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Shannon MacDonald

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Shannon MacDonald

Researcher

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.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Immunization Vaccination Health Equity Vaccine Coverage First Nations Indigenous Surveillance Accessibility

Latest papers

Investigating how homeopaths and chiropractors navigate patient requests for vaccination information in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025
A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)
Learning Health Systems · 2025
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a privately funded program in Ghana: A qualitative case study.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Equity-Informed Evaluation of Expanding Hospital-Based Childhood Vaccination Services
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$665,552
Evaluating the Population-Level Impact and Dose-Specific Effectiveness of HPV Vaccination on Cervical and Oropharyngeal Cancer and High-Grade Precancerous Lesions.
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$108,500
Reducing vaccine-preventable STBBIs among First Nations youth: Leveraging community-owned data to catalyze collaborative solutions
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$99,732

All 13 grants and awards

17 publications.

Investigating how homeopaths and chiropractors navigate patient requests for vaccination information in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study.

Okusanya IG, Dubé E, Filice E, Malo B, Bettinger J, Driedger M, Graham J, Greyson D, Kawchuk G, MacDonald N, MacDonald S, Meyer SB

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-025-01689-y PMID: 40817225

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Marshall DA, Sidhu S, Oddone Paolucci E, Lopatina E, Gallant N, Manhas KP, McGrail K, Wasylak T, Zelinsky S, Bryan S

Learning Health Systems20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lrh2.70025

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a privately funded program in Ghana: A qualitative case study.

Marfo E, Salami B, Adjei C, MacDonald S

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2397219 PMID: 39255822

Is 'conflict of interest' a Misnomer? Managing interests in immunization research and evaluation.

McClymont E, Brophy J, Dubey V, Kwong J, Meyer S, Crowcroft N, Halperin S, MacDonald S, Simmons K, Top K, Ward B, Sadarangani M

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2022

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1879580 PMID: 33651972

Vaccination during pregnancy: Canadian maternity care providers' opinions and practices.

Dubé E, Gagnon D, Kaminsky K, Green CR, Ouakki M, Bettinger JA, Brousseau N, Castillo E, Crowcroft NS, Driedger SM, Greyson D, Fell D, Fisher W, Gagneur A, Guay M, Halperin D, Halperin SA, MacDonald S, Meyer SB, Waite NM, Wilson K, Witteman HO, Yudin M, Cook JL

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2020

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1735225 PMID: 32271655

Vaccination discourses among chiropractors, naturopaths and homeopaths: A qualitative content analysis of academic literature and Canadian organizational webpages.

Filice E, Dubé E, Graham JE, MacDonald NE, Bettinger JA, Greyson D, MacDonald S, Driedger SM, Kawchuk G, Meyer SB

PloS one2020

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236691 PMID: 32785248

Is there a difference in the immune response, efficacy, effectiveness and safety of seasonal influenza vaccine in males and females? - A systematic review.

Tadount F, Doyon-Plourde P, Rafferty E, MacDonald S, Sadarangani M, Quach C

Vaccine2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.10.091 PMID: 31711676

Vaccination Against Influenza in Pregnancy: A Survey of Canadian Maternity Care Providers.

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.09.007 PMID: 30409569

A prospective comparative study of children with gastroenteritis: emergency department compared with symptomatic care at home.

Vanderkooi OG, Xie J, Lee BE, Pang XL, Chui L, Payne DC, MacDonald J, Ali S, MacDonald S, Drews S, Osterreicher L, Kim K, Freedman SB, Alberta Provincial Pediatric EnTeric Infection TEam (APPETITE) and Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)

European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2019

DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03688-8 PMID: 31502119

Maternal perceptions of childhood vaccination: explanations of reasons for and against vaccination.

McNeil DA, Mueller M, MacDonald S, McDonald S, Saini V, Kellner JD, Tough S

BMC public health2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-6338-0 PMID: 30630511

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Shannon MacDonald

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Investigating how homeopaths and chiropractors navigate patient requests for vaccination information in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study.

A national curriculum and community of practice for health services and policy research training: Insights from the Health System Impact Fellowship National Cohort Training Program (HSIF NCTP)

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in a privately funded program in Ghana: A qualitative case study.

Is 'conflict of interest' a Misnomer? Managing interests in immunization research and evaluation.

Vaccination during pregnancy: Canadian maternity care providers' opinions and practices.

Vaccination discourses among chiropractors, naturopaths and homeopaths: A qualitative content analysis of academic literature and Canadian organizational webpages.

Is there a difference in the immune response, efficacy, effectiveness and safety of seasonal influenza vaccine in males and females? - A systematic review.

Vaccination Against Influenza in Pregnancy: A Survey of Canadian Maternity Care Providers.

A prospective comparative study of children with gastroenteritis: emergency department compared with symptomatic care at home.

Maternal perceptions of childhood vaccination: explanations of reasons for and against vaccination.

Frequent collaborators

Devon Greyson

Kumanan Wilson

Vineet Saini

Ellen Rafferty

Juliet Guichon

Donna Halperin

Manish Sadarangani

Samantha Meyer

Deshayne Fell

Samina Ali

Mark Yudin

Scott Halperin

Janice Graham

Eve Dubé

Noah Ivers

Mohamed Eltorki

Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci

Jonathan Lai

Jean-Sébastien Paquette

Natasha Gallant

Malcolm Doupe

Malcolm King

Vinita Dubey

Jia Hu

Lea Bill

Malcolm King

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Marcello Tonelli

Heather MacDougall

Christine Friedenreich

Brian Ward

William Ghali

Malcolm Doupe

Karina Top

Cheryl Barnabe

Dat Tran

Verna Yiu

Suzanne Tough

Greta Cummings

Rita Henderson