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Rita Henderson

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Calgary

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Rita Henderson

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
17 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 15 research grants (15 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

Publications

1,431

Citations

110

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Indigenous Primary Care Equity Health Inequities Inter-Sectoral Collaborations Jurisdictional Barriers Preventive Medicine System Integration

Latest papers

"They felt like safe questions in a safe environment": A qualitative study examining the implementation of an Indigenous virtual primary care patient experience tool.
Health informatics journal · 2026
"Don't shut down, these conversations need to happen": Indigenous health professionals insights for advancing anti-racism in health care.
Medical education · 2026 · senior author
Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study.
BMJ open · 2025

All 29 publications

Latest funding

Developing wastewater-based surveillance tools to understand the changing nature of population-level substance use and reduce drug poisonings
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,231,649
Exploring stigma as a social determinant of sexual & reproductive health and mapping its impact on access to routine sexual health screening among Canadian Inuit with participatory action research
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Implementing and Tracking Indigenous Guidance for Psychedelic-Based Therapeutics (PBT): Mobilizing Community-Partnered Knowledge in Speculative, Commercializing Terrain
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$738,224

All 30 grants and awards

29 publications.

"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 journal2026

DOI: 10.1177/14604582261431586 PMID: 41770239

"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 education2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.70125 PMID: 41386787

Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study.

McLane P, Gray M, Barnabe C, Rittenbach K, Bill L, Holroyd BR, Lang E, Stang A, Hayward J, Henderson R, Cummings GG, Rosychuk R

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104487 PMID: 41145252

Voluntary self-disclosed Indigenous identity of patients in four Canadian health care settings: A multiple-site qualitative case study.

Gray M, Wessel S, Oster RT, Bruno G, Healy C, Rich R, Scott Claringbold S, Williams K, Henderson R

Journal of health services research & policy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13558196241300856 PMID: 39607876

Increased use of psychiatric medication following incident celiac autoimmunity.

Goddard Q, Kaplan GG, Coward S, Williamson T, Patten S, Bruce M, Godley J, Henderson R, Whitten TA, Chintoh A, King JA

Journal of psychosomatic research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112377 PMID: 40972183

Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury, their family members, and health care providers during transitions in care in Alberta: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.

Kamran R, Ho C, Kovacs Burns K, Pelaez Ballestas I, Olayinka O, Bakal J, Raha S, Charbonneau R, Rame A, MacIsaac R, Henderson R, Sanchez AL

Disability and rehabilitation2025

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2509791 PMID: 40454898

Colonial drivers and cultural protectors of brain health among Indigenous peoples internationally

Henderson R, Furlano JA, Claringbold SS, Cornect-Benoit A, Ly A, Walker J, Zaretsky L, Roach P

Frontiers in Public Health202413 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1346753

Advancing health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada: development of a patient complexity assessment framework.

Sehgal A, Henderson R, Murry A, Crowshoe LL, Barnabe C

BMC primary care2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-024-02362-z PMID: 38684966

A Review of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Rural, Remote, and Resource-Constrained Settings Internationally: Insights for Implementation, Research, and Policy for First Nations in Canada.

Annan J, Henderson R, Gray M, Clark RG, Sarin C, Black K

International journal of environmental research and public health2024

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21111429 PMID: 39595696

Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta.

Sehgal A, Scott S, Murry A, Henderson R, Barnabe C, Crowshoe LL

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073184 PMID: 37903604

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous Dear Professor Henderson, 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 ""They felt like safe questions in a safe environment": A qualitative study examining the implementation of an Indigenous virtual primary care patient experience tool." (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 "Implementing and Tracking Indigenous Guidance for Psychedelic-Based Therapeutics (PBT): Mobilizing Community-Partnered Knowledge in Speculative, Commercializing Terrain" (2025), 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]

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Rita Henderson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

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

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

Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study.

Voluntary self-disclosed Indigenous identity of patients in four Canadian health care settings: A multiple-site qualitative case study.

Increased use of psychiatric medication following incident celiac autoimmunity.

Experiences of persons with spinal cord injury, their family members, and health care providers during transitions in care in Alberta: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.

Colonial drivers and cultural protectors of brain health among Indigenous peoples internationally

Advancing health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada: development of a patient complexity assessment framework.

A Review of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for the SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Rural, Remote, and Resource-Constrained Settings Internationally: Insights for Implementation, Research, and Policy for First Nations in Canada.

Critically examining health complexity experienced by urban Indigenous peoples in Canada by exploring the factors that allow health complexity to persist: a qualitative study of Indigenous patients in Calgary, Alberta.

Indigenous ways of knowing spinal bulbar muscular atrophy and directing translational research

Frequent collaborators

Cheryl Barnabe

Rita Henderson

Pamela Roach

Lynden Crowshoe

Adam Murry

Stephanie Montesanti

Leah Walker

Betty Calam

Lea Bill

Andrea Kennedy

Kristen Jacklin

Lynden Crowshoe

Michael Green

Ellen Toth

Kara Nerenberg

Stephanie Montesanti

Ian Janssen

Michael Green

Margaret Hahn

Ian Patton

Bonnie Healy

Michael Green

Ellen Toth

Rhonda Bell

Valerie Taylor

Megha Poddar

Kristi Adamo

Laurie Twells

Marie-France Langlois

Paul Poirier

Scott Lear

Sara Kirk

Diana Sherifali

Dennis Hong

Sean Wharton

Richard Tytus

Kristen Jacklin

Angela Alberga

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Scott Lear