Roche, S.M., Jones-Bitton, A., Majowicz, S.E., Pintar, K.D.M., Allison, D. Investigating public perceptions and knowledge translation priorities to improve water safety for residents with private water supplies: a cross-sectional study in Newfoundland and Labrador. BMC Public Health, 2013, 13, 1225. DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-13-1225.
Parmley, E.J., Pintar, K., Majowicz, S., Avery, B., Cook, A., Jokinen, C., Gannon, V., Lapen, D.R., Topp, E., Edge, T.A., Gilmour, M., Pollari, F., Reid-Smith, R., Irwin, R. A Canadian application of One Health: integration of Salmonella data from various Canadian surveillance programs (2005–2010). Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 2013, 10(9), 747-56. DOI:10.1089/fpd.2012.1438.
Papadopoulos, A., Sargeant, J.M., Majowicz, S.E., Sheldrick, B., McKeen, C., Wilson, J., Dewey, C.E. Enhancing public trust in the food safety regulatory system. Health Policy, 2012, 107, 98-103.
Kwong, J.C., Ratnasingham, S., Campitelli, M.A., Daneman, N., Deeks, S.L., Manuel, D.G., Allen, V.G., Bayoumi, A.M., Fazil, A., Fisman, D.N., Gershon, A.S., Gournis, E., Heathcote, E.J., Jamieson, F.B., Jha, P., Khan, K.M., Majowicz, S.E., Mazzulli, T., McGeer, A.J., Muller, M.P., Raut, A., Rea, E., Remis, R.S., Shahin, R., Wright, A.J., Zagorski, B., Crowcroft, N.S. The impact of infection on population health: results of the Ontario Burden of Infectious Disease Study. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7(9), e44103. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0044103.
Roche, S.M., Jones, A.Q., Majowicz, S.E., McEwen, S.A., Pintar, K. Drinking water consumption patterns in Canadian communities (2001–2007). Journal of Water and Health, 2012, 10(1), 69-86. DOI:10.2166/wh.2011.051.
Fullerton, K.E., Scallan, E., Kirk, M.D., Mahon, B.E., Angulo, F.J., de Valk, H., van Pelt, W., Gauci, C., Hauri, A.M., Majowicz, S., O'Brien, S.J.; International Collaboration Working Group. Case-control studies of sporadic enteric infections: a review and discussion of studies conducted internationally from 1990 to 2009. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 2012, 9(4), 281-92. DOI:10.1089/fpd.2011.1065.

Selected technical reports

First meeting of the Foodborne Disease Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) 2021-2024. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2022.
Lambraki I.A., Cousins, M., Graells T., Troell M., Søgaard JørgensenP., Wernli D., Parmley E.J., Majowicz SE. “Factors influencing antimicrobial resistance in food systems & recommendations for long-term governance under a changing climate. Research Brief”. 2022 Mar 21. Available from: https://uwaterloo.ca/foodborne-disease-epidemiology-group/research/amresilience
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and food: attribution, characterization, and monitoring (PDF). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization, 2018. ISSN 1726-5274.
Joint FAO/WHO core expert group meeting on VTEC/STEC Geneva, Switzerland, 19–22 July, 2016. Meeting report (PDF).
World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne diseases: Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group 2007–2015. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2015. ISBN 978 92 4 156516 5.
World Health Organization initiative to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases: fifth formal meeting of the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group.Geneva: World Health Organization, 2014. ISBN 978 92 4 150796 7.

Other public files

Cousins, M. Using expert knowledge and experience to parameterize a simulation model of AMR emergence and transmission in a Swedish food system context: Framework Matrices, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/WUXL5F, Borealis, V1, UNF:6:7MNV1+/sxDeftXfWjznwkg== [fileUNF]
Cousins, M. A One Health and fuzzy cognitive map-based approach to assess interventions to reduce antimicrobial resistance in a Swedish food system context under potential climate change conditions: Decision matrix and Scenario results, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/Z2IJTE, Borealis, V2
Cousins, M. Mapping out a One Health model in the context of the Swedish food system using a modified scoping review methodology: Scoping Review Database, 2022, https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/UQZJMB, Borealis, V1, UNF:6:Scmti+htcN4SQ9/sgkUwFQ== [fileUNF]