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Janet Parsons

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational TherapyUniversity of Toronto

Janet Parsons

Associate Professor

Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Adulthood Arts-Based Methods Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Mental Health Services Patient-Oriented Research Policies Qualitative

Latest papers

Ripple effects of a patient & health-system partnered engagement project: a co-developed protocol
Research Involvement and Engagement · 2026
A randomized controlled trial of an electronic patient decision aid (PDA) for decision-making around antidepressant use in pregnancy.
Archives of women's mental health · 2026
Where is communication breaking down? Narrative tensions in obesity-in-pregnancy clinical encounters
PLoS ONE · 2025 · senior author

All 24 publications

Latest funding

Collaboratively developing a research agenda to support return-to-work after stroke with knowledge holders
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$49,989
Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$27,771
Examining structural ableism and its consequences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities seeking mental health services
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 35 grants and awards

24 publications.

Ripple effects of a patient & health-system partnered engagement project: a co-developed protocol

Chana I, Ladak Z, Medvedyuk S, Saka A, Amenu B, Freedman H, Jeji T, Ramasamy V, Camus J-C, Lofters A

Research Involvement and Engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00937-x

A randomized controlled trial of an electronic patient decision aid (PDA) for decision-making around antidepressant use in pregnancy.

Vigod SN, Dennis CL, Grigoriadis S, Metcalfe K, Oberlander TF, Michalowska M, Butt A, Chatterjee A, DeOliveira C, Isaranuwatchai W, Lu Y, Parsons J, Stewart DE, Thorpe KE

Archives of women's mental health2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-025-01671-1 PMID: 41606350

Where is communication breaking down? Narrative tensions in obesity-in-pregnancy clinical encounters

Enzel RD, Lalani S, Windrim R, Maxwell C, Kingdom J, D’Souza R, Parsons J

PLoS ONE20251 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318514

Impact of an Audit and Feedback-based Intervention on Preparation of Adolescents for Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care: A Multicentre Quasi-experimental Study

Ahmad SZ, Ivers N, Zenlea I, Shah BR, Austin PC, Clarson C, Harrington J, Landry A, Mukerji G, Punthakee Z

Canadian Journal of Diabetes2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2025.06.002

An audit and feedback‐based intervention to improve diabetes management in the year after transfer to adult type 1 diabetes care: A multi‐center quasi‐experimental study

Shulman R, Zenlea I, Ivers N, Austin PC, Li P, Clarson C, Landry A, Harrington J, Mukerji G, Palmert MR

Diabetic Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1111/dme.15444

COVID-19 immunisation among individuals with opioid use disorder in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

Hanna M, Subic AM, Park AL, Wu F, Campbell DM, Leece P, Morrison L, Parsons J, Sellen K, Strike C, Gomes T, Orkin AM

BMJ public health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002755 PMID: 41321367

Center-Based Childcare in Early Childhood and Nutritional Risk in Later Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Kucab MD, Keown-Stoneman CD, Birken CS, Perlman M, Parsons J, D'Annunzio D, Thadani S, Allen CA, Maguire JL, TARGet Kids! Collaboration

The Journal of nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.09.028 PMID: 41022151

Creating Safe Connections: A Co-Designed E-Learning Module to Advance Equity and Social Accountability in Preventative Primary Care.

Sayani A, Ladak Z, Manthorne J, Nicholson E, Bloch GC, Parsons J, Hwang SW, Amenu B, Freedman H, Jeji T, Pratt A, Ramasamy V, Camus JC, Wathen CN, MacGregor JCD, Dilkes D, Lofters A

Advances in medical education and practice2025

DOI: 10.2147/amep.s539091 PMID: 41170293

Centre-based childcare in early childhood and child obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Kucab M, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Birken C, Perlman M, Parsons J, Maguire JL

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078116 PMID: 39122383

Improving diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes: development of a complex intervention.

King LK, Ivers NM, Waugh EJ, MacKay C, Stanaitis I, Krystia O, Stretton J, Wong S, Weisman A, Bardai Z, Ross S, Brady S, Shloush M, Stier T, Gakhal N, Agarwal P, Parsons J, Lipscombe L, Hawker GA

Implementation science communications2023

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-023-00398-3 PMID: 36855209

Collaboratively developing a research agenda to support return-to-work after stroke with knowledge holders

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Singh, Hardeep; Nowrouzi-Kia, Behdin

Keywords: Best Practices; Stroke; Work

$49,989

Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wijekoon, Sachindri

Keywords: Older adults; Racism; Ageism; Intersectionality; Self-care; Wellness; Resilience; Qualitative Research; Photovoice; Critical gerontology

$27,771

Examining structural ableism and its consequences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities seeking mental health services

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health-POR Approach

Principal investigators: Hamdani, Suryani S; Blake, Marissa; Fogle, Adeen S; Parsons, Janet A

Keywords: Adulthood; Arts-Based Methods; Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities; Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Patient-Oriented Research; Policies; Qualitative; Structural Abelism

$125,000

Development and Implementation of a Parks Prescription Intervention for Diabetes Prevention (PARK-DPRx)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Booth, Gillian L; Bacon, Simon L; Dasgupta, Kaberi; Gilliland, Jason A; Ke, Calvin; Lofters, Aisha K; Parsons, Janet A; Rainham, Daniel Gareth C

Keywords: Diabetes; Green Space; Implementation; Nature; Park Prescription; Parks; Patient Oriented Research; Social Prescribing

$902,700

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Canadian Post COVID-19 Condition Research Network

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Goulding, Susie E; Graves, Donna Lorraine; Archambault, Patrick; Awadalla, Philip; Bakal, Jeffrey A; Bhéreur, Anne; Brotto, Lori Anne; Busse, Jason W; Cameron, Jill I; Churchill, Katie; Crawley, Angela M; Décary, Simon; Durand, Madeleine; Falcone, Emilia L; Fowler, Robert A; Gommerman, Jennifer L; Graham, Kathryn E; Graham, Simon J; Groot, Gary; Gross, Douglas P; Guyatt, Gordon H; Halas, Gayle; Ho, Chester; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Janjua, Naveed Z; Johnson, Pauline; Juando Prats, Clara; Kashuba, Sherri; Katz, Alan; Kho, Michelle E; Lam, Grace Y; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Lavis, John N; Law, Susan K; LeBlanc, Annie; Levin, Adeera; Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Y; Liu, Peter P; Lix, Lisa M; Mandhane, Piush; Mann, Balraj; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNagny, Kelly M; Miciak, Maxi A; Mishra, Sharmistha; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Mukherjee, Manali; Mushquash, Christopher J; Nacul, Luis; O'Brien, Kelly K; Osgood, Nathaniel D; Papathanasoglou, Elisavet; Penninger, Josef; Piche, Alain; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rafferty, Ellen; Raj, Satish R; Razak, Fahad; Russell, James A; Sander, Beate H; Sekuler, Allison B; Soares, Claudio D; Tailfeathers, Esther; Tomlinson, George A; Tricco, Andrea C; Valdez, Yanet; Verma, Amol; Vohra, Sunita; Walmsley, Sharon L; Walsh, Jillian; Weeks, Laura C; Williams, Kienan; Wu, Jianhong; Yeung, Rae S

Keywords: Biobanking; Knowledge Translation; Long Covid; Mechanism Of Disease; National Network; Patient Engagement; Patient Registries; Post-Covid Condition; Research Communications; Social Determinants Of Health

$19,999,614

NARTURE: More-than-Human Inquiry Using Art and Nature to Promote Equity and Inclusion

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Juando Prats, Clara

Keywords: youth engagement youth studies post-human inquiry new-materialisms social isolation social inequities gender-based violence teenage parenting visual arts nature

$237,437

A mixed methods study to understand and promote COVID-19 vaccination among children and youth: the TARGetKids! Study of Children and Families

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerg. COVID Res. Gaps/Priorities - Vaccine Distribution Models

Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L

Keywords: Children And Youth; Cohort; Covid-19 Vaccination; Mixed Methods Study; Parents; Qualitative; Quantitative; Vaccine Hesitancy

$499,861

A Labyrinth of Inequity: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Pritlove, Cheryl

Keywords: Gender; Gender gap; Equity; Diversity; Inclusion; Academic medicine; Feminist political economy theory; Intersectionality; Qualitative methods; Knowledge synthesis

$71,164

Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Sander, Beate H; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kwong, Jeffrey C; Mishra, Sharmistha; Sbihi, Hind

Keywords: Burden Of Disease; Cost; Covid-19; Determinants Of Health; Disease Progression; Equity; Long-Term Effects; Population Health; Resource Use; Sequelae

$499,645

Development and Implementation of a Parks Prescription Intervention for Diabetes Prevention (PARKS-DP)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: HCIS - LOI - Type 2 diabetes prevention

Principal investigators: Booth, Gillian L; Gebremikael, Liben M; Bacon, Simon L; Ke, Calvin; Lofters, Aisha K; Rainham, Daniel Gareth C

Keywords: Diabetes; Green Space; Parks; Social Prescribing

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Janet Parsons

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Ripple effects of a patient & health-system partnered engagement project: a co-developed protocol

A randomized controlled trial of an electronic patient decision aid (PDA) for decision-making around antidepressant use in pregnancy.

Where is communication breaking down? Narrative tensions in obesity-in-pregnancy clinical encounters

Impact of an Audit and Feedback-based Intervention on Preparation of Adolescents for Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care: A Multicentre Quasi-experimental Study

An audit and feedback‐based intervention to improve diabetes management in the year after transfer to adult type 1 diabetes care: A multi‐center quasi‐experimental study

COVID-19 immunisation among individuals with opioid use disorder in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

Center-Based Childcare in Early Childhood and Nutritional Risk in Later Childhood: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Creating Safe Connections: A Co-Designed E-Learning Module to Advance Equity and Social Accountability in Preventative Primary Care.

Centre-based childcare in early childhood and child obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Improving diagnosis and treatment of knee osteoarthritis in persons with type 2 diabetes: development of a complex intervention.

Collaboratively developing a research agenda to support return-to-work after stroke with knowledge holders

Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.

Examining structural ableism and its consequences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities seeking mental health services

Development and Implementation of a Parks Prescription Intervention for Diabetes Prevention (PARK-DPRx)

Long COVID Web: Pan-Canadian Post-COVID Condition Research Network

NARTURE: More-than-Human Inquiry Using Art and Nature to Promote Equity and Inclusion

A mixed methods study to understand and promote COVID-19 vaccination among children and youth: the TARGetKids! Study of Children and Families

A Labyrinth of Inequity: A Feminist Political Economy Approach to the Gender Gap in Academic Medicine

Predictors and burden of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (long-COVID) with a focus on equity

Development and Implementation of a Parks Prescription Intervention for Diabetes Prevention (PARKS-DP)

Frequent collaborators

Pamela Leece

Geetha Mukerji

Noah Ivers

Carol Strike

Rayzel Shulman

Noah Ivers

Zubin Punthakee

Rosane Nisenbaum

Rita Shahin

Amy Wright

Ambreen Sayani

Ian Zenlea

Rohan D'Souza

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Shaun Hopkins

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Kevin Thorpe

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Curtis Handford

Rohan D'Souza

Jennifer Harrington

Clara Juando-Prats

Sherry Espin

Vanessa Redditt

Crystal Mackay

Adrian Sacher

Donna Halperin

Muhammad Mamdani

Cheryl Pritlove

Sheldon Cheskes

Alanna Weisman

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Patricia O’Campo

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai

Peter Jüni

Catherine Birken

Christian John Finley