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Mariana Brussoni

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of British Columbia

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Mariana Brussoni

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, 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.
32 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Risky Play Co-Designing An Intervention Community-Based Research Empowerment And Capacity Building Environmental Literacy Implementation Science Outdoor Play And Learning Built Environment

Latest papers

Associations between early childhood experiences in outdoor play, risky play and screen time, and children's developmental health outcomes in kindergarten in British Columbia.
Early human development · 2026 · senior author
Cartographic privacy: Case studies in communicating sensitive geospatial information.
Progress in human geography · 2026 · senior author
Cognitive skills in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a scoping review and meta-analysis.
BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2026

All 90 publications

Latest funding

INSPIRE Brain Health in Preterm Infants: INtegrating Social-environmental determinants across PolIcy, care, and REsearch
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Outdoor Play and Learning in Schools: Community-based Climate Justice Partnership
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$125,000
Greening school grounds: Developing an equitable implementation and evaluation plan to improve the natural elements available at public schools
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 21 grants and awards

90 publications.

Associations between early childhood experiences in outdoor play, risky play and screen time, and children's developmental health outcomes in kindergarten in British Columbia.

Ramsden R, Gill R, Brussoni M

Early human development2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2026.106621 PMID: 42485671

Cartographic privacy: Case studies in communicating sensitive geospatial information.

Swanlund D, Schuurman N, Martin M, Brussoni M

Progress in human geography2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/03091325251413610 PMID: 42422056

Cognitive skills in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a scoping review and meta-analysis.

Arman D, Haynes E, Brussoni M, Gadermann AM, Sideroff T, Heerden LV, Jun J, Voss C

BMJ open diabetes research & care2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2025-005635 PMID: 42049283

How does disability impact children's experiences in outdoor and risky play? A scoping review and narrative synthesis.

Locke M, Stone MR, So S, Sheriko J, Arbour-Nicitopoulos KP, Brussoni M, Moore SA

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27201-x PMID: 41987080

Development and application of a geospatial index of urban playability for young children.

Gemmell E, Cavenaugh A, Brussoni M, Guhn M, Andrade-Rivas F, Imon I, Brauer M

Cities (London, England)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106642 PMID: 41835458

Social-ecological correlates of children's outdoor playtime and their interaction with gender: a national longitudinal study.

Larouche R, Duffy RT, Larsen K, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Faulkner G, Gunnell K, Tremblay MS

Environmental research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.123625 PMID: 41482096

Examining outdoor play associations in Canadian early learning and child care centres: Cross-sectional insights from the Measuring Early Childhood Outside survey.

Ramsden R, Forer B, Hussaina H, Han C, Bouchard C, Crane J, McPhee M, Perlman M, Brussoni M

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331166 PMID: 41671265

Association between changes in parents' and children's adherence with the 24 h movement behaviour guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal study.

Sadia F, Frank-Wilson A, Patel N, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Faulkner G, Gunnell K, Tremblay M, Larouche R

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0213 PMID: 41825057

Prevalence and social-ecological correlates of parents' adherence to the 24 h movement guidelines for adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey in Canada.

Onyeso O, Bélanger M, Brussoni M, Faulkner G, Gunnell K, Tremblay M, Larouche R

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2025-0473 PMID: 41759078

The 5 R's of Indigenous Research as a Framework to Co-Design and Evaluate an Outdoor Play Program in Early Learning and Child Care Centers: Protocol for the Promoting Early Childhood Outside (PRO-ECO) 2.0 Wait-List Control Cluster Randomized Trial.

Brussoni M, Ramsden R, Grieve S, Mount D, Fox E, Herrington S, Lin Y, Johnson SE, Lloyd J, Elliot E, Mlieczko E, Lemire A, Scott L, Barrett A, Cottier E, Rice A

JMIR research protocols2025First author

DOI: 10.2196/77956 PMID: 41385788

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Mariana Brussoni

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Associations between early childhood experiences in outdoor play, risky play and screen time, and children's developmental health outcomes in kindergarten in British Columbia.

Cartographic privacy: Case studies in communicating sensitive geospatial information.

Cognitive skills in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a scoping review and meta-analysis.

How does disability impact children's experiences in outdoor and risky play? A scoping review and narrative synthesis.

Development and application of a geospatial index of urban playability for young children.

Social-ecological correlates of children's outdoor playtime and their interaction with gender: a national longitudinal study.

Examining outdoor play associations in Canadian early learning and child care centres: Cross-sectional insights from the Measuring Early Childhood Outside survey.

Association between changes in parents' and children's adherence with the 24&#x2009;h movement behaviour guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal study.

Prevalence and social-ecological correlates of parents' adherence to the 24&#x2009;h movement guidelines for adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey in Canada.

The 5 R's of Indigenous Research as a Framework to Co-Design and Evaluate an Outdoor Play Program in Early Learning and Child Care Centers: Protocol for the Promoting Early Childhood Outside (PRO-ECO) 2.0 Wait-List Control Cluster Randomized Trial.

Frequent collaborators

Guy Faulkner

susan Herrington

Ian Pike

Richard Larouche

Ian Janssen

Eva Oberle

Pamela Fuselli

William Pickett

John Jacob

Kristian Larsen

Richard Larouche

Anthony Cooper

Eun-Young Lee

Michael Brauer

Josie Geller

Valerie Carson

Patti-Jean Naylor

Michelle Guerrero

Martin Guhn

Louise Masse

Heather Turner

Patti-Jean Naylor

Sally Thorne

Craig Mitton

Association between changes in parents' and children's adherence with the 24 h movement behaviour guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal study.

Prevalence and social-ecological correlates of parents' adherence to the 24 h movement guidelines for adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national cross-sectional survey in Canada.