Brenda Leung, University of Calgary

Research

Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease Health Developmental Trajectories Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Reproduction, Pregnancy, Childhood And Youth Intergenerational Cohort Lifespan Health And Wellness

Latest papers

Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and Their 7-11 Year Old Children in Alberta, Canada.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021
Maternal and paternal perinatal depressive symptoms associate with 2- and 3-year-old children's behaviour: findings from the APrON longitudinal study.
BMC pediatrics · 2019
Appraisal of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire in a perinatal cohort: The APrON study.
Scandinavian journal of public health · 2017 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$11,000
Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$440,000
Experiential and Epigenetic Pathways to Depression and Resilience in Youth
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,147,500

All 4 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and Their 7-11 Year Old Children in Alberta, Canada.

Letourneau N, McDonald S, MacKay LJ, Bell RC, Hetherington E, Deane AJ, Dewey D, Edwards S, Field CJ, Giesbrecht GF, Graham S, Lebel C, Leung B, Madigan S, McArthur BA, McMorris C, Racine N, Ross KM, Wu M, Tough SC

Frontiers in psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.597759 PMID: 34239455

02

Maternal and paternal perinatal depressive symptoms associate with 2- and 3-year-old children's behaviour: findings from the APrON longitudinal study.

Letourneau N, Leung B, Ntanda H, Dewey D, Deane AJ, Giesbrecht GF, APrON Team

BMC pediatrics2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1775-1 PMID: 31722682

03

Appraisal of the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire in a perinatal cohort: The APrON study.

Leung B, Letourneau N, Bright K, Giesbrecht GF, Ntanda H, Gagnon L, APrON Team

Scandinavian journal of public health2017First author

DOI: 10.1177/1403494817717835 PMID: 28707502

04

Survey of parents on the use of naturopathic medicine in children--characteristics and reasons.

Leung B, Verhoef M

Complementary therapies in clinical practice2008First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2007.11.006 PMID: 18396253

05

Comparing three measures of health status (perceived health with Likert-type scale, EQ-5D, and number of chronic conditions) in Chinese and white Canadians.

Leung B, Luo N, So L, Quan H

Medical care2007First author

DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e3180331f58 PMID: 17571009

Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Brennand, Erin A; Alberta Health Services, Strategic Clinical Networks; Ahmed, Sofia B; Metcalfe, Amy L; Nelson, Erin L; Roach, Pamela Marie; Salami, Bukola O; Scime, Natalie V; Wells, Kristopher

Keywords: Capacity Development; Female Health; Knowledge Mobilization; Training; Women'S Health

$11,000

Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub

Co-investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

Principal investigators: Brennand, Erin A; Alberta Health Services, Strategic Clinical Networks; Ahmed, Sofia B; Metcalfe, Amy L; Nelson, Erin L; Roach, Pamela Marie; Salami, Bukola O; Scime, Natalie V; Wells, Kristopher

Keywords: Capacity Development; Female Health; Knowledge Mobilization; Training; Women'S Health

$440,000

Experiential and Epigenetic Pathways to Depression and Resilience in Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Dewey, Deborah M; Mannix, Nancy

Keywords: Dna Methylation; Epigenetics; Intervention; Knowlege Translation; Longitudinal Cohort; Prevention; Protective Factors; Risk Factors; Youth Depression; Youth Resilience

$1,147,500

Celebrating Ten Years: APrON Achievements and Evolution

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Bell, Rhonda C; Dewey, Deborah M; Field, Catherine J; Giesbrecht, Gerald F; Leung, Brenda M; Mcmorris, Carly A; Ross, Kharah M

Keywords: Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Health Developmental Trajectories; Healthy Pregnancy; Healthy Reproduction, Pregnancy, Childhood And Youth; Intergenerational Cohort; Lifespan Health And Wellness

$9,998

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

Frequent collaborators

Psychology
Public Health
Pediatrics
School and Applied Child Psychology
Radiology
Community Health Sciences
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Other

Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Nicole Letourneau

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2021

Brenda Leung

Public Health

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Deborah Dewey

Pediatrics

2 shared papers, latest 2021

Carly Mcmorris

School and Applied Child Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Sheri Madigan

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Sarah Edwards

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Nicole Racine

Psychology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Hude Quan

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2007

Catherine Lebel

Radiology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

Sheila McDonald

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease Dear Professor Leung, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and Their 7-11 Year Old Children in Alberta, Canada." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Celebrating Ten Years: APrON Achievements and Evolution" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]