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Emma Burns

ResearcherDalhousie University

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Emma Burns

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.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Co-Design Discharge Communication Emergency Practice Settings Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness Implementation Design Interrupted Time Series Mixed-Methods Patient-Managed Tools Patient-Oriented Research

Latest papers

Association Between Sleep Changes and Symptom Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion.
Journal of neurotrauma · 2026
Vomiting, hypotonia and failure to thrive in a 12-month-old female.
Paediatrics & child health · 2025 · senior author
Co-designing interventions to improve emergency department discharge communication with youths, parents and healthcare providers: a process evaluation.
International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Examining the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Patient-Managed Discharge Communication Tool: A Mixed Methods Hybrid Type 1 Design Study
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$1,419,076
Co-design of a patient/caregiver discharge communication tool for emergency practice settings
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$99,953
Partnering with parents and youth to co-design discharge communication interventions for pediatric emergency care
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$623,475

All 4 grants and awards

13 publications.

Association Between Sleep Changes and Symptom Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion.

Tavakoli P, Ledoux AA, Yeates K, Tang K, Sangha G, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Gagnon I, Craig W, Burns E, Ramsay T, Boutis K, Beer D, Zemek R, Robillard R, PERC 5P team

Journal of neurotrauma2026

DOI: 10.1177/08977151261475259 PMID: 42569909

Vomiting, hypotonia and failure to thrive in a 12-month-old female.

MacDonald BE, Acott PD, Burns E

Paediatrics & child health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf094 PMID: 41424634

Co-designing interventions to improve emergency department discharge communication with youths, parents and healthcare providers: a process evaluation.

Gallant AJ, Curran JA, Somerville M, Wozney L, Cassidy C, Delahunty-Pike A, Mackay R, MacPhee S, Burns E, Wong H, Doyle M, Plint A, Zemek R

International journal of nursing studies advances2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2025.100362 PMID: 40600235

Symptom Recovery in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years With Sport-Related and Non-Sport-Related Concussion.

Ledoux AA, Sicard V, Bijelic V, Barrowman N, van Ierssel J, Beer D, Boutis K, Burns E, Craig W, Freedman SB, Gagnon I, Gravel J, Sangha G, Yeates KO, Osmond M, Zemek R, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Predicting and Preventing Postconcussive Problems in Pediatrics (5P) Concussion Team

JAMA network open2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.48797 PMID: 39630449

Association Between Early Return to School Following Acute Concussion and Symptom Burden at 2 Weeks Postinjury

Vaughan CG, Ledoux A-A, Sady MD, Tang K, Yeates KO, Sangha G, Osmond MH, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Gagnon I

JAMA Network Open202336 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.51839

Vitamin C deficiency in a 12-year-old male presenting with knee pain: a case report.

Cloney K, Ramsey S, Burns E

CJEM2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-022-00317-w PMID: 35532852

Symptom Burden, School Function, and Physical Activity One Year Following Pediatric Concussion

van Ierssel J, Ledoux A-A, Tang K, Correll R, Yeates KO, Gioia G, Freedman SB, Sangha G, Boutis K, Beer D

Journal of Pediatrics202119 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.08.061

Early versus delayed emergency department presentation following mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the presence of symptom at 1, 4 and 12 weeks in children.

Gravel J, Ledoux AA, Tang K, Yeates KO, Craig W, Osmond M, Boutis K, Burns E, Sangha G, Dubrovsky AS, Beer D, Zemek R

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ2020

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2019-209054 PMID: 32139516

Codesigning discharge communication interventions with healthcare providers, youth and parents for emergency practice settings: EDUCATE study protocol.

Curran JA, Cassidy C, Bishop A, Wozney L, Plint AC, Ritchie K, Straus SE, Wong H, Newton A, Jabbour M, MacPhee S, Breneol S, Burns E, Chorney J, Lawton J, Doyle M, MacKay R, Zemek R, Penney T, Grimshaw J, Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC)

BMJ open2020

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038314 PMID: 32398342

Derivation and Initial Validation of Clinical Phenotypes of Children Presenting with Concussion Acutely in the Emergency Department: Latent Class Analysis of a Multi-Center, Prospective Cohort, Observational Study

Yeates KO, Tang K, Barrowman N, Freedman SB, Gravel J, Gagnon I, Sangha G, Boutis K, Beer D, Craig W

Journal of Neurotrauma201925 citations

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2018.6009

Examining the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Patient-Managed Discharge Communication Tool: A Mixed Methods Hybrid Type 1 Design Study

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Curran, Janet; Archambault, Patrick; Bohn, Vanessa; Burns, Emma C; Cassidy, Christine E; Sinclair, Douglas E; Wells, Robert; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Co-Design; Discharge Communication; Emergency Practice Settings; Hybrid Type 1 Effectiveness Implementation Design; Interrupted Time Series; Mixed-Methods; Patient-Managed Tools; Patient-Oriented Research

$1,419,076

Co-design of a patient/caregiver discharge communication tool for emergency practice settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Grant: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Curran, Janet; Elliott Rose, Annette J; Hurley, Katrina; Mackay, Rebecca J; Penney, Tanya L; Wozney, Lori M

Keywords: Discharge Communication; Emergency Practice Environments; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Intervention Co-Design; Patient And Caregiver Communication; Pilot Test; Theory Based Interventions; Usability Testing

$99,953

Partnering with parents and youth to co-design discharge communication interventions for pediatric emergency care

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Curran, Janet; Mackay, Rebecca J; MacPhee, Shannon

Keywords: Discharge Communication; Intervention Co-Design; Parent Engagement; Pediatric Emergency Care; Process Evaluation; Theory Based Interventions; Usability; Youth Engagement

$623,475

Understanding Discharge Instruction for Children and Caregivers in the Transition from Pediatric Emergency Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - PA: Regional Partnership Program - Nova Scotia

Principal investigators: Curran, Janet

Keywords: Discharge Instructions; Effective Communication; Health Service Delivery; Knowledge Translation; Pediatric Emergency Care

$217,902

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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Emma Burns

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Association Between Sleep Changes and Symptom Recovery Following Pediatric Concussion.

Vomiting, hypotonia and failure to thrive in a 12-month-old female.

Co-designing interventions to improve emergency department discharge communication with youths, parents and healthcare providers: a process evaluation.

Symptom Recovery in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years With Sport-Related and Non-Sport-Related Concussion.

Association Between Early Return to School Following Acute Concussion and Symptom Burden at 2 Weeks Postinjury

Vitamin C deficiency in a 12-year-old male presenting with knee pain: a case report.

Symptom Burden, School Function, and Physical Activity One Year Following Pediatric Concussion

Early versus delayed emergency department presentation following mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the presence of symptom at 1, 4 and 12 weeks in children.

Codesigning discharge communication interventions with healthcare providers, youth and parents for emergency practice settings: EDUCATE study protocol.

Derivation and Initial Validation of Clinical Phenotypes of Children Presenting with Concussion Acutely in the Emergency Department: Latent Class Analysis of a Multi-Center, Prospective Cohort, Observational Study

Examining the Effectiveness and Implementation of a Patient-Managed Discharge Communication Tool: A Mixed Methods Hybrid Type 1 Design Study

Co-design of a patient/caregiver discharge communication tool for emergency practice settings

Partnering with parents and youth to co-design discharge communication interventions for pediatric emergency care

Understanding Discharge Instruction for Children and Caregivers in the Transition from Pediatric Emergency Care

Frequent collaborators

Roger Zemek

Jocelyn Gravel

Isabelle Gagnon

Carol DeMatteo

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Lawrence Richer

Blaine Hoshizaki

Christine Cassidy

Willem Meeuwisse

Michelle Keightley

Martin Osmond

Shannon MacPhee

Karen Barlow

Terry Klassen

Angelo Mikrogianakis

Rebecca Mackay

Lori Wozney

Andree-Anne Ledoux

Andrea Bishop

Timothy Ramsay

Tanya Penney

Keith Yeates

Rébecca Robillard

Jeremy Grimshaw

Mona Jabbour

Jill Chorney

Amy Plint