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Cilia Mejia-Lancheros

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Assistant ProfessorSocial & Behavioural Health Sciences DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Cilia Mejia-Lancheros

Assistant Professor

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Ethno-Racial Differences in the Effectiveness of Housing First on Healthcare Utilization Among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: At Home Chez-Soi, a Pragmatic Randomized Trial.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026 · senior author
Trajectories of Incarceration Over Six Years Among People with Mental Illness and Experiences of Homelessness: Predictive Factors Among Participants in a Randomized Trial of Housing First: Trajectoires d’incarcération sur six ans chez les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale et ayant connu l’itinérance–Facteurs prédictifs chez les participants à un essai à répartition aléatoire en marge du programme «Logement d’abord»
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2026
Testing the theory of change for Housing First: a secondary qualitative analysis of gender differences in the experiences of men and women in the AH/CS trial.
BMJ open · 2025

All 28 publications

Latest funding

Creating Cultures of Care: A Roadmap to Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence in Nursing
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$395,910
Addressing barriers to mental health access for Black Refugees in Peel region: designing equitable pathways and establishing a Refugee-led health research collaborative.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$49,987
Demystifying the 'black box' of prisoner re-entry and addressing the mental health and substance use needs and service disruptions for people released from custody during the COVID-19 pandemic
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$489,523

All 5 grants and awards

28 publications.

Ethno-Racial Differences in the Effectiveness of Housing First on Healthcare Utilization Among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: At Home Chez-Soi, a Pragmatic Randomized Trial.

Lachaud J, Yusuf AA, Perri M, Nisenbaum R, O'Campo P, Stergiopoulos V, Hwang SW, Mejia-Lancheros C

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-025-02833-8 PMID: 41691097

Trajectories of Incarceration Over Six Years Among People with Mental Illness and Experiences of Homelessness: Predictive Factors Among Participants in a Randomized Trial of Housing First: Trajectoires d’incarcération sur six ans chez les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale et ayant connu l’itinérance–Facteurs prédictifs chez les participants à un essai à répartition aléatoire en marge du programme «Logement d’abord»

Luong LD, Mejia-Lancheros C, Kouyoumdjian F, Lachaud J, Hwang SW

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry20262 citations

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251372188

Testing the theory of change for Housing First: a secondary qualitative analysis of gender differences in the experiences of men and women in the AH/CS trial.

Alfayumi-Zeadna S, Perri M, Mejia-Lancheros C, Woodhall J, Kirst M, Douglin M, Reiser C, O'Campo P

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094840 PMID: 40730395

Housing and Support Intervention and Mortality Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illnesses: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Lachaud J, Nisenbaum R, Mejia-Lancheros C, Latimer E, Aubry T, Woodhall-Melnik J, Distasio J, Hinds A, Dutton D, Somers J, Moniruzzaman A, Stergiopoulos V, O'Campo P, Hwang SW

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.24302 PMID: 40742585

Social isolation and loneliness among people living with experience of homelessness: a scoping review.

Lachaud J, Yusuf AA, Maelzer F, Perri M, Gogosis E, Ziegler C, Mejia-Lancheros C, Hwang SW

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19850-7 PMID: 39285399

Continuity of primary care among homeless adults with mental illness who received a housing and mental health intervention.

To MJ, Mejia-Lancheros C, Lachaud J, Hwang SW

Family practice2024

DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmad023 PMID: 36869771

Health status and health-care utilization among men recently released from a superjail: a matched prospective cohort study.

Matheson FI, McLuhan A, Croxford R, Hahmann T, Ferguson M, Mejia-Lancheros C

International journal of prisoner health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1108/ijph-01-2023-0004 PMID: 37658480

Finding help and hope in a peer-led reentry service hub near a detention centre: A process evaluation.

McLuhan A, Hahmann T, Mejia-Lancheros C, Hamilton-Wright S, Tacchini G, Matheson FI

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281760 PMID: 36800339

Providing Housing First services for an underserved population during the early wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Mejia-Lancheros C, Lachaud J, Gogosis E, Thulien N, Stergiopoulos V, Da Silva G, Nisenbaum R, O'Campo P, Hwang S

PloS one2022First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278459 PMID: 36454981

Differential impacts of COVID-19 and associated responses on the health, social well-being and food security of users of supportive social and health programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Mejia-Lancheros C, Alfayumi-Zeadna S, Lachaud J, O'Campo P, Gogosis E, Da Silva G, Stergiopoulos V, Hwang SW, Thulien N

Health & social care in the community2022First author

DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13826 PMID: 35524402

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Cilia Mejia-Lancheros

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Ethno-Racial Differences in the Effectiveness of Housing First on Healthcare Utilization Among Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: At Home Chez-Soi, a Pragmatic Randomized Trial.

Testing the theory of change for Housing First: a secondary qualitative analysis of gender differences in the experiences of men and women in the AH/CS trial.

Housing and Support Intervention and Mortality Among Homeless Adults With Mental Illnesses: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Social isolation and loneliness among people living with experience of homelessness: a scoping review.

Continuity of primary care among homeless adults with mental illness who received a housing and mental health intervention.

Health status and health-care utilization among men recently released from a superjail: a matched prospective cohort study.

Finding help and hope in a peer-led reentry service hub near a detention centre: A process evaluation.

Providing Housing First services for an underserved population during the early wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Differential impacts of COVID-19 and associated responses on the health, social well-being and food security of users of supportive social and health programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.

Creating Cultures of Care: A Roadmap to Preventing and Responding to Workplace Violence in Nursing

Addressing barriers to mental health access for Black Refugees in Peel region: designing equitable pathways and establishing a Refugee-led health research collaborative.

Demystifying the 'black box' of prisoner re-entry and addressing the mental health and substance use needs and service disruptions for people released from custody during the COVID-19 pandemic

Assessing mental health and substance use needs and service disruptions for people released from custody during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVENANT Study: COVID-19 Cohort Study of People Experiencing Homelessness in Toronto

Frequent collaborators

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Patricia O’Campo

Rosane Nisenbaum

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Tim Aubry

Julia Woodhall-Melnik

Naomi Thulien

Julian Somers

Eric Latimer

Anna Durbin

Jino Distasio

Aynslie Hinds

Daniel Dutton

Stephen Hwang