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Deborah Mcneil

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Deborah Mcneil

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
22 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Research

Adolescents And Youth Implementation Transition Type 1 Diabetes Covid-19 Health Resource Utilization Infants Obstetrics

Latest papers

Vaccination attitudes and intentions reported by Canadian children and their parents in the CHILD Cohort Study during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMC International Health and Human Rights · 2026
Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting (BEAM): protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled non-inferiority trial for an app based intervention to improve postpartum mental health and support children's brain development in Western Canada.
Trials · 2026
Healthcare Professional Perspectives on Optimizing Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Canadian General Inpatient Pediatrics.
Journal of clinical medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 34 publications

Latest funding

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$11,000
The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$438,121
A multidisciplinary prospective exploration of prenatal exposure to cannabis and associations with infant and child neurodevelopment to age 3
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,366,288

All 28 grants and awards

34 publications.

Vaccination attitudes and intentions reported by Canadian children and their parents in the CHILD Cohort Study during the COVID-19 pandemic

Medeleanu MV, Gill EE, Winsor GL, Azeez R, Lotoski LC, Goguen S, Humble RM, McNeil D, Patrick DM, Bolotin S

BMC International Health and Human Rights2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27115-8

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting (BEAM): protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled non-inferiority trial for an app based intervention to improve postpartum mental health and support children's brain development in Western Canada.

Tomfohr-Madsen LM, Roos LE, Martinez AM, Muslu H, Gill H, Cameron EE, Freeman M, Dewsnap K, Giesbrecht GF, Oberlander TF, Leijser L, MacMaster F, Geeraert B, McNeil D, Lebel C

Trials2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09849-3 PMID: 42469885

Healthcare Professional Perspectives on Optimizing Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Canadian General Inpatient Pediatrics.

Benzies KM, Shahid A, Cholowsky NL, McNeil D

Journal of clinical medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/jcm15020596 PMID: 41598533

Validity evidence for the use of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale-25, and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale in measurement-based care in intensive outpatient child and adolescent mental health care.

McCabe E, Hindmarch W, Bajgain B, Jacob J, Arnold PD, Ortega I, Dyson M, McNeil D, Dimitropoulos G, Clements R, Santana MJ, Zwicker JD

Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-025-04037-3 PMID: 40760209

Empowering partnership: key lessons from the co-development of patient-oriented research with parents, researchers, and healthcare professionals.

Wilson JM, Kromm SK, Johns C, Neraasen ML, Chinhengo T, Anderson SD, Fiedrich E, McNeil D

Frontiers in health services2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1624820 PMID: 40861798

Indigenous maternal and infant outcomes and women's experiences of midwifery care: A mixed-methods systematic review.

McNeil D, Elliott SA, Wong A, Kromm S, Bialy L, Montesanti S, Purificati-Fuñe A, Juul S, Roach P, Bromely J, Tailfeathers E, Amyotte M, Oster RT

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12841 PMID: 38898696

"VID-KIDS" Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Depressed Mothers and Their Infants: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Tryphonopoulos PD, McNeil D, Oxford M, Dennis CL, Novick J, Deane AJ, Wu K, Kurbatfinski S, Griggs K, Letourneau N

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/bs15030279 PMID: 40150174

"You can push these conversations, but don't push your patient away": healthcare learner perspectives on virtual simulation games as an educational approach to address vaccine hesitancy.

Doucette EJ, Pateman M, Fullerton MM, Lip A, Houle SKD, Kellner JD, Leal J, MacDonald SE, McNeil D, Davidson S, Constantinescu C

Frontiers in public health2024

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1408871 PMID: 39022406

A protocol for the formative evaluation of the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services as part of a learning health system.

McCabe E, Dyson M, McNeil D, Hindmarch W, Ortega I, Arnold PD, Dimitropoulos G, Clements R, Santana MJ, Zwicker JD

Health research policy and systems2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-024-01174-y PMID: 39010106

Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study.

MacDonald SE, Dhungana M, Stagg V, McDonald S, McNeil D, Kellner JD, Tough S, Saini V

Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01323-3 PMID: 38886808

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adolescents And Youth Dear Professor Mcneil, 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 "Vaccination attitudes and intentions reported by Canadian children and their parents in the CHILD Cohort Study during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2026), 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 "Aiming for Something Sweeter: Supporting Youth with Type 1 Diabetes During Transition from Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care" (2022), 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]

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Deborah Mcneil

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Vaccination attitudes and intentions reported by Canadian children and their parents in the CHILD Cohort Study during the COVID-19 pandemic

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health in Parenting (BEAM): protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled non-inferiority trial for an app based intervention to improve postpartum mental health and support children's brain development in Western Canada.

Healthcare Professional Perspectives on Optimizing Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Canadian General Inpatient Pediatrics.

Validity evidence for the use of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, the Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale-25, and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale in measurement-based care in intensive outpatient child and adolescent mental health care.

Empowering partnership: key lessons from the co-development of patient-oriented research with parents, researchers, and healthcare professionals.

Indigenous maternal and infant outcomes and women's experiences of midwifery care: A mixed-methods systematic review.

"VID-KIDS" Video-Feedback Interaction Guidance for Depressed Mothers and Their Infants: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

"You can push these conversations, but don't push your patient away": healthcare learner perspectives on virtual simulation games as an educational approach to address vaccine hesitancy.

A protocol for the formative evaluation of the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services as part of a learning health system.

Impact of maternal depression and anxiety on immunization status of children: a prospective cohort study.

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