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Susan Graham

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ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Calgary

Susan Graham

Professor

Department of Psychology

Faculty of Arts

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (11 SSHRC, 5 NSERC), most recently in 2020.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Latest papers

Language learning in the context of a global pandemic: proximal and distal factors matter.
Pediatric research · 2025
COVID-19 and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Examining the Impact of the First 2 Years of the Pandemic on the Demand for Pediatric Inpatient Care.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024
Linking Language Skills and Social Competence in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
American journal of speech-language pathology · 2024 · senior author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Early Predictors of Children's Language Skills and Phonological Processing: Developmental Pathways from Infancy to Adolescence
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$82,500
Young Children's Understanding of Objects and Events in the Digital Context
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$75,040
The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$11,000

All 33 grants and awards

9 publications.

Language learning in the context of a global pandemic: proximal and distal factors matter.

Giesbrecht GF, van de Wouw M, Watts D, Perdue MV, Graham S, Lai BPY, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Lebel C

Pediatric research2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03583-9 PMID: 39294240

COVID-19 and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Examining the Impact of the First 2 Years of the Pandemic on the Demand for Pediatric Inpatient Care.

Clark CA, Turner K, Kuntz J, Perri A, Deegan A, Marriott B, Graham S, Rahman A, McMorris CA

Journal of autism and developmental disorders2024

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-023-06136-x PMID: 37794177

Linking Language Skills and Social Competence in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Wieczorek K, DeGroot M, Madigan S, Pador P, Ganshorn H, Graham S

American journal of speech-language pathology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1044/2023_ajslp-22-00406 PMID: 37983133

Does Where You Live Predict What You Say? Associations between Neighborhood Factors, Child Sleep, and Language Development.

Li QKW, MacKinnon AL, Tough S, Graham S, Tomfohr-Madsen L

Brain sciences2022

DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12020223 PMID: 35203986

Reframe the Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parent-Led Memory-Reframing Intervention.

Pavlova M, Lund T, Nania C, Kennedy M, Graham S, Noel M

The journal of pain2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.08.002 PMID: 34425247

Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and Their 7-11 Year Old Children in Alberta, Canada.

Letourneau N, McDonald S, MacKay LJ, Bell RC, Hetherington E, Deane AJ, Dewey D, Edwards S, Field CJ, Giesbrecht GF, Graham S, Lebel C, Leung B, Madigan S, McArthur BA, McMorris C, Racine N, Ross KM, Wu M, Tough SC

Frontiers in psychiatry2021

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.597759 PMID: 34239455

The role of narrative in the development of children's pain memories: influences of father- and mother-child reminiscing on children's recall of pain.

Noel M, Pavlova M, Lund T, Jordan A, Chorney J, Rasic N, Brookes J, Hoy M, Yunker WK, Graham S

Pain2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001565 PMID: 31335654

Heterogeneous Trajectories of Delayed Communicative Development From 12 to 36 Months: Predictors and Consequences.

Hentges RF, Madigan S, Plamondon A, Racine N, Collisson B, Tough S, Graham S

Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0000000000000677 PMID: 31206452

Role of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgery.

Fischer S, Vinall J, Pavlova M, Graham S, Jordan A, Chorney J, Rasic N, Brookes JT, Hoy M, Yunker WK, Noel M

Pain2019

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001473 PMID: 30586022

Early Predictors of Children's Language Skills and Phonological Processing: Developmental Pathways from Infancy to Adolescence

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Reggin, Lorraine

$82,500

Young Children's Understanding of Objects and Events in the Digital Context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Jing, Mengguo

$75,040

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; CUPS, .; Donnelly, Carlene; Moncayo, Gwendolyn J; Bennett, Marlyn L; Cummings, Jorden A; Darroch, Francine E; Holtmann, Catherine R; Jackson, Margaret A; King, Malcolm; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rogers, Matt W; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley

Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Evidence-Informed Health Care; Family Violence; Gender-Based Violence; Health System Transformation; Implementation Science; Knowledge Exchange; Knowledge Mobilization; Repository; Women, Girls, Gender-Diverse People

$11,000

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

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

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; CUPS, .; Donnelly, Carlene; Moncayo, Gwendolyn J; Bennett, Marlyn L; Cummings, Jorden A; Darroch, Francine E; Jackson, Margaret A; King, Malcolm; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rogers, Matt W; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley

$438,121

Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Standards for Children/Youth Mental Health Serv.- Indigenous-led settings

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Linklater, Renee; Restoule, Brenda; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Cultural Adaptation Of Standards; Implementation Science; Indigenous Mental Health; Learning Health Systems; Well-Being And Resilience; Youth Mental Health

$192,950

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Darroch, Francine E; Jackson, Margaret A; Jaffe, Peter G; Leason, Jennifer L; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rickards, Tracey; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley; Wood, Karen E

Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Community Services; Evidence-Based Care; Family Violence; Gender- And Sex-Based Analysis; Girls And Women; Health System Tranformation; Intergenerational Trauma; Intersectionality; Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Prevention

$1,899,617

The ROSie app: A novel, mobile computing device application to support developmental psychology recruitment, outreach, and studies.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Sommerville, Jessica

Keywords: developmental psychology cognitive development unmoderated testing recruitment outreach methods

$237,970

Uncovering longitudinal patterns of resilience and vulnerability in a pandemic: The All Our Families COVID-19 Impact Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: McDonald, Sheila W

Keywords: Cohort; Families; Longitudinal; Mental Health; Resilience; Youth

$263,415

Co-constructing the Past: The Role of Mother- and Father-Child Reminiscing in Children's Socio-Emotional Development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Noel, Melanie E.

Keywords: parent-child narratives; pain; socio-emotional development; empathy; emotion-regulation; reminiscing; memory; prosocial behaviour

$109,462

The development of communicative perspective taking: Sensitivity and flexibility in the use of socially-shared knowledge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Graham, Susan A.

Keywords: communicative development; referential communication; social-cognitive development; language development; pragmatic development

$171,424

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Susan Graham

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Language learning in the context of a global pandemic: proximal and distal factors matter.

COVID-19 and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Examining the Impact of the First 2 Years of the Pandemic on the Demand for Pediatric Inpatient Care.

Linking Language Skills and Social Competence in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Does Where You Live Predict What You Say? Associations between Neighborhood Factors, Child Sleep, and Language Development.

Reframe the Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parent-Led Memory-Reframing Intervention.

Cross-Sectional Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Impact Survey of Mothers and Their 7-11 Year Old Children in Alberta, Canada.

The role of narrative in the development of children's pain memories: influences of father- and mother-child reminiscing on children's recall of pain.

Heterogeneous Trajectories of Delayed Communicative Development From 12 to 36 Months: Predictors and Consequences.

Role of anxiety in young children's pain memory development after surgery.

Early Predictors of Children's Language Skills and Phonological Processing: Developmental Pathways from Infancy to Adolescence

Young Children's Understanding of Objects and Events in the Digital Context

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

The Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA) Affecting Girls, Women, and Gender-Diverse People: National Health Hub for Knowledge Mobilization and Exchange

Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health

The ROSie app: A novel, mobile computing device application to support developmental psychology recruitment, outreach, and studies.

Uncovering longitudinal patterns of resilience and vulnerability in a pandemic: The All Our Families COVID-19 Impact Study

Co-constructing the Past: The Role of Mother- and Father-Child Reminiscing in Children's Socio-Emotional Development

The development of communicative perspective taking: Sensitivity and flexibility in the use of socially-shared knowledge

Frequent collaborators

Melanie Noel

Sheri Madigan

Nivez Rasic

Jill Chorney

Catherine Lebel

Suzanne Tough

André Plamondon

Brenda Leung

Andrea Perri

Nicole Letourneau

Beverly Collisson

Deborah Dewey

Sheila McDonald

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Carly McMorris