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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

ResearcherPediatricsDalhousie University

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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Researcher

Pediatrics

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.
45 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 12 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (8 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2024.

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Publications

468

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Research

Knowledge Translation Healthy Communities Public Health Vaccine Hesitancy Pandemic Youth Wellbeing Public Engagement Infectious Disease

Latest papers

Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026
Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.
Intensive & critical care nursing · 2026
"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2026 · first author

All 64 publications

Latest funding

The Youth iPOWER Initiative: immunization Participation OWnership and Education Response for Priority Youth in Atlantic Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,074,824
The impact of the Old Age Security (OAS) program on the well-being of low-income older adults
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$1,100
Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Renewal
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator

All 16 grants and awards

64 publications.

Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.

Fitzpatrick T, Parsons Leigh J, Brundin-Mather R, MacDonald J, Blanchard W, Bolotin S, Buchan SA, Brousseau N, Castillo E, Comeau JL, Dubé È, Greyson D, Halperin SA, Langley JM, Lee JSW, MacDonald SE, Manca T, Moss SJ, Papenburg J, Vadlamudi NK, Halperin D

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2588016 PMID: 41529699

Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.

Eystathioy T, Singh C, Niven DJ, Parsons-Leigh J, Burry LD, Petkovic-Wintemute A, Fiest KM, Jaworska N

Intensive & critical care nursing2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104351 PMID: 41655562

"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.

Parsons Leigh J, Moss SJ, MacDonald J, Zuniga Chacon C, Mizen SJ, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2026.2712044 PMID: 42610200

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Petkovic-Wintemute A, Eystathioy T, Okuori A, Oxland P, Kupsch S, Fiest K, Niven D, Parsons Leigh J, Burry L, Jenkins J, Jaworska N

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-112790 PMID: 42156148

Enhancing continuity of care: Codevelopment of an intensive care unit transitions in care bundle.

Fiest KM, Krewulak KD, Strayer K, Dirks C, Farrier C, Foster N, Longmore S, Sept B, Spence KL, Parsons Leigh J, Stelfox HT

Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101578 PMID: 42000331

Modifiable methodological and reporting practices are associated with reproducibility of health sciences research: a systematic review and evidence and gap map.

Kennett J, Moss SJ, Parsons Leigh J, Bobrovitz N, Stelfox HT

Journal of clinical epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2026.112135 PMID: 41519488

Exploring the barriers and facilitators of continuous quality improvement for health promotion within healthcare food environments.

Kennedy LJ, Sim M, Parsons Leigh J, Kirk SFL, Mah CL

Health promotion international2025

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daaf020 PMID: 40177784

Let them eat (birthday) cake: reframing healthy eating in healthcare organizations.

Kennedy LJ, Kirk SFL, Sim M, Parsons Leigh J, Wong H, Mah CL

Global health promotion2025

DOI: 10.1177/17579759251318731 PMID: 40082398

Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns.

Parsons Leigh J, Moss SJ, MacDonald J, Cherak MS, Stelfox HT, Dubé È, Fiest KM, Halperin DM, Ahmed SB, MacDonald SE, Straus SE, Manca T, Ng Kamstra J, Soo A, Halperin SA

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2025First author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2448052 PMID: 39773304

Models, frameworks, and strategies used to implement digital interventions targeted to youth mental health: a scoping review protocol.

Moss SJ, Zuniga Chacon C, Hekmati FB, Siddiqui SA, Stelfox M, Ahmed SB, Birnie K, Halperin D, Halperin SA, Tutelman PR, Stelfox HT, Fiest KM, Parsons Leigh J

BMJ open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083285 PMID: 41057180

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Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Research

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Parental acceptability of new RSV preventive therapies for infants: A cross-sectional survey in Canada.

Facilitators and barriers to optimizing sedation practices in critically ill adult patients: A qualitative study.

"As soon as it's trying to be persuasive, my skepticism kicks in": A qualitative study to co-design vaccine communication strategies with vaccine hesitant adults in Canada.

Patient and family experiences of sedation in an urban academic tertiary-level intensive care unit in Canada: a qualitative study.

Enhancing continuity of care: Codevelopment of an intensive care unit transitions in care bundle.

Modifiable methodological and reporting practices are associated with reproducibility of health sciences research: a systematic review and evidence and gap map.

Exploring the barriers and facilitators of continuous quality improvement for health promotion within healthcare food environments.

Let them eat (birthday) cake: reframing healthy eating in healthcare organizations.

Considering the impact of vaccine communication in the COVID-19 pandemic among adults in Canada: A qualitative study of lessons learned for future vaccine campaigns.

Models, frameworks, and strategies used to implement digital interventions targeted to youth mental health: a scoping review protocol.

Frequent collaborators

Jeanna Parsons Leigh

Karen Burns

Bram Rochwerg

Kimia Honarmand

Alison Fox-Robichaud

Jia Hu

Donna Halperin

Nicole Racine

Deborah Cook

Shelly Kupsch

Kathryn Birnie

Kirsten Fiest

Marat Slessarev

Ian Ball

Kristine Russell

Devon Greyson

May Solis

Sangeeta Mehta

Donna Halperin

Scott Halperin

Michelle Kho

Robert Fowler

Maureen Meade

Audrey Steenbeek

Bonnie Sept

Luc Dubois

Marat Slessarev

Angie Nickel

Cora Constantinescu

Sofia Ahmed

Raynell Lang

Andrew West

Srinivas Murthy

Monica Taljaard

Manish Sadarangani

Emilie Belley-Cote

Nadine Foster

Tiffany Fitzpatrick

Karen Lawford

Jamie Benham