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Sandra Meier

ResearcherPsychiatryDalhousie University

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Sandra Meier

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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33 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (8 CIHR, 4 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Anxiety Disorders Youth Crc Genetics Co-Design Cognitive Behavioural Therapy E-Health Feedback Loops

Latest papers

Time poverty of families of children with 22q11DS: a healthcare professional perspective.
BMC pediatrics · 2026
Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Screen Usage and Social Media Motives in Gender and Sexual Minority Adolescents.
Archives of sexual behavior · 2026 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

BodyScreen: A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Co-Designed Mobile Intervention Targeting Maladaptive Social Media Use and Psychological Risk Factors to Reduce Eating Disorder Risk in Youth
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Parental Smartphone Use and Child Wellbeing
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$37,353
How and For Whom Does Gambling-Related Cyberloafing Explain the Links of Problem Gambling Severity to Adverse Work and Mental Health Outcomes?
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 19 grants and awards

38 publications.

Time poverty of families of children with 22q11DS: a healthcare professional perspective.

Ayoub S, De Clercq E, Meier S, Swillen A, Cytrynbaum C, Steiner LA, Carbyn H, Elger BS

BMC pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12887-026-06836-0 PMID: 42092855

Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.

Scott K, O'Donovan C, Meier S, Pavlova B, MacKinnon DF, Potash JB, Schulze TG, Judy J, Zandi PP, NIMH Genetics Initiative Bipolar Disorder Consortium, Grof P, McMahon FJ, Nunes A, Alda M

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.121060 PMID: 41461239

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 behavior2026Senior author

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

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 disorders2026Senior author

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

Causal inference in psychiatric research: how to critically evaluate and interpret mendelian randomization studies.

Garcia-Argibay M, Wootton RE, Larsson H, Mattheisen M, Polimanti R, Meier S

Molecular psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41380-026-03484-9 PMID: 41673464

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Strom NI, Gerring ZF, Galimberti M, Yu D, Halvorsen MW, Abdellaoui A, Rodriguez-Fontenla C, Sealock JM, Bigdeli T, Coleman JR

Nature Genetics2025100 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41588-025-02189-z PMID: W4410325451

Attention to Instagram features in female youth with anxiety symptoms.

McGowan Y, Banire B, Burns H, Sutherland D, Stewart SH, Klein RM, Meier S

Comprehensive psychiatry2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2025.152641 PMID: 41075720

Transition services in 22q11 deletion syndrome: Hit or miss.

Ayoub S, Meier S, Cytrynbaum C, Swillen A, Steiner LA, Carbyn H, Elger BS, De Clercq E

Health care transitions2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.hctj.2025.100120 PMID: 41036238

Child and Adolescent Virtual Mental Health Care and Duration of Treatment: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Cruickshank A, Andreou P, Johnson Emberly D, Meier S, Campbell LA

JMIR mental health2025

DOI: 10.2196/70650 PMID: 40934463

Evaluating the relationship between caregiver depression, social support, and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms in families affected by 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Carbyn H, Hossain A, Dias RL, Palmer LD, Ayoub S, Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ, Rideout AL, Shugar A, Cytrynbaum C, McDonald-McGinn DM, Swillen A, Bassett AS, Meier S

Orphanet journal of rare diseases2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13023-025-03955-2 PMID: 40826087

BodyScreen: A Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Co-Designed Mobile Intervention Targeting Maladaptive Social Media Use and Psychological Risk Factors to Reduce Eating Disorder Risk in Youth

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant - PA: INMHA Health Effects of Digital Applications and AI

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M; Coelho, Jennifer S; Jones, Shaleen; Keshen, Aaron; Mills, Jennifer S

Keywords: Digital Intervention; Eating Disorder; Prevention; Social Media

$100,000

Parental Smartphone Use and Child Wellbeing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M.

Keywords: parental smartphone use; child socio-emotional development; immersion; technoference; motives; attachment; mobile sensing

$37,353

How and For Whom Does Gambling-Related Cyberloafing Explain the Links of Problem Gambling Severity to Adverse Work and Mental Health Outcomes?

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Health Impacts of Gambling and Gaming

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Yakovenko, Igor

Keywords: Absorption; Coping Motives; Cyberloafing; Daily Diary; Emotional Distress; Impulsivity; Longitudinal Survey; Mobile Sensing; Problem Gambling Severity; Work Performance And Engagement

$100,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Health Anxiety from the Pandemic Initiative (HAPI)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: McGrath, Patrick

Keywords: Health Anxiety; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Public Health; e-Health; Persuasive Design; Long COVID; Trials within Cohorts (TWiC)

$249,757

The GAYA Study - Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Youth Anxiety

Nominated PICIHR2022PRIZE - Project Grant - PA: Maud Menten - Clinical Research

Principal investigators: Meier, Sandra M

Keywords: Genetics

$30,000

Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An Innovative National Strategy to Prevent and Improve Insomnia Across the Lifespan Using Digital Approaches for Sleep Promotion, Intervention, and Provider Training

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Sleep Research Consortium - Sleep across the life cycle

Principal investigators: Corkum, Penny V; Roberts, Karen C; Earle, Christopher I; Keys, Elizabeth M; Simonelli, Guido

Keywords: Digital Approaches; Health Care Service Delivery; Indigenous Sleep Health; Insomnia; Knowledge Mobilization; Lifespan; Priority Populations; Sleep Promotion; Sustainability; Training

$1,374,898

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

Nominated PICIHR2021Project 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

Nominated PICIHR2021Project 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

Health Research Training Platform: Digital Mental Health for families, parents, youth and children

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Hlth Res. Tr. Platform - Mental Health Services - Primary/Community Care

Principal investigators: McGrath, Patrick J; Ali, Samina; Crawford, Allison; Koleszar-Green, Ruth; Majnemer, Annette; Newton, Mandi S; Orji, Rita O; Pillai Riddell, Rebecca Rita E; Wozney, Lori M

Keywords: Children; Community Care; Digital Mental Health; Ecr; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Families; Parents; Primary Care; Training; Youth

$2,387,582

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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Sandra Meier

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Time poverty of families of children with 22q11DS: a healthcare professional perspective.

Data-driven symptom dimensions reveal familial patterns in bipolar disorder.

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

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

Causal inference in psychiatric research: how to critically evaluate and interpret mendelian randomization studies.

Genome-wide analyses identify 30 loci associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder

Attention to Instagram features in female youth with anxiety symptoms.

Transition services in 22q11 deletion syndrome: Hit or miss.

Child and Adolescent Virtual Mental Health Care and Duration of Treatment: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Evaluating the relationship between caregiver depression, social support, and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms in families affected by 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Parental Smartphone Use and Child Wellbeing

Health Anxiety from the Pandemic Initiative (HAPI)

Frequent collaborators

Manuel Mattheisen

Rita Orji

Martin Alda

Alexa Bagnell

Tomas Hajek

Lori Wozney

Patricia Lingley-Pottie

Patrick McGrath

Paul Sandor

James Kennedy

Abraham Nunes

Barbara Pavlova

Kathleen Askland

Rudolf Uher

Jill Chorney

Benjamin Rusak

Igor Yakovenko

Pantelis Andreou

Olga Theou

Jacqueline Gahagan

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Keri-Leigh Cassidy

Isabelle Vedel

Jordan Warford

Soham Rej

Rodrigo Mansur

Flavio Kapczinski

Khrista Boylan

Jacqueline Gahagan

Tara Sampalli

Noam Soreni

Jennifer Crosbie

Isabelle Vedel

Susan Kirkland

Luciano Minuzzi

Penny Corkum

Marie-Josée Fleury

Anne Duffy

Taylor Hatchard

Karen Rowa