Education
2019 - 2024
University of British Columbia | PhD, Medicine
Thesis: Looking past cure - refining our understanding of the long-term
impacts of tuberculosis
2013 - 2014
University of Edinburgh | MSc, Public Health
Thesis: Evaluation of the current practice of screening healthcare workers for tuberculosis in Scotland
2005 - 2011
Simon Fraser University | BSc, Kinesiology and Bio-Medical Physiology
Recognitions
2024 - 2026
Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Sante postdoctoral fellowship
2020 - 2024
University of British Columbia Four Year Doctoral Fellowship Award
2020 - 2023
Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships
2020
Highest Scoring Abstract Submitted by An Early Career Investigator,
27th Annual North American Union Conference Against Tuberculosis and
Lung Disease
2020, 2021
University of British Columbia President’s Academic Excellence Initiative Award
2019
University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award
Experience
2020 - 2021
BC Centre for Disease Control | Epidemiologist
COVID - 19 Epidemiology team
2016 - Present
BC Centre for Disease Control | Research epidemiologist
Provincial Tuberculosis Services
2016 - 2019
BC Centre for Disease Control | Research Manager
Provincial Tuberculosis Services
Teaching
Sept 2021 - Dec 2021
University of British Columbia | Teaching Assistant
School of Population and Public Health 504 - Applications of Epidemiological Methods
Sept 2019 - Dec 2019
University of British Columbia | Teaching Assistant
School of Population and Public Health 504 - Applications of Epidemiological Methods, Distance Learning
Select Presentations
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Interventions to mitigate common non-communicable diseases among people with tuberculosis. 26th Annual Conference of the Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - North America Region. 2022
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Post-Tuberculosis Morbidity and Mortality: A review of the literature. TB Sessional Physicians
Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. 2021 -
Life After Tuberculosis. BC Centre for Disease Control TB Services Meet and Greet, Vancouver, Canada. 2020
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Long Term Mortality in People Treated for Tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta- analysis. CIHR National Health Research Poster Presentation. 2020.
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Using Whole Genome Sequencing to Determine Timing of Secondary TB in British Columbia, Canada. 24th Annual Conference of the Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease - North America Region, Chicago, United States. 2020
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Provincial CKD-TB Screening Program: screening outcomes, safety, and epidemiological impact. Provincial Renal Rounds, Vancouver, Canada. 2019
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Effectiveness of Latent TB Screening and Treatment in People Initiating Dialysis in British Columbia, Canada. The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Hyderabad, India. 2019
Select Publications
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Arbiv OA, Kim JM, Yan M, Romanowski K, Campbell JR, Trajman A, Asadi L, Fregonese F, Winters N, Menzies D, Johnston JC. High-dose rifamycins in the treatment of TB: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax. 2022 Jan 6.
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Romanowski K, Sobkowiak B, Guthrie JL, Cook VJ, Gardy JL, Johnston JC. Using Whole-genome Sequencing to Determine the Timing of Secondary Tuberculosis in British Columbia, Canada. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Aug 1;73(3):535-7.
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Basham CA, Smith SJ, Romanowski K, Johnston JC. Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among persons diagnosed with tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one. 2020 Jul 10;15(7):e0235821.
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Romanowski K, Rose C, Cook VJ, Sekirov I, Morshed M, Djurdjev O, Levin A, Johnston JC. Effectiveness of Latent TB Screening and Treatment in People Initiating Dialysis in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian journal of kidney health and disease. 2020 Jul;7:2054358120937104.
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Basham CA, Romanowski K, Johnston JC. Life after tuberculosis: planning for health. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2019 Dec 1;7(12):1004-6.
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Romanowski K, Baumann B, Basham CA, Khan FA, Fox GJ, Johnston JC. Long-term all-cause mortality in people treated for tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2019 Oct 1;19(10):1129-37.
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Ronald LA, Campbell JR, Rose C, Balshaw R, Romanowski K, Roth DZ, Marra F, Schwartzman K, Cook VJ, Johnston JC. Estimated impact of World Health Organization latent tuberculosis screening guidelines in a region with a low tuberculosis incidence: retrospective cohort study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2019 Nov 27;69(12):2101-8.
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Romanowski K, Balshaw RF, Benedetti A, Campbell JR, Menzies D, Khan FA, Johnston JC. Predicting tuberculosis relapse in patients treated with the standard 6-month regimen: an individual patient data meta-analysis. Thorax. 2019 Mar 1;74(3):291-7.
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Romanowski K, Campbell JR, Oxlade O, Fregonese F, Menzies D, Johnston JC. The impact of improved detection and treatment of isoniazid resistant tuberculosis on prevalence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: a modelling study. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 24;14(1):e0211355.
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Romanowski K, Clark EG, Levin A, Cook VJ, Johnston JC. Tuberculosis and chronic kidney disease: an emerging global syndemic. Kidney international. 2016 Jul 1;90(1):34-40.