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Alexa Bagnell

ResearcherDalhousie University

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Alexa Bagnell

Researcher

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Publications

256

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Research

Children Depression Developmental Psychopathology Families Mental Health Offspring Of Affected Parents Youth

Latest papers

An app responding to behavior of people to promote mental wellbeing in anxious youth.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Screen Usage and Social Media Motives in Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents.
Archives of sexual behavior · 2026
Adverse event monitoring, assessment, and reporting in nutraceutical and phytoceutical trials for pediatric neuropsychiatric conditions: A systematic review.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) · 2025

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Early identification of risk for major depressive disorder from parent and youth speech
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,009,800
Spaces&Places for Youth Mental Health and Well-being: Exploring the relational spaces and physical places within and around communities reflecting community resilience and that relatedly bolster youth resilience promoting resources for youth mental health and well-being
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$99,560
Generating Resilience on Our Way to Integrated Youth Service in Nova Scotia (GROW-IYS)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,328,610

All 12 grants and awards

34 publications.

An app responding to behavior of people to promote mental wellbeing in anxious youth.

Hagalwadi J, Sutherland D, Dolek S, Marin-Dragu S, Bagnell A, Wozney L, Orji R, Meier S

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121503 PMID: 41759674

Screen Usage and Social Media Motives in Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents.

Cormier M, Murray NE, Li S, Saad Hossne J, Marin-Dragu S, Muzamil M, Bagnell A, Sherry SB, Orji R, Stewart SH, Meier S

Archives of sexual behavior2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-025-03367-0 PMID: 41784920

Adverse event monitoring, assessment, and reporting in nutraceutical and phytoceutical trials for pediatric neuropsychiatric conditions: A systematic review.

Lodewyk K, Courtney DB, Bagnell A, Newton AS

Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England)2025

DOI: 10.1177/02698811251344683 PMID: 40652350

Attentional biases for dynamic stimuli in emerging adults with anxiety: A preliminary eye-tracking study.

Burns H, Hurst A, Garay P, Murray NE, Stewart SH, Mejia J, Bagnell A, Klein RM, Meier S

Journal of psychiatric research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.02.046 PMID: 40069991

Adverse event monitoring and reporting in pediatric neuromodulatory studies: A systematic review.

Lodewyk K, Bagnell A, MacMaster FP, Newton AS

Journal of psychiatric research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.05.035 PMID: 38761518

Distributed Medical Education (DME) in psychiatry: perspectives on facilitators, obstacles, and factors affecting psychiatrists' willingness to engage in teaching activities.

da Luz Dias R, Hazelton L, Esliger M, Brown PA, Tibbo PG, Sinha N, Njoku A, Satyendra S, Siddhartha S, Rahman F, Maguire H, Gray G, Bosma M, Parker D, Connolly O, Raji A, Manning A, Bagnell A, Shalaby R, Agyapong VIO

BMC medical education2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05178-8 PMID: 38403589

The genetic architecture of youth anxiety: a study protocol

McAusland L, Burton CL, Bagnell A, Boylan K, Hatchard T, Lingley-Pottie P, Al Maruf A, McGrath P, Newton AS, Rowa K

BMC Psychiatry2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05583-9 PMID: W4392106399

Exploring Current Practices, Needs, and Barriers for Expanding Distributed Medical Education and Scholarship in Psychiatry: Protocol for an Environmental Scan Using a Formal Information Search Approach and Explanatory Design.

Hazelton L, da Luz Dias R, Esliger M, Tibbo P, Sinha N, Njoku A, Satyanarayana S, Siddhartha S, Alexiadis-Brown P, Rahman F, Maguire H, Gray G, Bosma M, Parker D, Connolly O, Raji A, Manning A, Bagnell A, Israel Opoku Agyapong V

JMIR research protocols2023

DOI: 10.2196/46835 PMID: 38010790

Understanding the uptake of virtual care for first and return outpatient appointments in child and adolescent mental health services: a mixed-methods study.

Campbell LA, Clark SE, Chorney J, Emberly D, Carrey NJ, Bagnell A, Blenus J, Daneff M, Campbell JC

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074803 PMID: 38110381

Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review.

Lodewyk K, Bagnell A, Courtney DB, Newton AS

Child and adolescent mental health2023

DOI: 10.1111/camh.12661 PMID: 37463769

Early identification of risk for major depressive disorder from parent and youth speech

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Oore, Sageev S

Keywords: Acoustic Speech Analysis; Children Of Affected Parents; Deep Learning; Early Identification Of Risk; Expressed Emotions; Major Depressive Disorder; Natural Language Processing; Predictive Analytics

$1,009,800

Spaces&Places for Youth Mental Health and Well-being: Exploring the relational spaces and physical places within and around communities reflecting community resilience and that relatedly bolster youth resilience promoting resources for youth mental health and well-being

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth - Promoting Health Equity in Canada's Youth

Principal investigators: Liebenberg, Linda; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Schwab, Joshua

Keywords: Contextual Supports; Participatory Action Research; Relational Supports; Social Determinants Of Mental Health; Upstream Mental Health Promotion; Youth Mental Health; Youth Well-Being

$99,560

Generating Resilience on Our Way to Integrated Youth Service in Nova Scotia (GROW-IYS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023IYS-Net Phase 1: Building Learning Health System Net. - Stream 1 Network Grants

Principal investigators: Wozney, Lori M; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Cassidy, Christine E; Rudderham, Sharon E

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Implementation Science; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Workforce Planning; Youth Engagement

$1,328,610

An AI-based mobile sensing approach to optimize clinical monitoring of anxiety among youth patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M; Lingley-Pottie, Patricia; Oore, Sageev S; Orji, Rita O

Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Co-Design; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; E-Health; Feedback Loops; Mobile Sensing; Youth

$100,000

The GAYA Study - Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Youth Anxiety

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M; Arnold, Paul D; Crosbie, Jennifer; Mattheisen, Manuel; Soreni, Noam; Stewart, Sheryl E

Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Genetics; Online Design; Risk Avoidance; Youth

$1,078,652

An AI-based mobile sensing approach to optimize clinical monitoring of anxiety among youth patients

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M; Lingley-Pottie, Patricia; Oore, Sageev S; Orji, Rita O

Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Co-Design; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; E-Health; Feedback Loops; Mobile Sensing; Youth

$470,476

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of children of parents living with mental illness

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr:Understanding/mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on children, youth & families

Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf; Brennan, Maureen L; Hickcox, Samuel E; Bagnell, Alexa L

Keywords: Children; Depression; Developmental Psychopathology; Families; Mental Health; Offspring Of Affected Parents; Youth

$149,816

Social Media and Mental Wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M.

Keywords: social media; mental wellbeing; youth; mobile sensing; physical activity; cyberbullying; motives; sleep

$191,240

Social Media and Mental Wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M.

Keywords: social media; mental wellbeing; youth; mobile sensing; physical activity; cyberbullying; motives; sleep

$71,320

Families Overcoming Risks and Building Opportunities for Well-being (FORBOW): evaluating pre-emptive early interventions for antecedents to prevent severe mental illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Uher, Rudolf

Keywords: Anxiety Disorders; Bipolar Disorder; Cognitive Development; Depression; Early Intervention; High Risk Studies; Psychotic Like Experiences; Recurrent Depressive Disorder; Schizophrenia; Severe Mental Illness

$100,000

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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Alexa Bagnell

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

An app responding to behavior of people to promote mental wellbeing in anxious youth.

Screen Usage and Social Media Motives in Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents.

Adverse event monitoring, assessment, and reporting in nutraceutical and phytoceutical trials for pediatric neuropsychiatric conditions: A systematic review.

Attentional biases for dynamic stimuli in emerging adults with anxiety: A preliminary eye-tracking study.

Adverse event monitoring and reporting in pediatric neuromodulatory studies: A systematic review.

Distributed Medical Education (DME) in psychiatry: perspectives on facilitators, obstacles, and factors affecting psychiatrists' willingness to engage in teaching activities.

The genetic architecture of youth anxiety: a study protocol

Exploring Current Practices, Needs, and Barriers for Expanding Distributed Medical Education and Scholarship in Psychiatry: Protocol for an Environmental Scan Using a Formal Information Search Approach and Explanatory Design.

Understanding the uptake of virtual care for first and return outpatient appointments in child and adolescent mental health services: a mixed-methods study.

Review: Adverse event monitoring and reporting in studies of pediatric psychosocial interventions: a systematic review.

Social Media and Mental Wellbeing

Social Media and Mental Wellbeing

Frequent collaborators

Rudolf Uher

Martin Alda

Barbara Pavlova

Sandra Meier

Rita Orji

David Lovas

Lori Wozney

Tomas Hajek

Patricia Lingley-Pottie

Patrick McGrath

Manuel Mattheisen

Kathryn Jane Bennett

Jill Chorney

Pamela Wilansky

Penny Corkum

Charles E Cunningham

Lehana Thabane

Kathleen Pajer

Peter Szatmari

Anna Huguet

William Gardner

Martin Offringa

Kristin Cleverley