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Cynthia Maxwell

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ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics & GynaecologyUniversity of Toronto

Cynthia Maxwell

Professor

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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24 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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Publications

1,069

Citations

103

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Grants

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Research

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Latest papers

Supporting the implementation of a Maternal Early Warning System (MEWS) protocol using Human-Centred Design
BMC Health Services Research · 2026
Identifying the protective and risk factors of perinatal depression and anxiety: A cross-sectional study of Black women in the Greater Toronto Area.
Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2026
Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review.
Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2026

All 46 publications

Latest funding

Understanding The Geography of Wealth in Canada and the USA
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$87,703
Maternal Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (m-ADHD): Mental Health, Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$604,352
MOVIN: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a scalable collaborative care model for perinatal mental healthcare delivery
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,510,875

All 6 grants and awards

46 publications.

Supporting the implementation of a Maternal Early Warning System (MEWS) protocol using Human-Centred Design

Mc Intyre D, Spiegel A, Kapellas S, Ghali B, Mazzietti K, Fortune R-L, Haas S, Cérat S, Sugars E, Campbell-Clarke K

BMC Health Services Research20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14128-7

Identifying the protective and risk factors of perinatal depression and anxiety: A cross-sectional study of Black women in the Greater Toronto Area.

Boakye PN, Setordzi M, Etowa E, Fung K, Maxwell C, Wilson-Mitchell K, Clark CT, Yamada J, Byass MT, Desta F, Tiwaa-Boateng NA, Yoon R, Etowa J, Wong JP

Archives of psychiatric nursing20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2026.152093 PMID: 41956593

Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review.

Boakye PN, Setordzi M, Etowa J, Etowa E, Yoon R, Fung K, Desta F, Tiwaa-Boateng NA, Maxwell C, Byass MT, Yamada J, Clark CT, Wilson-Mitchell K, Mugambi D, Johnson D, Wong JP

Birth (Berkeley, Calif.)20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/birt.70066 PMID: 41808612

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and perinatal mental illness: a population-based study.

Vigod SN, Zipursky J, Babujee A, Barker LC, Bolea-Alamanac B, Clark CT, Cohen E, Dennis CL, Feldman M, Gomes T, Habib S, Lu H, Maxwell C, Patrikar A, Ray JG, Saunders N, Toulany A, Xie A, Brown HK

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-026-03206-0 PMID: 42663665

Assessing the impact of delivery method on severe maternal morbidity among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study.

Simpson AN, Sutradhar R, Benchimol EI, Chan WC, Porter JM, Moore S, Dossa F, Huang V, Maxwell C, Targownik L, Snelgrove JW, Liu N, Baxter NN

Journal of Crohn's & colitis2026

DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjag014 PMID: 41964942

Relationship between pregnancy, delivery, and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective chart review.

House SC, Srikanth V, Tandon P, O'Connor K, O'Connor B, Mathiyalagan G, Maxwell C, Kennedy E, Snelgrove JW, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Brar M, Huang V

Crohn's & colitis 3602026Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otag048 PMID: 42428799

Maternal attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and adverse obstetrical and perinatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Zipursky JS, Vigod SN, Babujee A, Barker LC, Bolea-Alamanac B, Clark CT, Cohen E, Dennis CL, Gomes T, Lu H, Maxwell C, Patrikar A, Ray JG, Saunders N, Toulany A, Xie A, Brown HK

American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2026.101969 PMID: 41990995

Associations between maternal race, socioeconomic status and shoulder dystocia: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario Canada.

Miao Q, Guo Y, Maxwell C, Wen SW, St Hill A, Dingwall-Harvey A, Kuepfer T, Walker M

BMC pregnancy and childbirth2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-026-08924-6 PMID: 41864888

FIGO guideline on liver disease and pregnancy.

Nana M, Medina V, Maxwell C, McCormick C, Taliani G, Beuers U, Money D, Jacobsson B, Kapur A, Beyuo T, Ruiloba F, Smith G, Bergman L, O'Reilly S, O'Brien P, Hanson M, Rosser M, Sosa C, Adam S, Guinto V, Poon L, McAuliffe F, Williamson C, FIGO Committee on Impact of Pregnancy on Long‐term Health, FIGO Committee on Infections during Pregnancy and the FIGO Division of Maternal and Newborn Health

International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics202512 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.70161 PMID: 40299540

Oxytocin versus carbetocin at elective Cesarean delivery in parturients with class III obesity: a double-blind randomized controlled noninferiority trial.

Turner W, Boonstra L, Maxwell C, Downey K, Balki M

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20253 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02891-2 PMID: 39760981

Understanding The Geography of Wealth in Canada and the USA

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kemeny, Tom

Keywords: Wealth; Inequality; Cities; Housing markets; Debt; North America; Stratification

$87,703

Maternal Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (m-ADHD): Mental Health, Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vigod, Simone N; Brown, Hilary; Zipursky, Jonathan S

Keywords: Adhd; Postpartum; Pregnancy

$604,352

MOVIN: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a scalable collaborative care model for perinatal mental healthcare delivery

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vigod, Simone N; Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Anxiety; Collaborative Care; Depression; Postpartum; Pregnancy

$1,510,875

Maternal outcomes and mode of delivery following pregnancy in women with inflammatory bowel disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Principal investigators: Simpson, Andrea N

Keywords: Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Maternal Outcomes; Pregnancy

$69,887

The Artificial Placenta - Sustaining Extrauterine Fetal Circulation in the Extremely Premature.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Haller, Christoph

Keywords: artificial placenta extracorporeal perfusion fetal development cardiovascular physiology heart failure lung development prematurity ex utero fetal circulation

$250,000

The Artificial Placenta

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Seed, Michael T

Keywords: Animal Models; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Fetal Circulation; Fetal Development; Fetal Growth Restriction; Fetal Nutrition; Large Animal Model; Preterm Birth

$738,225

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Cynthia Maxwell

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Supporting the implementation of a Maternal Early Warning System (MEWS) protocol using Human-Centred Design

Identifying the protective and risk factors of perinatal depression and anxiety: A cross-sectional study of Black women in the Greater Toronto Area.

Sociocultural and Structural Determinants of Black Maternal Mental Health: A Scoping Review.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and perinatal mental illness: a population-based study.

Assessing the impact of delivery method on severe maternal morbidity among individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study.

Relationship between pregnancy, delivery, and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective chart review.

Maternal attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and adverse obstetrical and perinatal outcomes: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Associations between maternal race, socioeconomic status and shoulder dystocia: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario Canada.

FIGO guideline on liver disease and pregnancy.

Oxytocin versus carbetocin at elective Cesarean delivery in parturients with class III obesity: a double-blind randomized controlled noninferiority trial.

Understanding The Geography of Wealth in Canada and the USA

Maternal Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (m-ADHD): Mental Health, Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes

MOVIN: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of a scalable collaborative care model for perinatal mental healthcare delivery

Maternal outcomes and mode of delivery following pregnancy in women with inflammatory bowel disease

The Artificial Placenta - Sustaining Extrauterine Fetal Circulation in the Extremely Premature.

The Artificial Placenta

Frequent collaborators

Rohan D'Souza

Parul Tandon

Mathew Sermer

Vivian Huang

Mrinalini Balki

Priscilla Boakye

John Snelgrove

Kenneth Fung

Dan Farine

Josephine Etowa

Rosanra Yoon

Karline Wilson-Mitchell

John Kingdom

Prakesh Shah

Mark Walker

Jonathan Zipursky

Alene Toulany

Geoffrey Nguyen

Qun Miao

Lucy Barker

Modupe Tunde-Byass

Irena Nulman