Research
Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.
Latest papers
Adaptation and usability study of the fear of cancer recurrence therapy for parents of survivors of childhood cancer (Parent-FORT).
Frontiers in psychology · 2026
Surgical Nurses' Experience of Hallway Healthcare.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026
Physician Attributes That Matter Most: Results from a Qualitative Inquiry of Oncologists, Patients Receiving Oncological Care, and Medical Students.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025 · first author
Latest funding
- $244,799
Addressing fear of cancer recurrence in parents of pediatric cancer survivors: adapting the Fear Of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) for parents and establishing acceptability and feasibility.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $175,000
Living in limbo: The Experience of and Relationship between Fear of Progression, Illness Uncertainty, Symptom Burden, and Death Anxiety in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Lung Cancer Receiving Immunotherapy or Targeted Therapy
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $107,751
Repairing the nursing workforce: Creating compassionate communities and enabling environments to enhance retention and return to work.
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
9 publications.
Adaptation and usability study of the fear of cancer recurrence therapy for parents of survivors of childhood cancer (Parent-FORT).
Holy C, Brinson J, Gibson-Haerle J, Russell KB, Abbott LS, Giguère L, Givogue A, Guilcher GMT, Heathcote LC, Johnson E, McMillan K, Maheu C, Pelletier W, Schulte F, Sirois-Leclerc H, Tutelman PR, Lebel S
Surgical Nurses' Experience of Hallway Healthcare.
Ruddy Z, McMillan K, Vanderspank-Wright B, McPherson CJ
Physician Attributes That Matter Most: Results from a Qualitative Inquiry of Oncologists, Patients Receiving Oncological Care, and Medical Students.
McMillan K, Akurang D, Wheatley-Price P
“I feel broken”: Chronicling burnout, mental health, and the limits of individual resilience in nursing
Akoo C, McMillan K, Price S, Ingraham K, Ayoub A, Sands SR, Shankland M, Bourgeault I
Even if you build it, they may not come: challenges in the uptake of workplace mental health toolkits
Corrente M, Myles S, Atanackovic J, Ben-Ahmed HE, Benoit C, McMillan K, Price SL, Neiterman E, Slofstra K, Bourgeault I
Nurses Navigating Mental Health During Uncharted Times: Self, Others, Systems (S.O.S)!
Akoo C, Price S, McMillan K, Ingraham K, Ayoub A, Sands SR, Shankland M, Bourgeault I
Predictors of Nursing Faculty Job and Career Satisfaction, Turnover Intentions, and Professional Outlook: A National Survey
Boamah SA, Kalu ME, Havaei F, McMillan K, Belita E
Working through a pandemic: The mediating effect of nurses' health on the relationship between working conditions and turnover intent
Havaei F, Tang X, Adhami N, Kaulius M, Boamah SA, McMillan K
Sustainability: an evolutionary concept analysis. Exploring nursing's role within the sustainability movement.
McMillan K
Addressing fear of cancer recurrence in parents of pediatric cancer survivors: adapting the Fear Of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) for parents and establishing acceptability and feasibility.
Principal investigators: Lebel, Sophie
Keywords: Adaptation; Caregivers; Childhood Cancer Survivors; Fear Of Cancer Recurrence; Mixed Methods; Parents; Pediatric Cancer; Pilot Study; Psychological Intervention
Living in limbo: The Experience of and Relationship between Fear of Progression, Illness Uncertainty, Symptom Burden, and Death Anxiety in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Lung Cancer Receiving Immunotherapy or Targeted Therapy
Principal investigators: Lebel, Sophie
Keywords: Advanced Cancer; Death Anxiety; Fear Of Progression; Lung Cancer; Metastatic Cancer; Mixed Methods; Precision Medicine; Psychosocial Oncology; Symptom Burden; Uncertainty In Illness
Repairing the nursing workforce: Creating compassionate communities and enabling environments to enhance retention and return to work.
Principal investigators: McMillan, Kimberly D; Ben Ahmed, Houssem Eddine; Bourgeault, Ivy L; Price, Sheri L
Keywords: Health Human Resources; Health Policy; Nurse Retention; Nurse Return To Work
Examining the discursive and epistemic positioning of middle managers in healthcare organizations faced with health-related crises in the current context of Covid-19
Principal investigators: McMillan, Kim D.
Keywords: organizational life; identity; agency; healthcare; middle management; emergency preparedness; emergency response
Addressing the Harms of COVID-19 on the Health of the Canadian Health Workforce: Evaluation of an Evidence-Informed, Multi-Level Intervention Strategy
Principal investigators: Bourgeault, Ivy L; Atanackovic, Jelena; Benoit, Cecilia M; Corrente, Melissa; McMillan, Kimberly D; Neiterman, Elena
Keywords: Evaluation And Refinement; Health Worker Burnout; Multiple Intervention Strategy
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nursing
- Sociology
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Family Practice
- School of Nursing
- Health, Aging & Society
- Oncology
- Other
Co-authors at University of Ottawa, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Ivy Bourgeault
Sociology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Ivy Bourgeault
Sociology and Anthropology
3 shared papers, latest 2024
Sheri Price
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Farinaz Havaei
Family Practice
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Sheila Boamah
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Sophia Myles
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Paul Wheatley-Price
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Christine Maheu
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Fiona Schulte
Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Jelena Atanackovic
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Melissa Corrente
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Emily Belita
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Elena Neiterman
Health, Aging & Society
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Cecilia Benoit
Sociology
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Sophie Lebel
Psychology
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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