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Lenora Marcellus

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Professor and DirectorSchool of NursingUniversity of Victoria

Lenora Marcellus

Professor and Director

School of Nursing

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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24 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 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2011.

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Publications

155

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Grants

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Research

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Neonatal nursing perinatal substance use leadership nursing education

Latest papers

Conceptualizations of Allyship with 2S/LGBTQ+ Groups in the Context of Health Settings: A Scoping Review.
Creative nursing · 2026
Advancing Equity-Oriented Nursing Research: Reflections on Integrating Intersectionality with Constructivist Grounded Theory.
Global qualitative nursing research · 2026 · senior author
Facilitators and barriers to accessing mental health care services and social supports among perinatal refugee women: a qualitative systematic review.
JBI evidence synthesis · 2026 · senior author

All 54 publications

Latest funding

Advancing antiracism in nursing education: Knowledge mobilization of emerging evidence and strategies
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$5,996
Reclaiming and Recovering Indigenous Knowledge in Graduate Nursing Education: Intergenerational Learning with Communities
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$684,676
Toward an Equity Oriented Framework to Inform Responses to Opioid Overdoses (EOF): A Scoping Review
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$60,000

All 9 grants and awards

54 publications.

Conceptualizations of Allyship with 2S/LGBTQ+ Groups in the Context of Health Settings: A Scoping Review.

Handlovsky I, Slemon A, Marcellus L, Newton L, Schmied S, Hubert J, Zakher B, Mussell J

Creative nursing2026

DOI: 10.1177/10784535261439715 PMID: 41954459

Advancing Equity-Oriented Nursing Research: Reflections on Integrating Intersectionality with Constructivist Grounded Theory.

Kassam S, Marcellus L

Global qualitative nursing research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/23333936261444343 PMID: 42077925

Facilitators and barriers to accessing mental health care services and social supports among perinatal refugee women: a qualitative systematic review.

Kassam S, O'Mahony J, Marcellus L

JBI evidence synthesis2026Senior author

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-25-00175 PMID: 42021726

How do parents approach nighttime infant care? A grounded theory.

Dooner C, Ou C, Kim H, Marcellus L, Henry-Dansereau M, Sidhu J

Frontiers in sleep2026

DOI: 10.3389/frsle.2026.1669946 PMID: 41695451

The Influence of Social and Community Context on the Health and Well-Being of Neonates and Their Families.

Marcellus L, Amundsen MMM

Neonatal network : NN2026First author

DOI: 10.1891/nn-2026-0004 PMID: 42414061

Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)

Catherine NLA, MacMillan H, Jack S, Zheng Y, Xie H, Boyle M, Sheehan D, Gonzalez A, Gafni A, Tonmyr L

BMJ Open20257 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083147 PMID: W4406106472

Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study

Marcellus L, Jack SM, MacKinnon K, Hill ME, Gonzalez A, Campbell K, Catherine NLA, MacMillan HL, Tonmyr L, Van Borek N

Child Abuse and Neglect20252 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107537

History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study

De Rubeis V, Wang E, Joshi D, Catherine N, MacMillan HL, Waddell C, Boyle M, Tonmyr L, Atkinson L, Jack SM

Child Abuse and Neglect2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107602

Registered nurses' experiences of organizational change in acute care settings: a qualitative systematic review.

Jantzen D, Marcellus L, Damianos D, Irlbacher G

JBI evidence synthesis2025

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-24-00317 PMID: 40948376

Health care worker trust in the health care system, pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol.

Cherwinski NJ, Newton L, Marcellus L, Zakher B, Mussell J

JBI evidence synthesis2025

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-24-00371 PMID: 40574621

Advancing antiracism in nursing education: Knowledge mobilization of emerging evidence and strategies

Co-investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Open Pool

Principal investigators: Slemon, Allie

Keywords: Antiracism; Nursing; Nursing Education; Nursing Students; Racism

$5,996

Reclaiming and Recovering Indigenous Knowledge in Graduate Nursing Education: Intergenerational Learning with Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; D'SOUZA, MELBA; Kurtz, Donna L; Moar, Diana; Palmer, Becky C; Ryan, Maureen M; Sanders, Caroline D; Seymour, Colleen

Keywords: Cultural Safety; Indigenous Grandmothers; Indigenous Health Nursing; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous Nurse Leaders; Indigenous Nursing Research; Indigenous Wellness; Intergenerational Learning; Reconcilating Educational Pathway

$684,676

Toward an Equity Oriented Framework to Inform Responses to Opioid Overdoses (EOF): A Scoping Review

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Pauly, Bernadette M; O'Briain, Warren; Shahram, Sana; Wallace, Bruce B

Keywords: Decolonization; Equity; Gender; Harm Reduction; Health Equity; Opioid; Opioid Crisis; Scoping Review; Sex

$60,000

Treatment and prevention of illicit substance use among pregnant & early parenting women

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Catalyst Grant: Prevention and Treatment of Illicit Substance Use

Principal investigators: Benoit, Cecilia M

Keywords: Health Equity; Illicit Substance Use; Mental Health; Mixed Methods; Peer Researchers; Policy And Program Development; Pregnant & Early Parenting Women; Primary Health Care Teams; Social Justice; Violence And Trauma

$88,048

Reducing Health Inequities: The Contribution of Core Public Health Services in BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity

Principal investigators: Pauly, Bernadette M; Hancock, Trevor; MacDonald, Marjorie A

Keywords: British Columbia; Determinants Of Health; Ethics And Values; Health Equity Tools And Frameworks; Health Inequities; Intersectoral Collaboration; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Population Health Interventions; Public Health Policy; Public Health Services

$1,375,000

Connecting Oral Health and Pregnancy: Developing a Community-Based Research Agenda

Nominated PICIHR2011Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Marcellus, Lenora M

Keywords: Community Health; Oral Health; Periodontal Disease; Pregnancy; Prematurity

$11,348

Interventions to promote health and healthy equity for pregnant and early parenting women facing substance use and other challenges

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Benoit, Cecilia M; Marcellus, Lenora M

Keywords: Democratic Professionalism; Health Equity; Interpofessional Collaboration; Intersectionality; Intervention Health Research; Mixed Methods; Pregnant & Early Parenting Women; Primary Health Care Teams; Social Justice; Substance Use

$114,624

Interventions to promote health and healthy equity for pregnant and early parenting women facing substance use and other challenges

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research - LOI

Principal investigators: Benoit, Cecilia M

Keywords: Health And Health Equity; Intervention Research; Onestop Model; Pregnancy & Early Motherhood; Substance Use; Wraparound Process

Reducing Health Inequities: The contribution of Core Public Health Programs in BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Principal investigators: Pauly, Bernadette M; Hancock, Trevor; MacDonald, Marjorie A

Keywords: British Columbia; Core Public Health Functions; Determinants Of Health; Health Equity; Health Impact Assessment; Public Health Interventions

$15,000

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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Lenora Marcellus

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Conceptualizations of Allyship with 2S/LGBTQ+ Groups in the Context of Health Settings: A Scoping Review.

Advancing Equity-Oriented Nursing Research: Reflections on Integrating Intersectionality with Constructivist Grounded Theory.

Facilitators and barriers to accessing mental health care services and social supports among perinatal refugee women: a qualitative systematic review.

How do parents approach nighttime infant care? A grounded theory.

The Influence of Social and Community Context on the Health and Well-Being of Neonates and Their Families.

Effects of nurse-home visiting on intimate partner violence and maternal income, mental health and self-efficacy by 24 months postpartum: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)

Strategies to engage and retain pregnant individuals and young mothers in the nurse-family partnership program (Canada): An interpretive descriptive study

History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study

Registered nurses' experiences of organizational change in acute care settings: a qualitative systematic review.

Health care worker trust in the health care system, pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol.

Frequent collaborators

Susan Jack

Harriet MacMillan

Andrea Gonzalez

Colleen Varcoe

Charlotte Waddell

Marjorie MacDonald

Michael Boyle

HUI XIE

Lorelei Newton

Rachel Phillips

Bruce Wallace

Cecilia Benoit

Nicole Catherine

Amiram Jacob Gafni

Anna MacLeod

Joyce O'Mahony

Karen Urbanoski

Sheri Price

Bernadette Pauly

Christine Kurtz Landy

Karen Campbell

Megan Aston

Wanda Martin

Britney Benoit

Dorothy Badry

Christine Ou

Rachel Ollivier

Leslie Atkinson

Maureen Ryan