Laurie Lee, University of Calgary

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Calgary profile.

Post-Intensive Care Syndrome - Pediatrics Organ and Tissue Donation Pain management in Pediatric Critical Care Delirium Prevention and management in Pediatric Critical Care Analgoseddation in Pediatric Critical Care Patient family and healthcare professional engagement

Latest papers

Exploration of Factors That Influence Clinical Nurses' Active Engagement in Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Protocol for a Scoping Review.
JMIR research protocols · 2026
Strengthening Clinical Nurses' Research Capacity: A Scoping Review of Factors That Influence Nurses' Engagement in Clinical Research.
Journal of clinical nursing · 2026
Early Enteral Nutrition and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Pediatric Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Critical care medicine · 2026

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Dissemination of PICU Family Presence Guidelines: A multifaceted dissemination strategy in partnership with Children's Healthcare Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$25,000
Outcomes of Children and Families After Discharge from Pediatric Intensive Care Units
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$948,962
Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$6,700,000

All 5 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Exploration of Factors That Influence Clinical Nurses' Active Engagement in Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Protocol for a Scoping Review.

MacKay LJ, Lee L, Crawford S, Hayden KA, Yudkin J, Moore S

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/89824 PMID: 42612216

02

Strengthening Clinical Nurses' Research Capacity: A Scoping Review of Factors That Influence Nurses' Engagement in Clinical Research.

Mackay LJ, Lee L, Hayden KA, Crawford S, Harrison G, Chang U, Son J, Chen N, Yudkin J, Moore S

Journal of clinical nursing2026

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.70401 PMID: 42318674

03

Early Enteral Nutrition and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Pediatric Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gilbert N, Schalm E, Wollny K, Lee L, Boctor DL, Fenton TR

Critical care medicine2026

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006859 PMID: 40960355

04

Child and Family Outcomes After PICU Admission: Creation of an Open Access Literature Database Using a Global Team of PICU Specialists Integrated With Machine Learning

Hay RE, Zorko DJ, O’Hearn K, McQuaid C, Du Pont Thibodeau G, Guerra GG, Olivier J, Ducharme-Crevier L, Lee L, Del Bel MJ

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine20253 citations

DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003780

05

Posttraumatic Stress in Parents of Hospitalized Children With Medical Complexity.

Dewan T, Whiteley A, Birnie K, Grohs M, Jordan I, Miller M, Noel M, Zwicker J, Lee L

Hospital pediatrics2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2025-008390 PMID: 41038625

06

Impact of restricted family presence during the COVID-19 pandemic on critically ill patients, families, and critical care clinicians: a qualitative systematic review

Krewulak KD, Jaworska N, Lee L, Louis JS, Dmitrieva O, Leia MP, Doig C, Niven DJ, Parhar KKS, Rochwerg B

BMC Health Services Research202420 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11398-x

07

Rapid normalization of vitamin D deficiency in PICU (VITdALIZE-KIDS): study protocol for a phase III, multicenter randomized controlled trial

O’Hearn K, Menon K, Albrecht L, Amrein K, Britz-McKibbin P, Cayouette F, Choong K, Foster JR, Fergusson DA, Floh A

Trials20245 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08461-7

08

Impact of COVID-19-related restricted family presence policies on Canadian pediatric intensive care unit clinicians: a qualitative study.

Ryan MJ, Lee L, Drisdelle S, Garros D, Seabrook JA, Curran J, Bretzler J, Slumkoski C, Walls M, Betts L, Burgess S, Foster JR

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2024

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02742-0 PMID: 38507024

Dissemination of PICU Family Presence Guidelines: A multifaceted dissemination strategy in partnership with Children's Healthcare Canada

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Lee, Laurie A

Keywords: Consensus Statements; Family Centered Care; Family Presence; Knowledge Dissemination; Pediatric Critical Care; Policy Development

$25,000

Outcomes of Children and Families After Discharge from Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Du Pont-Thibodeau, Genevieve; Beauchamp, Miriam H; Ducharme-Crevier, Laurence

Keywords: Children; Cognitive Development; Critical Illness; Long-Terme Outcome; Pediatrics; Post-Intensive Care Syndrome; Quality Of Life; Recovery

$948,962

Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Op. Grant: Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Choong, Karen; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Morris, Shaun K; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Top, Karina A; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Child Health; Covid-19; Critical Care; Data Infrastructure; Emergency Department; Epidemiology; Inpatient Medicine; Vaccine Safety And Effectiveness

$6,700,000

The Life-Threatening Illness National Group (LifTING) Research Training Platform: Spanning Boundaries Between Research and Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr.: Health Res. Training Platform- Better Models of Care for Multimorbidity

Principal investigators: Piquette, Dominique; Fontela, Patricia S; Jaworsky, Denise W

Keywords: Critical Care Medicine; Equity, Diversity, Inclusiveness; Health Research Training; Knowledge Translation; Life-Threatening Illnesses; Mentorship; Program Evaluation

$2,399,711

Restricted family presence in the PICU during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding impact, experience, and stakeholder priorities

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Foster, Jennifer; Curran, Janet; Fiest, Kirsten M; Lee, Laurie A; Seabrook, Jamie

Keywords: Covid-19; Family-Centered Care; Patient-Centered Care; Pediatric Critical Care; Restricted Visitation; Spor

$332,775

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Bram Rochwerg and Srinivas Murthy: 23 shared papers
Lauralyn McIntyre and Kusum Menon: 17 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Kusum Menon: 15 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Kusum Menon: 11 shared papers
Kusum Menon and Srinivas Murthy: 10 shared papers
Patricia Fontela and Srinivas Murthy: 8 shared papers
Corey Slumkoski and Martha Walls: 8 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Bram Rochwerg: 6 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Marisa Tucci: 6 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Lauralyn McIntyre: 5 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Lauralyn McIntyre: 5 shared papers
Marisa Tucci and Kusum Menon: 5 shared papers
Lauralyn McIntyre and Pavel Geier: 5 shared papers
Kusum Menon and Pavel Geier: 5 shared papers
Marisa Tucci and Lauralyn McIntyre: 4 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Laurence Ducharme-Crevier: 3 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Andrew West: 3 shared papers
Jennifer Zwicker and Tammie Dewan: 3 shared papers
Melanie Noel and Tammie Dewan: 3 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Philip Britz Mckibbin: 2 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Patricia Fontela: 2 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Laurie Lee: 2 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Corey Slumkoski: 2 shared papers
Karen Li-mei Choong and Martha Walls: 2 shared papers
Marisa Tucci and Patricia Fontela: 2 shared papers
Lauralyn McIntyre and Anna Gunz: 2 shared papers
Kusum Menon and Anna Gunz: 2 shared papers
Patricia Fontela and Corey Slumkoski: 2 shared papers
Patricia Fontela and Martha Walls: 2 shared papers
Jennifer Zwicker and Melanie Noel: 2 shared papers
Melanie Noel and Kathryn Birnie: 2 shared papers
Anna Gunz and Pavel Geier: 2 shared papers
Kathryn Birnie and Tammie Dewan: 2 shared papers
Bram Rochwerg and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Philip Britz Mckibbin and Marisa Tucci: 1 shared paper
Philip Britz Mckibbin and Lauralyn McIntyre: 1 shared paper
Philip Britz Mckibbin and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Marisa Tucci and Laurence Ducharme-Crevier: 1 shared paper
Marisa Tucci and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Janet Curran and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Janet Curran and Corey Slumkoski: 1 shared paper
Janet Curran and Martha Walls: 1 shared paper
Lauralyn McIntyre and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Kusum Menon and Laurence Ducharme-Crevier: 1 shared paper
Kusum Menon and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Patricia Fontela and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Srinivas Murthy and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Zwicker and Kathryn Birnie: 1 shared paper
Jennifer Zwicker and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Melanie Noel and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Anna Gunz and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Kathryn Birnie and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Laurence Ducharme-Crevier and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Tammie Dewan and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Andrew West and Laurie Lee: 1 shared paper
Laurie Lee and Pavel Geier: 1 shared paper
Laurie Lee and Corey Slumkoski: 1 shared paper
Laurie Lee and Martha Walls: 1 shared paper

Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
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Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
School of Nursing
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2025

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Post-Intensive Care Syndrome - Pediatrics Dear Professor Lee, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Exploration of Factors That Influence Clinical Nurses' Active Engagement in Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Protocol for a Scoping Review." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Dissemination of PICU Family Presence Guidelines: A multifaceted dissemination strategy in partnership with Children's Healthcare Canada" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]