Paula Robeson, University of Ottawa

Research

Clinical Trial Lung Injury Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Newborn Outcome Preterm Birth Regenerative Medicine Stem Cells

Latest papers

Growing Up Through a Pandemic: A Mixed‐Methods Study of How the COVID‐19 Pandemic Shaped the Transition to Adulthood for Youth With Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families
Child: Care, Health and Development · 2026
Outcomes of Preterm Infants Admitted to Canadian NICUs Before and During the SARS-COV Pandemic.
Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Practice recommendations regarding parental presence in NICUs during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens like COVID-19.
Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2) - A Randomized Controlled Trial to test the efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC) in reducing respiratory morbidity in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$575,163
Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2) - A Randomized Controlled Trial to test the efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC) in reducing respiratory morbidity in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$2,300,649

All 2 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Growing Up Through a Pandemic: A Mixed‐Methods Study of How the COVID‐19 Pandemic Shaped the Transition to Adulthood for Youth With Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families

Li L, Gorter JW, Cook K, Toulany A, Robeson P, Geboers J, Kassam‐Lallani D, Grahovac D, Bogossian A, Rojas RG

Child: Care, Health and Development2026

DOI: 10.1111/cch.70294

02

Outcomes of Preterm Infants Admitted to Canadian NICUs Before and During the SARS-COV Pandemic.

Campbell-Yeo M, Mireault A, Bacchini F, Beltempo M, Shah PS, Alcock L, Comeau J, Dol J, Grant A, Gubbay J, Hughes B, Hundert A, Inglis D, Lalani Y, MacNeil M, Luu TM, Mitra S, Narvey M, O'Brien K, Robeson P, Science M, Canadian Neonatal Network Cnn Investigators

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/children12020193 PMID: 40003295

03

Practice recommendations regarding parental presence in NICUs during pandemics caused by respiratory pathogens like COVID-19.

Campbell-Yeo M, Bacchini F, Alcock L, Mitra S, MacNeil M, Mireault A, Beltempo M, Bishop T, Campbell DM, Chilcott A, Comeau JL, Dol J, Grant A, Gubbay J, Hughes B, Hundert A, Inglis D, Lakoff A, Lalani Y, Luu TM, Morton J, Narvey M, O'Brien K, Robeson P, Science M, Shah P, Whitehead L

Frontiers in pediatrics2024

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1390209 PMID: 38983460

04

Promoting Intensive Transitions for Children and Youth with Medical Complexity from Paediatric to Adult Care: the PITCare study—protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Santos S, Thomson D, Diaz S, Soscia J, Adams S, Amin R, Bernstein S, Blais B, Bruno N, Colapinto K

BMJ Open20245 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086088

05

Training Intervention and Program of Support for Fostering the Adoption of Family-Centered Telehealth in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Multimethod, Prospective, Hybrid Type 3 Implementation-Effectiveness Study

Hurtubise K, Gaboury I, Berbari J, Battista M-C, Schuster T, Phoenix M, Rosenbaum P, De Camargo OK, Lovo S, Pritchard-Wiart L

JMIR Research Protocols20222 citations

DOI: 10.2196/40218

06

Connecting for Care: a protocol for a mixed-method social network analysis to advance knowledge translation in the field of child development and rehabilitation

Glegg S, Costello C, Barnaby S, Cassidy C, Sibley KM, Russell K, Kingsnorth S, Pritchard L, de Camargo OK, Andersen J

Implementation Science Communications2022Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-022-00372-5 PMID: W4310593977

07

Frayme: Building the structure to support the international spread of integrated youth services.

Halsall T, Manion I, Mathias S, Robeson P, Benlamri M, Helfrich W, Iyer SN, Purcell R, Henderson J

Early intervention in psychiatry2020

DOI: 10.1111/eip.12927 PMID: 31943853

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2) - A Randomized Controlled Trial to test the efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC) in reducing respiratory morbidity in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Thebaud, Bernard; Robeson, Paula; Fergusson, Dean A

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Lung Injury; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; Newborn; Outcome; Preterm Birth; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells

$575,163

Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2) - A Randomized Controlled Trial to test the efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC) in reducing respiratory morbidity in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: Clinical Trials Projects

Principal investigators: Thebaud, Bernard; Robeson, Paula; Fergusson, Dean A

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Lung Injury; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; Newborn; Outcome; Preterm Birth; Regenerative Medicine; Stem Cells

$2,300,649

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

Pediatrics
Ecole de réadaptation
Regenerative Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstétrique et gynécologie
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Medicine
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2023

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Clinical Trial Dear Professor Robeson, 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 "Growing Up Through a Pandemic: A Mixed‐Methods Study of How the COVID‐19 Pandemic Shaped the Transition to Adulthood for Youth With Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families" (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 "Helping Underdeveloped Lungs with Cells (HULC-2) - A Randomized Controlled Trial to test the efficacy of umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSC) in reducing respiratory morbidity in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)" (2023), 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]