Linda Nguyen, University of Calgary

Research

Mental Health Neurodevelopmental Disability Patient-Oriented Research Siblings Youth

Latest papers

The Many Faces of Engagement: A Scoping Review of Paediatric Patient and Family Engagement in Clinical Care, Education and Research.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
Listening, learning, and (co-)leading: Addressing the experiences of falls among people with cerebral palsy across the lifespan.
Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2026 · first author
Mapping community pathways to employment for youth with disabilities-a realist review.
Frontiers in public health · 2026

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Exploring the needs of racialized and newcomer caregivers raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Niagara Region of Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$90,327
Building engagement and training capacity with youth with disabilities and with young adult siblings
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$345,000

All 2 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

The Many Faces of Engagement: A Scoping Review of Paediatric Patient and Family Engagement in Clinical Care, Education and Research.

Allemang B, Dehmardan I, Maini P, Buchanan F, Novak I, Carbone V, Kablawi D, Li L, Nguyen L, Courtney K, Cunningham J, Lewis I, Southward CP, Cleverley K, Munce S, Toulany A

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70756 PMID: 42613812

02

Listening, learning, and (co-)leading: Addressing the experiences of falls among people with cerebral palsy across the lifespan.

Nguyen L

Developmental medicine and child neurology2026First author

DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.70023 PMID: 40999825

03

Mapping community pathways to employment for youth with disabilities-a realist review.

Hagelstam-Renshaw A, Cardoso R, Zeidan J, Mahmoudi E, Nguyen L, Philippopoulos E, Shikako K

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1743478 PMID: 41923769

04

Commonalities and distinctions of pediatric patient and family engagement in clinical care, education, and research contexts: Protocol for a scoping review.

Allemang B, Buchanan F, Maini P, Kablawi D, Li L, Nguyen L, Courtney K, Cunningham J, Southward CP, Cleverley K, Munce S, Toulany A

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330104 PMID: 40779509

05

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 Engagement2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00731-1

06

Conducting Patient-Oriented Research in Pediatric Populations: A Narrative Review.

Cooper AP, Nguyen L, Irelewuyi O, Miller SP

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2024

DOI: 10.3390/children11101266 PMID: 39457231

Exploring the needs of racialized and newcomer caregivers raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the Niagara Region of Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Okyere Folson, Christiana

$90,327

Building engagement and training capacity with youth with disabilities and with young adult siblings

Nominated PICIHR2024POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2

Principal investigators: Nguyen, Linda

Keywords: Mental Health; Neurodevelopmental Disability; Patient-Oriented Research; Siblings; Youth

$345,000

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

Pediatrics
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Psychiatry
Children, Youth and Families
Other

Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Keiko Shikako

School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Kristin Cleverley

Children, Youth and Families

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Jennifer Zwicker

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mental Health Dear Professor Nguyen, 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 "The Many Faces of Engagement: A Scoping Review of Paediatric Patient and Family Engagement in Clinical Care, Education and Research." (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 "Building engagement and training capacity with youth with disabilities and with young adult siblings" (2024), 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]

Linda Nguyen