Farah Bandali, University of Calgary

Research

Mental Health Youth Cohort Covid-19 Families Longtudinal Recovery Reslience

Latest papers

A scoping review of parent-based barriers to parent-child communication about sexuality.
Sexual health · 2025

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging a Longitudinal Canadian Cohort to Study the Course of Parent-Youth Mental Health Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$149,993
From languishing to flourishing: Exploring the wider and longitudinal impacts of COVID-19, use of supports, and recovery for families
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$401,499
Uncovering longitudinal patterns of resilience and vulnerability in a pandemic: The All Our Families COVID-19 Impact Study
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$263,415

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

A scoping review of parent-based barriers to parent-child communication about sexuality.

Punjani N, Scott SD, Hussain A, Lu T, Bandali F, McDonald S, Scott LA, Sultan S, Kennedy M

Sexual health2025

DOI: 10.1071/sh25076 PMID: 40977215

Leveraging a Longitudinal Canadian Cohort to Study the Course of Parent-Youth Mental Health Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Madigan, Sheri L; Bandali, Farah; McDonald, Sheila W; Tough, Suzanne C

Keywords: Cohort; Covid-19; Families; Longtudinal; Mental Health; Recovery; Reslience; Youth

$149,993

From languishing to flourishing: Exploring the wider and longitudinal impacts of COVID-19, use of supports, and recovery for families

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: McDonald, Sheila W; Bandali, Farah

Keywords: Cohort Study; Flourishing; Languishing; Longitudinal; Mental Health; Mixed-Methods; Social Impact; Supports; Youth

$401,499

Uncovering longitudinal patterns of resilience and vulnerability in a pandemic: The All Our Families COVID-19 Impact Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: McDonald, Sheila W

Keywords: Cohort; Families; Longitudinal; Mental Health; Resilience; Youth

$263,415

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

Community Health Sciences
Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Sheila McDonald

Obstetrics and Gynecology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mental Health Dear Professor Bandali, 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 "A scoping review of parent-based barriers to parent-child communication about sexuality." (2025), 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 "Leveraging a Longitudinal Canadian Cohort to Study the Course of Parent-Youth Mental Health Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021), 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]

Farah Bandali