Carolyn Melro, Lakehead University

Research

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

Latest papers

Shaping the future of primary care in Canada: trainee insights on patient and public engagement in health system transformation research.
Health research policy and systems · 2025 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$6,730,312
Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$192,950
Developing context-specific and culturally relevant wise practices for transforming youth mental health services in Indigenous contexts
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Shaping the future of primary care in Canada: trainee insights on patient and public engagement in health system transformation research.

Chisholm A, Gilfoyle M, MacNeil M, Melro C

Health research policy and systems2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-025-01366-0 PMID: 40759958

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

Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Standards for Children/Youth Mental Health Serv.- Indigenous-led settings

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Linklater, Renee; Restoule, Brenda; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Cultural Adaptation Of Standards; Implementation Science; Indigenous Mental Health; Learning Health Systems; Well-Being And Resilience; Youth Mental Health

$192,950

Developing context-specific and culturally relevant wise practices for transforming youth mental health services in Indigenous contexts

Co-investigatorCIHR2022National Standards for Integrated Youth Services

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Ballantyne, Clifford T; Rudderham, Heather M; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Indigenous Youth Mental Health; Integration Of Youth Services System Design; Service Transformation

$250,000

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: Community-Engagement Dear Professor Melro, 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 "Shaping the future of primary care in Canada: trainee insights on patient and public engagement in health system transformation research." (2025), 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 "Together towards bright futures: Strengthening network(s) to support Indigenous youth and communities through advancing, sharing and learning from wise practices, data and stories" (2024), 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]