Fiona Moola, University of Toronto

Research

1101 Human Health Including Medically Related Psychological 1605 Human Factors 2804 Expert Systems 802 Information Systems And Technology,Disability Mixed Reality Motor Therapy Music Education

Latest papers

Listening to the lost voices: a qualitative study reflecting on medical assistance in dying for mature minors in Ontario
Paediatrics and Child Health · 2025
Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada
Health Policy · 2024
Re-examining medical assistance in dying for mature minors in Canada: Reflections for health leaders
Healthcare Management Forum · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Advancing Schoolyard Inclusion for Autistic Children and Youth
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$30,191
Exploring the Housing Experiences and Community Participation of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$249,913
BootleBlast, a movement tracking video game for home-based motor therapy - Navigating gaps to market readiness
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$409,276

All 7 grants and awards

11 publications.

01

Listening to the lost voices: a qualitative study reflecting on medical assistance in dying for mature minors in Ontario

Campbell S, Moola F, Denburg A, Gibson J, Petch J

Paediatrics and Child Health20251 citations

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxaf025

02

Exploring assisted dying policies for mature minors: A cross jurisdiction comparison of the Netherlands, Belgium & Canada

Campbell S, Cernat A, Denburg A, Moola F, Petch J, Gibson J

Health Policy20243 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105172

03

Re-examining medical assistance in dying for mature minors in Canada: Reflections for health leaders

Campbell S, Denburg A, Moola F, Carnevale FA, Petch J

Healthcare Management Forum20236 citations

DOI: 10.1177/08404704221134588

04

Children and Teens in Charge of their Health (CATCH): A protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of solution-focused coaching to foster healthy lifestyles in childhood disability

McPherson AC, Biddiss E, Chen L, Church PT, de Groot JF, Keenan S, King G, Lui T, Maltais DB, Mérette C

BMJ Open20198 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025119

05

HPV vaccination discourses and the construction of "at-risk" girls.

Rail G, Molino L, Fusco C, Norman ME, Petherick L, Polzer J, Moola F, Bryson M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2018

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-018-0108-8 PMID: 30076535

06

The complexities of contagion: The experience of social isolation among children and youth living with cystic fibrosis in Canada.

Moola F

Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community2018First author

DOI: 10.1177/1367493518767784 PMID: 29614879

07

The perceptions of caregivers toward physical activity and health in youth with congenital heart disease.

Moola F, Fusco C, Kirsh JA

Qualitative health research2011First author

DOI: 10.1177/1049732310384119 PMID: 20935236

08

"What I wish you knew": Social barriers toward physical activity in youth with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Moola F, Fusco C, Kirsh JA

Adapted physical activity quarterly : APAQ2011First author

DOI: 10.1123/apaq.28.1.56 PMID: 21282848

09

What's "quickest and easiest?": parental decision making about school trip mode.

Faulkner GE, Richichi V, Buliung RN, Fusco C, Moola F

The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-62 PMID: 20691063

10

Exercise and physical activity in children with cystic fibrosis

Wilkes DL, Schneiderman JE, Nguyen T, Heale L, Moola F, Ratjen F, Coates AL, Wells GD

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews200993 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2009.04.001

Advancing Schoolyard Inclusion for Autistic Children and Youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Timothy

Keywords: Autism; Education access; Schoolyard; Planning; Design; Arts-informed methods; Co-design; Ableism; Inclusion; Participation

$30,191

Exploring the Housing Experiences and Community Participation of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Ross, Timothy

Keywords: developmental disability intentional community residences housing experience housing design health and well-being community planning inclusion arts-based methods disability studies community participation

$249,913

BootleBlast, a movement tracking video game for home-based motor therapy - Navigating gaps to market readiness

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Biddiss, Elaine A; Wong, Sharon

Keywords: Disability; Family-Centred Care; Mixed Reality; Movement; Pediatric; Real-World Testing; Rehabilitation; Therapy; User-Centred Design; Video Game

$409,276

The Virtual Music Teacher: Children of all abilities banding together in early childhood music education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP)

Principal investigators: Biddiss, Elaine A.

Keywords: human factors; expert systems; human health including medically related psychological; nformation systems and technology; mixed reality; music education; motor therapy; social/leisure; pediatric; disability

$220,871

Testing a mixed reality video game for home-based practice of arm-hand skills for children with cerebral palsy: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Biddiss, Elaine A; Fehlings, Darcy L

Keywords: Cerebral Palsy; Feasibility Trial; Interactive Computer Play; Motor Learning; Occupational Therapy; Pediatric; Physiotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trial; Rehabilitation; Virtual Reality Therapy

$309,826

The Virtual Music Teacher: Children of all abilities banding together in early childhood music education

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Biddiss, Elaine A; Lamont, Andrea L; Fehlings, Darcy L; John, Bina A; Moola, Fiona

Keywords: 1101 Human Health Including Medically Related Psychological; 1605 Human Factors; 2804 Expert Systems; 802 Information Systems And Technology,; Disability; Mixed Reality; Motor Therapy; Music Education; Pediatric; Social/Leisure

$511,851

Children And Teens in Charge of their Health: A feasibility study of solution-focused coaching to foster healthy lifestyles in children and young people with physical disabilities

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mcpherson, Amy

Keywords: Disability; Health Promotion; Mixed Methods; Obesity

$221,849

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

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Medicine
Clinical Public Health Division
Rehabilitation Science
Biomedical Engineering
Pediatrics
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Fiona Moola

Faculty

11 shared papers, latest 2025

Caroline Fusco

Faculty

4 shared papers, latest 2018

Avram Denburg

Faculty

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Jeremy Petch

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Jeremy Petch

Medicine

3 shared papers, latest 2025

Jennifer Gibson

Clinical Public Health Division

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Greg Wells

Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2009

Mary Bryson

Language and Literacy Education

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Gillian King

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Elaine Biddiss

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2019

Liane Heale

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2009

Felix Ratjen

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2009

Gillian King

Rehabilitation Science

1 shared papers, latest 2019

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