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Elisabeth Vesnaver

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Elisabeth Vesnaver

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
11 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 2023.

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Research

Barriers And Facilitators Equitable Access To Health Services Evaluation Health Technology Implementation Science Intervention Development Participatory Research Practice Change

Latest papers

Musculoskeletal Pain Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Telesurvey
Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2026
Barriers and enablers to non-remunerated plasma donation: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature using the theoretical domains framework.
Vox sanguinis · 2026 · senior author
Trust strategies in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary scoping review of quantitatively studied approaches to building, maintaining, and repairing trust.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$956,248
Reimagining Rural Birth: Safer Decision-Making Without On-Site Cesarean Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$21,800
Hospital-Community Youth Substance Use Health Partnership
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 7 grants and awards

13 publications.

Musculoskeletal Pain Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Telesurvey

de Oliveira LA, Hanna S, Stratford P, Hespanhol L, Gross A, Carlesso L, Wilson JLA, Vrkljan B, Kirkwood R, Vesnaver E

Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada2026

DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2023-0109

Barriers and enablers to non-remunerated plasma donation: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature using the theoretical domains framework.

Etherington C, Upreti A, Brehaut A, Bennett M, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Gibson E, Maharshi MT, Palumbo A, Meyer S, Foster T, Dogba J, Shorr R, Welch V, Presseau J, Vesnaver E

Vox sanguinis2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/vox.70312 PMID: 42393868

Trust strategies in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary scoping review of quantitatively studied approaches to building, maintaining, and repairing trust.

Etherington C, Meyer SB, Brehaut A, Olson JL, Palumbo A, Bennett M, Gibson E, Shorr R, Vesnaver E, Fontaine G, Presseau J

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119623 PMID: 42520622

Factors Influencing Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Saunders S, Mayhew A, Kirkwood R, Nguyen K, Kuspinar A, Vesnaver E, Keller H, Wilson JA, Macedo LG, Vrkljan B

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation202312 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.08.009

Loneliness and resilience are associated with nutrition risk after the first wave of COVID-19 in community-dwelling older Canadians

Wei C, Beauchamp MK, Vrkljan B, Vesnaver E, Giangregorio L, Macedo LG, Keller HH

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism202310 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0201 PMID: W4304607259

Improved access yet inequitable experience: gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men's views of more inclusive criteria for source plasma donation.

Vesnaver E, Butler-Foster T, Goldman M, Gibson E, Palumbo A, Lapierre D, Hill NE, MacDonagh R, Rubini KA, Bridel W, Miguel G, Rosser A, MacPherson P, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Reid M, Labrecque M, Devine D, Presseau J

BMC public health2023First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15424-1 PMID: 37098497

Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews.

Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O'Brien SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296104 PMID: 38128026

Engaging community members to ensure culturally specific language is used in research: should I use gay, queer, MSM, or this other new acronym?

Rubini K, Al-Bakri T, Bridel W, Clapperton A, Greaves M, Hill NE, Labrecque M, MacDonagh R, Miguel G, Orvis S, Osbourne-Sorrell W, Randall T, Reid M, Rosser A, Presseau J, Vesnaver E

Research involvement and engagement2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-023-00463-0 PMID: 37667325

Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada.

Vesnaver E, Gibson E, Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Hill NE, Lapierre D, MacDonagh R, Rubini KA, Miguel G, Rosser A, MacPherson P, Palumbo A, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Reid M, Labrecque M, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Devine D, Presseau J

Transfusion2023First author

DOI: 10.1111/trf.17398 PMID: 37218408

Participation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Nguyen K, Macedo LG, Vrkljan B, Kirkwood R, Ma J, Vesnaver E, Keller H, Astephen-Wilson J, Beauchamp MK

Physical Therapy20223 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/ptj/pzac132 PMID: W4302761173

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Presseau, Justin; Auer, Rebecca Ann C; Meyer, Samantha; Smith, Maureen M

Keywords: Healthcare; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation Research; Models, Theories, And Frameworks; Strategies; Trust

$956,248

Reimagining Rural Birth: Safer Decision-Making Without On-Site Cesarean Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Jolin-Dahel, Kheira

Keywords: Health Services Planning And Delivery; Maternity And Newborn Care; Prediction Model; Pregnancy And Birth; Reproductive, Pregnancy, And Early-Life Health Outcomes; Rural Primary Care

$21,800

Hospital-Community Youth Substance Use Health Partnership

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Rosic, Tea; Blackburn, Josée

Keywords: Child Health; Co-Production; Community Partnership; Lived And Living Expertise; Patient-Oriented Research; Substance Use Disorders

$150,000

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Presseau, Justin; Auer, Rebecca Ann C; Meyer, Samantha; Smith, Maureen M

Keywords: Healthcare; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation Research; Models, Theories And Frameworks; Strategies; Trust

$100,000

Developing evidence-informed patient engagement guidance for economic evaluations (DEEP-ENGAGE)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thavorn, Kednapa; Graham, Ian D; Hutton, Brian E; Presseau, Justin; Smith, Maureen M

Keywords: Economic Evaluations; Healthcare Interventions; Patient Engagement

$504,925

Building a culture of equitable implementation science to advance prenatal screening in Ontario

Nominated PICIHR2023Health Sys. Impact Embedded ECR Award - Health Services, Health Systems & Policy

Principal investigators: Vesnaver, Elisabeth

Keywords: Barriers And Facilitators; Equitable Access To Health Services; Evaluation; Health Technology; Implementation Science; Intervention Development; Participatory Research; Practice Change; Prenatal Screening

$400,000

Expanding source plasma donation in Canada: Enhancing the capability, opportunity, and motivation of under-represented Canadians to donate plasma

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Presseau, Justin; Dogba, Maman A; MacPherson, Paul A

Keywords: Blood Donation; Equity Deserving Groups; Feasibility; Health Behaviour Change; Intervention Development; Plasma Donation; Survey; Systematic Reviews

$761,176

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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Elisabeth Vesnaver

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Musculoskeletal Pain Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Telesurvey

Barriers and enablers to non-remunerated plasma donation: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature using the theoretical domains framework.

Trust strategies in healthcare: A cross-disciplinary scoping review of quantitatively studied approaches to building, maintaining, and repairing trust.

Factors Influencing Mobility During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Loneliness and resilience are associated with nutrition risk after the first wave of COVID-19 in community-dwelling older Canadians

Improved access yet inequitable experience: gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men's views of more inclusive criteria for source plasma donation.

Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews.

Engaging community members to ensure culturally specific language is used in research: should I use gay, queer, MSM, or this other new acronym?

Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada.

Participation Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust

Reimagining Rural Birth: Safer Decision-Making Without On-Site Cesarean Care

Hospital-Community Youth Substance Use Health Partnership

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust

Developing evidence-informed patient engagement guidance for economic evaluations (DEEP-ENGAGE)

Building a culture of equitable implementation science to advance prenatal screening in Ontario

Expanding source plasma donation in Canada: Enhancing the capability, opportunity, and motivation of under-represented Canadians to donate plasma

Frequent collaborators

Justin Presseau

Mindy Goldman

Luciana Macedo

Paul Macpherson

Brenda Vrkljan

Marla Beauchamp

Joanne Otis

Cole Etherington

Heather Keller

Dana Devine

Samantha Meyer

Vivian Welch

Guillaume Fontaine

Guillaume Fontaine

Lora Giangregorio

Janie Astephen Wilson

Steven Hanna

Paula Gardner

K Bruce Newbold

Darren Scott

Ayse Kuspinar

Lisa Carlesso

Anita R Gross