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Lea Bill

ResearcherEmergency MedicineUniversity of Alberta

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Lea Bill

Researcher

Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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18 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Anti-Racism Cultural Safety Equity Emergency Care Indigenous Health Integrated Knowledge Translation Intervention Research Transitions In Care

Latest papers

Emergency department encounters' impacts on First Nations members, families and communities: Results of a thematic analysis of sharing circles in three treaty areas.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Perinatal wellbeing through restoring healthy family systems in a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) community: a mixed methods study.
Frontiers in public health · 2026
Correction: Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada.
Frontiers in public health · 2026

All 23 publications

Latest funding

Reducing vaccine-preventable STBBIs among First Nations youth: Leveraging community-owned data to catalyze collaborative solutions
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$99,732
Advancing Anti-Racist and Equity-Oriented Care in the Emergency Department with First Nations Partners
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$1,751,852
Developing and Testing Educational Materials and Simulation Training Scenarios to support Indigenous directed Anti-Racism Efforts in Emergency Departments
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$99,960

All 7 grants and awards

23 publications.

Emergency department encounters' impacts on First Nations members, families and communities: Results of a thematic analysis of sharing circles in three treaty areas.

McLane P, Bill L, Rittenbach K, Barnabe C, Holroyd BR, Big Plume T, Janvier K, Louis E, Neri D, Healy B

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119381 PMID: 42176676

Perinatal wellbeing through restoring healthy family systems in a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) community: a mixed methods study.

Oster RT, Listener L, Young D, Saddleback M, Lightning P, Bill L, Chow-Horn W, Gray M, Bedard JR, Bell RC

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1823280 PMID: 42445921

Correction: Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada.

Dubois C, Soprovich A, Wozniak LA, Crowshoe L, Bill L, Healy B, Jackson J, Samanani S, Eurich DT

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1817733 PMID: 42051996

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada.

Dubois C, Soprovich A, Wozniak LA, Crowshoe L, Bill L, Healy B, Jackson J, Samanani S, Eurich DT

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1741996 PMID: 41788523

Disparities in prostate cancer outcomes between First Nations and Non-First Nations men in Canada-Cohort study.

Albers P, Amin K, Broomfield S, Geary J, Pader J, Letendre A, Clark W, Colquhoun A, Bill L, Kinnaird A

Lancet regional health. Americas2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101331 PMID: 41728103

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First Nations Context.

Neill A, Montesanti S, Bill L, Verstraeten BSE, Bell RC, Oster RT, Ohinmaa A, Paulden M

Applied health economics and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1007/s40258-025-01004-4 PMID: 40975841

Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study.

McLane P, Gray M, Barnabe C, Rittenbach K, Bill L, Holroyd BR, Lang E, Stang A, Hayward J, Henderson R, Cummings GG, Rosychuk R

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104487 PMID: 41145252

Emergency department visits among First Nations female adults in Alberta: a population-based study.

LaPlante E, Rosychuk RJ, Curtin KD, Barnabe C, Rittenbach K, Holroyd BR, Bill L, Healy B, Louis E, McLane P

CJEM2025

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-025-00927-0 PMID: 40839157

Assessing colorectal cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta.

Klassen D, Cheung WY, Letendre A, Bill L, Healy BA, Rahul CR, Kopciuk KA, Yang H

Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2025

DOI: 10.1093/jcag/gwaf004 PMID: 40567298

COVID-19 and its impact on life expectancy among First Nations people in Alberta, Canada from 2019 to 2022: a population-based study.

Sarin C, Eurich DT, Weaver O, Huang L, Rudko S, Dubois C, Fair O, Wozniak LA, Healy B, Bill L, Crowshoe L, Senthilselvan A, Colquhoun A, Samanani S

Lancet regional health. Americas2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101052 PMID: 40213275

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Lea Bill

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Emergency department encounters' impacts on First Nations members, families and communities: Results of a thematic analysis of sharing circles in three treaty areas.

Perinatal wellbeing through restoring healthy family systems in a n&#xea;hiyaw (Plains Cree) community: a mixed methods study.

Correction: Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada.

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among indigenous people in Canada.

Disparities in prostate cancer outcomes between First Nations and Non-First Nations men in Canada-Cohort study.

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First&#xa0;Nations Context.

Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study.

Emergency department visits among First Nations female adults in Alberta: a population-based study.

Assessing colorectal cancer screening and outcomes among First Nations people in Alberta.

COVID-19 and its impact on life expectancy among First Nations people in Alberta, Canada from 2019 to 2022: a population-based study.

Reducing vaccine-preventable STBBIs among First Nations youth: Leveraging community-owned data to catalyze collaborative solutions

Advancing Anti-Racist and Equity-Oriented Care in the Emergency Department with First Nations Partners

Developing and Testing Educational Materials and Simulation Training Scenarios to support Indigenous directed Anti-Racism Efforts in Emergency Departments

The impact of COVID-19 on vaccine uptake and immunization rates for First Nations people in Alberta

Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on chronic disease management among First Nations people in Alberta

Equity in Emergency Department Utilization in Alberta for Priority Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring Impacts of Changes to Healthcare and Healthcare Utilization through Administrative Data Analysis and Nominal Group Techniques

Childhood Immunization in Alberta First Nations People: Measurement of Coverage and Identification of Barriers and Supports

Frequent collaborators

Cheryl Barnabe

Patrick McLane

Huiming Yang

Huiming Yang

Bonnie Healy

Bonnie Healy

Lynden Crowshoe

Rita Henderson

Salim Samanani

Gregg Nelson

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan

Lynden Crowshoe

Celine O'Brien

Parminder Thiara

Juliet Guichon

Jake Hayward

Shannon MacDonald

Stephanie Montesanti

Karen Kopciuk

Antonia Stang

Malcolm King

Alexandra King

Rhonda Rosychuk

Luwana Listener

Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez

Antonia Stang

Perinatal wellbeing through restoring healthy family systems in a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) community: a mixed methods study.

Aligning Indigenous and Western Concepts of Health Resource Decision Making in a Western Canadian First Nations Context.