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Aislin Mushquash

ResearcherPsychologyLakehead University

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Aislin Mushquash

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

Lakehead University

Thunder Bay, Ontario, 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 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (4 SSHRC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Community-Engagement Health Service Planning Indigenous Youth Mental Health And Wellness Integration Of Youth Services Participatory-Action Research Cross-Sector Collaboration E-Mental Health Indigenous Mental Health

Latest papers

Can the JoyPopTM app improve coping flexibility among postsecondary students? A proof of concept study.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026 · senior author
Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada
BMJ Open · 2026
Advancing family wellbeing through a Massive Online Open Intervention: the LightBEAM program protocol for randomized waitlist control trial {1a}
BMC Psychology · 2026

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Resilient Families, Resilient Minds: Facilitating Intrafamilial Support for Youth in Mental Healthcare using the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Multimethod Evaluation of ChatGPT to Support Emotion Regulation in Canadian Postsecondary Students: Randomized Feasibility Trial and Qualitative Descriptive Study
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Into the virtual world: A multimethod investigation of coping via social media among emerging adults
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$118,872

All 22 grants and awards

7 publications.

Can the JoyPopTM app improve coping flexibility among postsecondary students? A proof of concept study.

Malik I, Traer A, Mushquash A

Journal of American college health : J of ACH2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2026.2639448 PMID: 41807244

Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada

Cameron EE, Morrison KM, Ho J, Roos L, Katz L, Mushquash A, Dart A, Wicklow BA, Senechal M, Jung ME

BMJ Open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106645

Advancing family wellbeing through a Massive Online Open Intervention: the LightBEAM program protocol for randomized waitlist control trial {1a}

Sitka M, Simpson KM, Paton A, MacKinnon A, Afifi TO, Cameron EE, Hai T, Stewart-Tufescu A, Gonzalez A, Toombs E

BMC Psychology2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-025-03326-3

Usability and Quality of the JoyPop App: Prospective Evaluation Study.

Malik I, Neufeld T, Mushquash A

JMIR human factors2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/65472 PMID: 40614082

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental health problems.

Simpson KM, McHardy RJW, Zhou JG, Levasseur-Puhach S, Côté CM, Braun M, Clement F, MacKinnon AL, Nickel N, Afifi TO, Giesbrecht GF, Giuliano R, Katz LY, Kelly LE, Klassen TP, Lebel C, Mushquash A, Reynolds K, Decaire E, Mughal W, Chartrand F, Kloss O, Hensel JM, Bolton JM, Unger JAM, Archibald M, Fisher P, Pharazyn A, Tomfohr-Madsen L, Roos LE

BMC psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-06964-4 PMID: 40457257

Identifying the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Emotion Regulation Among Youth Using the JoyPop App: Survey Study.

Charlton J, Malik I, Ashley AM, Newton A, Toombs E, Schmidt F, Olthuis JV, Stasiuk K, Bobinski T, Mushquash A

JMIR formative research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/64483 PMID: 39847426

Do symptoms of depression and anxiety contribute to heavy episodic drinking? A 3-wave longitudinal study of adult community members.

Kim AJ, Sherry SB, Nealis LJ, Mushquash A, Lee-Baggley D, Stewart SH

Addictive behaviors2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107295 PMID: 35231843

Resilient Families, Resilient Minds: Facilitating Intrafamilial Support for Youth in Mental Healthcare using the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App

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

Principal investigators: Ashley, Angela M

Keywords: Coping Skills; E-Mental Health; Emotion Regulation; Family Support; Joypop App; Mixed Methods; Resilience; Youth Treatment

$120,000

Multimethod Evaluation of ChatGPT to Support Emotion Regulation in Canadian Postsecondary Students: Randomized Feasibility Trial and Qualitative Descriptive Study

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

Principal investigators: Malik, Ishaq

Keywords: Chatgpt/Generative Artificial Intelligence; Digital / E-Mental Health; Emotion Regulation; Gender Identity; Mental Health; Postsecondary Students; Qualitative Description/Content Analysis; Randomized Feasibility Trial; Safety And Engagement

$120,000

Into the virtual world: A multimethod investigation of coping via social media among emerging adults

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Aislin R.

$118,872

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Wellbeing for Indigenous Families: Cultural adaptation of a scalable digital mental health program to support intergenerational wellness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Roos, Leslie E; Fontaine, Aleah S

Keywords: Cultural Adaptation; Ehealth; Indigenous Health; Mental Health; Systems Navigation

$489,600

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2: Indigenous Network

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Restoule, Brenda; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Ferrari, Manuela; Genereux, Jacob; Henderson, Jo; Iyer, Srividya N; King, Alexandra; Kowatch, Kristy R; Lucas, Heidi U; Madsen, Victoria; Melro, Carolyn M; Moar, Marissa V; Mushquash, Aislin; Young, Nancy L

Keywords: Community-Engagement; Health Service Planning; Indigenous Youth Mental Health And Wellness; Integration Of Youth Services; Participatory-Action Research

$6,730,312

Balancing between open access and equity-oriented data collection: Developing implementation guidelines to advance mental health equity in digital solutions

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lee, Hajin; churchill, annmarie; Bartram, Mary

Keywords: Data Collection/Monitoring; Data Governance; Data- Informed Decision Making; Digital Health; Health Equity; Mental Health; Open Access To Care; Substance Use Health

$9,960

Relationships between trait victimhood and interpersonal stress and trauma: a daily diary and cross-sectional evaluation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Aislin R.

Keywords: trait victimhood; trauma; interpersonal; stress; daily diary; maltreatment; victims

$31,341

Aging of spoken language production in singers and non-singers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Pascale

Keywords: aging; language production; speech production; singing; musical activity; voice production; cognitive aging; cognition

$91,687

Dialectal Behavioural Therapy to Enhance Health Behaviour Change for Adolescents living with Obesity

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: McGavock, Jonathan M; Cameron, Emily E; Ho, Josephine; Morrison, Katherine M; Roos, Leslie E

Keywords: Adolescent Health; Behaviour Change; Behavioural Therapy; Emotional Reguation; Patient Engagement; Pediatrics; Quality Of Life

$734,400

Advancing Family Wellbeing through a Massive Open Online Intervention: The LightBEAM Program

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Roos, Leslie E.

Keywords: wellbeing; families; parenting; child development; intervention science

$78,800

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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Aislin Mushquash

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Can the JoyPopTM app improve coping flexibility among postsecondary students? A proof of concept study.

Is intensive behavioural change enhanced with dialectical behavioural therapy feasible for weight management in adolescents living with higher body weight? A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial in three centres in Canada

Advancing family wellbeing through a Massive Online Open Intervention: the LightBEAM program protocol for randomized waitlist control trial {1a}

Usability and Quality of the JoyPop App: Prospective Evaluation Study.

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Health (BEAM): study protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of the BEAM app-based program for parents with clinical mental health problems.

Identifying the Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Emotion Regulation Among Youth Using the JoyPop App: Survey Study.

Do symptoms of depression and anxiety contribute to heavy episodic drinking? A 3-wave longitudinal study of adult community members.

Resilient Families, Resilient Minds: Facilitating Intrafamilial Support for Youth in Mental Healthcare using the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App

Multimethod Evaluation of ChatGPT to Support Emotion Regulation in Canadian Postsecondary Students: Randomized Feasibility Trial and Qualitative Descriptive Study

Into the virtual world: A multimethod investigation of coping via social media among emerging adults

Building Emotional Awareness and Mental Wellbeing for Indigenous Families: Cultural adaptation of a scalable digital mental health program to support intergenerational wellness

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories

Balancing between open access and equity-oriented data collection: Developing implementation guidelines to advance mental health equity in digital solutions

Relationships between trait victimhood and interpersonal stress and trauma: a daily diary and cross-sectional evaluation

Aging of spoken language production in singers and non-singers

Dialectal Behavioural Therapy to Enhance Health Behaviour Change for Adolescents living with Obesity

Advancing Family Wellbeing through a Massive Open Online Intervention: The LightBEAM Program

Frequent collaborators

Mandy Archibald

Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen

Josephine Ho

Olena Kloss

Kristin Reynolds

Martin Sénéchal

Elizabeth Decaire

Andrea Gonzalez

Katherine Morrison

Fiona Clement

Laurence Katz

Jonathan McGavock

Jill Hamilton

Catherine Lebel

Brendan Andrade

Allison Dart

Nathan Nickel

Frances Chartrand

Leslie Roos