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Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

ResearcherPsychologyUniversity of Calgary

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Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Research

Anxiety Cognitive Behavioural Therapy For Insomnia Depression Insomnia Pregnancy Randomized Controlled Trials Sleep

Latest papers

Perceived Everyday Discrimination and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Canadians.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026 · senior author
Perinatal depressive symptoms and child temperament at two years: The moderating role of child sleep duration.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026 · senior author
Prenatal maternal mental health and resilience in the United Kingdom during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a cross- national comparison.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Trajectories of substance use during pregnancy and postpartum: Pathways from parental risk factors to child socioemotional and neurodevelopment
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$75,000
Role of prenatal stress in the co-development of children's gut microbiome and socioemotional problems
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,327,276
Catalyzing an Innovative Clinical Trial of a Sleep Education Intervention to Improve Behaviours of Concern Amongst Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 21 grants and awards

45 publications.

Perceived Everyday Discrimination and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Canadians.

Silang K, Horn SR, Szeto A, Exner-Cortens D, Giesbrecht GF, Lebel C, Dewsnapp K, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-026-03019-6 PMID: 42247088

Perinatal depressive symptoms and child temperament at two years: The moderating role of child sleep duration.

Silang K, Horn SR, Giesbrecht GF, Szeto A, Exner-Cortens D, Dewsnapp K, Jung JW, Keys E, Lebel C, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Journal of affective disorders2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120253 PMID: 40914521

Prenatal maternal mental health and resilience in the United Kingdom during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a cross- national comparison.

Datye S, Smiljanic M, Shetti R, MacRae-Miller A, van Teijlingen E, Vinayakarao L, Peters EMJ, Lebel C, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Giesbrecht G, Khashu M, Conrad ML

Frontiers in psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1411761 PMID: 39391080

Cluster-specific associations between the gut microbiota and behavioral outcomes in preschool-aged children.

van de Wouw M, Wang Y, Workentine ML, Vaghef-Mehrabani E, Barth D, Mercer EM, Dewey D, Arrieta MC, Reimer RA, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Giesbrecht GF

Microbiome2024

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-024-01773-5 PMID: 38515179

Exploring associations between the gut microbiota and full-scale intelligence in preschool children.

van de Wouw M, Rojas L, Vaghef-Mehrabani E, Wang Y, Fichter C, Workentine ML, Dewey D, Arrieta MC, Reimer RA, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Giesbrecht GF

Neuroscience letters2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2023.137357 PMID: 37355156

Risk for Developmental Delay Among Infants Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Giesbrecht GF, Lebel C, Dennis CL, Silang K, Xie EB, Tough S, McDonald S, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000001197 PMID: 37491731

Binge-spectrum symptoms in their association with higher gestational weight gain.

Bajaj D, Markova V, MacKinnon A, Bell RC, von Ranson KM, Letourneau N, Giesbrecht GF, Tomfohr-Madsen L

The International journal of eating disorders2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/eat.23945 PMID: 36995897

"Walking on both sides of the fence": A qualitative exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing emergent clinician-scientists in child health.

Pritchard L, Bright KS, Walsh CM, Samuel S, Li QKW, Wollny K, Twilt M, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Pires L, Dimitropoulos G

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2023

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13719 PMID: 35700054

Prenatal depressive symptoms are associated with altered structural brain networks in infants and moderated by infant sleep.

Donnici C, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Long X, Manning KY, Giesbrecht G, Lebel C

Journal of affective disorders2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.054 PMID: 37390922

Task-unrelated thought increases after consumption of COVID-19 and general news.

Hart CM, Mills C, Thiemann RF, Andrews-Hanna JR, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Kam JWY

Cognitive research: principles and implications2022

DOI: 10.1186/s41235-022-00420-7 PMID: 35876968

Trajectories of substance use during pregnancy and postpartum: Pathways from parental risk factors to child socioemotional and neurodevelopment

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Lebel, Catherine A; Rioux, Charlie

Keywords: Infants; Neurodevelopment; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Socioemotional Development; Substance Use

$75,000

Role of prenatal stress in the co-development of children's gut microbiome and socioemotional problems

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Gut-Brain-Axis; Mental Health; Microbiome Maturation; Prenatal Stress; Socioemotional Development

$1,327,276

Catalyzing an Innovative Clinical Trial of a Sleep Education Intervention to Improve Behaviours of Concern Amongst Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials (iCT)

Principal investigators: MacEachern, Sarah; Dewey, Deborah M; Heathcote, Greta; Thomas, Megan R

Keywords: Behaviours Of Concern; Co-Design Methodology; Comparative Effectiveness; Feasibility Testing; Neurodevelopment; Sleep Education

$200,000

The SWell Program: Striving for Wellness in Fatherhood

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cameron, Emily

Keywords: Parenting; Wellbeing; Child development; Fathers; Family; Emotion Regulation; Social connection

$20,181

A Canadian Strategy to IMPROVE Postpregnancy Cardiovascular Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Nerenberg, Kara A; Gundy, Serena; Job McIntosh, Christiane

Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention; Clinical Practice Guidelines; Clinical Research Network; Foundational Research; Health Behaviours; Hypertension; Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy / Postpartum Period; Women'S Health

$14,995

Prenatal exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and early childhood development

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Cognitive Development; Developmental Delay; Infants; Pregnancy; Sars-Cov-2; Socioemotional Development

$895,050

Are Moms Angry? Having a Baby during Covid-19

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ou, Christine

Keywords: Anger; Pregnancy; Postpartum; COVID-19; Maternal mental health; Trajectory groups; Longitudinal; Infant temperament; Infant development; Parenting relationships

$32,614

Prenatal exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and neurodevelopment in children

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Infants; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy; Sars-Cov-2

$247,310

Prenatal exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and neurodevelopment in children

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: Mental Health and Resilience In The Early Years

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Infants; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy; Sars-Cov-2

$100,000

Short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on infant socioemotional and neurodevelopment

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr:Emerg. COVID Res. Gaps/Priorities- Social/Behavioural Science Approaches

Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Gerald F

Keywords: Infants; Neurodevelopment; Pregnancy; Sars-Cov-2

$403,304

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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Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

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Perceived Everyday Discrimination and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Depression: A Longitudinal Study of Asian Canadians.

Perinatal depressive symptoms and child temperament at two years: The moderating role of child sleep duration.

Prenatal maternal mental health and resilience in the United Kingdom during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a cross- national comparison.

Cluster-specific associations between the gut microbiota and behavioral outcomes in preschool-aged children.

Exploring associations between the gut microbiota and full-scale intelligence in preschool children.

Risk for Developmental Delay Among Infants Born During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Binge-spectrum symptoms in their association with higher gestational weight gain.

"Walking on both sides of the fence": A qualitative exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing emergent clinician-scientists in child health.

Prenatal depressive symptoms are associated with altered structural brain networks in infants and moderated by infant sleep.

Task-unrelated thought increases after consumption of COVID-19 and general news.

The SWell Program: Striving for Wellness in Fatherhood

Are Moms Angry? Having a Baby during Covid-19

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Lebel

Gerald Giesbrecht

Suzanne Tough

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Elizabeth Keys

Amy Metcalfe

Tavis Campbell

Nicole Letourneau

Deborah Dewey

Sheri Madigan

Deinera Exner-Cortens

Charlie Rioux

Carla Ginn

Karen Benzies

Tyler Williamson

Susan Samuel

Gina Dimitropoulos

Fiona Schulte

Jocelyn Gravel

Leslie Roos

Kathleen Reynolds

Melanie Noel

Krista Wollny

Francois Bernier

Quynh Doan

Natalie Dayan

Sheila McDonald

Kara Nerenberg

Ashley Harris

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Kathleen Chaput

Nichole Fairbrother