Faculty profile

Terra Manca

Back to faculty

Assistant ProfessorHealth DisciplinesAthabasca University

Terra Manca

Assistant Professor

Health Disciplines

Athabasca University

Athabasca, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Professors usually supervise graduate students in their department's programs.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Profiles and links

University Profile Search on Google Scholar

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Athabasca University profile.

Gender and health Intersectionality Inequities in healthcare Risk and uncertainty Caregiving and parenting Qualitative methodologies Vaccine regulation Social governance Health policy

Latest papers

Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026
Investigating attributes of stigma towards individuals who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine: An analysis of user comment threads on Reddit conducted by the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Responsible for more: Informal caregiving and parenting in a pandemic
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$36,376
Responsible for more: Informal caregiving and parenting in a pandemic
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,624
Innovative Regulatory Governance and Health Policy
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$215,000

All 4 grants and awards

11 publications.

Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.

Fitzpatrick T, Parsons Leigh J, Brundin-Mather R, MacDonald J, Blanchard W, Bolotin S, Buchan SA, Brousseau N, Castillo E, Comeau JL, Dubé È, Greyson D, Halperin SA, Langley JM, Lee JSW, MacDonald SE, Manca T, Moss SJ, Papenburg J, Vadlamudi NK, Halperin D

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2588016 PMID: 41529699

Investigating attributes of stigma towards individuals who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine: An analysis of user comment threads on Reddit conducted by the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

Rotolo B, Sanghadia NJ, Dubé È, Wallace JR, Graham JE, Huel C, MacDonald SE, Manca T, Meyer SB

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118911 PMID: 41505867

"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.

Parsons Leigh J, Moss SJ, MacDonald J, Zuniga Chacon C, Mizen SJ, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2026.2712044 PMID: 42610200

"Vaccines protect both you and your newborn:" A discourse analysis of risk and uncertainty in information about vaccination in pregnancy.

Manca T

Social science & medicine (1982)2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117526 PMID: 39577165

Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns.

Parsons Leigh J, Moss SJ, MacDonald J, Cherak MS, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2448052 PMID: 39773304

Intersecting Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination: A Discourse Analysis of Information Use and Decision-Making Among Ethnically Diverse Parents in Canada.

Marfo EA, Manca T, Cha E, Aylsworth L, Driedger SM, Meyer SB, Pelletier C, Dubé È, MacDonald SE

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-024-01940-2 PMID: 38409490

The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.

Parsons Leigh J, FitzGerald EA, Moss SJ, Cherak MS, Brundin-Mather R, Dodds A, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Longmore S, Kupsch S, Sept B, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2316417 PMID: 38390696

Factors affecting hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Canada: a cross-national survey.

Leigh JP, FitzGerald EA, Moss SJ, Brundin-Mather R, Dodds A, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin D, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Kamstra JN, Soo A, Longmore S, Kupsch S, Sept B, Halperin S

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00823-z PMID: 37991692

"I don't think there's a point for me to discuss it with my patients": exploring health care providers' views and behaviours regarding COVID-19 vaccination.

Dubé E, Labbé F, Malo B, Manca T, Aylsworth L, Driedger SM, Graham J, Greyson D, MacDonald N, Meyer SB, Parsons Leigh J, Sadarangani M, Wilson S, MacDonald SE

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2022

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2088970 PMID: 35767434

Prioritise research on vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Manca T, Baylis F, Munoz FM, Top KA

Lancet (London, England)2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00379-8 PMID: 35248174

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Terra Manca

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.

Investigating attributes of stigma towards individuals who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine: An analysis of user comment threads on Reddit conducted by the Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN).

"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.

"Vaccines protect both you and your newborn:" A discourse analysis of risk and uncertainty in information about vaccination in pregnancy.

Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns.

Intersecting Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccination: A Discourse Analysis of Information Use and Decision-Making Among Ethnically Diverse Parents in Canada.

The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.

Factors affecting hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Canada: a cross-national survey.

"I don't think there's a point for me to discuss it with my patients": exploring health care providers' views and behaviours regarding COVID-19 vaccination.

Prioritise research on vaccines for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Responsible for more: Informal caregiving and parenting in a pandemic

Responsible for more: Informal caregiving and parenting in a pandemic

Innovative Regulatory Governance and Health Policy

Examining Drivers of Vaccine Hesitancy and Approaches to Improve Vaccine Confidence in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Shelly Kupsch

Devon Greyson

Bonnie Sept

Donna Halperin

Shelley Ross

Shelly Bolotin

Eliana Castillo

Scott Halperin

Tiffany Fitzpatrick

Janice Graham

Manish Sadarangani

Jesse Papenburg

Sarah Wilson