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Shannon Bainbridge

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Assistant ProfessorInterdisciplinary Health SciencesUniversity of Ottawa

Shannon Bainbridge

Assistant Professor

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (8 CIHR, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

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Placenta Pregnancy Reproductive Health Machine Learning Preeclampsia Fetal Growth Restriction Fetal Programming Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy

Latest papers

Alone and Expecting: The Role of Social Support and Isolation in Pandemic-related Pregnancy Stress in a Canadian Cohort.
Archives of medical research · 2026
"We were locked in with our trauma" - a mixed-methods study of health pathways among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.
BMC public health · 2026
Placental ferroptosis and impaired fetal growth in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2026 · senior author

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Connecting Placental Dysfunction with Adverse Fetal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Multi-Model Investigation of Prenatal Opioid and Cannabis Exposure
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Exploring the relationship between the rate of utilization of reproductive and Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) health services provided by community health workers and the distance between communities and community health centres (CSCOMs) in Mali
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$35,000
Impact of placental microplastic accumulation on pregnancy and fetal health
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,029,690

All 16 grants and awards

16 publications.

Alone and Expecting: The Role of Social Support and Isolation in Pandemic-related Pregnancy Stress in a Canadian Cohort.

Tarar H, Kalembo L, Bainbridge S, Fontaine-Bisson B

Archives of medical research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2026.103443 PMID: 42241792

"We were locked in with our trauma" - a mixed-methods study of health pathways among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.

Idriss-Wheeler D, El-Khatib Z, Hancock L, Ham M, Bainbridge S, Deonandan R

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-28032-6 PMID: 42321726

Placental ferroptosis and impaired fetal growth in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Cariaco Y, Nik-Akhtar A, Brien ME, Menzies K, Girard S, Bainbridge S

Clinical science (London, England : 1979)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1042/cs20257407 PMID: 41885260

Placental anti-angiogenic and inflammatory markers and postpartum cardiovascular risk following preeclampsia.

Mery EE, Hajjar J, Sudade S, Vasam G, Benton S, Gaudet L, El Demellawy D, Grynspan D, Bainbridge S

Placenta2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2026.01.016 PMID: 41679190

Exploring the relationships between food insecurity, maternal stress, and maternal-infant health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kalembo L, Bainbridge S, Fontaine-Bisson B

Journal of developmental origins of health and disease2025

DOI: 10.1017/s2040174425100317 PMID: 41392861

Locked down, locked out: a cross-sectional study on experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and barriers to formal and informal support during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.

Idriss-Wheeler D, Surkan P, Bainbridge S, El-Khatib Z

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25124-7 PMID: 41250034

Ferroptosis as a mechanism of placenta dysfunction in inflammation-driven preeclampsia.

Cariaco Y, Beck M, Jahan F, Kao JG, Nik-Akhtar A, Menzies K, Bainbridge S

Placenta2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2025.07.085 PMID: 40738047

Automated detection of microscopic placental features indicative of maternal vascular malperfusion using machine learning.

Patnaik P, Khodaee A, Vasam G, Mukherjee A, Salsabili S, Ukwatta E, Grynspan D, Chan ADC, Bainbridge S

Placenta2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2023.11.005 PMID: 38011757

Association of distinct features of villitis of unknown etiology histopathology and fetal growth restriction diagnosis in a retrospective cohort from Eastern Ontario.

Osborne B, Oltean I, Sucha E, Mitsakakis N, Barrowman N, Bainbridge S, El Demellawy D

Placenta2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2022.08.012 PMID: 36099701

Placental morphology and the prediction of underlying cardiovascular risk factors.

Zaza A, Pudwell J, Bainbridge S, Connor K, Smith GN

European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.05.046 PMID: 34167034

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Shannon Bainbridge

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Alone and Expecting: The Role of Social Support and Isolation in Pandemic-related Pregnancy Stress in a Canadian Cohort.

"We were locked in with our trauma" - a mixed-methods study of health pathways among intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.

Placental ferroptosis and impaired fetal growth in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Placental anti-angiogenic and inflammatory markers and postpartum cardiovascular risk following preeclampsia.

Exploring the relationships between food insecurity, maternal stress, and maternal-infant health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Locked down, locked out: a cross-sectional study on experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) and barriers to formal and informal support during COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario.

Ferroptosis as a mechanism of placenta dysfunction in inflammation-driven preeclampsia.

Automated detection of microscopic placental features indicative of maternal vascular malperfusion using machine learning.

Association of distinct features of villitis of unknown etiology histopathology and fetal growth restriction diagnosis in a retrospective cohort from Eastern Ontario.

Placental morphology and the prediction of underlying cardiovascular risk factors.

Connecting Placental Dysfunction with Adverse Fetal Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: A Multi-Model Investigation of Prenatal Opioid and Cannabis Exposure

Exploring the relationship between the rate of utilization of reproductive and Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) health services provided by community health workers and the distance between communities and community health centres (CSCOMs) in Mali

Impact of placental microplastic accumulation on pregnancy and fetal health

Decoding the Dynamic Interplay of Gestational Physical Activity, Microbiome, and Metabolome in Maternal-Fetal Wellbeing

Deep Learning Models for Prediction of Pre-eclampsia from Prenatal Ultrasound Placental Imaging

Scope and safety of vaping during pregnancy - generating and disseminating knowledge to inform clinical practice and pregnant individuals

The impact of opioid and cannabis use during pregnancy on placental and fetal development

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - The COVID-19 Ontario Pregnancy Event (COPE) Network: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 in pregnancy on maternal, fetal and newborn health

Computer-based screening of the placenta to identify postnatal women likely to develop cardiovascular disease in their lifetime

The COVID-19 Ontario Pregnancy Event (COPE) Network: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 in pregnancy on maternal, fetal and newborn health

Frequent collaborators

Dina El Demellawy

Abolfazl Nik-Akhtar

Keir Menzies

Kristin Connor

David Grynspan

Mark Walker

Raywat Deonandan

Sylvie Girard

Shi Wen

Kristi Adamo

Jane Shearer

Marc Rodger