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Justin Presseau

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Assistant ProfessorSchool of Epidemiology and Public HealthUniversity of Ottawa

Justin Presseau

Assistant Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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148 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 25 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 22 research grants (22 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 6 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Academic metrics

244

Publications

549

Citations

h-index

353

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Implementation Science Long-Term Care Covid-19 Patient Engagement Health Behaviour Change Healthcare Knowledge Translation Research Strategies

Latest papers

Identifying effective behavior change techniques in interventions for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies and/or practices to prevent chronic disease in students: a secondary analysis of a systematic review.
Translational behavioral medicine · 2026
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Prescribing: Comparing a Comprehensive Navigation Model With Signposting.
Annals of family medicine · 2026
Barriers and enablers to non-remunerated plasma donation: A meta-synthesis of the qualitative literature using the theoretical domains framework.
Vox sanguinis · 2026

All 244 publications

Latest funding

LabPartners-Nexus: Embedding patient engagement in preclinical research across Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$401,626
Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$956,248
A feasibility study of a context-specific antibiotic stewardship intervention among physicians in Nigeria's private outpatient facilities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$481,950

All 59 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 244 publications.

Identifying effective behavior change techniques in interventions for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies and/or practices to prevent chronic disease in students: a secondary analysis of a systematic review.

Lee DCW, O'Brien KM, Presseau J, Yoong S, McCrabb S, McDiarmid K, Lecathelinais C, Wolfenden L, Hodder RK

Translational behavioral medicine2026

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf087 PMID: 41524201

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Prescribing: Comparing a Comprehensive Navigation Model With Signposting.

Dahrouge S, Gauthier AP, Durand F, Lemonde M, Timony P, Saluja K, Kendall CE, Premji K, Chomienne MH, Taljaard M, Hoyles J, Toal-Sullivan D, James K, Presseau J, Prud'homme D

Annals of family medicine2026

DOI: 10.1370/afm.250265 PMID: 42509165

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 sanguinis2026

DOI: 10.1111/vox.70312 PMID: 42393868

Barriers and Enablers to Diabetes Technologies Use Among Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.

Palermo L, Senga J, Fakembe P, Zhu X, Walsh C, Leslie B, Shulman R, Presseau J, Dogba MJ, Banerjee A, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Nakhla M, Brazeau AS, Lovblom LE, Witteman HO, Lipscombe LL, Weisman A

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1111/dom.70819 PMID: 42086467

Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice.

Ivers N, Yogasingam S, Lacroix M, Brown KA, Antony J, Soobiah C, Simeoni M, Willis TA, Crawshaw J, Antonopoulou V, Meyer C, Solbak NM, Murray BJ, Butler EA, Lepage S, Giltenane M, Carter MD, Fontaine G, Sykes M, Halasy M, Bazazo A, Seaton S, Canavan T, Alderson S, Reis C, Linklater S, Lalor A, Fletcher A, Gearon E, Jenkins H, Wallis JA, Grobler L, Beccaria L, Cyril S, Rozbroj T, Han JX, Xu AX, Wu K, Rouleau G, Shah M, Konnyu K, Colquhoun H, Presseau J, O'Connor D, Lorencatto F, Grimshaw JM

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2026

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd000259.pub5 PMID: 42325158

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)2026Senior author

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

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of volitional help sheet interventions for health behaviour change.

Stewart RJ, Presseau J, Dombrowski SU

Health psychology review2026

DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2530574 PMID: 42384955

Interventions aiming to change multiple healthcare professional behaviors: A systematic review.

Silva CC, Marques MM, van Allen Z, Carvalho M, Dinsmore J, Presseau J

Social science & medicine (1982)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118760 PMID: 41500111

International Position Paper on Outcome Selection After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Andersen CR, Fernie G, Presseau J, Shea B, Marti ML, Hostettler IC, Rahmani R, Iona TA, English SW, SAH Core Domain Set and Core Domain Definitions Working Groups and and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Stroke2026

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.125.053470 PMID: 41498145

[Not Available].

Babiker D, Giguère L, Mairena PMG, Mutsaers B, Langmuir T, MacDonald-Liska C, Presseau J, Laroque G, Harris C, Thavorn K, Chomienne MH, Lebel S

Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique2026

DOI: 10.5737/2368807636133 PMID: 42713549

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Implementation Science Dear Professor Presseau, 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 "Identifying effective behavior change techniques in interventions for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies and/or practices to prevent chronic disease in students: a secondary analysis of a systematic review." (2026), 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 "Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust" (2025), 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]

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Justin Presseau

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identifying effective behavior change techniques in interventions for enhancing the implementation of school-based policies and/or practices to prevent chronic disease in students: a secondary analysis of a systematic review.

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Prescribing: Comparing a Comprehensive Navigation Model With Signposting.

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

Barriers and Enablers to Diabetes Technologies Use Among Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.

Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice.

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

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of volitional help sheet interventions for health behaviour change.

Interventions aiming to change multiple healthcare professional behaviors: A systematic review.

International Position Paper on Outcome Selection After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

[Not Available].

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