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Melissa Tremblay

ResearcherEducational PsychologyUniversity of Alberta

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Melissa Tremblay

Researcher

Educational Psychology

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (4 SSHRC, 3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Research

Early Childhood Childhood Immunizations Childhood Vaccinations Community Based Research First Nations, Métis, And Inuit Home Visitation Program Indigenous Knowledge Mobilization

Latest papers

Exploring social support for eating disorders in Indigenous contexts.
Journal of eating disorders · 2026 · senior author
Overcoming barriers to childhood vaccination in a First Nations community: the impact of a home visiting program on vaccine uptake.
International journal for equity in health · 2025
An updated systematic review of the literature on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the criminal legal system.
International journal of law and psychiatry · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$91,757
Supporting Childhood Immunization Access in a First Nations Community Through Staff Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in the Early Years Program
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$24,009
Understanding the effectiveness of the Metis Settlements Primary Care Initiative from a community-based perspective
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$531,675

All 16 grants and awards

14 publications.

Exploring social support for eating disorders in Indigenous contexts.

Plante M, Austin A, Damag S, Tremblay M

Journal of eating disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40337-026-01574-1 PMID: 41834035

Overcoming barriers to childhood vaccination in a First Nations community: the impact of a home visiting program on vaccine uptake.

Haight J, Tremblay M, Wood L, Rattlesnake C, Downie H

International journal for equity in health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02698-7 PMID: 41275236

An updated systematic review of the literature on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the criminal legal system.

Flannigan K, Pun JW, Buttinger P, McLachlan K, Holmstrom K, Tremblay M, Mela M, Pei J

International journal of law and psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2025.102073 PMID: 39986187

An international response to asking difficult FASD questions.

Cook J, Elliott E, Birch J, Tremblay M, Mattson S

The Lancet. Child & adolescent health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(24)00331-6 PMID: 39978995

Screening and identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in criminal legal settings: A realist review.

Jewell E, Dunleavy B, Faitakis M, Pun JW, Moss S, Pei J, Mela M, Flannigan K, Tremblay M, McLachlan K

Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH2024

DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2336 PMID: 38660916

Indigenous gender and wellness: a scoping review of Canadian research.

Tremblay M, Sydora BC, Listener LJ, Kung JY, Lightning R, Rabbit C, Oster RT, Kruschke Z, Ross S

International journal of circumpolar health2023First author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2177240 PMID: 36803328

Working With Indigenous Community and Patient Partners Is Essential to Advance Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research: Perspectives From Canada.

Peña-Sánchez JN, Osei JA, Teucher U, Tremblay M, Fowler S, IBD AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESEARCH TEAM (IBD-IPRT)

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.08.005 PMID: 37879798

Working With Indigenous Community and Patient Partners Is Essential to Advance Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research: Perspectives From Canada.

Peña-Sánchez JN, Osei JA, Teucher U, Tremblay M, Fowler S, IBD AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RESEARCH TEAM (IBD-IPRT)

Gastroenterology2023

DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.09.014 PMID: 37865472

Clinical training within an Indigenous community: a qualitative description of pediatric residents' learning experiences.

Waldner R, Baydala L, Tremblay M, Pynoo E, Dreise H

Paediatrics & child health2022

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac040 PMID: 36524022

Understanding the needs of justice-involved adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in an Indigenous community.

Flannigan K, Tremblay M, Potts S, Nelson M, Brintnell S, O'Riordan T, Rasmussen C, Pei J

Behavioral sciences & the law2022

DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2554 PMID: 34904275

Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Searle, Michelle

$91,757

Supporting Childhood Immunization Access in a First Nations Community Through Staff Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in the Early Years Program

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Melissa

Keywords: Childhood Immunizations; Childhood Vaccinations; Community Based Research; Early Childhood; First Nations, Métis, And Inuit; Home Visitation Program; Indigenous; Knowledge Mobilization; Video Series; Workshop

$24,009

Understanding the effectiveness of the Metis Settlements Primary Care Initiative from a community-based perspective

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Oster, Richard T

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Research Methods; Metis Settlements Health; Primary Care; Qualitative Methods

$531,675

Advancing Educational Equity in Alberta Classrooms, Schools, and Structures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Advance educational equity; Improve student educational outcomes; Address academic streaming practices; Alberta education system; Students from equity deserving groups; Indigenous students; Research collaboration and partnership

$18,919

Shifts Toward Improved Culturally- and Trauma-informed Mental Healthcare for Indigenous Clients.

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR Strategic Master's Award - First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Rai, Ronak K

Keywords: Culturally-Informed; Indigenous; Mental Health Care; Qualitative; Thematic Analysis; Trauma-Informed

$17,500

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: I-HeLTI Cohort Research Study

Principal investigators: Lucas, Lynnette J; Bell, Rhonda C; Bill, Lea; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Nepomnaschy, Pablo A; Oster, Richard T; Reading, Jeffrey L; Titone, Sebastien; Venners, Scott; Waddell, Charlotte A; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Child Development; Dohad; Indigenous Health; Life Course; Maternal And Child Health; Non-Communicable Diseases; Nutrition; Resilience; Social And Biological Determinants Of Health And Development; Stress And Trauma

$14,100,000

Implementing Processes and Tools for Indigenous Children's Mental Health: A Community-Grounded Implementation Science Project

Nominated PICIHR2022Tm. Gr.: Early Yrs Imple. Sc.-Early yrs mental health prog. - Indigenous Peoples

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Melissa; Ferguson, Chloe; Gokiert, Rebecca J

Keywords: Assessment And Screening; Community-Based Participatory Research; Early Childhood; Implementation Science; Indigenous Child Health; Mental Health; Prevention

$999,649

Actioning Youth Perspectives on Police System Evolution

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Melissa K.

Keywords: participatory action research; marginalized youth; police systems; Indigenous youth; homeless youth; sexual and gender minority youth

$72,792

Actioning Youth Perspectives on Police System Evolution

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Melissa K.

Keywords: participatory action research; marginalized youth; police systems; Indigenous youth; homeless youth; sexual and gender minority youth

$70,752

The Experiences of Children and Youth in Care With Formal Mentoring: A Participatory Action Research Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Melissa

Keywords: (1) Participatory Action Research; (2) Photovoice; (3) Mentoring; (4) Children and Youth in Care

$69,985

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Melissa Tremblay

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exploring social support for eating disorders in Indigenous contexts.

Overcoming barriers to childhood vaccination in a First Nations community: the impact of a home visiting program on vaccine uptake.

An updated systematic review of the literature on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the criminal legal system.

An international response to asking difficult FASD questions.

Screening and identification of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in criminal legal settings: A realist review.

Indigenous gender and wellness: a scoping review of Canadian research.

Working With Indigenous Community and Patient Partners Is Essential to Advance Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research: Perspectives From Canada.

Working With Indigenous Community and Patient Partners Is Essential to Advance Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research: Perspectives From Canada.

Clinical training within an Indigenous community: a qualitative description of pediatric residents' learning experiences.

Understanding the needs of justice-involved adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in an Indigenous community.

Learning in partnership: A multi-site, cross-institutional examination of community-engaged pedagogy in a Canadian context

Supporting Childhood Immunization Access in a First Nations Community Through Staff Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in the Early Years Program

Understanding the effectiveness of the Metis Settlements Primary Care Initiative from a community-based perspective

Advancing Educational Equity in Alberta Classrooms, Schools, and Structures

Shifts Toward Improved Culturally- and Trauma-informed Mental Healthcare for Indigenous Clients.

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Implementing Processes and Tools for Indigenous Children's Mental Health: A Community-Grounded Implementation Science Project

Actioning Youth Perspectives on Police System Evolution

Actioning Youth Perspectives on Police System Evolution

The Experiences of Children and Youth in Care With Formal Mentoring: A Participatory Action Research Project

Frequent collaborators

Kaitlyn McLachlan

Rebecca Gokiert

Sharyle Fowler

Lola Baydala

Jocelynn Cook

Carmen Rasmussen

Cheryl Currie

Laurent Legault

Laurent Legault

Katherine Morrison

Susan Ross