Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Brenda Elias

Associate Professor

University of Manitoba

Faculty of Health Sciences

College of Medicine

Department of Community Health Sciences

Room 101D, Medical Services Building

750 Bannatyne Avenue

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

R3E 0W2

Phone: 204-789-3358

Fax: 204-975-7783

Email: Brenda.Elias@umanitoba.ca

Biography (Short):

Dr. Elias is an Associate Professor in Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and former co-director and founding member of the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research. Currently, she is the Director of the CHS Bold Ideas Colloquium Series. Her research interests under population and public health include gender health, mental health, cancer, social determinants and risk, health info-structures, Indigenous and interdisciplinary health research, and research ethics. She conducts multilevel quantitative and mixed-method studies into the social, cultural, biological, economic, political and historical determinants of health. Dr. Elias is a strong advocate of team collaborations, and has contributed as a principal, co-principal and co-investigator to over 44 grants exceeding $20 million. 

Dr. Elias is a research affiliate with the U of Manitoba Centre for Human Rights Research (CHRR) and is working with like-minded colleagues to advance health rights of populations. She has initiated and led three noteworthy national CIHR grants to understand through novel data linkage approaches the determinants of health disparities in First Nations communities. Dr. Elias also developed a health disparity research program that involved linking the federal Indian Registry System to the Province of Manitoba health and social administrative databases (affiliated with Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and CancerCare Manitoba) to make transparent the gap in reporting of the health of indigenous populations in Manitoba and Canada. She is a longstanding member of the International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement and is working with academic and government researchers from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia to liberate health and social information for Indigenous people worldwide in keeping with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She is also a founding member of the newly created Canadian Indigenous Research Network Against Cancer.

Dr. Elias, in her affiliation with Regenerative Medicine, is the lead investigator of "Translating to the Community: A social epigenetic nutritional study of FASD".  This CIHR and Manitoba provincial government MLLC funded study is linked to an international FASD consortium that is developing an early diagnostic biomarker tool for FASD and associated co-morbidities. This study is framed to advance the rights of children and adults living with FASD. Complimenting this study is a research group she leads to advance dignity for those with neurodevelopmental disorders like FASD. In addition, Dr. Elias is a member of the CHRR water rights research consortium and ha s collaborated with University of Manitoba researchers to secure national funding from CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC to advance First Nations water rights in Canada. As well, Dr. Elias is a founding member and for director of the Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research. In the Department of Community Health Sciences, she teaches Core Concepts in Public Health, Health Survey Research Methods and the Social Organization of Health.

Education:

Degrees

Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, The influence of the social environment on the health of Manitoba First Nations communities, 2004

Masters of Arts (Specialized in Sociology of Law and City Planning), University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology, 1991

Bachelors of Arts Honours (Specialized in Sociology of Law), University of Manitoba, Department of Sociology, 1985

Academic and Research Appointments:

Associate Professor (Tenured), University of Manitoba, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences (Current).

Assistant Professor (Tenured), University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, July 2006 – March 29th 2015.

Director, Bold Ideas Colloquium Series, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences (July 1, 2015 – Current)

Visiting Academic Scholar, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, December 5-21, 2014.

Visiting Academic Scholar, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, October-December 2013.

Visiting Academic Scholar, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Government of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia, October 2013.

Visiting Academic Scholar, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin/Brisbane, Australia, October-November 2013.

Visiting Academic Scholar, New South Wales Cancer Council (Research Division), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, March 2012.

Co-Director, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2007–2011.

Visiting Academic Scholar, New South Wales Cancer Council (Research Division), Sydney, Australia, March 2009.

Assistant Professor (nil), University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, July 2004 – July 2006.

Research Affiliate, Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2011-Current.

Research Affiliate, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2009-Current.

Research Affiliate, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2006-2011.

Associate Director (Research), Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, 2001 – Jan 2006.

Acting Director, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, November 1, 2001 to March 1, 2002

Acting Director, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, August 2001.

Research Associate, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (formerly Northern Health Research Unit), University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, January 5, 1993 to October 31, 2001

Academic Teaching

Instructor, Core Concepts of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences (Half Term) (Offered every year; Assumed course in 2015, revised course for fall offering)

Instructor, Social Organization of Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences (Half Term) (Initiated 2008, Offered every odd year)

Instructor, Health Survey Research Methods, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, (Half Term) (Initiated 2007, Offered every even year)

Session leader, Med 1, Health Equity Stream, September 2015 – December 2015

Co-Lead and Lecturer, Med III, Block Four, Scholarship in Medicine Academic Half Day, What drives change in population and public health? February 2014 – July 2014

Invited Instructor, Faculty of Law, Critical Conversation in Water and First Nations, Sponsored by the Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, 2012-2013 (March 25th)

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2010, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, January – February 2013

Session Leader, Social Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, December 2012

Invited Instructor, Engagement, guided by the field, Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Indigenous Health and Wellness Research (CIHR funded), Western University, London, Ontario, June 16-19, 2012

Session Leader, Social Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, December 2011

Invited Lecturer, Health Survey Research Methods, Manitoba Institute of Children’s Health Research, December 2011

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Applying Research Design, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2010

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2010, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, June – August 2010

Session Leader, Social Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, January 2010

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2009, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, June – July 2009

Invited Instructor, Infectious Diseases in the Canadian Aboriginal Communities, Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases III: Impact of Infectious Diseases on Local and Global Investment and Development" (SIIDIII), Co-sponsored by a University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg Partnership, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, June 2009.

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Applying Research Design, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2009

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2008, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, June – July 2008

Resource Contact, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2008, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, August - September 2008

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Applying Research Design, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2008

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Health Policy - Applying the concepts, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, October 2008

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Health Policy - Applying the concepts, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, October 2007

Tutorial Leader, Population health and Medicine Course, Applying Research Design, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2007

Invited Lecturer, John Hopkins Indigenous Summer Institute, John Hopkins School of Public Health, July 2007

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2007, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, June – July 2007.

Invited Lecturer, Critical Public Health, Aboriginal frameworks in public health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, January 2007

Invited Lecturer, Topics in Health Services Research - Meeting Manitoba First Nations Needs: A Health and Social Information System Research Program, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, November 2006

Invited Lecturer, Special Topics I in Aboriginal Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, October 2006

Invited Lecturer, Special Topics II in Aboriginal Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, October 2006

Invited Speaker, Building a First Nations Health Info-Structure: Linking research to policy and practice, CIHR Summer Institute - Using population-based health and health services data for research: challenges and opportunities in an intersectoral environment, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 20, 2006.

Panelist, Women in Science Session in Women, Science and Technology, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Arts, Women’s Studies, February 2006.

Instructor, Social determinants of Aboriginal youth’s health (Reading Course), University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, January – April 2006

Instructor, Theoretical Re-Framing of Aboriginal Women’s Health (Reading Course), University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, September – December 2005

Supervisor, Multiple specialty rotation in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Class 2006, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, June – August 2005.

Invited Instructor, Impacts of Infectious diseases on Aboriginal communities, Summer Institute on Infectious Diseases, Summer Institute in Infectious Diseases II, Co-sponsored by University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg Partnership, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, June 2005

Invited Lecturer, Aboriginal Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Graduate Program, October 2004

Tutorial Leader, Applying Research Design, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2004

Instructor, Cultural Issues in Medicine, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Community/Family Medicine Clerkship Program, January 2004 - August 2004.

Instructor, Cultural Issues in Medicine, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Community/Family Medicine Clerkship Program, January 2003 - December 2003.

Instructor, Cultural Issues in Medicine, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Community/Family Medicine Clerkship Program, March 2002 - November 2002.

Tutorial Leader, Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2002.

Tutorial Leader, Burden of Illness, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2002.

Instructor, Cultural Issues in Medicine, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Community/Family Medicine Clerkship Program, November 2001 - March 2002.

Tutorial Leader, Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2001.

Academic Liaison to Proctor, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, February – March 2001

Invited Lecturer, Aboriginal Health Survey, Research Methods in Health Care – Graduate Seminar, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences, November 2000

Supervisor/Proctor, Minor Clerkship in Community Health Policy, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, November - December 2000

Instructor, Cultural Issues in Medicine, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Community Health/Family Medicine Clerkship Program, November 2000.

Invited Lecturer, Pathologizing Discourses in Aboriginal Health Research – Undergraduate Course, University of Manitoba, Department of Native Studies, October 2000

Invited Lecturer, Aboriginal Health, Self Government, and Health Information – Undergraduate Course, Red River Community College, Nursing Program, October 2000

Tutorial Leader, Determinants of Health, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 2000

Tutorial Leader, Measuring the Burden of Illness, University of Manitoba, Department of Community health Sciences Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, August 2000

Tutorial Leader, Global Perspectives on Health – The Global Burden of Disease, Armed Conflict, and Maternal to Child Transmission of HIV Infection, University of Manitoba, Community Health Science Link - Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, November 1998

Tutorial Leader, Cross Cultural Communication in Medicine, University of Manitoba, Community Health Science Link – Undergraduate Medicine Clerkship Program, September 1998.

Tutorial Leader, First Nation Population Health Summer Institute. University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences, Northern Health Research Unit, 1997-1999

Student Supervision and Thesis Committees:

Current Doctoral

1. Rae Spiwak, Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, (Sept 2009 – Current), Thesis Advisor

2. Tomi Adelani, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (Sept 2016 – Current), Thesis Advisor

Current Masters

1. Jackie Gruber, Master’s of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Manitoba, Thesis Advisor

2. Jessica Erynne Sjoblom, Master’s of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (September 2013 – Current), Thesis Advisor

3. Pamela Skrabek, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (September 2011 - Current), Thesis Co-Advisor

4. Oleg Chopyk, Master of Social Work, University of Manitoba, (September 2014-Current), Thesis External Member

5. Completed Masters

1. Christopher Andrew Basham, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (Sept 2010 – February 2016), Thesis Advisor

2. Jane McSwiggon, Masters of Occupational and Physical Therapy, University of Manitoba (March 2011 – 2014), Thesis External member

3. Nadine Tonn, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (Jan 2008 – December 2011), Thesis Advisor

4. Rhonda Campbell, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (Sept 2004 – August 2010), Thesis Advisor

5. Natalie Mota, Masters of Arts (Psychology), University of Manitoba (May 2008 – August 2009), Thesis Committee Member (Thesis External Member)

6. Shay-Lee Belik, Masters of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences, A comparison of the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in American Indian and general population samples, (Sept 2006 – August 2008), Thesis Committee Member (Thesis Internal Member).

7. Vanessa Perry, Master of Science, Dalhousie University, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology (April 2010), An Analysis of Social Support and the Health of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Population, (Thesis External).

Completed Doctoral

1. Moni Fricke, Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (January 2010 – February 2016, Thesis Advisor

2. Shay Lee Bolton (nee Belik), Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, (Sept 2008 – October 2015), Thesis Advisor

3. Megan Williams, Ph.D. in School of Public Health and Community Medicine (February 2015), (Thesis External).

4. Heike Schütze, Ph.D. in School of Public Health and Community Medicine (December 2014), University of New South Wales (Australia), (Thesis External).

5. Rachelle Arkles, Ph.D. in School of Public Health and Community Medicine (December 2014), University of New South Wales (Australia), (Thesis External).

Research

Grants Awarded:

Current Awards:

Co-Investigator, (2016-2019), NPI Mariette Chartier (University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences), PAX-Good Behavior Game in First Nations Communities: Enhancing and Adapting a School-Based Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Strategy, Canadian Institute of Health Research, $673,777

Principal Investigator (2016), Taking Action: Canadian Indigenous Network Against Cancer, Canadian Institute of Health Research (Planning Grant), $12,000

Co-Investigator, (2014-2017), NPI Mariette Chartier (University of Manitoba, Department of Community Health Sciences), PAX-Good Behavior Game in First Nations Communities: Enhancing and Adapting a School-Based Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Strategy, Canadian Institute of Health Research (Expression of Interest).

Principal Investigator (2014-2017), Translating to the Community: Nutrition and its role in the social epigenetics of FASD, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Liquor Control Commission $225,000

Principal Investigator (2013-2019), Translating to the Community: Social Epigenetic Study of FASD: $270,000 over 5 years. NPI: Jim Davies, Discovering the epigenetic signatures associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Canadian Institute of Health Research $1,370,000.

Co-Investigator, (2014-2017), NPI Sarvesh Logsetty (University of Manitoba, Department of Surgery), Creation of a Canadian Burn Care Network, Canadian Institute of Health Research $599,994

Co-Investigator, (2013-2019), H2O Create Program for water and sanitation security in First Nations, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada $1,650,000

Co-Investigator (Co-Lead (2013-2016), The right to clean water in First Nations: The most precious gift, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Partnership/Insight) $200,000

Associate Investigator (2012-2017), Australian Centre for Discovering Indigenous Strategies to Improve Cancer Outcomes Via Education and Research Translation and Training, Australian National Health and Research Council $2,500,000

Past Awards:

Co-Investigator (2012-2013), Pilot study for food and nutrition intake trend in the First Nation’s Communities, Canada Israel FASD Consortium, University of Manitoba$50,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2012-2014), Culturally grounded suicide intervention in Cree Nation communities, Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Manitoba Health Research Council $450,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2010-2012, 2013), Manitoba Network for Aboriginal Health Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $970,000

Principal Investigator (2007-2012; Extension 2013-2014/5), Access to quality cancer control and care for Manitoba’s First Nations population: Identifying issues, reducing risk, and ensuring equitable access, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $1,495,213

Principal Investigator (2006-2011; 2012-2013 Extension; 2013-2014 extension), Manitoba First Nations Health Report Card: A collaborative network project to understand health disparities, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $778,110

Co-Principal Investigator, (2011-2012, 2013 extension), Use of services by First Nations children with FASD, Canadian Foundation on Fetal Alcohol Research $60,000

Co-investigator (Awarded 2010, Extended 2012), The burden of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease in Manitoba First Nations people: A pilot study, Health Sciences Research Foundation $35,000

Co-Investigator, (2009-2013), Research Demonstration Project in Homelessness and Mental Health (Winnipeg) (Sub – project), Mental Health Commission of Canada $3,750,000

Co-Investigator (2008-2013), Early identification of rheumatoid Arthritis in First Nations, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $900,740

Co-Investigator (2010-2012), Consequences of Suicide Bereavement: A population-based study in Manitoba, Canadian Institutes for Health Research $137,296

Co-Investigator (2010-2012), Culturally Based, Family Centered Mental Health Promotion for Aboriginal Youth, Public Health Agency of Canada (Mb Component) $136,000

Co-Investigator (2009-2012), Unravelling the disability trajectory of First Nations families of children with disabilities: Advancing Jordan's Principle, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $529,081

Co-Investigator (2012), Celebrating Indigenous Research Workshop, PRE/SSHRC $25,500

Principal Investigator (2012), Cherishing water, claiming health: A planning symposium on water as a holistic health right, Workshop Planning Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $25,000

Co-Investigator (2012), Rheumatoid arthritis in First Nations: defining the road toward disease prevention, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $25,000

Co-Investigator (2012), Capacity building for knowledge exchange in rheumatoid arthritis detection and prevention studies at First Nations communities, Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care (CIORA) $60,000

Co-Investigator (2011-2012), Development of a research program to utilize administrative data to study health status and health services among the Indigenous population of the Cauca region of Colombia, Manitoba NEAHR (University of Manitoba) $25,000

Co-Investigator, (2011-2012), FASD and First Nations, Canada-Israel FASD Consortium, Manitoba Health and University of Manitoba$15,000

Co-Investigator (2011-2012), Multimedia Consent: Initiative to support the FASD consortium, Canada-Israel FASD Consortium, Manitoba Health and University of Manitoba $30,000

Co-Investigator (2011-2012), Immunopathogenesis in Aboriginal children with type 2 diabetes, The Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund $25,000

Co-Investigator (2010-2012), National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $967,960

Principal Investigator (2011), Kalinago Community Health Assessment (Dominica, Eastern Caribbean), Internal Funding (Elias) $11,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2009 – 2012) Manitoba Network Environment for Aboriginal Health Research (MNEAHR), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (renewal) $1,800,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2007-2012) From risk factors to cultural sensitive intervention: A programmatic approach to Aboriginal suicide, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $1,340,000

Principal Investigator (2006-2011), The social environment and health of First Nations women and men, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $419,745

Co-investigator (2010), Resetting the clock: Modifying the Biological Late Effects of Pediatric and Adolescent Cancer Treatments: Prevention and Mitigation, Canadian Institutes for Health Research Letter of Intent $5,000

Co-Investigator (2009 - 2010), Improving the Capacity of Cree Community Members to Recognize Youth at risk for Suicide: A Culturally Grounded Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.  Royal Bank of Canada $20,000

Co-Investigator (2009-2010), Describing service and treatment needs of children and adolescents in the child welfare system - their morbidity and mortality, Health Sciences Research Foundation/Winnipeg Foundation $33,900

Co-Investigator (2007-2010), Comparing rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease by serology, gene studies and ethnicity: Using commonalities and differences to develop etiologic hypotheses, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $969,315

Co-Principal Investigator (2007-2010), Treatment of DMARD Naïve patients with poor prognosis rheumatoid arthritis using Rituximab: A pilot study evaluating synovial outcomes, Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN) $150,000

Tri-Country Principal Investigator (2009), Towards an evidence-informed clinical and indigenous knowledge translation intervention to address co-morbidity disparities in indigenous cancer outcomes, Health Research Council of New Zealand, Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research - International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership Grant (ICIHRP) Expression of Interest $15,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2009), International Symposium on Rheumatoid Arthritis in Indigenous People: Molecules to Communities, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $25,000

Co-Investigator (2008-2009), Implementing and evaluating a knowledge translation framework using Metis specific health information to adapt Manitoba’s health programs and services to better meet Metis need, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $200,555

Co-Principal Investigator (2005-2008), Early Identification of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Canadian First Nations, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $492,000

Co-Investigator (2008), Interactive and adaptive exercise and educational gaming therapy system for intervention of children with neuro-developmental disorders, Letter of Intent Development Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $10,000

Co-Investigator (2008), Unravelling the disability trajectory of First Nations families of children with disabilities: Advancing Jordan's Principle, Letter of Intent Development Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $10,000

Co-Investigator (2008), National Centre for Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Research (LOI), Canadian Institutes of Health Research $10,000

Principal Investigator (2007 Contract), Proposal development for the First Nations and Inuit Regional longitudinal Health Survey, Assembly of First Nations, Ottawa $5,000

Co-Investigator (2006), Determinants of rheumatoid arthritis risk and outcome in pediatric, adult and First Nation population, Letter of Intent, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $10,000

Collaborator (2006), Intercultural Health in Colombia, South America, University of Manitoba Internal Grant $15,000

Principal Investigator (2006), (Development Grant), Access to quality cancer care for Manitoba’s First Nations and non-First Nations population: Identifying issues, reducing risk, and ensuring equitable access, Letter of Intent Development Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $8,000

Principal Investigator (2004-2006), Knowledge translation and the Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey: Generating evidence based decision making within complex health jurisdictions. Health Canada, National Aboriginal Health Organization and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs $175,000

Principal Investigator (2004-2005), (Canadian Research Program), Indigeneity, Resilience and Best Outcomes for Health, International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership Expression of Interest Grant, Tripartite Cooperation Agreement between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC NZ) and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) $45,000

Principal Investigator (2004-2005), Pilot Test of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada $48,682

Co-Principal Investigator (2004-2005), CAHR Knowledge Translation Research Program, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $25,000

Co-Principal Investigator (2004-2005), Métis Health: Analysis of the Métis Supplement of the Aboriginal Peoples Survey, CAHR-ACADRE Research Funding Program $50,000

Co-Investigator (2004-2005), Collaborative Work Concerning Research Ethics and Aboriginal Peoples, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $30,000

Co-Investigator (2004-2005), National Evaluation of FNIHB Health Transfer Program, Government of Canada, Health Canada $450,000

Co-Investigator (2004-2007), CAHR Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environments, Institute of Aboriginal People’s Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $1.3 Million

Principal Investigator (2001-2005), Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, National Aboriginal Health Organization and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs $630,000

Co-Investigator (2003-2004), Indigenous Women, Inequality and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council $100,000

Principal Investigator (2002), Second Report on the National Gathering of Graduate Students, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $4,000

Principal Investigator (2001), Report on the Inaugural National Gathering of Graduate Students, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $2,500

Principal-Investigator (2000-2001), Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy Household Disability Survey, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs-Human Resources Development Canada Bilateral Partnership Agreement $27,750

Principal Investigator (1998-2000), Gender and Determinants of Health in Manitoba First Nations Communities, Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence $15,000

Principal Investigator (1994-1995), A Study into the Social, Cultural, and Disciplinary Understanding of Risk Perception and Risk Acceptability of the Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic, Arctic Environmental Strategy, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs $56,000

Grants (Research Associate Status):

Project Director/Research Associate (2001-2006), National Aboriginal Health Survey Support Program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research $1.5 Million

Research Associate (2000 – 2004), Health Transfer in Manitoba First Nations, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Canadian Institutes of Health Research $1.5 Million

Project Director/Research Associate (2000-2003), Why are some Manitoba First Nation people healthy and others are not?, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council $200,000

Research Associate (1997-2000), Making health research relevant to the needs of First Nations, National Health Research Development Program $250,000

Research Associate (1997-1998), First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey national core content database, First Nations and Inuit National Regional Steering Committee – Health Canada, Medical Services Branch $26,750

Research Associate (1996-1998), Manitoba First Nations Regional Health Survey, First Nations and Inuit National Regional Steering Committee – Health Canada, Medical Services Branch $310,000

Research Associate (1995-1998), Culture and ethics in decision-making involving Aboriginal renal patients and caregivers, Social Science and Humanities Research Council $108,000

Research Associate (1995), Monitoring the health impact of uranium mining developments in northern Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Health $37,000

Research Associate (1994-1998), Inuit cultural perceptions of environmental health risks, Eco-Research Tri-Council Secretariat $124,000

Research Associate (1992-1996), A study of the social and cultural construction of risks in aboriginal communities, National Health and Research Development Program $295,470

Academic and Research Distinctions and Awards

New Investigator Award 2006-2011, The social environment and the health of First Nations women and men, Canadian Institutes of Health Research$250,000

Gerry McDole Research Fellowship Award 2006-2007, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences $25,000

Gerry McDole Research Fellowship Award 2005-2006, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences $25,000

University of Manitoba 20 Year Service Award 2006 Nil $

Ph.D. Fellowship Training Award 1998 – 2001, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Health and Research Development Program $54,000

Student Travel Award 1991, Joint International Meetings of the I.S.A. Research Committee on Sociology of Law (Amsterdam, Netherlands) John and Catherine McArthur Foundation$1,000

Student Travel Award 1991, Joint International Meetings of the I.S.A. Research Committee on Sociology of Law (Amsterdam, Netherlands) University of Manitoba $1,000

Supervised Student Awards:

Shay-Lee Bolten (nee Belik), Doctoral Student, CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship/Doctoral Research Award, 2008-2011 $90,000

Shay-Lee Bolten (nee Belik), Doctoral Student, Manitoba Medical Services Foundation (Research excellence in completion of Master’s degree), June 2009 $1000

Shay-Lee Bolten (nee Belik), Doctoral Student, Career Development Travel Award, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, January 200 $750

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik, Doctoral Student, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award, November 2008 $500

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, Travel Award, Community Medicine Education and Research Fund, Manitoba Medical College Foundation Inc. October 2008 $500

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, Faculty of Graduate Studies Cost Sharing Top-up Program Contribution, Sep 2008 – Aug 2009 $10,000

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, Deer Lodge Personal Award, Manitoba Medical College Foundation Inc, June 2008 $1,000

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, Aboriginal Capacity and Development Research Environments (ACADRE) Graduate Fellowship Sep 2008 – Jan 2009 (declined) $10,000

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, Manitoba Health Research Council Studentship Sep 2008 – Aug 2009 (declined) $17,850

Shay-Lee Bolten (Belik), Doctoral Student, National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research Graduate Scholarship Sep 2008 – Aug 2009 (declined) $21,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, Manitoba Health Research Council, Sept 2012– Aug 2013 $17,850

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, Evelyn Shapiro Award for Health Services Research, Sept 2011– Aug 2012 $5,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Top Up Award, Sept 2011– Aug 2012 $3,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Department of Community Health Sciences Top Up Award, Sept 2011– Aug 2012 $3,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine Top Up Award, Sept 2010– Aug 2011 $3,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies Top Up Award, Sept 2010– Aug 2011 $3,500

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Doctoral Research Award, Sept 2009– Aug 2012 $105,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, Western Regional Training Program Awards, Sept 2009 – Aug 2010 $10,000

Rae Spiwak, Doctoral Student, Community Health Sciences, Institute of Gender and Health Summer Institute Competition Award, July 2010 (Non-monetary)

Moni Fricke, Doctoral Student, Health Canada Interprofessional Education Research Student Scholarship, September 2011-August 2012 $10,000

Moni Fricke, Doctoral Student, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Graduate Studies Top-Up Award, $5000

Jessica Slobjan, Master’s Community Health Sciences, CIHR IMPART research training program fellowship, Sept 2014 – August 2015 $18,000

Jessica Slobjan, Master’s Community Health Sciences, Western Regional Training Program Award, Sept 2013 – August 2014 $17,850

Jessica Slobjan, Master’s Community Health Sciences, CIHR-NEAHR Award, Sept 2013 – August 2014 $2,500

Elizabeth Wall-Weiler, Master’s Community Health Sciences, Western Regional Training Program Award, Sept 2012 – August 2013 $17,850

Christopher Andrew Basham, Master’s Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences Travel Award, November 2011 $500

Christopher Andrew Basham, Master’s Community Health Sciences, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Travel Grant, November 2011 $500

Christopher Andrew Basham, Master’s Community Health Sciences, Manitoba Health Research Council Award, Sept 2011 – August 2012 $12,000

Christopher Andrew Basham, Master’s Community Health Sciences, Western Regional Training Program Award, Sept 2010 – August 2011 $17,500

Christopher Andrew Basham, Master’s Community Health Sciences, MB-NEAHR Training Award (Top-up funding), Sept 2010 – August 2011 $5,000

Muhammad Hag, Master’s Community Health Sciences, Western Regional Training Program Award, Sept 2009 – Aug 2010 $12,000

Natalie Mota, Master’s of Arts (Psychology), SSHRC Graduate Student Award, Sept 2008 – August 2009 $20,000

Rhonda Campbell, Master’s Community Health Sciences, ACADRE-CIHR Graduate Fellowship, Sept 2005 – Aug 2008 $40,000

Gabriela Montes, Bachelors of Science, MB-NEAHR Internship, July – August 2009 $5,000

Gabriela Montes, Bachelors of Science, ACADRE-CIHR Internship, July – August 2008 $5,000

Publications (in development and published)

Published Peer Reviewed Papers/Chapters/Abstracts:

1. Hitchon C, Khan S, ELIAS B, Katz A, Peschken C. Increased Mortality in Indigenous North Americans Persons with Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Partially Explained By Psychiatric and Physical Comorbidity:  A Population Based Study, Arthritis & Rheumatology, Supplement, 2015.

2. ELIAS B, Busby K, Martens P. One little, too little: Counting Canada's Indigenous people for improved health reporting. Social Science & Medicine, 2015, Vol. 138, 179-86.

3. Demers AA, Decker K, Kliewer EV, Musto G, Shu E, Biswanger N, Fradette K, ELIAS B, Griffith J, Turner D, Mammography rates for breast Cancer screening: a comparison of First Nations and all other women living in Manitoba (Canada), Prevention and Chronic Disease, 2015 May 28; 12-E82. Doi 10.5888/pcd12.140571.

4. Decker K, Demers A, Biswanger N, Musto G, Kliewer EV, ELIAS B, Griffeth, J, Turner D, Pap test use and cervical cancer incidence in First Nations women living in Manitoba, Cancer prevention research, 2015 January, 8(1): 49-55. DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-14-0277

5. ELIAS B, Moving beyond the historical quagmire of measuring infant mortality for the First Nations population in Canada, Social Science and Medicine, 2014, Vol. 123: 125-132.

6. Hitchon CA, Khan, S, ELIAS B, El-Gabalawy HS, Katz A, Peschken CA “First Nations persons have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis with an early onset age but are seen less frequently by rheumatologists: A population based study”. Arthritis Rheum Vol. 66 (11) November 2014 (supplement), S888.

7. Decker K, Demers A, Kliewer EV, Musto G, Shu E, Biswanger N, ELIAS B, Griffith J, Turner D, Colorectal cancer screening in First Nations people living Manitoba, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Published Online First October 21, 2014; doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-1008

8. ELIAS B, Hart L, Martens P, “Just get on with it”: Linking data systems to report on infant mortality and the First Nations population in Manitoba (Canada), Statistical Journal of the International Association of Official Statistics, 2014, 30(3):285-295, DOI 10.3233/SJI-140827. Paper has also been selected by the Journal to highlight at the World Congress of Statistics 2015, Special Forum on Indigenous Peoples – Using statistics to document human rights violations.

9. Minuk LS, Govia R, Heaman M, Morris ML, Ludwig S, Woo VC, Oleschuk C, Hanson S, ELIAS B,Taback SP, Diabetes in pregnancy: National guideline feasibility in local at-risk populations, Can J Diabetes. 2013 Oct; 37S4:S83. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.08.255.

10. Bolten SL, ELIAS B, Enns MW, Beals J, Sareen J, Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team, AI-SUPERPFP Team, A Comparison of the prevalence and risk factors of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in American Indian and general population samples, Transcultural Psychiatry (Epub ahead of print, October 2013; DOI: 10.1177/1363461513502574), pp 1-20

11. Shafer LA, Jeffrey I, ELIAS B, Shearer B, Canfell K, Kliewer E, Quantifying the impact of dissimilar HPV vaccination uptake among Manitoban school girls by ethnicity using a transmission dynamic model. Vaccine. 2013 Oct 1;31(42):4848-55. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.07.073. Epub 2013 Aug 9.

12. Sareen J, Isaak C, Bolten SL, Enns MW, ELIAS B, Deane F, Munro G, Stein MB, Chateau D, Gould M, Katz LY, Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention in First Nations Communities: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Depression and Anxiety (Epub ahead of print, June 12 2013; DOI 10.1002/da.22141).

13. Leslie WD, Brennan SL, Prior HJ, Lix LM, Metge C, ELIAS B, The contributions of First Nations ethnicity, income, and delays in surgery on mortality post-fracture: A population based analysis, Osteoporosis International. July 2012, DOI 10.1007/s00198-012-2099-2.

14. Spiwak R, ELIAS B, Martens PJ, Bolton JM, Sarren J, Suicide policy in Canada: Lessons from history, Canadian Public Health Journal. 2012 Jul 18; 103(5):e338-41. PMID: 23617984

15. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, Chartrand C, Martens P. Diabetes and income inequality among Manitoba Canada First Nations Adults, Am J Epidemiol. 2012;175(11 Suppl): S109.

16. ELIAS B, Mignone J, Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, Sareen J, Trauma and suicide behaviour histories among a Canadian indigenous population: An empirical exploration of the potential role of Canada’s residential school system, Social Science and Medicine (Epub ahead of print, March 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.026)

17. Spiwak R, Sareen J, ELIAS B, Martens P, Munro G, Bolton, J, Complicated grief in Aboriginal Populations, (Book Chapter), Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 53 (In Press January 2012).

18. Murdoch TB, Bernstein CN, El-Gabalawy E, Stempak JM, Sargent M, ELIAS B, Xu W, Pathan S, Silverberg MS, Analysis of inflammatory bowel disease-associated genetic variants in a healthy Manitoban First Nations cohort, CMAJ (Epub ahead of print, March 2012, D01:10.1503/cmaj.110613).

19. Blanchard A, Wang Xikui, El-Gabalawy H, Tan Q, Orr P, ELIAS B, Rawsthrone P, Hart D, Chubey S, Bernstein CN, Determinants of oral health in a Manitoba First Nations population, International Journal of Circumpolar Health (EPub ahead of print, 71:17394 – DOI:10.3402/ijch.v71i0.17394).

20. El-Gabalawy HS, Robinson DB, Smolik I, Hart D, ELIAS B, Wong K, Peschken CA, Hitchon CA, Lu X, Bernstein CN, Newkirk MM, Fritzler M, Familial clustering of the serum cytokine profile in the relatives of rheumatoid arthritis patients, Arthritis and Rheumatism (Epub ahead of print, Dec 2011, DOI: 10.1002/art.34449).

21. Leslie WD, Brennan SL, Prior HJ, Lix LM, Metge C, ELIAS B, Ethnicity bias in the post-fracture care gap among Canadian Aboriginal peoples: A retrospective cohort study, Osteoporosis International (Epub ahead of print, January 2012, DOI 10.1007/s00198-011-1880-y).

22. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Kliewer E, “When the data does not match the story” Does trauma history and addiction predict poor cervical screening uptake among Manitoba Indigenous women (Canada), Journal of Aboriginal Health, March 2012, Vol. 8(1), 9-16.

23. ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Hall M, Demers A, Turner D, Martens PJ, Hong SP, Hart L, Chartrand C, Munro G, The Burden of cancer risk in Canada’s indigenous population: A comparative study of known risks in a Canadian region, International Journal of General Medicine, 4, October 2011, 699-709.

24. Spiwak R. Pagura J, Bolton JM, ELIAS B, Beesdo K, Lieb R, Sareen J. Is childhood exposure to caregiver suicide behaviour a risk factor? Archives of Suicide Research, 15(4), October 2011, 313-26 (DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2011.615694)

25. Bernstein CN, El-Gabalawy H, Sargent M, Landers CJ, Rawsthorne P, ELIAS B, Targan SR, Assessing inflammatory bowel disease-associated antibodies in Caucasian and First Nations cohorts, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2011, 25(5), 269-273.

26. El-Gabalawy HS, Robinson DB, Daha NA, Oen KG, Smolik I, ELIAS B, Hart D., Bernstein CN, Yee S, Lu Y, Houwing-Duistermaat JJ, Siminovitch KA, Non-HLA Genes Modulate the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with HLA-DRB1 in a Susceptible North American Native Population, Genes and Immunity (Epub ahead of Print, 26 May 2011, doi: 10:1038/gene.2011.30).

27. Mota N, ELIAS B, Tefft B, Medved M, Munro G, Sareen J. Correlates of suicide: investigation of a representative sample of Manitoba First Nations adolescents. American Journal of Public Health (Epub ahead of Print, July 14 2011, doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300385).

28. Mignone J, ELIAS B, Hall M, Munro G, Validation of a culturally appropriate social capital analytical framework to explore health conditions in Canadian First Nations communities, International Indigenous Policy Journal, May 2011, Volume 2, Issue 1, Article 3: Health and Well-being, Article, Available at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol2/iss1/3

29. Bernstein C, Wang X, El-Gabalawy H, ELIAS B, Silverberg M. Assessing IBD-associated antibodies in Caucasian and First Nation cohorts, The Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010, Vol. 25(5): 269-273.

30. Hitchon CA, F Chandad F, Ferucci ED, Willemze A, Ioan-Facsinay A, van der Woude D, Markland J, Robinson D, ELIAS B, Newkirk M, Toes RM, Huizinga TWJ, El-Gabalawy HS, Antibodies to Porphyromonas Gingivalis are Associated with Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies in RA Patients and their Relatives, Journal of Rheumatology, June 2010, Vol. 37(6): 1105-1112.

31. ELIAS B, Hall B, Kasper C, Doraty A, Burchill C, Martens PJ, Kliewer E, Demers A, Turner D, Linking the Canadian Indian Registry System to the Manitoba Provincial Health Registry: Lessons Learned. International Journal of Circumpolar Health Supplement, 2010 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7: 537-8.

32. Hall M, ELIAS B, Martens PJ, Mignone J, Building indigenous capacity to meet health needs and combat health disparities: A Manitoba (Canada) experience, International Journal of Circumpolar Health Supplement, 2010 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7: 523 (Abstract)

33. Wurtak G, Anderson M, Dinner K, Dumaresq G, ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Patterson C, Ronald A, Schettler W, Wong T, Improving HPV prevention among Canadian Aboriginal peoples: A knowledge translation exchange workshop, International Journal of Circumpolar Health Supplement, 2010 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7: 126 – 129.

34. Wurtak G, ELIAS B, Improving HPV prevention among Aboriginal Peoples, International Journal of Circumpolar Health Supplement, 2010 Conference Proceedings, Vol. 7: 80. (Abstract)

35. Kliewer EV, Demers AA, Brisson M, Severini A, Lotocki R, ELIAS B, Hammond G, Wurtak G, Manitoba HPV Research Group, The Manitoba Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Surveillance and Evaluation System, Health Reports, 2010, Vol. 21(2): 37-42.

36. Isaak C, Campeau M, , Katz L, Enns M, ELIAS B, Sareen J, Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team, Community Participatory Action Oriented Suicide Prevention Research in Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities, International Journal of Mental Health and Addictions, 2009, Vol. 8(2): 258-270.

37. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Kliewer E, “When the data does not match the story:” Do trauma history and addiction issues characterize poor cervical screening uptake among Manitoba Indigenous women (Canada)? American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S25. (Abstract)

38. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Kliewer E, Turner D, Martens P et al. A comparative study of cancer risk factors between Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S47. (Abstract)

39. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J, Characterizing addiction behaviours of Residential School survivors among Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous populations, American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S25. (Abstract)

40. ELIAS B, Hall M, Kasper C, Burchill C, Martens P, Kliewer E, Mignone J, Liberating Indigenous people from provincial health administrative databases: A Manitoba (Canada) data linkage success story, American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S111. (Abstract)

41. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J, So what best describes addiction behaviours of non-residential school survivors in the Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous populations? American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S26. (Abstract)

42. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J, Trauma histories and suicidality of Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous Residential School Survivors, June 1 2009, American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 169(11): S65. (Abstract)

43. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Woods A, Mignone J, Sareen J, Trauma histories and the mental health of Manitoba (Canada) Indigenous peoples: “What about the off-spring of residential school attendees?” American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S66. (Abstract)

44. Mignone J, ELIAS B, Hall M, Social capital: Validation of a culturally appropriate analytic framework to explore complex socioeconomic conditions in Indigenous communities. American Journal of Epidemiology, June 1 2009, Vol. 169(11): S73. (Abstract)

45. El-Gabalawy HS, Robinson D, Hart D, ELIAS B, Markland J, Peschken C, Smolik I, Montes G, Schroeder M, Fritzler MJ, Cheang M, Oen K, Immunogenetic risks of anti-cyclical citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibodies in North American Native population with RA and their First Degree relatives. Journal of Rheumatism, June 2009, Vol. 36(6): 1130-5

46. Isaac M, ELIAS B, Deane F, Katz LY, Enns MW, Sareen J, Gatekeeper training as a preventative measure for suicide: A systematic review, Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, April 2009, Vol. 54(4): 59-67.

47. Rasic DT, Belik S, ELIAS B, Katz LY, Enns M, Sareen J, Spirituality, religion and suicidal behavior in a nationally representative sample, Journal of Affective Disorders, April 2009, Vol. 114(1-3): 32-40.

48. Ioan-Facinay A, Willemze A, Robinson D, Peshken C, Markland J, ELIAS B, Menard H, Newkirk M, Fritzler M, Toes R, Huizinga T, El-Gabalaway H, Marked differences in fine-specificity and isotype usage of the anti-citrullin protein antibody in health and disease, Arthritis and Rheumatism, October 2008, Vol. 58(10): 3000-3008.

49. Hitchon CA, Chandad F, Ferucci E, Willemze A, Ioan-Facsinay A, Robinson D, ELIAS B, Newkirk M, Huizinga T, El-Gabalawy H. Antibodies to P. gingivalis are associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) in RA patients and their relatives, Arthritis and Rheumatism, 2008, Volume 58 (Suppl): 286.

50. Barnabe C, ELIAS B, Bartlett J, Peschken CA, Evidence for a burden of arthritis and poor access to specialist care in Aboriginal Manitobans. The Journal of Rheumatology, April 2008, Vol. 35: 1145-50.

51. Gregory D. McCallum MJ, Grant KR, ELIAS B. Self-determination and the Swampy Cree Tribal Council: A case study involving nursing education in Northern Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, June 2008, 40(2): 132-149.

52. Katz L, ELIAS B, O’Neil J, Enns M, Cox BJ, Belik SL, Sareen J, Aboriginal suicide research: From risk factors to culturally-sensitive interventions, J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, November 2006, 15(4): 159-167.

53. ELIAS B, O’Neil J. Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (MFN-CAHR): A case study on creating and advancing cross-pillar collaborative knowledge translation research with Indigenous communities (Reprint). Health Care Policy, 2006, Vol. 1 (4): 44-49.

54. ELIAS B, O’Neil J. Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (MFN-CAHR): A case study on creating and advancing cross-pillar collaborative knowledge translation research with Indigenous communities. CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health. Moving population and public health knowledge into action: A casebook of knowledge translation stories / Mise en application des connaissances: Recueil de cas d’application des connaissances. Ottawa: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2006. (With the Canadian Population Health Initiative).

55. ELIAS B. Health behaviors of Manitoba First Nations youth: The Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002, Vol. 161 (Suppl) June 2005: S1-S152.

56. Richie A, J. Reading, ELIAS B. Injuries among Canadian Aboriginal on-reserve children and youth: Findings from the First Nations and Inuit Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, American Journal of Epidemiology, June 2005, Vol. 161 (Suppl): S1-S152.

57. O’Neil JD, ELIAS B, Wastesicoot J. Building a health research relationship between First Nations and University of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Public Health, January/February 2005, Vol. 96: (Supplement 1).

58. ELIAS B, The influence of the social environment on the health of Manitoba First Nations communities, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2004, Vol. 63(2): 175-6.

59. ELIAS B, O’Neil J, Sanderson, D. The politics of “trust and participation”: A case study of developing First Nations and university capacity to build health information systems, Journal of Aboriginal Health, January 2004, Vol. 1(1).

60. Reading J, ELIAS B, MacDonald G. “Early onset of type II diabetes among First Nations in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Diabetes Care, 2000, Vol. 24: Supplement 1.

61. Kaufert J, Commanda L, ELIAS B, Grey R, Masuzumi B, Young TK. Community Participation in Health Research Ethics: Challenges for First Nations and Circumpolar Indigenous Peoples. In J Oaks and R Riewe, Issues in the North. Vol. 4 2000. University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg.

62. Young TK, Reading J, ELIAS B, O’Neil JD. Type-2 diabetes in Canada’s First Nations: Status of an epidemic in progress. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2000, Vol. 163(5).

63. ELIAS B, Fricke M, Kaufert J, Reading J, O’Neil J, Thibault J, MacDonald G. “Activity Limitations and the Need for Continuing Care” In: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey – National Report. National Steering Committee First Nations and Inuit (Labrador) Regional Health Steering Committee. 1999.

64. Young TK, O’Neil J, ELIAS B, Leader A, Reading J, MacDonald G. “Chronic Diseases: Literature Review and Analysis of the First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey National Core Data. In: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey – National Report. National Steering Committee First Nations and Inuit (Labrador) Regional Health Steering Committee. 1999.

65. Reading J and ELIAS B, “An Examination of Residential Schools and Elders Health.” In: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey – National Report. National Steering Committee First Nations and Inuit (Labrador) Regional Health Steering Committee. 1999.

66. O’Neil J, ELIAS B, Reading J, Tate B. “FNIRHS Technical Report.” In: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey – National Report. National Steering Committee First Nations and Inuit (Labrador) Regional Health Steering Committee. 1999.

67. O’Neil J, MacDonald G, ELIAS B, Reading J. “Summary of Key Themes from the Feasibility Study.” In: First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey – National Report. National Steering Committee First Nations and Inuit (Labrador) Regional Health Steering Committee. 1999.

68. Kaufert J, Commanda L, ELIAS B, Grey R, Young TK, Masuzumi B. “Evolving Participation of Aboriginal Communities in Health Research Ethics Review: The Impact of the Inuvik Workshop – Research Note.” In Arctic Medical Research Vol. 1999.

69. Kaufert J, Longclaws L, ELIAS B, McKenzie J, Ross J, Jeffrey J, Fine A, Singer P. “Culture and Ethical Decision-Making in the Treatment of End Stage Renal Disease: The Experience of Aboriginal Communities. In J. Oaks and R. Riewe, Issues in the North Vol. III. 1998. University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg.

70. O’Neil J, ELIAS B. “Cultural Rationality and Environmental Health Risk Perception in the Canadian North. In Oaks J and Riewe R, Issues in the North Vol. III. 1998. University of Manitoba Press, Winnipeg.

71. O’Neil J, Yassi A and ELIAS B. “Cultural Environmental Risk Perception in the Canadian North”. Circumpolar Health Conference Proceedings 96. University of Alaska Press, 1998

72. O’Neil J, ELIAS B and Yassi A. “Situating Resistance in Fields of Resistance: Dene Women in Saskatchewan and the Uranium Mining Industry”. In M. Lock and P. Kaufert, Resistance and Biopower, University of Cambridge Press, 1998.

73. O’Neil J, ELIAS B and Yassi A. “Poisoned Food: Cultural Resistance to the Contaminants Discourse”. Arctic Anthropology, 1997, 34(1): 29-40.

Reports:

1. Kliewer E, ELIAS B, Demers A, Lambert P, Hall M (2012). Uptake Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Among Manitoba’s Status First Nations Females, 2006200, (CIHR Funding and Manitoba Health), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

2. ELIAS B, Hall M. The health of Manitoba Tribal Nations, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, (CHIR Funding HOA 80062), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 2011

3. ELIAS B, Hall M, Manitoba First Nations health report card: Health indicator workbook, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, (CHIR Funding HOA 80062), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 2011

4. Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Health and Information Research Committee, ELIAS B, Laplante J. The Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey of Children, Youth and Adults Final Report, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, December 2006

5. ELIAS B, Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey: A preliminary report on the health status of Manitoba First Nations Adults. Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 2006.

6. ELIAS B, Munro G. Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey: Preliminary results of the youth survey. First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) First Nations Research Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, Ontario, November 12-15, 2005.

7. Elias B, Munro G, Avery Kinew K, Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey: Celebrating a successful partnership. First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) First Nations Research Conference Proceedings, Ottawa, Ontario, November 12-15, 2005.

8. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Manitoba Regional Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

9. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Birdtail Sioux First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

10. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Ebb and Flow First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

11. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Kinonjeoshtegon First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

12. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Manto Sipi First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

13. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: Sagkeeng First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

14. ELIAS B, Sanderson L, Binkley J. Pilot study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey: St. Theresa Point First Nation Community Report, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. February 2005.

15. Lavoie J, Sanderson L, ELIAS B, O’Neil J, Mignone J, Barlett J, National Evaluation of the Health Transfer Program. Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, Manitoba. December 2004.

16. ELIAS B. Pilot Study of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative Client Satisfaction Survey Training Manual, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg, November 2004.

17. ELIAS B, Manitoba First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Training Manual, Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Winnipeg. November 2002.

18. Martens P, Bond R, Jabamani L, Roos N. Derksen S, Beaulieu M, Steinbach C, MacWilliam L, Walld R, Dik N, ELIAS B, O’Neil J, Leader A, Sanderson D, Tanner-Spence M. The health and health care use of registered First Nations people living in Manitoba: A population-based study. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 2002.

19. ELIAS B. First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Interviewer Training Manual, First Nations Centre, National Aboriginal Health Organization, Ottawa. April 2002.

20. ELIAS B. The Shape of Things to Come: The 2nd Annual National Gathering of Students on Building Capacity in Aboriginal Health Research, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health. September 2002

21. ELIAS B. and O’Neil J, Building Capacity in Applied Aboriginal Population Health Research – Final Report. National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada, Ottawa. October 15, 2001.

22. ELIAS B, Building Trust, Participation, and Research Capacity: A Report of the Inaugural National Gathering of Graduate Students, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health. March 2001. Posted on the IAPH web page: http://www.cihr.ca/institutes/iaph/whatsnew/graduate_e.shtml

23. ELIAS B and Demas D. First Nations People with a Disability Needs Assessment Survey: A Profile of Manitoba First Nations People with a Disability. Joint Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Disability Committee and the Northern Health Research Unit, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg. March 7, 2001.

24. ELIAS B., Leader A, Sanderson D, O’Neil J. Living in Balance: Positive Health Behaviors in Manitoba First Nation Communities. Northern Health Research Unit, University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba. December 2000.

25. ELIAS B and O’Neil J, Canupawakpa First Nation General Health Survey. Final Report prepared for the Canupawakpa First Nation Health Transfer Initiative. November 1998.

26. O’Neil J, ELIAS B, Leader A, Wastesicoot J and the Manitoba First Nation Regional Health Steering Committee. “Manitoba First Nations Regional Health Survey: Final Report.” Joint Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Northern Health Research Unit, University of Manitoba. October 1998.

27. O’Neil J, ELIAS B, et al. Research on HIV/AIDS in First Nation People. A background paper for Health Canada, Medical Services Branch. June 1998.

28. O’Neil J, B. ELIAS B, Leader A, Wastesicoot J and the Manitoba First Nation Regional Health Steering Committee. Seventeen community reports on community specific data from the Manitoba First Nations Regional Health Survey. Joint Initiative of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and the Northern Health Research Unit, University of Manitoba. March, 1998.

29. O’Neil J, ELIAS B and the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. First Nation and Inuit Regional Health Survey: National Core Database and other National Comparative Databases (APS, NLSCY and NPHS). Release 1.0. Prepared for the First Nations and Inuit National Steering Committee. January 27, 1998.

30. O’Neil J, ELIAS B, Yassi A, Fletcher C, and Cohen B. “A Study of the Social and Cultural Construction of Environmental Health Risks in Aboriginal Communities - Final Report.” Health Canada, National Health Research and Development Program, Ottawa. 1997.

31. ELIAS B, O’Neil J, and Yassi A. Wollaston Lake: The Uranium Mining Industry and the Perception of Health Risks - Final Report. In O’Neil, J., B. ELIAS, A. Yassi, C. Fletcher, and B. Cohen. A Study of the Social and Cultural Construction of Environmental Health Risks in Aboriginal Communities - Final Report.” National Health Research and Development Program, Ottawa. 1997. 

32. ELIAS B, O’Neil J, Yassi A and Cohen B. Sagkeeng First Nation: Development Impacts and the Perception of Environmental Health Risks - Final Report. In O’Neil, J., B. ELIAS, A. Yassi, C. Fletcher, and B. Cohen. “A Study of the Social and Cultural Construction of Environmental Health Risks in Aboriginal Communities - Final Report.” National Health Research and Development Program, Ottawa. 1997.

33. Fletcher C, ELIAS B, O’Neil J, and Yassi A. Health Risk Perception and Hydro-Electric Development in Kuujjuarapik, Quebec - Final Report. In O’Neil, J., B. Elias, A. Yassi, C. Fletcher, and B. Cohen. “A Study of the Social and Cultural Construction of Environmental Health Risks in Aboriginal Communities - Final Report.” National Health Research and Development Program, Ottawa. 1997. 

34. O’Neil J, ELIAS B, and Yassi A. Inuit Cultural Perceptions of Food Risks and Benefits - Final Report. Eco-Research Program, Tri-Council Secretariat and Hydro Quebec. 1997. 

35. ELIAS B. and O’Neil J. A Study into the Social, Cultural, and Disciplinary Understanding of Risk Perception and Risk Acceptability of the Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic. Arctic Environmental Strategy - Contaminants Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. June 1995. 

36. O’Neil J, Young TK, Mustard CA, Irvine J and ELIAS B. Monitoring the Health Impact of Uranium Mining Developments in Northern Saskatchewan: Conceptual Issues and Design Options. Report prepared for the Multi-sectorial Stakeholders Committee, Saskatchewan Health. May 1995.

Peer Reviewed/Invited Presentations

1. ELIAS B, Mino Pimatisiwin and shifting control over cancer prevention inter-generationally, World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, April 12-14, 2016

2. ELIAS B, Putting reflection into data linkage to improve infant mortality estimation for Canada's Indigenous populations, 60th World Congress of Statistics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 26-31, 2015. (Invited Speaker)

3. Spiwak R, ELIAS B, Bolton JM, Martens PJ, Chartier M, Sareen, J. A Critical Review of the Use of Administrative Data to Study Suicide Bereavement Health Outcomes. International Summit for Suicide Research Conference, New York City, NY, USA, October 2015.

4. ELIAS B, Workshop on FASD and mental wellness, Assembly of First Nations National Mental Health Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, March 27, 2015 (Invited).

5. Hitchon C, Khan S, Katz A, ELIAS B, El-Gabalawy H, Peschken C. Disparities in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in First Nations: A Population Based Study, Canadian Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, February 3-5, 2015. 

6. ELIAS B, From patterns to pathways to respect: Advancing the right to respectful cancer care for First Nations in Manitoba, Canada, World Congress of Cancer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 3–6, 2014.

7. Brownell M, Hanlon-Dearman A, Chateau D, MacWilliam L, Singal D, Phillips-Beck W, Longstaffe S, ELIAS B, Chudley A, Roos NP. Use of health, education and social services by First Nations Manitobans with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Living Well: FASD and Mental Health Conference, Winnipeg, MB, November 5, 2014.

8. ELIAS B, Identity, data linkage, and First Nations in Canada, International Group on Indigenous Health Measurement Meeting, Vancouver, BC, October 1-5, 2014.

9. Sjoblom J, ELIAS B, Exploring patterns of mental health conditions across Manitoba First Nation Tribal Councils: A qualitative participatory study, International Network in Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 7, 2014.

10. ELIAS B, The challenge of counting the missing, when the missing were not counted! Accepted at the Eleventh Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Time, Movement, and Space: Genocide Studies and Indigenous Peoples, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), July 16-19, 2014.

11. Sjoblom J, ELIAS B, Community and family as a buffer for mental health, National Network for Indigenous Health Research, CIHR Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 2014.

12. ELIAS B, Knowledges: Navigating the right to water, H20 Create 2014 Symposium, Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 26, 2014.

13. ELIAS, B, To count or not to count: How we count matters, CancerCare Manitoba Self Identification Information Session, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 27, 2014.

14. Biswanger N, Demers A, Decker K, Musto G, ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Avery-Kinew K, Munro G, Hart L, Meawasige A, Sagan M, Martens P,  Shu E, Turner D. Cancer staging and treatment for First Nations in Manitoba. NAACCR 2014, Ottawa, Ontario, June 25-28, 2014.

15. Biswanger N, Demers A, Decker K, Musto G, ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Avery-Kinew K, Munro G, Hart L, Meawasige A, Sagan M, Martens P, Shu E, Turner D. Cancer screening among Manitoba’s First Nations population. NAACCR 2014, Ottawa, Ontario, June 25-28, 2014.

16. Sjoblom J, ELIAS B, Mapping mental health and wellbeing through Manitoba First Nations tribal, community, family, and household environments, National Aboriginal Mental Health Research Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, June 10, 2014.

17. ELIAS B, Gruber J, Williams V. Measuring our success in diversity and inclusiveness: Considerations for a research and evaluation framework. Accepted at the Annual Conference for Canadian Association for the Prevention of Discrimination and Harassment in Higher Education. “Moving Beyond Theory” – Best Practices in Advancing Diversity and Addressing Discrimination and Harassment Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), May 7-9, 2014.

18. ELIAS B, CIHR Café Scientifique, FASD and the need for a 21st century human rights response, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), February 10, 2014.

19. ELIAS B, Counting syndemic patterns in the First Nation population in Manitoba (Canada). Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia November 6th 2013.

20. ELIAS B, When voice were not enough: Making transparent cancer incidence, mortality and pathways to care for First Nations in Manitoba (Canada), October 28th, 2013.

21. ELIAS B, Resiliency and indigenous youth: Listening reflecting together, University of New South Wales, Resiliency and Indigenous Youth Workshop, October 14th, 2013.

22. Minuk LS, Govia R, Heaman M, Morris ML, Ludwig S, Woo VC, Oleschuk C, Hanson S, ELIAS B,Taback SP Diabetes In Pregnancy: National Guideline Feasibility In Local At-Risk Populations, Canadian Diabetes Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba October 2014

23. ELIAS B, Hart L, Hicks G, Chudley A, Human dignity and engaging social epigenetic studies of FASD in tribal communities within Canada, International FASD Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Sept 23-25 2013.

24. Slobjan, Jessica, ELIAS B. Understanding the link between self-determinance and the mental health of First Nations: A qualitative participatory study, Manitoba Health Research Forum, June 2013, Winnipeg, Manitoba

25. ELIAS B, Health and idle no more, South East Resources Council Health Directors Meeting, March 2013.

26. ELIAS B, Hart L, Idle no more is the context of health measurement, Faculty of Medicine, Community Health Sciences Colloquium Series, Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 2013.

27. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hart L, Munro G, Katz L, A Gender/Sex Shift in Suicide and Attempt Rates Over 25 Years, Comparing Manitoba First Nations and All Other Manitobans, CIHR Gender Institute, Montreal, Quebec, November 2012

28. Spiwak R, ELIAS B, Martens PJ, Bolton JM, Sareen J. The History of Suicide in Canada. The Canadian Psychiatry Association Annual Conference. September 27-29, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

29. Bartlett, JG, Martens P, Neufeld R, Carter S, Garner S, Sanguins, J, Cook C, ELIAS B, Hoeppner N.  Knowledge Networks: An Approach to Bridging the Gap for Metis in Manitoba.  5th Biennial International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD), September 24-28, 2012 – University of Queensland Brisbane Australia.

30. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, Munro, G, Martens P. Will the gap in life expectancy and mortality between First Nations and All Others Manitobans (Canada) ever close? International Congress on Circumpolar Health, August 5-10, 2012, Fairbanks Alaska, USA.

31. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, Munro, G, Martens P. Infant mortality: Persistent differences between First Nations and All Other Manitobans (Canada), International Congress on Circumpolar Health, August 5-10, 2012, Fairbanks Alaska, USA.

32. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Martens P, Hart L, Munro G, Logsetty S. Injury mortality between First Nations and All Other Manitobans (Canada): A sub-regional profile, International Congress on Circumpolar Health, August 5-10, 2012, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

33. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, Chartrand C, Martens P. Diabetes and income inequality among Manitoba Canada First Nations Adults, Society for Epidemiologic Research, June 26-29, 2012, Minneapolis Minnesota, USA.

34. ELIAS B, Listening, Reflecting from within, between and among, Celebrating Indigenous Health Research, Centre for Human Rights Research Ethics Forum, March 13, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.

35. ELIAS B, Progress on the CIHR First Nation Cancer Team Study, New South Wales Cancer Council, March 6, 2012, Sydney, Australia,

36. ELIAS B, Reminding people to get the target right – Life expectancy and mortality, International Indigenous Health Measurement Conference, February 22-24, 2012, Canberra, Australia.

37. ELIAS B, Registries, registered status, data linkage, and by the way, what about my children, my tribe? They count you know!, International Indigenous Health Measurement Conference, February 22-24, 2012, Canberra, Australia.

38. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Suicide and Manitoba First Nation population – A population approach, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

39. Spiwak R, Sareen J, ELIAS B, Martens P, Munro G, Bolton J, Complicated grief in First Nations populations, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

40. Bartlett, JG, Martens P, Neufeld R, Cook C, ELIAS B, Sanguins J, Hoeppner N.  The ‘Metis Need to Know Too’ Study: Using a Novel Knowledge Translation Model to Bridge the Research - Practice Gap. First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1 -2, 2011, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

41. Isaak C, Melias B, Campeau M, Mota N, Bolten S, Katz L, ELIAS B, Enns M, Cox B, Sareen J, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

42. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Diabetes prevalence of First Nations living in Manitoba: A small area report, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

43. Kliewer E, ELIAS B, Demers A, Lambert P, Hall M, HPV vaccine uptake among First Nations people in Manitoba, Canada, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

44. ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Turner, D, Hall M, Demers, Hart L, Avery Kinew K, Sagan M, Martens P, Building linkages to understand the burden of cancer for First Nations in Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

45. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Martens P, Avery-Kinew K, Sagan M, Burchill C, Hart L, Munro G, Kasper C, Who fares the best in population health status? Not First Nations living in Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Health Research Symposium, December 1-2, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

46. ELIAS B, Diabetes and First Nations living in Manitoba: A social injustice, Manitoba First Nations Diabetes Committee, November 22, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Invited)

47. ELIAS B, Risk assessment, incidence mapping and concerns of biological determinism, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine, Translation Research Symposium, November 21, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Invited)

48. ELIAS B, Diabetes prevalence and First Nations living in Manitoba, National First Nations Working Group Meeting, November 15, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Invited)

49. Katz L, et al ELIAS B, et al, Children and Adolescents in the Child Welfare System: Psychiatric Morbidity and Mortality, AACAP/CACAP Joint Annual Meeting, October 18-23, 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

50. ELIAS B, Lessons from the field, National FASD Prevalence Meeting, October 13, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Invited)

51. ELIAS B, Linking data to inform a First Nations cancer care and control strategy - Outcomes, CancerCare Manitoba First Nations, Metis and Inuit Advisory Committee, CancerCare Manitoba, September 16, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Invited)

52. ELIAS B, Injuries and suicide and the Manitoba First Nations population: How does Southeast Resource Development Council compare?, Southeast Resource Development Council , Health Quarterly Meeting, August 23, 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba

53. ELIAS B, Suicide and the Manitoba First Nation Population - A population approach, National Aboriginal Mental Health Research Summer Institute and Annual Conference, August 19, 2011, Montreal, Quebec

54. ELIAS B, A health profile of First Nations in Manitoba: Series 1: Mortality, Government of Canada, Department of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada, June 17, 2011

55. ELIAS B, Kliewer E, Turner D, Hall M, Musto G, Demers A, Hart L, Avery Kinew K, Sagan M, Munro G, Martens P, Building linkages to understand the burden of cancer for First Nations in Manitoba, Canadian Public Health Association, June 2011, Montreal, Quebec.

56. ELIAS B, Martens P, Hall M, Burchill C, Hong S, Kasper C, Malazdrewicz D, Avery Kinew K, Sagan M, Hart L, Munro G, Kliewer E, Turner, Getting the denominator right! A collaborative initiative to report on the population and public health of First Nations in Manitoba, Canadian Public Health Association, June 2011, Montreal, Quebec.

57. ELIAS B, Hall M, Hong S, Martens P, Avery Kinew, K, et al., Who fairs best in population health status? Not First Nations in Manitoba, Canadian Association Health Services, Policy and Research Conference, May 9-12 2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

58. ELIAS B, Mortality and First Nations in Manitoba, Invited Presentation, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc., April 11 2011, Winnipeg Manitoba.

59. ELIAS B, It’s more than just statistical power! Point eight zero versus First Nation power in rheumatoid arthritis research, Society of Applied Anthropology, 71st Annual Meeting, March 29-April 2, 2011, Seattle, Washington, USA

60. ELIAS B, Canada – Israel FASD Consortium Information Systems/Networks, Canada-Israel International Fetal Alcohol Consortium Meeting, Invited Presentation, University of Manitoba, March 18th 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba

61. ELIAS B, Munroe G, What’s happening, what’s driving what and who should be doing the driving: The health of First Nations in Manitoba, Invited Presentation, Northern Health Conference, March 16th 2011, Thompson, Manitoba.

62. ELIAS B, Health Report Card Series One: An update for our Manitoba Health partners, Invited presentation, Manitoba Health, March 9th 2011, Winnipeg Manitoba.

63. ELIAS B, Turner D, Hall M, Kliewer E, Musto G, Cancer Mortality Report Series One: Early Results, CIHR First Nations Cancer Team Knowledge Translation Network Meeting, University of Manitoba, February 25th 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

64. ELIAS B, Martens P, Hall M, Hong S, Health Report Card Series One: Demographic and mortality profile of the First Nations population of Manitoba, Population Health Research and Knowledge Network Meeting, University of Manitoba, February 11th 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

65. ELIAS B, When you have many to dance with, it is more than the two step! Manitoba Need to Know Team Meeting, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, January 25th 2011, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

66. Sareen J, Issak C, Katz L, ELIAS B, Enns M, Belik SL, Horner V, Munro G, Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team, Gatekeeper training for Suicide Prevention: A Pilot study in remote Cree First Nations Communities, Canadian Psychiatric Association Annual Conference, September 23 – 26th 2010 Toronto, Ontario.

67. ELIAS B, Advancing excellence in research dedicated to the health and wellbeing of First Nation and Indigenous Peoples, Invited Presentation, Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly, Roundtable on Best Practices in Health and Health Care, July 20th 2010, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

68. ELIAS B, So you want to do a Post-Doc!, Invited presentation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health, NEAHR Student Gathering, June 24th 2010, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

69. Hall M, Hong S, Hart L, ELIAS B, Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being: A comparative report of Manitoba First Nation tribal areas, Canadian Public Health Association, June 13-16th 2010, Toronto, Ontario.

70. Hoeppner N, Bartlett JG, Martens P, Neufeld R, Cook C, ELIAS B, Sanguins J, The ‘Metis Need to Know Too’ Study: Using a Novel Knowledge Translation Model to Bridge the Research Practice Gap. ‘Knowing your Roots: Indigenous Medicine, Health Knowledges and Best Practices’, International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development (INIHKD) Conference, May 24-28, 2010, Poulsbro, WA.

71. Bernstein C, Wang X, El-Gabalawy H, ELIAS B, Silverberg M. Assessing IBD-associated antibodies in Caucasian and First Nation cohorts - Clue to the paucity of IBD in First Nations? Digestive Disease Week May 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

72. ELIAS B, A commitment to address health disparities in the Manitoba First Nation population, Canadian Institute of Health Research, International Infectious Disease and Global Health Training Program, May 14th, 2010, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

73. ELIAS B, Indigenous sovereignty and health research ethics, Paediatrics and Genetics Academic Research Day, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, April 29, 2010, Winnipeg Manitoba.

74. ELIAS B, Resisting the Erosion of Self, Society of Applied Anthropology, March 24-26th, 2010, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.

75. ELIAS B, Overcoming data access to address health disparities in the Manitoba First Nations population, Cancer Surveillance in Ontario First Nations, March 2, 2010, Joint Meeting of Chiefs of Ontario and CancerCare Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (Conference Link)

76. ELIAS B, Hart D, Robinson D, El’Gabalawy H, Resisting the Erosion of Self, International Symposium of Rheumatic Diseases in Indigenous North American Populations – From Molecules to Communities, September 24-25th, 2009, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicin