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Megan Aston

ResearcherSchool of NursingDalhousie University

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Megan Aston

Researcher

School of Nursing

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.
28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Diverse Populations Gender/Sexuality Health Equity Inter-Professional Research Lgbttqq Research Phenomenological/Qualitative Methods Provider-Consumer Relationships Queer Birthing Women

Latest papers

Patients' Experiences with and Perceptions of Personalized Glycemic Targets: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes  .
Patient preference and adherence · 2026
"There has to be a change in the health care system": Postpartum experiences of immigrant first-time mothers.
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives · 2026
"I'm still your wife": Exploring subjectivity and intimacy in the later postpartum period.
Midwifery · 2026

All 84 publications

Latest funding

Toward population-specific eating disorder care: Bisexual women in Canada as a strategic case for transferable care design principles
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of the Community Baby-Friendly Initiative Collaborative in Nova Scotia (CBFI-C NS)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$149,802
Implementing evidence-informed strategies to identify and respond to violence against women and gender diverse people in Canadian health systems
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$599,257

All 15 grants and awards

84 publications.

Patients' Experiences with and Perceptions of Personalized Glycemic Targets: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes  .

Carew AS, Urquhart R, Aston M, Wang J, Grove J, More S, Siddiqi FS, Sapp JL, Cahill LE

Patient preference and adherence2026

DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s607575 PMID: 42781546

"There has to be a change in the health care system": Postpartum experiences of immigrant first-time mothers.

Sookhoo L, Aston M, Snelgrove-Clarke E, Macdonald D

Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2026.101231 PMID: 42143846

"I'm still your wife": Exploring subjectivity and intimacy in the later postpartum period.

Ollivier R, Aston M, Hunker KE, Sim M, Price S

Midwifery2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2026.104822 PMID: 42008869

Patients' Perspectives on Personalized Glycemic Targets for Coronary Artery Disease Prevention Based on the Haptoglobin Phenotype: A Qualitative Study.

Carew AS, Urquhart R, Aston M, Wang J, Grove J, More S, Siddiqi FS, Sapp JL, Cahill LE

CJC open2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.02.010 PMID: 42327445

Impact of a 6-Week Postpartum Text Messaging Program (Essential Coaching for Every Mother) at 6 Months: Follow-Up Study to a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dol J, Campbell-Yeo M, Aston M, McMillan D, Grant AK

JMIR pediatrics and parenting2025

DOI: 10.2196/62841 PMID: 40173396

Let us be heard: critical analysis and debate of collaborative research approaches used in implementation science research with equity-deserving populations.

Gallant SM, Mann C, Benoit B, Aston M, Curran J, Cassidy C

Implementation science communications2025

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00695-z PMID: 39856795

'Feeling Ready': A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Postpartum Sexual Health.

Ollivier R, Aston M, Price S, Sheppard-LeMoine D, Steenbeek A

Qualitative health research2024

DOI: 10.1177/10497323231209842 PMID: 37967315

Essential Coaching for Every Mother Tanzania (ECEM-TZ): Protocol for a Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial.

Dol J, Mselle LT, Campbell-Yeo M, Mbekenga C, Kohi T, McMillan D, Dennis CL, Tomblin Murphy G, Aston M

JMIR research protocols2024Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/63454 PMID: 39636672

Access and use of sexual and reproductive health services among asylum-seeking and refugee women in high-income countries: A scoping review.

Stirling-Cameron E, Almukhaini S, Dol J, DuPlessis BJ, Stone K, Aston M, Goldenberg SM

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312746 PMID: 39509374

Uterine fibroids and Black people of African descent globally: a scoping review protocol.

Jefferies K, Bland L, Oladimeji B, Rothfus M, Etowa J, Alleyne A, Salami B, Austin S, Aston M, Stirling-Cameron E

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085622 PMID: 39182930

Toward population-specific eating disorder care: Bisexual women in Canada as a strategic case for transferable care design principles

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: White, Megan G

Keywords: Canadian Health Systems; Eating Disorders; Health Equity; Health Services Research; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Mental Health; Mixed-Methods; Sexual And Gender Minority Heath

$120,000

Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of the Community Baby-Friendly Initiative Collaborative in Nova Scotia (CBFI-C NS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Op. Grant: ECRs in Human Dev., Child and Youth Health - Equity-Denied Groups

Principal investigators: Benoit, Britney L; Robb, Haileigh E; Seager, Emma; Nickel, Nathan C

Keywords: Baby-Friendly Initiative (Bfi); Breastfeeding; Implementation Science; Infant Feeding; Interpretive Description; Mixed-Methods Research; Population Health; Public Health; Quality Improvement (Qi); Women'S Health

$149,802

Implementing evidence-informed strategies to identify and respond to violence against women and gender diverse people in Canadian health systems

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Op. Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Healthcare implementation research

Principal investigators: Yakubovich, Alexa R; Wilson, Susan J

Keywords: Domestic Violence; Eastern Canada; Gender-Based Violence; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Intervention Research; Intimate Partner Violence; Mixed Methods; Sexual Violence; Violence Against Women

$599,257

Strengthening the health system response to violence against women in Eastern Canada: an embedded research program in the Maritimes

SupervisorCIHR2023Health System Impact Embedded Early Career Res. Award-Eastern Pool (Res. Area 2)

Principal investigators: Yakubovich, Alexa R

Keywords: Feminist Theory; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Intersectoral Action; Learning Health Systems; Mixed-Methods; Violence Against Women; Women'S Health

$400,000

Creating Awareness of Eating Disorders within LGBTQ Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: knowledge mobilization; LGBTQ communities; eating disorders; stigma; public discourse; training development

$49,797

Understanding how parents build and mobilize personal support networks to obtain tangible social support

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Keys, Elizabeth

Keywords: parenting; social support; digital network

$24,996

The virtual village: How do videoconferencing technologies influence experiences of postpartum education during a pandemic?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Aston, Megan

Keywords: videoconferencing; parents; postpartum; education; qualitative; sociomaterial

$150,440

Puppy philms: Exploring body image within gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups using cellphilming

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Joy, Phillip

Keywords: gender; sexuality; wellbeing; qualitative; arts-based; gay/bi/trans men; body image; cellphilming

$59,128

Exploring Postpartum Sexual Health in Nova Scotia Using Feminist Poststructuralism

SupervisorCIHR2019Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Ollivier, Rachel A

Keywords: Feminist; Postpartum; Postpartum Individual; Poststructuralism; Sexual Health

$105,000

Building a strategy to support parent partnership in patient-oriented research in the Maritimes

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Curran, Janet; McGrath, Patrick J

Keywords: Co-Designing Interventions; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Parent Partnership In Research; Patient And Family Centred Care

$20,204

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Diverse Populations Dear Professor Aston, 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 "Patients' Experiences with and Perceptions of Personalized Glycemic Targets: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes  ." (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 SSHRC-funded project "The virtual village: How do videoconferencing technologies influence experiences of postpartum education during a pandemic?" (2021), 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]

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Megan Aston

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Patients' Experiences with and&#x202f;Perceptions&#x202f;of Personalized Glycemic Targets: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes&#x202f;&#x202f;.

"There has to be a change in the health care system": Postpartum experiences of immigrant first-time mothers.

"I'm still your wife": Exploring subjectivity and intimacy in the later postpartum period.

Patients' Perspectives on Personalized Glycemic Targets for Coronary Artery Disease Prevention Based on the Haptoglobin Phenotype: A Qualitative Study.

Impact of a 6-Week Postpartum Text Messaging Program (Essential Coaching for Every Mother) at 6 Months: Follow-Up Study to a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Let us be heard: critical analysis and debate of collaborative research approaches used in implementation science research with equity-deserving populations.

'Feeling Ready': A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Postpartum Sexual Health.

Essential Coaching for Every Mother Tanzania (ECEM-TZ): Protocol for a Type 1 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial.

Access and use of sexual and reproductive health services among asylum-seeking and refugee women in high-income countries: A scoping review.

Uterine fibroids and Black people of African descent globally: a scoping review protocol.

Toward population-specific eating disorder care: Bisexual women in Canada as a strategic case for transferable care design principles

Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of the Community Baby-Friendly Initiative Collaborative in Nova Scotia (CBFI-C NS)

Implementing evidence-informed strategies to identify and respond to violence against women and gender diverse people in Canadian health systems

Strengthening the health system response to violence against women in Eastern Canada: an embedded research program in the Maritimes

Creating Awareness of Eating Disorders within LGBTQ Communities

Understanding how parents build and mobilize personal support networks to obtain tangible social support

The virtual village: How do videoconferencing technologies influence experiences of postpartum education during a pandemic?

Puppy philms: Exploring body image within gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups using cellphilming

Exploring Postpartum Sexual Health in Nova Scotia Using Feminist Poststructuralism

Building a strategy to support parent partnership in patient-oriented research in the Maritimes

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Sheri Price

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Phillip Joy

Lisa Goldberg

Britney Benoit

Shawna O'Hearn

Christine Cassidy

Ruth Martin-Misener

Janet Curran

Deborah Mcleod

Robin Urquhart

Lois Jackson

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Grace Warner

Martha Paynter

JianLi Wang

Susan Jack

Ruth Martin-Misener

Patrick McGrath

Karin Olson

Jacqueline Gahagan

Patients' Experiences with and Perceptions of Personalized Glycemic Targets: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes  .