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Shelly Ben-David

ResearcherOccupational TherapyUniversity of British Columbia

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Shelly Ben-David

Researcher

Occupational Therapy

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Mental Health Youth Decision-Making Digital Toolkit Evaluation Implementation Knowledge Translation Service Use

Latest papers

"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.
Child psychiatry and human development · 2025 · senior author
Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".
Community mental health journal · 2025 · first author
Choice Matters: The Moderating Effect of Choice on the Relationship Between Mental Health Personal Recovery and Symptomatology.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

CREATE Youth Mental Health lab at University of British Columbia, Foundry
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$2,500
Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$635,373
E-Prevention And Vaping (EPAV): Mobilizing youth-generated evidence to co-produce a digital e-cigarette intervention
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$695,141

All 6 grants and awards

14 publications.

"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.

Barbic SP, Warren C, Marchand K, Beggs T, Tsou S, Smit B, Lockhart L, Turuba R, Mathias S, Ben-David S

Child psychiatry and human development2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10578-025-01926-z PMID: 41212405

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".

Ben-David S, Biddell M, Lougheed JP, Vien C, Ortiz R, Kealy D, Turner S, Gawliuk M, Mathias S, Barbic S

Community mental health journal2025First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-025-01456-x PMID: 39969671

Choice Matters: The Moderating Effect of Choice on the Relationship Between Mental Health Personal Recovery and Symptomatology.

Shimizu R, Bessaha M, Moore K, Ben-David S, Rodwin AH, Munson MR

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.09.021 PMID: 39453343

Implementing Foundry: A cohort study describing the regional and virtual expansion of a youth integrated service in British Columbia, Canada.

Barbic S, Mallia E, Wuerth K, Ow N, Marchand K, Ben-David S, Ewert A, Turnbull H, Gao C, Ding X, Dhillon A, Hastings K, Langton J, Tee K, Mathias S

Early intervention in psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.1111/eip.13538 PMID: 38736277

"The Walls Had Been Built": A Qualitative Study of Canadian Adolescent Perspectives on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Taylor M, Dimitropoulos G, Scott SD, Ben-David S, Hilario C

Global qualitative nursing research2024

DOI: 10.1177/23333936241273270 PMID: 39228819

Personal Recovery Among People at Risk for Developing Serious Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Systematic Review.

Jordan G, Bassetto S, DeLuca J, Dobbs MF, Florence A, Allemang B, O'Keeffe D, Basile M, Funaro MC, Davidson L, Ben-David S, Shah J

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2024

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230133 PMID: 38410038

Exploring How Youth Use TikTok for Mental Health Information in British Columbia: Semistructured Interview Study With Youth.

Turuba R, Cormier W, Zimmerman R, Ow N, Zenone M, Quintana Y, Jenkins E, Ben-David S, Raimundo A, Marcon AR, Mathias S, Henderson J, Barbic S

JMIR infodemiology2024

DOI: 10.2196/53233 PMID: 38967966

Moderating effects of emotion regulation strategies on borderline personality symptoms in young adults with adverse childhood experiences.

Woolgar S, Kealy D, Cox D, Ben-David S

Cogent mental health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/28324765.2024.2313363 PMID: 41262659

Factors that influence decision-making among youth who vape and youth who don't vape.

Struik L, Christianson K, Khan S, Yang Y, Werstuik ST, Dow-Fleisner S, Ben-David S

Addictive behaviors reports2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2023.100509 PMID: 37519860

Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Implementation of the Cornerstone Program for Transition-Age Youth with Mental Health Conditions: A Mixed Methods Study.

Cole AR, Adams DR, Ben-David S, Sapiro B, Villodas ML, Stanhope V, Jaccard J, Munson MR

Administration and policy in mental health2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10488-023-01254-1 PMID: 36738385

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mental Health Dear Professor Ben-David, 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 ""My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services." (2025), 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 "CREATE Youth Mental Health lab at University of British Columbia, Foundry" (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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Shelly Ben-David

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Latest papers

Latest funding

"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".

Choice Matters: The Moderating Effect of Choice on the Relationship Between Mental Health Personal Recovery and Symptomatology.

Implementing Foundry: A cohort study describing the regional and virtual expansion of a youth integrated service in British Columbia, Canada.

"The Walls Had Been Built": A Qualitative Study of Canadian Adolescent Perspectives on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Personal Recovery Among People at Risk for Developing Serious Mental Health Problems: A Qualitative Systematic Review.

Exploring How Youth Use TikTok for Mental Health Information in British Columbia: Semistructured Interview Study With Youth.

Moderating effects of emotion regulation strategies on borderline personality symptoms in young adults with adverse childhood experiences.

Factors that influence decision-making among youth who vape and youth who don't vape.

Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Implementation of the Cornerstone Program for Transition-Age Youth with Mental Health Conditions: A Mixed Methods Study.

CREATE Youth Mental Health lab at University of British Columbia, Foundry

Improving our understanding, measurement, and mobilization of Foundry data to inform an integrated youth services learning health system in British Columbia

E-Prevention And Vaping (EPAV): Mobilizing youth-generated evidence to co-produce a digital e-cigarette intervention

Developing and evaluating a digital knowledge translation toolkit: Increasing mental health service use decision-making at integrated youth services in Canada

Towards a Learning Health System to support an Integrated Youth Services Network in Canada

Youth Engagement in Mental Health & Substance Use Research: A Critical Component of a National Training Entity in Patient Engagement

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Steve Mathias

Skye Barbic

Kirsten Marchand

Karen Tee

Emily Jenkins

Carla Hilario

Karleigh Darnay

Julia Langton

Steve Mathias

Jo Henderson

Sophie Soklaridis

Jai Shah

Srividya Iyer

Jai Shah

Stephanie Gillingham

Gina Dimitropoulos

Laura Struik

Jacqueline Relihan

Amy Salmon

Tanya Halsall

Srividya Iyer

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