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Colleen Davison

ResearcherChildren, FamilyQueen's University

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Colleen Davison

Researcher

Children, Family

Queen's University

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 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 11 research grants (10 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Publications

181

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Award Community Health Child Health Intervention Research Population Health Epidemiology child protection migration

Latest papers

Afrocentric approaches to primary health care provision with Black populations: a scoping review protocol.
JBI evidence synthesis · 2026 · senior author
"It's because they're my kids, and I love them": Substance use disorders' impact on children and families: A secondary analysis.
PloS one · 2025
"It's a big, round circle of knowledge to me. I don't know how else to explain it": strengthening cultural identity through Indigenous placekeeping and food sovereignty practices in Kingston, Ontario.
AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2025 · senior author

All 38 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging Momentum: Scaling the Syphilis Point-of-care Test and Treat Outreach Model of Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,116,900
Exploring Consequences of Polycrisis: Understanding the Context and Experiences of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Northern Thailand
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$38,225
Breaking Barriers: Expanding Syphilis Point-of-care Testing and Immediate Treatment to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 23 grants and awards

38 publications.

Afrocentric approaches to primary health care provision with Black populations: a scoping review protocol.

Kilanko VY, Whitfield MM, Jemal MW, Ross-White A, Wilson R, Davison C

JBI evidence synthesis2026Senior author

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-24-00492 PMID: 41499774

"It's because they're my kids, and I love them": Substance use disorders' impact on children and families: A secondary analysis.

Ford MK, Truong R, Shakeel A, Knox B, Bartels S, Davison C, Cole M, Jackson L, Purkey E, Bayoumi I

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327654 PMID: 40668848

"It's a big, round circle of knowledge to me. I don't know how else to explain it": strengthening cultural identity through Indigenous placekeeping and food sovereignty practices in Kingston, Ontario.

Patterson K, Dutton S, Watson A, Pace J, Kernot PD, Carriere-Prill C, Wilson A, Kehoe J, Traviss S, Bayoumi I, Purkey E, Davison C

AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/11771801251342662 PMID: 41940167

Public Health Interventions Targeting the Prevention of Adolescent Vaping: A Scoping Review.

DiCasmirro J, Tranmer J, Davison C, Woo K, Toon D, Hubeny M, Ross-White A, Goldie C

Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)2025

DOI: 10.1111/phn.13464 PMID: 39449246

Public health interventions to prevent adolescent vaping: a scoping review protocol.

DiCasmirro J, Tranmer J, Davison C, Woo K, Ross-White A, Hubeny M, Goldie C

JBI evidence synthesis2023

DOI: 10.11124/jbies-23-00055 PMID: 37529974

Health care providers' and persons with disabilities' recommendations for improving access to primary health care services in rural northern Ghana: A qualitative study.

Dassah E, Aldersey HM, McColl MA, Davison C

PloS one2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274163 PMID: 36112654

Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries

Elgar FJ, Pickett W, Pförtner T-K, Gariépy G, Gordon D, Georgiades K, Davison C, Hammami N, MacNeil AH, Azevedo Da Silva M

Social Science and Medicine2021149 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113556

Food insecurity, state fragility and youth mental health: A global perspective

Elgar FJ, Sen A, Gariépy G, Pickett W, Davison C, Georgiades K, Hammami N, Da Silva MA, Gordon D, Melgar-Quiñonez HR

SSM: Population Health202132 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100764

Analysis of the relationship between earthquake-related losses and the frequency of child-directed emotional, physical, and severe physical abuse in Haiti.

Subedi S, Davison C, Bartels S

Child abuse & neglect2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104509 PMID: 32413776

Displacement and Emotional Well-Being among Married and Unmarried Syrian Adolescent Girls in Lebanon: An Analysis of Narratives.

Roupetz S, Bartels SA, Michael S, Najjarnejad N, Anderson K, Davison C

International journal of environmental research and public health2020Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17124543 PMID: 32599758

Leveraging Momentum: Scaling the Syphilis Point-of-care Test and Treat Outreach Model of Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Carter, Megan A; Guan, Tianxiu H

Keywords: Community Based; Decentralized Model Of Care; Point Of Care Testing; Public Health; Syphilis

$1,116,900

Exploring Consequences of Polycrisis: Understanding the Context and Experiences of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Northern Thailand

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Davison, Colleen M.

Keywords: child protection; migration; conflict; humanitarian; qualitative; scoping review; international

$38,225

Breaking Barriers: Expanding Syphilis Point-of-care Testing and Immediate Treatment to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: Enhancing knowledge mobilization for syphilis research

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Guan, Tianxiu H; Carter, Megan A

Keywords: Implementation Science; Point Of Care Testing (Poct)

$150,000

Breaking Barriers: Expanding Syphilis Point-of-care Testing and Immediate Treatment to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Gr.:Addressing Infectious/Congenital Syphilis-Syphilis Impl. Science-General

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Guan, Tianxiu H; Carter, Megan A

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Discrete Choice Experiment (Dce); Implementation Science; Patient Preference; Point Of Care Testing (Poct); Re-Aim; Rural/ Non-Urban; Syphilis

$250,000

Mobilizing Community-Led Action: What Helps Families Thrive in the Context of Adversity During the COVID19 Pandemic and Beyond

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Purkey, Eva

Keywords: community based participatory research; equity deserving populations; adverse childhood experiences; community development; COVID-19

$189,062

An Exploration of Intentional Teen Pregnancy in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2020Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Dutton, Sherri L

Keywords: Arts-Based Research; Determinants Of Health; Maternal And Child Health; Public Health; Qualitative Research

$105,000

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J

Keywords: Adolescents; Deprivation; Food Insecurity; Global Health; Inequality; Malnutrition; Mental Health; Poverty

$447,526

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J.

Keywords: food insecurity; poverty; subjective wellbeing; adolescence; adolescents

$7,000

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J.

Keywords: food insecurity; poverty; subjective wellbeing; adolescence; adolescents

$169,636

Gender inequalities in adolescent mental health in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pickett, William

Keywords: Adolescence; Constructivist Ground Theory; Epidemiology; Mental Health; Mixed Methods; Pediatric; Qualitative Methods

$497,252

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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Colleen Davison

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Afrocentric approaches to primary health care provision with Black populations: a scoping review protocol.

"It's because they're my kids, and I love them": Substance use disorders' impact on children and families: A secondary analysis.

"It's a big, round circle of knowledge to me. I don't know how else to explain it": strengthening cultural identity through Indigenous placekeeping and food sovereignty practices in Kingston, Ontario.

Public Health Interventions Targeting the Prevention of Adolescent Vaping: A Scoping Review.

Public health interventions to prevent adolescent vaping: a scoping review protocol.

Health care providers' and persons with disabilities' recommendations for improving access to primary health care services in rural northern Ghana: A qualitative study.

Relative food insecurity, mental health and wellbeing in 160 countries

Food insecurity, state fragility and youth mental health: A global perspective

Analysis of the relationship between earthquake-related losses and the frequency of child-directed emotional, physical, and severe physical abuse in Haiti.

Displacement and Emotional Well-Being among Married and Unmarried Syrian Adolescent Girls in Lebanon: An Analysis of Narratives.

Leveraging Momentum: Scaling the Syphilis Point-of-care Test and Treat Outreach Model of Care

Exploring Consequences of Polycrisis: Understanding the Context and Experiences of Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Northern Thailand

Breaking Barriers: Expanding Syphilis Point-of-care Testing and Immediate Treatment to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities

Breaking Barriers: Expanding Syphilis Point-of-care Testing and Immediate Treatment to Meet the Needs of Underserved Communities

Mobilizing Community-Led Action: What Helps Families Thrive in the Context of Adversity During the COVID19 Pandemic and Beyond

An Exploration of Intentional Teen Pregnancy in Canada

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Gender inequalities in adolescent mental health in Canada

Frequent collaborators

William Pickett

Susan Bartels

Eva Purkey

Gabor Fichtinger

Catherine Goldie

Kevin Woo

Imaan Bayoumi

Kathy Georgiades

Joan Tranmer

Rosemary Wilson

Heather Aldersey

Heather Castleden

Lesley Johnston

Annie Bunting

Paul Peters

Brian Taylor

Valorie Crooks