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Jennifer Zwicker

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Calgary

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Jennifer Zwicker

Researcher

Pediatrics

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.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (9 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Caregiving Equity Families Of And Individuals With Disabilities Policy Responses Access To Healthcare And Provider Decision-Making Canadian Health And Social Policy Systems Caregivers/Families Children, Youth, And Adults With Disabilities

Latest papers

Understanding strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to organizational-level family engagement in two childhood-onset disability research organizations
Research Involvement and Engagement · 2026
Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in the child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) programme in Calgary: study protocol.
BMJ open · 2026 · senior author
A Cluster Randomized Trial of an mHealth Intervention for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: Rationale and Design of the READYorNot CHD Study.
CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2026

All 30 publications

Latest funding

ACCESS-CD: Advancing Collaboration and Co-Design for Equitable Systems and Supports in Childhood-onset Disability
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$95,034
Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in Child & Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Program in Calgary
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
ACCESS-DTC: Advancing Community and Clinical Engagement for Systemic Solutions in Applying for the Disability Tax Credit
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$952,425

All 29 grants and awards

30 publications.

Understanding strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to organizational-level family engagement in two childhood-onset disability research organizations

Micsinszki SK, Cross A, Soper AK, Thomson D, Putterman C, Martens R, McCauley D, Zwicker J, Reynolds JN, Gorter JW

Research Involvement and Engagement20261 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00932-2

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in the child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) programme in Calgary: study protocol.

Bajgain B, McCabe E, Arnold P, Santana MJ, Zwicker J

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121386 PMID: 42624588

A Cluster Randomized Trial of an mHealth Intervention for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: Rationale and Design of the READYorNot CHD Study.

Mackie AS, Kovacs AH, San Martin-Feeney D, Via-Dufresne Ley A, McCrindle BW, Harris KC, Fournier A, Chappell A, Gingrich J, Dimitropoulos G, Allemang B, Gill N, Aiello S, Rolland M, O'Shea S, Legge L, Collins JA, Casey S, Breault F, Provencher F, Balmir R, Gutierrez Rojas R, Yaskina M, Klarenbach S, Zwicker J, Brophy JM, Woodgate RL, Marelli AJ

CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.06.001 PMID: 41767027

Parent coaching program for children with emerging developmental disabilities while on a waitlist for services: cost analysis from a family payer perspective.

Jia XY, Moretti ME, Ungar WJ, Wittmeier K, Filliter JH, O'Donnell M, Khan F, Smith T, Zwicker J, Majnemer A

BMC pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-026-06610-2 PMID: 41795079

Pharmacogenetic-Guided Antidepressant Prescribing in Adolescents (PGx-GAP): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Shields M, McAusland L, Heintz M, Rittenbach K, Tsuyuki R, Box A, Emery J, Zwicker J, Arnold P, Newton A, Bousman C

Journal of personalized medicine2026

DOI: 10.3390/jpm16020125 PMID: 41745416

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

The co-development and pilot evaluation of the Siblings Training, Empowerment, and Advocacy Kit (Siblings TEAKit) to support youth and young adult siblings of individuals with a disability: A participatory action research qualitative study protocol

Nguyen L, Bellefeuille S, Davis H, Gorter JW, Ketelaar M, Zwicker J, Shikako K

Research Involvement and Engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00731-1

Analyzing the Quality of Life in Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome in Relation to Sleep and Mental Health.

Minhas A, Whitlock K, Rosenfelt C, Shatto J, Finlay B, Zwicker J, Lippe S, Jacquemont S, Hagerman R, Murias K, Bolduc FV

Journal of autism and developmental disorders2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06317-2 PMID: 38653851

Community-driven mental health priorities for immigrant youth in Alberta.

Naqvi SF, Amarbayan M, Dimitropoulos G, Zwicker J, Santana MJ

Frontiers in health services2025

DOI: 10.3389/frhs.2025.1658656 PMID: 41255825

Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Hospitalized Children With Medical Complexity.

Dewan T, Whiteley A, Birnie K, Grohs M, Jordan I, Miller M, Noel M, Zwicker J, Lee L

Hospital pediatrics2025

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2025-008390 PMID: 41038625

ACCESS-CD: Advancing Collaboration and Co-Design for Equitable Systems and Supports in Childhood-onset Disability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Reitzel, Meaghan

$95,034

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in Child & Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Program in Calgary

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Bajgain, Bishnu

Keywords: Child And Adolescent Mental Health; Health System Improvement; Implementation Science, Implementation Outcomes; Measurement-Based Care (Mbc); Mixed Methods Research; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Ocd); Organizational Readiness, Barriers And Facilitators; Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (Proms); Youth Mental Health Services

$120,000

ACCESS-DTC: Advancing Community and Clinical Engagement for Systemic Solutions in Applying for the Disability Tax Credit

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zwicker, Jennifer D; Lach, Lucyna M; Phoenix, Michelle; Shikako, Keiko

Keywords: Access To Healthcare And Provider Decision-Making; Canadian Health And Social Policy Systems; Caregivers/Families; Children, Youth, And Adults With Disabilities; Disability Policy And Income Support Programs; Disability Tax Credit; Health Equity And Social Determinants Of Health; Mixed-Methods Design; Participatory Co-Design And User-Centred Solution Developmen

$952,425

Moving Towards Inclusive and Equitable Access to Government Disability Programs and Services: Co-Designed, Function-Focused Recommendations to Support Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Reitzel, Meaghan

Keywords: Biopsychosocial Model; Codesign Methodology; Disability Policy Reform; Equitable Disability Support Access; Function-Focused; Government Disability Support Programs; Human Rights Approach; Neurodevelopmental Disability

$140,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2025Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Zwicker, Jennifer D

Keywords: Cr

$500,000

Enhancing Service Navigation for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disability: Towards an Accessible, Efficient and Sustainable Service Navigation Network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: neurodevelopmental disability; children; adults; caregivers; navigation

$19,999

Implementing and evaluating an adolescent and child measurement-based care program in Alberta's mental health care system (INSIGHT)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research - Implementation Science

Principal investigators: Parrilla Lopez (Santana), Maria Jose; Arnold, Paul D; Dimitropoulos, Gina; McCabe, Erin; Zwicker, Jennifer D

Keywords: Health Sciences And Policy Research

$400,000

Co-Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Kickstand360: A Learning Health System

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

Principal investigators: Dimitropoulos, Gina; Hay, Katherine; Pattison, Rachal; Arnold, Paul D; Ferrari, Manuela; Hews-Girard, Julia; Hilario, Carla T; McCabe, Erin; Roach, Pamela Marie; Salami, Bukola O; Scott, Shannon D; Seitz, Dallas P; Smith, Kelly M; Zwicker, Jennifer D

Keywords: Co-Design Methodology; Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion; Equity-Driven Metrics & Outcomes; Governance; Indigenous Research; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing; Integrated Youth Services (Iys); Learning Health Systems (Lhs); Youth Mental Health

$617,701

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

Measuring the outcomes that matter most to children, youth and their families in mental health services

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: McCabe, Erin

Keywords: Children And Youth; Health Measurement; Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Paediatric; Patient Engagement In Research; Patient-Oriented Research; Patient-Reported Outcome Measures; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Value-Based Health Care

$58,500

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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Jennifer Zwicker

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to organizational-level family engagement in two childhood-onset disability research organizations

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in the child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) programme in Calgary: study protocol.

A Cluster Randomized Trial of an mHealth Intervention for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: Rationale and Design of the READYorNot CHD Study.

Parent coaching program for children with emerging developmental disabilities while on a waitlist for services: cost analysis from a family payer perspective.

Pharmacogenetic-Guided Antidepressant Prescribing in Adolescents (PGx-GAP): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

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)

The co-development and pilot evaluation of the Siblings Training, Empowerment, and Advocacy Kit (Siblings TEAKit) to support youth and young adult siblings of individuals with a disability: A participatory action research qualitative study protocol

Analyzing the Quality of Life in Individuals with Fragile X Syndrome in Relation to Sleep and Mental Health.

Community-driven mental health priorities for immigrant youth in Alberta.

Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Hospitalized Children With Medical Complexity.

ACCESS-CD: Advancing Collaboration and Co-Design for Equitable Systems and Supports in Childhood-onset Disability

Enhancing Service Navigation for Individuals with Neurodevelopmental Disability: Towards an Accessible, Efficient and Sustainable Service Navigation Network

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Melanie Noel

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Anne Hudon

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Gina Dimitropoulos

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Keiko Shikako

Jonathan Lai

Rachel Martens

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Malcolm Doupe

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Isabel Jordan

Daniel Santa Mina

Chad Bousman

Rhonda Rosychuk

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