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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

ResearcherCritical Care MedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Researcher

Critical Care 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.
9 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 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Publications

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Research

Knowledge Translation Critical Care Medicine Intensive Care Unit Transitions In Care Intensive Care Patient Centered Care Clinical Trial Mixed Methods

Latest papers

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.
BMJ open · 2026
Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.
Intensive & critical care nursing · 2026
The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024 · first author

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Family-partnered delirium prevention, detection, and management in ICU: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$825,590
Enhancing a Community of Practice for the Health System Impact Fellowship Program
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Cardiovascular Health in Transgender Hormone-Therapy Research Priority Setting
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$15,000

All 17 grants and awards

32 publications.

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Petkovic-Wintemute A, Eystathioy T, Okuori A, Oxland P, Kupsch S, Fiest K, Niven D, Parsons Leigh J, Burry L, Jenkins J, Jaworska N

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112790 PMID: 42156148

Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.

Eystathioy T, Singh C, Niven DJ, Parsons-Leigh J, Burry LD, Petkovic-Wintemute A, Fiest KM, Jaworska N

Intensive & critical care nursing2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104351 PMID: 41655562

The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.

Parsons Leigh J, FitzGerald EA, Moss SJ, Cherak MS, Brundin-Mather R, Dodds A, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Longmore S, Kupsch S, Sept B, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024First author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2316417 PMID: 38390696

A qualitative descriptive study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staff in a Canadian intensive care unit

Parsons Leigh J, Mizen SJ, Moss SJ, Brundin-Mather R, de Grood C, Dodds A, Honarmand K, Shah S, Mehta S

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia20239 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-022-02377-z

Patient and family involvement in Choosing Wisely initiatives: a mixed methods study.

de Grood C, Sypes EE, Niven DJ, Clement F, FitzGerald EA, Kupsch S, King-Hunter S, Stelfox HT, Parsons Leigh J

BMC health services research2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07861-2 PMID: 35392900

A scoping review of methods to measure and evaluate citizen engagement in health research.

Shahid A, Lalani IN, Rosgen BK, Sept BG, Longmore S, Parsons Leigh J, Stelfox HT, Fiest KM

Research involvement and engagement2022

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-022-00405-2 PMID: 36496455

A Multiple Baseline Trial of an Electronic ICU Discharge Summary Tool for Improving Quality of Care.

Stelfox HT, Brundin-Mather R, Soo A, Whalen-Browne L, Kashyap D, Sauro KM, Bagshaw SM, Fiest KM, Taljaard M, Parsons Leigh J

Critical care medicine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005638 PMID: 35972243

Perspectives from designated family caregivers of critically ill adult patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative interview study.

Moss SJ, Krewulak KD, Stelfox HT, Patten SB, Doig CJ, Parsons Leigh J, Fiest KM

PloS one2022

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275310 PMID: 36166458

Identification and Assessment of Strategies to Address Gender Inequity in the Specialty of Critical Care Medicine: A Scoping Review, Modified Consensus Process, and Stakeholder Meeting

Leigh JP, de Grood C, Brundin-Mather R, Dodds A, FitzGerald EA, Kemp L, Mizen SJ, Whalen-Browne L, Stelfox HT, Fiest KM

Critical Care Explorations20227 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000612

Patient discharge from intensive care: an updated scoping review to identify tools and practices to inform high-quality care.

Plotnikoff KM, Krewulak KD, Hernández L, Spence K, Foster N, Longmore S, Straus SE, Niven DJ, Parsons Leigh J, Stelfox HT, Fiest KM

Critical care (London, England)2021

DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03857-2 PMID: 34920729

Family-partnered delirium prevention, detection, and management in ICU: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M

Keywords: Anxiety; Critical Care; Delirium; Depression; Icu; Patient And Family Engagement; Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

$825,590

Enhancing a Community of Practice for the Health System Impact Fellowship Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat

Principal investigators: Marshall, Deborah A; Bryan, Stirling; Doupe, Malcolm B; Gallant, Natasha; Lopatina, Elena; Manhas, Kiran J; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; Munro, Sandra; Noseworthy, Thomas W; Singal, Deepa; Wasylak, Tracy J

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Of Practice; Health Services And Policy Research; Health System Impact Fellowship; Leaning Health Systems; Training Modernization

$100,000

Cardiovascular Health in Transgender Hormone-Therapy Research Priority Setting

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Rytz, Chantal

Keywords: Cardiovascular Health; Community Engagement; Estrogen; Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy; Gender-Diverse; Non-Binary; Patient-Identified Priorities; Priority Setting; Testosterone; Transgender Health

$15,000

Enhancing a Community of Practice for the Health System Impact Fellowship Program: Advancing Capacity for Sustainable & Patient-Centred Learning Health Systems across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Of Practice; Health Services And Policy Research; Health System Impact Fellowship; Learning Health Systems; Training Modernization

$350,000

Enhancing a Community of Practice for the Health System Impact Fellowship Program: Advancing Capacity for Sustainable & Patient-Centred Learning Health Systems across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: Health System Impact Fellowship - National Cohort Retreat

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Of Practice; Health Services And Policy Research; Health System Impact Fellowship; Learning Health Systems; Training Modernization

$200,000

ACCELERATE: Partnering with ICU patients and family caregivers toward early transitions in care

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stelfox, Henry T; Fiest, Kirsten M; Foster, Nadine K; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G

Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Health Services Research; Intensive Care; Knowledge Translation; Patient Centered Care; Transitions In Care

$355,725

Understanding and managing the effects of COVID-19 restricted visitation policies on the families and healthcare providers of critically ill patients

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M; Foster, Nadine K; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T

Keywords: Anxiety; Critical Care; Depression; Distress; Family; Follow-Up; Healthcare Provider; Intensive Care Unit; Prospective Cohort

$298,769

Improving Transitions in Care from ICU: Evaluation of an Electronic Communication Tool

Nominated PICIHR2019Operating Grant: Transitions in Care - Evaluation Grants

Principal investigators: Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Farrier, Christian E; Fiest, Kirsten M; Kupsch, Shelly; Niven, Daniel; Oxland, Peter R; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Electronic Medical Charting; Family-Caregiver Engagement; Health Systems Communication; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; New Aging Population; Transitions In Care

$198,535

Establishing Stakeholder Priorities for the Development and Implementation of Strategies to Support Gender Equity in Critical Care Medicine

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Paunovic, Bojan; Fiest, Kirsten M; Stelfox, Henry T

Keywords: Collaborative; Critical Care Medicine; Gender Equity; Knowledge Translation; Medical Specialties

$9,970

Co-designing a Patient and Family Caregiver-Oriented Transitions in Care Bundle

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: TiC - Stream 1 - PHSI solutions for transitions in care gaps

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M; Farrier, Christian E; Foster, Nadine K; Kupsch, Shelly; Niven, Daniel; Oxland, Peter R; Parsons Leigh, Jeanna J; Sept, Bonnie G; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Critical Care Medicine; Family Caregiver Engagement; Intensive Care Unit; Knowledge Translation; Mixed Methods; Patient Centered Care; Transitions In Care

$958,006

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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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.

The evolution of vaccine hesitancy through the COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-structured interview study on booster and bivalent doses.

A qualitative descriptive study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staff in a Canadian intensive care unit

Patient and family involvement in Choosing Wisely initiatives: a mixed methods study.

A scoping review of methods to measure and evaluate citizen engagement in health research.

A Multiple Baseline Trial of an Electronic ICU Discharge Summary Tool for Improving Quality of Care.

Perspectives from designated family caregivers of critically ill adult patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative interview study.

Identification and Assessment of Strategies to Address Gender Inequity in the Specialty of Critical Care Medicine: A Scoping Review, Modified Consensus Process, and Stakeholder Meeting

Patient discharge from intensive care: an updated scoping review to identify tools and practices to inform high-quality care.

Frequent collaborators

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Deborah Cook

Kirsten Fiest

Karen Burns

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Shelly Kupsch

Daniel Niven

Kimia Honarmand

Khara Sauro

Sangeeta Mehta

Bram Rochwerg

Fiona Clement

Monica Taljaard

Bonnie Sept

Nadine Foster

Srinivas Murthy

Michael Chasse

Marat Slessarev

Christiane Job McIntosh

Ian Ball

Sofia Ahmed

Matthew Weiss

Tina Mele

Timothy A Karachi

Jennifer Tsang

Joanna Dionne

Lisa Burry

Maureen Meade

Robert Fowler

Sofia Ahmed

Karen Bosma

Sean Bagshaw

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