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Hasina Samji

ResearcherHealth SciencesSimon Fraser University

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Hasina Samji

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
38 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (3 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Adolescent Health Longitudinal Studies Mental Health Promotion Mental Illness Prevention Participatory Public Mental Health Youth Health Adolescent Development

Latest papers

Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating: Results From a Serial Cross-Sectional Youth Survey From 2022 to 2024.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2026 · senior author
Perceived need for care and treatment-seeking behaviour among ethnic minority groups exhibiting signs of mental illness.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Promoting mental well-being among secondary school students in Vietnam using the Y-MIND app: A protocol for a hybrid type 2, sequence pre-post, quasi-experimental study.
PloS one · 2025

All 62 publications

Latest funding

Advancing community partnerships to integrate monitoring system data and support decision making for the well-being of children, youth, and families
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$104,996
The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$554,624
Prize 202203PJT: The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 14 grants and awards

62 publications.

Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating: Results From a Serial Cross-Sectional Youth Survey From 2022 to 2024.

Delgado-Ron JA, Whitehead J, Kaufmann J, Wu J, de Arruda Maluf G, Dhaliwal H, Coelho JS, Toulany A, Samji H

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.08.022 PMID: 41065628

Perceived need for care and treatment-seeking behaviour among ethnic minority groups exhibiting signs of mental illness.

Obeegadoo I, Engoute O, Sodhi P, Simpson N, Roberts S, Sabourin Jovel MC, Ferro MA, Afifi TO, Edwards J, Anderson KK, Samji H, Colman I

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120901 PMID: 41407120

Promoting mental well-being among secondary school students in Vietnam using the Y-MIND app: A protocol for a hybrid type 2, sequence pre-post, quasi-experimental study.

Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Linh DT, Xie H, Tran TH, Barbic SP, Chau LW, Samji H, Minas H, Nguyen MV, Obrzut A, O'Neil J, Michalak EE, Lam RW

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332875 PMID: 41056276

Positive childhood experiences serve as protective factors for mental health in pandemic-era youth with adverse childhood experiences.

Samji H, Long D, Herring J, Correia R, Maloney J

Child abuse & neglect2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106640 PMID: 38278687

Illicit drug toxicity from opioid, stimulant or sedative use in adolescents: results of a Canadian one-time cross-sectional study.

Carwana M, Moore E, Shariati H, Samji H, Chadi N

Paediatrics & child health2025

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae104 PMID: 40756552

Impact of secondary health conditions on the quality of life and wellbeing of Canadians living with spinal cord injury: A comparison of preference-weighted index scores derived from generic standardized instruments.

Esfandiari N, Samji H, Whitehurst DGT

The journal of spinal cord medicine2025

DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2024.2391597 PMID: 39225542

Exploring Mental Health Distress, Demographics, and Service Utilization Patterns Among South Asian and Non-South Asian Youth Accessing Integrated Youth Services in British Columbia, Canada: Exploration de la détresse mentale, des données démographiques et des tendances d'utilisation des services chez les jeunes d'origine sud-asiatique et non sud-asiatique qui ont recours aux services intégrés pour les jeunes en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada.

Dhillon AK, Mulligan C, Dao V, Samji H, Huot S, Barbic S

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251355648 PMID: 40605648

Trends of incident adult Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnoses before, during and after the pandemic provincial state of emergency in British Columbia (2013-2023): a population-based study.

Hu K, Desai R, Au S, Zhao B, Barbic S, Marchand K, Nicholls T, Schütz C, Samji H, Hu J, McKee G, Crabtree A, Palis H

Lancet regional health. Americas2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101223 PMID: 41282502

The Canadian Lung Outcomes in Users of Vaping Devices (CLOUD) Study: protocol for a prospective, observational cohort study

Burns P, Eddy RL, Li X, Yang J, Dhillon SS, Couillard S, Stickland MK, Guenette J, Svenningsen S, Tulloch T

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-100568

Moral distress related to paid and unpaid care among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Smith J, Tiwana MH, Murage A, Samji H, Morgan R, Delgado-Ron JA

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310132 PMID: 39255257

Advancing community partnerships to integrate monitoring system data and support decision making for the well-being of children, youth, and families

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Guhn, Martin

Keywords: Child & youth well-being and development; social context; community/population-level data; knowledge mobilization; cross-sector collaboration; evidence-informed decision making

$104,996

The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina

Keywords: Adolescent Health; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health Promotion; Mental Illness Prevention; Participatory; Public Mental Health; Youth Health

$554,624

Prize 202203PJT: The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies: ECI Prize

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina

Keywords: Adolescent Health; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health Promotion; Mental Illness Prevention; Participatory; Public Mental Health; Youth Health

$100,000

The Youth Development Instrument (YDI) Ambassador Project: A youth participatory action research initiative

Nominated PICIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina; Cronin, Shauna; Wu, Judy

Keywords: Adolescent Development; Health And Well-Being; Mental Health; Physical Activity; Positive Youth Development; Protective And Promotive Factors; Resilience; Youth Participatory Action Research

$91,000

Partnering to build a data-driven toolkit of youth well-being strategies for schools and communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina

Keywords: youth; well-being; population-level monitoring; child development; toolkit; intersectoral partnerships

$73,110

Partnering to build a data-driven toolkit of youth well-being strategies for schools and communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina

Keywords: youth; well-being; population-level monitoring; child development; toolkit; intersectoral partnerships

$126,890

Creating an Automated Climate Change Distress Monitoring System (A-CDMS) for Measuring Population-level Distress About Climate Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer

Keywords: climate change mental health monitoring and surveillance extreme weather digital epidemiology

$235,796

#YourStoryYourVoice: partnering with youth to drive provincial youth well-being initiatives

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Samji, Hasina

Keywords: positive youth development; adolescence; well-being; resilience; education; partnership

$25,000

Impact of HIV on aging-related comorbidities among key affected populations across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Hogg, Robert S; Burchell, Ann N; Cooper, Curtis L; Klein, Marina B; Loutfy, Mona R; Machouf, Nimâ N; Montaner, Julio S; Raboud, Janet M; Sanche, Stephen E; Tsoukas, Christos M; Wong, Alexander C

Keywords: Aging; Antiretroviral Therapy; Cohort Study; Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Hiv/Aids; Key Affected Populations

$1,191,990

Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaborative Research Centre

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Centres for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other STBBIs Research

Principal investigators: Hogg, Robert S; Antoniou, Tony; Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Burchell, Ann N; Cooper, Curtis L; Hull, Mark W; Klein, Marina B; Loutfy, Mona R; Machouf, Nimâ N; Montaner, Julio S; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Raboud, Janet M; Sanche, Stephen E; Tsoukas, Christos M; Wong, Alexander C

Keywords: Aging; Cohort; Collaboration; Comorbidity; Epidemiology; Health Services; Hiv; Policy; Training

$2,726,760

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adolescent Health Dear Professor Samji, 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 "Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating: Results From a Serial Cross-Sectional Youth Survey From 2022 to 2024." (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 "The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic" (2022), 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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Hasina Samji

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Latest funding

Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences in the Relationship Between Social Media Use and Disordered Eating: Results From a Serial Cross-Sectional Youth Survey From 2022 to 2024.

Perceived need for care and treatment-seeking behaviour among ethnic minority groups exhibiting signs of mental illness.

Promoting mental well-being among secondary school students in Vietnam using the Y-MIND app: A protocol for a hybrid type 2, sequence pre-post, quasi-experimental study.

Positive childhood experiences serve as protective factors for mental health in pandemic-era youth with adverse childhood experiences.

Illicit drug toxicity from opioid, stimulant or sedative use in adolescents: results of a Canadian one-time cross-sectional study.

Impact of secondary health conditions on the quality of life and wellbeing of Canadians living with spinal cord injury: A comparison of preference-weighted index scores derived from generic standardized instruments.

Trends of incident adult Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnoses before, during and after the pandemic provincial state of emergency in British Columbia (2013-2023): a population-based study.

The Canadian Lung Outcomes in Users of Vaping Devices (CLOUD) Study: protocol for a prospective, observational cohort study

Moral distress related to paid and unpaid care among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advancing community partnerships to integrate monitoring system data and support decision making for the well-being of children, youth, and families

The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic

Prize 202203PJT: The Youth Development Instrument: engaging stakeholders and linking data to monitor and promote youth mental health and well-being trajectories beyond the pandemic

The Youth Development Instrument (YDI) Ambassador Project: A youth participatory action research initiative

Partnering to build a data-driven toolkit of youth well-being strategies for schools and communities

Partnering to build a data-driven toolkit of youth well-being strategies for schools and communities

Creating an Automated Climate Change Distress Monitoring System (A-CDMS) for Measuring Population-level Distress About Climate Change

#YourStoryYourVoice: partnering with youth to drive provincial youth well-being initiatives

Impact of HIV on aging-related comorbidities among key affected populations across Canada

Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaborative Research Centre

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