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Laura Cleghorn

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Managing Director, Dept. Family MedicineMcMaster University

Laura Cleghorn

Managing Director, Dept. Family Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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No graduate courses on record.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their McMaster University profile.

Research areas, by share of publications

Chronic Disease Management StrategiesMedicine
Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions
Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions
Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions
Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

Latest papers

“It stayed with me”: learning the legacy of Canada’s residential schools through the Indigenous Teaching Through Art programme
Medical Humanities · 2026 · senior author
A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study
JMIR Formative Research · 2021
Zazulak, J., Montour, A,. Gallant, L., Knibb, N., Cleghorn, L. A Work in Progress: The Importance of Two-Eyed Seeing in Developing an Indigenous Cultural Safety Program. McMaster University, November 2021.
2021 · senior author

All 21 publications

Researchers with similar interests

Douglas Oliver

Department of Family Medicine

Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Health Policy Implementation Science

Cathy Risdon

Department of Family Medicine

Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Health Policy Implementation Science

Rebecca Ganann

Nursing

Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Health Policy Implementation Science

Gillian Mary Mulvale

Health Policy and Management

Health Policy Implementation Science, Mental Health and Patient Involvement

Jenna Evans

Health Policy and Management

Health Policy Implementation Science, Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

Julia Abelson

Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Health Policy Implementation Science, Mental Health and Patient Involvement

21 publications.

“It stayed with me”: learning the legacy of Canada’s residential schools through the Indigenous Teaching Through Art programme

Zazulak J, Gallant L, Knibb N, Cleghorn L

Medical Humanities2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2025-013318

A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study

Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Vassilev I, Rogers A, Ploeg J, Kothari A, Risdon C, Gillett J, Guenter D, Dolovich L

JMIR Formative Research20216 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2196/25285 PMID: W3169643740

Zazulak, J., Montour, A,. Gallant, L., Knibb, N., Cleghorn, L. A Work in Progress: The Importance of Two-Eyed Seeing in Developing an Indigenous Cultural Safety Program. McMaster University, November 2021.

Zazulak J, Gallant L, Cleghorn L

2021Senior author

Disconnected relationships between primary care and community-based health and social services and system navigation for older adults: a qualitative descriptive study

Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Ploeg J, Risdon C, Mangin D, Dolovich L, Agarwal G, Oliver D, Gaber J, Chung H

BMC Primary Care202055 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01143-8 PMID: W3019920438

Experiences of integrating community volunteers as extensions of the primary care team to help support older adults at home: a qualitative study

Gaber J, Oliver D, Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Lamarche L, Avilla E, Parascandalo F, Price D, Dolovich L

BMC Primary Care202025 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01165-2 PMID: W3026755709

Examining Interprofessional teams structures and processes in the implementation of a primary care intervention (Health TAPESTRY) for older adults using normalization process theory

Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Dolovich L, Agarwal G, Gaber J, Mangin D, Oliver D, Parascandalo F, Ploeg J, Risdon C

BMC Primary Care202023 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01131-y PMID: W3017110028

A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study (Preprint)

Valaitis R, Cleghorn L, Vassilev I, Rogers A, Ploeg J, Kothari A, Risdon C, Gillett J, Guenter D, Dolovich L

2020

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.25285

Perceptions of older adults in Ontario, Canada on the implementation and impact of a primary care programme, Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY): a descriptive qualitative study

Ploeg J, Valaitis RK, Cleghorn L, Yous M-L, Gaber J, Agarwal G, Kastner M, Mangin D, Oliver D, Parascandalo F

BMJ Open201917 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026257 PMID: W2950438269

Navigation delivery models and roles of navigators in primary care: a scoping literature review

Carter N, Valaitis RK, Lam A, Feather J, Nicholl J, Cleghorn L

BMC Health Services Research2018252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-2889-0 PMID: W2797965724

Feasibility study of goal setting discussions between older adults and volunteers facilitated by an eHealth application: development of the Health TAPESTRY approach

Javadi D, Lamarche L, Avilla E, Siddiqui R, Gaber J, Bhamani M, Oliver D, Cleghorn L, Mangin D, Dolovich L

Pilot and Feasibility Studies201815 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0377-2 PMID: W2904287081

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Laura Cleghorn

Research

Latest papers

Researchers with similar interests

Douglas Oliver

Cathy Risdon

Rebecca Ganann

Gillian Mary Mulvale

Jenna Evans

Julia Abelson

“It stayed with me”: learning the legacy of Canada’s residential schools through the Indigenous Teaching Through Art programme

A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study

Zazulak, J., Montour, A,. Gallant, L., Knibb, N., Cleghorn, L. A Work in Progress: The Importance of Two-Eyed Seeing in Developing an Indigenous Cultural Safety Program. McMaster University, November 2021.

Disconnected relationships between primary care and community-based health and social services and system navigation for older adults: a qualitative descriptive study

Experiences of integrating community volunteers as extensions of the primary care team to help support older adults at home: a qualitative study

Examining Interprofessional teams structures and processes in the implementation of a primary care intervention (Health TAPESTRY) for older adults using normalization process theory

A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study (Preprint)

Perceptions of older adults in Ontario, Canada on the implementation and impact of a primary care programme, Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (Health TAPESTRY): a descriptive qualitative study

Navigation delivery models and roles of navigators in primary care: a scoping literature review

Feasibility study of goal setting discussions between older adults and volunteers facilitated by an eHealth application: development of the Health TAPESTRY approach

Frequent collaborators

Ruta K Valaitis

Jenny Ploeg

Cathy Risdon

Douglas Oliver

Jessica Gaber

Derelie A Mangin

Larkin Lamarche

Gina (Ragini) Agarwal

Nancy Marie Carter

Pamela Baxter

Monika Kastner

James Gillett

Joyce Zazulak

David Price

Lorrie Gallant

Kimberly Fraser

Greta Cummings

Anita Kothari

Nicole Knibb

Lauren Griffith

Parminder Raina

Alexandra Papaioannou

Pasqualina Santaguida

Ross Upshur