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Barbara Neis

ResearcherDepartment of SociologyMemorial University of Newfoundland

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Barbara Neis

Researcher

Department of Sociology

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2012.

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Research

Capacity Building Ergonomics Intervention Knowledge To Action Musculoskeletal Disorders Participatory Research Prevention Workplace Health

Latest papers

Getting to work with a physical disability: gaps in disability, transportation, and workers' compensation return-to-work policies and programs.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2026 · senior author
Using Dialogue to Address Jurisdictional Inequities in Access to Return to Work Resources and Identify Policy Weaknesses for Workers in Situations of Vulnerability
New Solutions · 2025
Injury and Return to Work Among Maritime Workers in British Columbia, Canada.
New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2025 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: challenging circumstances and innovative solutions
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$623,304
Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: Challenging circumstances and innovative solutions
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$796,130
Policy and practice in return to work after work injury for the precariously employed or geographically mobile workforce: a four province study
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$49,796

All 18 grants and awards

14 publications.

Getting to work with a physical disability: gaps in disability, transportation, and workers' compensation return-to-work policies and programs.

Howse D, Neis B

Disability and rehabilitation2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2637190 PMID: 41769863

Using Dialogue to Address Jurisdictional Inequities in Access to Return to Work Resources and Identify Policy Weaknesses for Workers in Situations of Vulnerability

Keefe A, Neis B, Cullen K, Shan D

New Solutions20251 citations

DOI: 10.1177/10482911251319005

Injury and Return to Work Among Maritime Workers in British Columbia, Canada.

Neis B, Macpherson RA, Shan D, Small C, Ochs C, Tamburic L, McLeod CB

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/10482911251316325 PMID: 40033893

Return to Work After Injuries: Legal Challenges for Seafarers in Canada.

Shan D, Medley A, Neis B, Small C

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2025

DOI: 10.1177/10482911251317583 PMID: 40007146

Weather and Marine Aquaculture Workers' Safety in Atlantic Canada.

Cavalli LS, Neis B, Finnis J

Journal of agromedicine2025

DOI: 10.1080/1059924x.2024.2447440 PMID: 39731503

Work Disability Duration Among Mobile Workers: Does Intraprovincial Mobility Matter as Much as Interprovincial Mobility?

Macpherson RA, Tamburic L, Neis B, McLeod CB

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2024

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000003050 PMID: 38242154

Fishing safely during COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Making it happen.

Neis B, López Gómez MA, Reid-Musson E, Greenslade B, Decker D, Finnis J, Knott C

Marine policy2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105281 PMID: 36160500

Differences in workers' compensation claim rates for within-province and out-of-province workers in British Columbia, Canada, 2010-2017.

Macpherson RA, Neis B, McLeod CB

American journal of industrial medicine2022

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23327 PMID: 35092041

Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?

Macpherson RA, Koehoorn M, Neis B, McLeod CB

Occupational and environmental medicine2021

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106917 PMID: 33504625

A scoping review to identify strategies that work to prevent four important occupational diseases.

Keefe AR, Demers PA, Neis B, Arrandale VH, Davies HW, Gao Z, Hedges K, Holness DL, Koehoorn M, Stock SR, Bornstein S

American journal of industrial medicine2020

DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23107 PMID: 32227359

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: challenging circumstances and innovative solutions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants - Healthy and Productive Work CIHR

Keywords: workers' compensation; return to work; precarious employment; mobile workforce; immigration; mental health; gender

$623,304

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: Challenging circumstances and innovative solutions

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Healthy and Productive Work - Partnership Grants

Principal investigators: Lippel, Katherine

Keywords: Gender; Immigration; Mental Health; Mobile Workforce; Precarious Employment; Return To Work; Workers' Compensation

$796,130

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury for the precariously employed or geographically mobile workforce: a four province study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lippel, Katherine

Keywords: workers' compensation; return to work; precarious employment; mobile workforce; policy

$49,796

International conference on regulation, change and the work environment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Lippel, Katherine

Keywords: globalisation; work organization; precarious employment; occupational safety; regulatory effectiveness; workers compensation; gender

$25,000

Rural policy learning commons: building rural policy through international comparative analysis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Grants

Keywords: international comparative analysis; rural and northern policy; regional analysis; economic and social development; community learning; indigenous peoples; governance; food; labour; natural resources; communication

$2,500,000

Income security and labour-market engagement: envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability policy; income security; disability benefits; labour-market engagement; return to work; workers' compensation; social safety net; social assistance; Canada Pension Plan Disability; Quebec Pension Plan Disability

$2,760,782

Natural resources, regional development and global value chains: insights from Canada's northern shrimp industry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Mather, Charles C.T.

Keywords: natural resources; regional development; global value chains; fish

$102,096

Implementing a team approach to Participatory Ergonomics

Nominated PICIHR2012CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Neis, Barbara L

Keywords: Capacity Building; Ergonomics; Intervention; Knowledge To Action; Musculoskeletal Disorders; Participatory Research; Prevention; Workplace Health

$3,000

Rebuilding collapsed fisheries and threatened communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Neis, Barbara

Keywords: symposium; film and radio documentary workshops; film festival; theatre; collaborative artwork

$118,052

On the move: employment-related mobility in the Canadian context

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Neis, Barbara

Keywords: work restructuring; employment; mobility; labour market; policy; family; citizenship; regional development; emotional attachment; place attachment; communications; transportation

$20,000

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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Barbara Neis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Getting to work with a physical disability: gaps in disability, transportation, and workers' compensation return-to-work policies and programs.

Using Dialogue to Address Jurisdictional Inequities in Access to Return to Work Resources and Identify Policy Weaknesses for Workers in Situations of Vulnerability

Injury and Return to Work Among Maritime Workers in British Columbia, Canada.

Return to Work After Injuries: Legal Challenges for Seafarers in Canada.

Weather and Marine Aquaculture Workers' Safety in Atlantic Canada.

Work Disability Duration Among Mobile Workers: Does Intraprovincial Mobility Matter as Much as Interprovincial Mobility?

Fishing safely during COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada: Making it happen.

Differences in workers' compensation claim rates for within-province and out-of-province workers in British Columbia, Canada, 2010-2017.

Do differences in work disability duration by interjurisdictional claim status vary by industry and jurisdictional context?

A scoping review to identify strategies that work to prevent four important occupational diseases.

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: challenging circumstances and innovative solutions

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury: Challenging circumstances and innovative solutions

Policy and practice in return to work after work injury for the precariously employed or geographically mobile workforce: a four province study

International conference on regulation, change and the work environment

Rural policy learning commons: building rural policy through international comparative analysis

Income security and labour-market engagement: envisioning the future of disability policy in Canada

Natural resources, regional development and global value chains: insights from Canada's northern shrimp industry

Implementing a team approach to Participatory Ergonomics

Rebuilding collapsed fisheries and threatened communities

On the move: employment-related mobility in the Canadian context

Frequent collaborators

Desai Shan

Mieke Koehoorn

Zhiwei Gao

Stephen Bornstein

Katherine Lippel

Kimberley Cullen