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Kellie Thiessen

ResearcherNursingUniversity of Manitoba

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Kellie Thiessen

Researcher

Nursing

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2018.

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Research

Canada Community Well-Being Health Workforce Indigenous Health Indigenous Maternal Child Health Maternity Health Care Policy Maternity Health Care Programs Midwifery

Latest papers

Cheko Gǫįtì (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).
International journal of circumpolar health · 2026 · senior author
Experiential Learning for Indigenous Nurse Leadership Development: A Learning Exchange for Canadian Turtle Island Indigenous Nursing Students in Aotearoa.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026 · senior author
Understanding the user experience of a web-based screening program for pregnancy specific anxiety: a qualitative descriptive study.
BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026

All 11 publications

Latest funding

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$748,493
All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$26,724

All 7 grants and awards

11 publications.

Cheko Gǫįtì (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).

Moffitt P, Mantla R, Ibrahimi J, Whitecloud K, Thiessen K

International journal of circumpolar health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2026.2618331 PMID: 41634939

Experiential Learning for Indigenous Nurse Leadership Development: A Learning Exchange for Canadian Turtle Island Indigenous Nursing Students in Aotearoa.

Phillips-Beck W, Negash B, Rose-Lovett B, Campbell R, Copenace S, Kwartel K, Spence J, Johnson H, Moore S, Dykun K, Thiessen K

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621261440319 PMID: 42017909

Understanding the user experience of a web-based screening program for pregnancy specific anxiety: a qualitative descriptive study.

Bayrampour H, Sadoughian N, Luan A, Langlois J, Thiessen K, Janssen P

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-026-09598-w PMID: 42464151

What makes Inuulitsivik midwifery successful and sustainable? How an Inuit-led care model brought birth back to our remote arctic communities.

Moorhouse K, Moorhouse E, Epoo B, Qumaluk A, Qinaujuak L, Pauyungie L, Stonier J, Van Wagner V, Thiessen K

International journal of circumpolar health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2025.2576994 PMID: 41199472

The use of prescription medications and non-prescription medications during lactation in a prospective Canadian cohort study

Soliman Y, Yakandawala U, Leong C, Garlock ES, Brinkman FSL, Winsor GL, Kozyrskyj AL, Mandhane PJ, Turvey SE, Moraes TJ

International Breastfeeding Journal202416 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13006-024-00628-x

An Indigenous-informed scoping review study methodology: advancing the science of scoping reviews.

Phillips-Beck W, Bukich BLJ, Thiessen K, Lavoie JG, Schultz A, Sanguins J, Beck G, Longclaws B, Shingoose G, Palmer M, Linton J, Negash B, Morriseau T

Systematic reviews2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-024-02586-1 PMID: 39010189

Impact of remote prenatal education on program participation and breastfeeding of women in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Hui A, Philips-Beck W, Campbell R, Sinclair S, Kuzdak C, Courchene E, Roulette M, Mousseau W, Beaulieu D, Wood E, Munroe G, Desjarlais F, Ludwig S, Wicklow B, McGavock J, Sellers E, Nickel N, Jiang D, Thiessen K, Pylypjuk C, Morris M, Shen GX

EClinicalMedicine2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100851 PMID: 33997743

Reply.

Thiessen K, Nickel N, Prior HJ, Banerjee A, Morris M, Robinson K

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)2016First author

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12244 PMID: 27534515

Maternity Outcomes in Manitoba Women: A Comparison between Midwifery-led Care and Physician-led Care at Birth.

Thiessen K, Nickel N, Prior HJ, Banerjee A, Morris M, Robinson K

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)2016First author

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12225 PMID: 26889889

Correlates of Abuse Around the Time of Pregnancy: Results from a National Survey of Canadian Women.

Kingston D, Heaman M, Urquia M, O'Campo P, Janssen P, Thiessen K, Smylie J

Maternal and child health journal2016

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1908-6 PMID: 26694044

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.:Embracing Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-KM Hub Supplement

Principal investigators: Rueda, Zulma V; Cyr, Monica; Haworth-Brockman, Margaret J; Keynan, Yoav; Maier, Katharina H

Keywords: Community-Led Research; Gender; Health Inequalities; Hiv; Intersectionality; People Experiencing Houselessness; People Who Inject Drugs; Sex; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections; Syndemics

$748,493

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant:Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-HIV/AIDS/STBBI-PHP

Principal investigators: Rueda, Zulma V; Cyr, Monica; Haworth-Brockman, Margaret J; Keynan, Yoav; Maier, Katharina H

$2,000,000

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Employment and Social Development Canada- Healthy and Productive Work Initiative

Keywords: mental health; leave of absences; return to work; presenteeism; professional/knowledge workers

$26,724

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants - Healthy and Productive Work CIHR

Keywords: mental health; leave of absences; return to work; presenteeism; professional/knowledge workers

$625,000

Welcoming the 'Sacred Spirit' (child): Connecting Indigenous and Western 'ways of knowing' to inform future policy partnerships to optimize maternal child health service delivery initiatives in remote Canadian regions

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thiessen, Kellie R; Whitecloud, Katherine

Keywords: Canada; Community Well-Being; Health Workforce; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Maternal Child Health; Maternity Health Care Policy; Maternity Health Care Programs; Midwifery; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods

$810,901

Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Equity; Gender; Immigrants; Life Course; Population Health; Vulnerable Populations

$1,086,322

Healthy and productive knowledge workers: the impact of a personal or familial mental health issue in health care, education and accounting/IT professions and accommodating return to work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bourgeault, Ivy L.

Keywords: professional/knowledge workers; return to work; leaves of absences; mental health; cognitive impairment

$50,000

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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Kellie Thiessen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cheko Gǫįtì (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).

Experiential Learning for Indigenous Nurse Leadership Development: A Learning Exchange for Canadian Turtle Island Indigenous Nursing Students in Aotearoa.

Understanding the user experience of a web-based screening program for pregnancy specific anxiety: a qualitative descriptive study.

What makes Inuulitsivik midwifery successful and sustainable? How an Inuit-led care model brought birth back to our remote arctic communities.

The use of prescription medications and non-prescription medications during lactation in a prospective Canadian cohort study

An Indigenous-informed scoping review study methodology: advancing the science of scoping reviews.

Impact of remote prenatal education on program participation and breastfeeding of women in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Reply.

Maternity Outcomes in Manitoba Women: A Comparison between Midwifery-led Care and Physician-led Care at Birth.

Correlates of Abuse Around the Time of Pregnancy: Results from a National Survey of Canadian Women.

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Welcoming the 'Sacred Spirit' (child): Connecting Indigenous and Western 'ways of knowing' to inform future policy partnerships to optimize maternal child health service delivery initiatives in remote Canadian regions

Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada

Healthy and productive knowledge workers: the impact of a personal or familial mental health issue in health care, education and accounting/IT professions and accommodating return to work

Frequent collaborators

Nathan Nickel

Patricia Janssen

Rhonda Campbell

Wanda Phillips-Beck

Stephanie Sinclair

Elizabeth Sellers

Kellie Thiessen

Katherine Whitecloud

Dawn Kingston

Janet Smylie

Annette Schultz

Julianne Sanguins

Brandy Wicklow

Hamideh Bayrampour

Padmaja Subbarao

Depeng Jiang

Jonathan McGavock

Patricia O’Campo

Kellie Thiessen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cheko G&#x1eb;&#x12f;t&#xec; (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).

Experiential Learning for Indigenous Nurse Leadership Development: A Learning Exchange for Canadian Turtle Island Indigenous Nursing Students in Aotearoa.

Understanding the user experience of a web-based screening program for pregnancy specific anxiety: a qualitative descriptive study.

What makes Inuulitsivik midwifery successful and sustainable? How an Inuit-led care model brought birth back to our remote arctic communities.

The use of prescription medications and non-prescription medications during lactation in a prospective Canadian cohort study

An Indigenous-informed scoping review study methodology: advancing the science of scoping reviews.

Impact of remote prenatal education on program participation and breastfeeding of women in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

Reply.

Maternity Outcomes in Manitoba Women: A Comparison between Midwifery-led Care and Physician-led Care at Birth.

Correlates of Abuse Around the Time of Pregnancy: Results from a National Survey of Canadian Women.

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

All Together 4 IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, to Address drivers and interventions to curtail the Syndemics experienced by people diagnosed with HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Healthy professional/knowledge workers: examining the gendered nature of mental health issues, leaves of absence and return to work experiences from a comparative perspective

Welcoming the 'Sacred Spirit' (child): Connecting Indigenous and Western 'ways of knowing' to inform future policy partnerships to optimize maternal child health service delivery initiatives in remote Canadian regions

Addressing gender-based health inequities among immigrants to Canada

Healthy and productive knowledge workers: the impact of a personal or familial mental health issue in health care, education and accounting/IT professions and accommodating return to work

Frequent collaborators

Nathan Nickel

Patricia Janssen

Rhonda Campbell

Wanda Phillips-Beck

Stephanie Sinclair

Elizabeth Sellers

Kellie Thiessen

Katherine Whitecloud

Dawn Kingston

Janet Smylie

Annette Schultz

Julianne Sanguins

Brandy Wicklow

Hamideh Bayrampour

Padmaja Subbarao

Depeng Jiang

Jonathan McGavock

Patricia O’Campo

Cheko Gǫįtì (gift of the child): discerning maternal services, policies and influences during tumultuous times in the Northwest Territories, Canada (2018 to 2024).