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Melissa Andrew

ResearcherMount Saint Vincent University

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Melissa Andrew

Researcher

Health Sciences

Mount Saint Vincent 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.
7 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 2020.

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Research

Covid-19 Long-Term Care Pandemic

Latest papers

Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement: Updated recommendations on herpes zoster vaccination for adults who are immunocompromised.
Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2026 · senior author
Use of Drugs Affecting GABAA Receptors and the Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: a Meta-Analysis and Literature Review.
Molecular neurobiology · 2025
A systematic review and meta-analysis of air pollution and increased risk of frailty.
Age and ageing · 2025

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Growing Multidisciplinary Interest in the Oldest Old
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Presence of Family
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$149,984
Seniors- Adding Life to Years (SALTY)
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$1,390,731

All 4 grants and awards

16 publications.

Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement: Updated recommendations on herpes zoster vaccination for adults who are immunocompromised.

Krishnan R, Baclic O, Howarth A, Tuite A, Andrew M

Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2026Senior author

DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v52i0102a01 PMID: 41822010

Use of Drugs Affecting GABAA Receptors and the Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: a Meta-Analysis and Literature Review.

Vakili K, Fathi M, Ebrahimi R, Ahmadian S, Moafi M, Ebrahimi MJ, Tafazolimoghadam A, Davoodi A, Eghbaldoost A, Eyvani K, Ghayyem H, Jashni Pour M, Kosari M, Niknejad S, Sanaye Abbasi A, Zarebidoki A, Andrew M, Trenaman S, Batool Z, Sayehmiri F, Ebrahimzadeh K

Molecular neurobiology2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12035-025-04821-9 PMID: 40108057

A systematic review and meta-analysis of air pollution and increased risk of frailty.

Jafari Z, Andrew M, Rockwood K

Age and ageing2025

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afaf129 PMID: 40391839

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Hosseini B, Condon A, da Costa BR, Daley P, Greiver M, Jüni P, Lee TC, McBrien K, McDonald EG, Murthy S

BMJ Open20256 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097134

Preventing Respiratory Viral Illness Invisibly (PRiVII): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial evaluating far-UVC light devices in long-term care facilities to reduce infections.

Nix HP, Meeker S, King CE, Andrew M, Davis IRC, Koto PS, Sim M, Murdoch J, Patriquin G, Theriault C, Reidy S, Rockwood M, Sampalli T, Searle SD, Rockwood K

Trials2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-07909-0 PMID: 38279184

The dementia-inclusive choices in exercise project: Using participatory action research to improve physical activity supports for persons with dementia.

Middleton LE, Pelletier CA, Koch M, Norman R, Dupuis S, Astell A, Giangregorio LM, Hart F, Heibein W, Hughes C, Johannesson C, Pearce B, Regan K, Rossignoli C, Andrew M, Pettersen JA, Freeman S, DICE Research Team

Dementia (London, England)2023

DOI: 10.1177/14713012231197144 PMID: 37715689

CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers.

Marshall EG, Breton M, Green M, Edwards L, Ayn C, Smithman MA, Ryan Carson S, Ashcroft R, Bayoumi I, Burge F, Deslauriers V, Lawson B, Mathews M, McPherson C, Moritz LR, Nesto S, Stock D, Wong ST, Andrew M

BMJ open2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049686 PMID: 35256440

The Social Vulnerability Index, Mortality and Disability in Mexican Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

Sánchez-Garrido N, Aguilar-Navarro SG, Ávila-Funes JA, Theou O, Andrew M, Pérez-Zepeda MU

Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics6010024 PMID: 33800197

Clinical Judgment Is Paramount When Performing Cognitive Screening during COVID-19.

Phillips NA, Andrew M, Chertkow H, Pichora-Fuller MK, Rockwood K, Wittich W

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society2020

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16559 PMID: 32396983

COVID-19, frailty and long-term care: Implications for policy and practice.

Andrew M, Searle SD, McElhaney JE, McNeil SA, Clarke B, Rockwood K, Kelvin DJ

Journal of infection in developing countries2020First author

DOI: 10.3855/jidc.13003 PMID: 32525825

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Melissa Andrew

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Summary of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) Statement: Updated recommendations on herpes zoster vaccination for adults who are immunocompromised.

Use of Drugs Affecting GABAA Receptors and the Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: a Meta-Analysis and Literature Review.

A systematic review and meta-analysis of air pollution and increased risk of frailty.

Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings

Preventing Respiratory Viral Illness Invisibly (PRiVII): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial evaluating far-UVC light devices in long-term care facilities to reduce infections.

The dementia-inclusive choices in exercise project: Using participatory action research to improve physical activity supports for persons with dementia.

CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers.

The Social Vulnerability Index, Mortality and Disability in Mexican Middle-Aged and Older Adults.

Clinical Judgment Is Paramount When Performing Cognitive Screening during COVID-19.

COVID-19, frailty and long-term care: Implications for policy and practice.

Growing Multidisciplinary Interest in the Oldest Old

Presence of Family

Seniors- Adding Life to Years (SALTY)

Care and Construction: Assessing Differences in Nursing Home Models of Care on Resident Quality of Life

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Melissa Andrew

Kenneth Rockwood

Shanna Trenaman

Olga Theou

Yoav Keynan

Stephanie Garies

Imaan Bayoumi

Brianne Wood

Jennifer Rayner

Michelle Greiver

Howard Chertkow

Sylvain Lother

William Heibein

Jennifer Hulme

Walter Wittich

Lindsay Wallace

Shannon Freeman

Peter Daley

Daniel Warshafsky

Jennifer Rayner

Annie LeBlanc

Rahim Moineddin

Derelie A Mangin

Ryan Zarychanski

Simone Dahrouge

Howard Bergman

Serge Gauthier

Alan Evans

Robert Fowler

Ian Mackenzie

Simon Duchesne

Michael Green

Catherine Hudon

Howard Chertkow

Melissa Andrew

Judes Poirier

Michael Borrie

Mario Masellis

Peter Selby