Work
Publications
- 1. Kornelsen J, Av-Gay G, Parajulee A, Humber N, Ebert S, Skinner T, Stoll K. Rural surgical and obstetric facility-level outcomes for index procedures: a retrospective cohort study (2016-2021). Can J Surg. 2025;68(3):E221-E234.
- 2. McClymont E, Albert A, Grays S, Av-Gay G, Lee M, Ogilvie G, Money D, Elwood C. The Impact of the HPV Vaccine on Preterm Birth in British Columbia. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2025;47(9):103032.
- 3. Wong JMH, Av-Gay G, Lee T, Azampanah A, Elwood C, van Schalkwyk J, Sauve L, Money D. Sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis and preterm birth in pregnant people living with HIV: A population-based cohort study. Int J STD AIDS. 2025;36(9):712-718.
- 4. Bondy S, McClymont E, Av-Gay G, Albert A, Andrade J, Blitz S, Folkes I, Forward L, Fraser E, Grays S, Barrett J, Bettinger J, Bogler T, Boucoiran I, Castillo E, D'Souza R, El-Chaar D, Fadel S, Kuret V, Ogilvie GS, Poliquin V, Sadarangani M, Scott H, Snelgrove JW, Tunde-Byass M, Money D. Acceptance and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2025;21(1):2458353.
- 5. Stoll K, Treissman J, Av-Gay G, Kornelsen J. Examining Changes in Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, Secondary Traumatic Stress and Work-Related Quality-of-Life of Rural Surgical and Obstetrical Nurses in British Columbia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Can J Nurs Res. 2025;57(2):314-323.
- 6. Parajulee A, Av-Gay G, Skinner T, Kornelsen J. The Organisational Infrastructure of a Canadian Rural Health Network: A Four-Year Longitudinal Survey Study. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2025;40(3):672-687.
- 7. Fu W, McClymont E, Av-Gay G, Zhang Q, Bone JN, Elwood C, Roberts A, Sadarangani M, Sauve L, van Schalkwyk J, Money D. Comparison of Maternal and Infant Outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Pregnancies and Contemporaneous General Population Pregnancies From British Columbia. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024;46(10):102631.
- 8. Stoll K, Bendyshe-Walton TA, Av-Gay G, Parajulee A, Humber N, Williams K, Skinner T, Kornelsen J. Perinatal Outcomes at Rural Hospitals That Participated in the Rural Surgical and Obstetrical Networks (RSON) of British Columbia (2016-2021). J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024;46(4):102280.
- 9. Korchinski I, Marquez C, McClymont E, Av-Gay G, Andrade J, Barrett J, Elwood C, Jassem A, Krajden M, Morshed M, Sadarangani M, Tanunliong G, Sekirov I, Money D. Maternal-infant transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies following vaccination in pregnancy: A prospective cohort study. Vaccine. 2024;42(25):126123.
- 10. Av-Gay G, Parajulee A, Stoll K, Kornelsen J. Evaluating rural health outcomes: A methodological approach using population-level data. Health Care Sci. 2024;3(3):151-162.
- 11. Fu W, McClymont E, Av-Gay G, Dorling M, Atkinson A, Azampanah A, Elwood C, Sauve L, van Schalkwyk J, Sotindjo T, Money D. Retrospective Cohort Study on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pregnancy Outcomes for Women Living With HIV in British Columbia. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;95(5).
- 12. Hendren EM, Av-Gay G, Kadatz MJ, Gill JS. More than 16,000 Transplant Recipients and Previous Living Donors at Risk for Poor Access to Reproductive Health Care. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024;35(10S):FR-OR96.
- 13. McClymont E, Atkinson A, Albert A, Av-Gay G, Andrade J, Barrett J, Bogler T, Boucoiran I, Castillo E, D'Souza R, El-Chaar D, Fadel S, Fell DB, Korchinski I, Kuret V, Ogilvie G, Poliquin V, Sadarangani M, Scott H, Snelgrove JW, Tunde-Byass M, Money D; COVERED Team. Reactogenicity, pregnancy outcomes, and SARS-CoV-2 infection following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada: A national prospective cohort study. Vaccine. 2023;41(48):7183-7191.
- 14. Kornelsen J, Khowaja AR, Av-Gay G, Sullivan E, Parajulee A, Dunnebacke M, Egan D, Balas M, Williamson P. The rural tax: comprehensive out-of-pocket costs associated with patient travel in British Columbia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021;21(1):854.
- 15. Poirier V, Av-Gay G, Av-Gay Y. Global Proteomic Analyses of Macrophage Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. bioRxiv. 2017. doi: 10.1101/110304.
Conference Abstracts
- 1. Gill J, Matas A, Kadatz M, Lan J, Gimenez WR, Hendren E, Av-Gay G. The Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) is Associated with Kidney Allograft Function (eGFR) at One Year After Transplant but Not with the Subsequent Change in Kidney Allograft Function (eGFR Slope). Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S85.
- 2. Sridhar V, Av-Gay G, Hendren E, Kadatz M, Gill J. Importance of Data Granularity in Using eGFR Slope as a Surrogate for DCGF. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S434-S435.
- 3. Gimenez WR, Schaeffner E, Hendren E, White E, Ebert N, Av-Gay G, Gill J, Sawinski D. The Absence of Sex Related Differences in Pre-Donation eGFR Indicate a Need for Standardization of Living Donor Selection Criteria. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S182-S183.
- 4. Hendren E, Av-Gay G, Lan J, White E, Gimenez WR, Kadatz M, Gill J. A Matched Cohort Analysis of Kidney Transplant Recipients Treated with Depleting and Non-Depleting Antibody Induction and Early Corticosteroid Cessation. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S175-S176.
- 5. Kadatz M, Av-Gay G, Hendren E, Lan J, Gill J. Association Between Geographic Variation in Kidney Transplant Wait Times and Utilization of Deceased Donor Kidneys in the U.S.. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S112-S113.
- 6. Doyle R, Hendren E, Av-Gay G, Gill J. Changes in the Duration and Severity of BK Viral Load May as a Surrogate Outcome in Trials to Advance New Therapeutics for BK Virus. Am J Transplant. 2025;25(8):S17.
Education
University of British Columbia / Masters of Science, Statistics
SEPTEMBER 2014 - JUNE 2016, Vancouver BC
University of British Columbia / Bachelors of Science, Biochemistry
SEPTEMBER 2007 - MAY 2012, Vancouver BC
Other Projects
- Macroscope - a project management application for research groups
- Markowitz Portfolio for Sports Betting - A shiny app for calculating an optimal portfolio for betting on multiple independent events
- Gaussian Processes for Large Spatial Data
- Deriving the Hessian Matrix for the Multivariate Normal Distribution
GitHub: github.com/galotalp