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John O'Neil

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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John O'Neil

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.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Research

Global Health Mental Health Health Technology Mhealth Depression Implementation Science Scale-Up Task-Shifting

Latest papers

Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.
BMC health services research · 2026 · senior author
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
Digital Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Rapid Scoping Review.
JMIR mental health · 2025 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research: The Next Five Years
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$14,100,000
Standing Together: Strength, Resilience, and Indigenous leadership as the Pathway to Pandemic Responses
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$483,061

All 16 grants and awards

17 publications.

Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.

Chau LW, Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Tran HN, Minas H, Lam RW, Hayashi K, Nguyen TTX, Krebs E, O'Neil J

BMC health services research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-15031-x PMID: 42387528

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

Digital Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Rapid Scoping Review.

Chau LW, Lam RW, Minas H, Hayashi K, Nguyen VC, O'Neil J

JMIR mental health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/68296 PMID: 40846319

Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in the Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Digital Mental Health Intervention for Depression (VMood): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.

Chau LW, Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Tran HN, Minas H, Lam RW, Hayashi K, Nguyen TTX, Krebs E, O'Neil J

JMIR formative research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/68297 PMID: 40587849

Client experiences of a task-shifting supported self-management intervention for depression in Vietnam.

Chau LW, Lou H, Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Small W, Samji H, O'Neil J

BMC health services research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-12036-2 PMID: 39695579

The best healthcare (commodity) available (for purchase): provider-induced demand for obstetric ultrasonography among ethnic minority women in rural northern Vietnam.

McBride B, Kane S, O'Neil J, Nguyen LT

AJOG global reports2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2024.100375 PMID: 39148607

Advancing equitable access to digital mental health in the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A modified Delphi consensus study.

Murphy JK, Saker S, Ananyo Chakraborty P, Chan YMM, Michalak EE, Irrarazaval M, Withers M, Ng CH, Khan A, Greenshaw A, O'Neil J, Nguyen VC, Minas H, Ravindran A, Paric A, Chen J, Wang X, Hwang TY, Ibrahim N, Hatcher S, Evans V, Lam RW

PLOS global public health2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002661 PMID: 38857265

An integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach to advancing community-based depression care in Vietnam: lessons from an ongoing research-policy collaboration.

Murphy JK, Chau LW, Nguyen VC, Minas H, Anh DV, O'Neil J

BMC health services research2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10518-3 PMID: 38279141

Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a digital, app-based intervention for depression (VMood) in community-based settings in Vietnam: Protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.

Chau LW, Murphy JK, Nguyen VC, Xie H, Lam RW, Minas H, Zheng Y, Krebs E, Hayashi K, Dao S, Nguyen X, Duong VA, Fiume E, O'Neil J

PloS one2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290328 PMID: 37669289

Adapting and Scaling a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Maternal and Child Health Among Ethnic Minority Women in Vietnam Amid the COVID-19 Context: Protocol for the dMOM Project.

McBride B, O'Neil J, Nguyen PC, Linh DT, Trinh HT, Vu NC, Nguyen LT

JMIR research protocols2023

DOI: 10.2196/44720 PMID: 37058576

British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research: The Next Five Years

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant - NEIHR - British Columbia

Principal investigators: Stelkia, Krista M; Wieman, Cornelia G; Adams, Evan L; Caron, Nadine R; Hancock, Robert; Mccormick, Roderick M; Reading, Jeffrey L; Robinson, Rheanna

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Health Research; Network Environments For Indigenous Health Research

$4,000,000

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: I-HeLTI Cohort Research Study

Principal investigators: Lucas, Lynnette J; Bell, Rhonda C; Bill, Lea; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Nepomnaschy, Pablo A; Oster, Richard T; Reading, Jeffrey L; Titone, Sebastien; Venners, Scott; Waddell, Charlotte A; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Child Development; Dohad; Indigenous Health; Life Course; Maternal And Child Health; Non-Communicable Diseases; Nutrition; Resilience; Social And Biological Determinants Of Health And Development; Stress And Trauma

$14,100,000

Standing Together: Strength, Resilience, and Indigenous leadership as the Pathway to Pandemic Responses

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: McDonald, Shannon; Desjarlais, Juanita; Fleury, Mathew; Hughes, Katie; Isaac-Mann, Sonia T; Wieman, Cornelia G

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Health Services And Systems; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Methods; Indigenous Peoples' Health; Knowledge Translation; Population & Social Sciences Methods; Population And Health; Social, Economic And Legal Status

$483,061

Implementing an mHealth App to Manage Depression in Vietnam (ImHAMD)

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: O'Neil, John D; Hoi, Nguyen V; Vu, Nguyen C

Keywords: Global Health; Health Technology; Mental Health; Mhealth

$578,340

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity; Well-being; Conservation; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Harnessing digital mental health to improve equity in mental health care in the context of COVID-19: Needs, best-practices and opportunities in the Asia Pacific region

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use

Principal investigators: Lam, Raymond W; Michalak, Erin; Murphy, Jill

Keywords: Asia Pacific; Covid-19; Digital Health; Equity; Global Health; Mental Health

$49,989

Implementation Research to Improve Scale-Up of Depression Services in Vietnam (IRIS-DSV)

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: O'Neil, John D; Vu, Nguyen C

Keywords: Depression; Global Health; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Scale-Up; Task-Shifting

$963,900

A context-specific and comprehensive menu of commercial tobacco control measures for First Nation communities: A consultation intervention in British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lee, Kelley; Adams, Evan L

Keywords: Indigenous Health; Tobacco Control

$918,000

Expanding "Housing First" for homeless adults in Metro Vancouver: an evaluation of the Homeless Partnering Strategy

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Somers, Julian

Keywords: Homelessness; Housing First; Mental Disorders; Vancouver At Home

$200,000

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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John O'Neil

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Fidelity in the context of adapting a digital intervention for depression from an evidence-based in-person format in Vietnam.

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.

Digital Health Interventions for Depression and Anxiety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Rapid Scoping Review.

Challenges and Mitigation Strategies in the Development and Feasibility Assessment of a Digital Mental Health Intervention for Depression (VMood): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.

Client experiences of a task-shifting supported self-management intervention for depression in Vietnam.

The best healthcare (commodity) available (for purchase): provider-induced demand for obstetric ultrasonography among ethnic minority women in rural northern Vietnam.

Advancing equitable access to digital mental health in the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: A modified Delphi consensus study.

An integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach to advancing community-based depression care in Vietnam: lessons from an ongoing research-policy collaboration.

Evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a digital, app-based intervention for depression (VMood) in community-based settings in Vietnam: Protocol for a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.

Adapting and Scaling a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Maternal and Child Health Among Ethnic Minority Women in Vietnam Amid the COVID-19 Context: Protocol for the dMOM Project.

British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research: The Next Five Years

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Standing Together: Strength, Resilience, and Indigenous leadership as the Pathway to Pandemic Responses

Implementing an mHealth App to Manage Depression in Vietnam (ImHAMD)

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Harnessing digital mental health to improve equity in mental health care in the context of COVID-19: Needs, best-practices and opportunities in the Asia Pacific region

Implementation Research to Improve Scale-Up of Depression Services in Vietnam (IRIS-DSV)

A context-specific and comprehensive menu of commercial tobacco control measures for First Nation communities: A consultation intervention in British Columbia

Expanding "Housing First" for homeless adults in Metro Vancouver: an evaluation of the Homeless Partnering Strategy

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Kanna Hayashi

Kanna Hayashi

Hasina Samji

Hasina Samji

Jino Distasio

Brittany Bingham

Jill Murphy

David Wiljer

Arun Ravindran

Simon Hatcher

Andrew Greenshaw

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