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Pamela Roach

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Pamela Roach

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

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.
50 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 15 research grants (15 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Health Equity Indigenous Health Knowledge Mobilization Culturally Safe Care Capacity Development Female Health Training Women'S Health

Latest papers

Indigenization, Personalization, and Intersections: A Qualitative Study to Identify Essential Components for Developing an Indigenous-Centered Dementia Care Model in Alberta
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2026 · senior author
A qualitative study to create a framework of Métis understandings of brain health promotion and dementia prevention in Alberta, Canada
Frontiers in Dementia · 2026 · senior author
Lifetime Exposure to Endogenous Estradiol and Markers of Dementia Risk: Associations with Later Life Cognitive, Behavioral, and Functional Complaints.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026

All 61 publications

Latest funding

Co-developing a partnerships platform to disseminate community-led health equity research and knowledge mobilization
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$19,868
Community-Academic Partnerships for Equitable Learning Health Systems: A Co-Production Approach
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$130,000
Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$11,000

All 25 grants and awards

61 publications.

Indigenization, Personalization, and Intersections: A Qualitative Study to Identify Essential Components for Developing an Indigenous-Centered Dementia Care Model in Alberta

Kuchinka J, Oster RT, Goodarzi Z, Marshall Z, Jackson L, Holroyd-Leduc J, Ewa V, Bearskin LB, Seitz D, Walker JD

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph23070883

A qualitative study to create a framework of Métis understandings of brain health promotion and dementia prevention in Alberta, Canada

Fischer S, Ody M, Zaretsky L, Walker JD, Roach P

Frontiers in Dementia2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/frdem.2026.1799514

Lifetime Exposure to Endogenous Estradiol and Markers of Dementia Risk: Associations with Later Life Cognitive, Behavioral, and Functional Complaints.

Crockford JFE, Guan DX, Ghahremani M, Ballard C, Creese B, Corbett A, Pickering E, Bloomfield A, Roach P, Barha CK, Smith EE, Ismail Z

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16081146 PMID: 42072772

Development and Cross-Sectional Validation of the Quality of Life and Function Five-Domain Scale (QFS-5) in Dementia-Free Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Ismail Z, Warring I, Guan DX, Chue P, Bardell A, Ballard C, Creese B, Corbett A, Pickering E, Roach P, Smith EE

International journal of geriatric psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1002/gps.70215 PMID: 42024650

Advancing brain health equity with Indigenous peoples: A critical imperative.

Clarke AJ, Whetung C, Suchy-Dicey A, Withall A, Radford K, Gooding DC, Lavrencic L, Dudley M, Lo Giudice D, Flicker L, Boluarte AS, Aggarwal S, Conniff KR, Brodtmann AG, Diaz MM, Tremblay SA, Nwofe ES, Gleason CE, Jacklin K, Kaholokula JK, Gibson C, Souza-Talarico J, Roach P, Alzheimer's Association Intermission 2025: Stronger Together Collaboration

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/alz.71125 PMID: 41738518

"They felt like safe questions in a safe environment": A qualitative study examining the implementation of an Indigenous virtual primary care patient experience tool.

Roach P, Zaretsky L, Ody M, Hoeber M, Montesanti S, Henderson R, Oster RT, Regehr S, Bablitz C, Barnabe C, Sauro K

Health informatics journal2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/14604582261431586 PMID: 41770239

Validation of the care partner stress scale in the CAN-PROTECT study.

Vellone D, Guan DX, Crockford JFE, Warring I, Ballard C, Creese B, Corbett A, Pickering E, Roach P, Smith EE, Ismail Z

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2026

DOI: 10.1177/13872877261457652 PMID: 42312378

"Don't shut down, these conversations need to happen": Indigenous health professionals insights for advancing anti-racism in health care.

Rame-Montiel AK, Crowshoe L, Paolucci EO, Roach P, Altabbaa G, Henderson R

Medical education2026

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70125 PMID: 41386787

Indigenous Elders and Academic Leaders' Perspectives on Training Residents to Work With Indigenous Populations: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

Rashid M, Clark W, Foulds JL, John I, Nguyen J, Chan MK, Roach P, Morris M, Whalen-Browne M, Forgie S

The clinical teacher2025

DOI: 10.1111/tct.70219 PMID: 41024396

Risk factors for 30-day COVID-19 mortality among people living with dementia in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

Goerzen M, Gruneir A, Cetin-Sahin D, Godard-Sebillotte C, Smith E, Roach P, Kirkham J, Seitz D

BMC geriatrics2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06448-w PMID: 41023880

Co-developing a partnerships platform to disseminate community-led health equity research and knowledge mobilization

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Health Equity; Population Health; Public Health Systems; Social And Structural Determinants Of Health

$19,868

Community-Academic Partnerships for Equitable Learning Health Systems: A Co-Production Approach

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - General Pool

Principal investigators: Fiest, Kirsten M; Delisle, Mona; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Co-Creation; Community-Based Research; Framework Analysis; Health Equity; Knowledge Mobilization; Learning Health Systems; Partnerships

$130,000

Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Brennand, Erin A; Alberta Health Services, Strategic Clinical Networks; Ahmed, Sofia B; Metcalfe, Amy L; Nelson, Erin L; Roach, Pamela Marie; Salami, Bukola O; Scime, Natalie V; Wells, Kristopher

Keywords: Capacity Development; Female Health; Knowledge Mobilization; Training; Women'S Health

$11,000

Weaving Indigenous Community-led and Interdisciplinary Research to Develop Culturally-Safer Wholistic Brain Health Assessment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Walker, Jennifer

$4,000,000

IIA-PATH (Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment Approaches for Health Equity)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Infection/Immunity

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Health Services Research; Implementation Research; Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis; Models Of Care; Prevention Trial; Psoriatic Arthritis; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Screening; Shared Decision Making; Spondyloarthritis

$2,000,000

Making Sense of Consensus: A Parallel Path Approach to Understanding Consensus-Based Decision-Making to Shape Higher Education and Non-Profit Governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Bharwani, Aleem

Keywords: consensus-based decision-making; inclusive governance; Indigenous Knowledge Systems

$30,000

Indigenous Inflammatory Arthritis Prevention And Treatment approaches for Health equity (IIA-PATH)

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Eq-Infection & Immunity-LOI

Principal investigators: Barnabe, Cheryl C; Fox, Terri-Lynn; Montesanti, Stephanie R; O'Neil, Liam J; Roach, Pamela Marie

Keywords: Environmental Risk Factors; First Nations People; Health Services Research; Indigenous Health Research; Inflammatory Arthritis; Metis People; Pre-Clinical Disease Detection; Proteomics; Shared Decision Making; Wellness

$20,000

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

Co-design of Indigenous dementia Resources in Canada and AustraLia (CIRCLE): Enhancing health communication for Indigenous peoples along the dementia journey

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Grant: CCNA Phase III: Internation. Australia-Canada Indigenous Health Res.

Principal investigators: Roach, Pamela Marie; Smith, Kate

Keywords: Assessment; Brain Health; Cognitive Health; Culturally Safe Care; Dementia; Diagnosis; Indigenous Health; International; Quality Of Life; Risk Reduction

$1,074,976

Alberta Sex, Gender and Women's Health Hub

Principal investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

Keywords: Capacity Development; Female Health; Knowledge Mobilization; Training; Women'S Health

$440,000

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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Pamela Roach

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Indigenization, Personalization, and Intersections: A Qualitative Study to Identify Essential Components for Developing an Indigenous-Centered Dementia Care Model in Alberta

A qualitative study to create a framework of Métis understandings of brain health promotion and dementia prevention in Alberta, Canada

Lifetime Exposure to Endogenous Estradiol and Markers of Dementia Risk: Associations with Later Life Cognitive, Behavioral, and Functional Complaints.

Development and Cross-Sectional Validation of the Quality of Life and Function Five-Domain Scale (QFS-5) in Dementia-Free Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Advancing brain health equity with Indigenous peoples: A critical imperative.

"They felt like safe questions in a safe environment": A qualitative study examining the implementation of an Indigenous virtual primary care patient experience tool.

Validation of the care partner stress scale in the CAN-PROTECT study.

"Don't shut down, these conversations need to happen": Indigenous health professionals insights for advancing anti-racism in health care.

Indigenous Elders and Academic Leaders' Perspectives on Training Residents to Work With Indigenous Populations: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

Risk factors for 30-day COVID-19 mortality among people living with dementia in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

Weaving Indigenous Community-led and Interdisciplinary Research to Develop Culturally-Safer Wholistic Brain Health Assessment

Making Sense of Consensus: A Parallel Path Approach to Understanding Consensus-Based Decision-Making to Shape Higher Education and Non-Profit Governance

Frequent collaborators

Pamela Roach

Cheryl Barnabe

Zahinoor Ismail

Rita Henderson

Stephanie Montesanti

Lynden Crowshoe

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Andrea Kennedy

Adam Murry

Dallas Seitz

Jennifer Walker

Khara Sauro

Lynden Crowshoe

Davide Martino

Zack Marshall

Melanie Morris

Remo Panaccione

Esther Tailfeathers

Gillian Einstein

Rita Henderson

Dallas Seitz

Gillian Einstein

Eric Smith

Jayna Holroyd-Leduc

Carrie McAiney

Howard Chertkow

Colleen Maxwell

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Natalie Phillips

Kannin Osei-Tutu

Carol Leonard

Amanda Roze des Ordons

Carol Greenwood

Julia Kirkham

Aravind Ganesh

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