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Mahalia Dixon

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Mahalia Dixon

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Active Hope Climate Action Climate Change Engagement Equity Integrated Youth Services Mental Health

Latest papers

Outpatient Young Adults with Concurrent Disorders: A Naturalistic Study of Clinical Characteristics and DBT Skills Training Outcomes.
Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026
Integrated Collaborative Care for Youths With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges
JAMA Network Open · 2025
Measuring functioning among youth using the Columbia impairment scale: investigating dimensionality and measurement invariance among 14–17 year olds using mental health services and their caregivers
BMC Psychiatry · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,455,240
Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$9,471,694
Advancing YWHO's Learning Health System for Scalable Data Sharing via Federated Data Ecosystem
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,723,989

All 8 grants and awards

9 publications.

Outpatient Young Adults with Concurrent Disorders: A Naturalistic Study of Clinical Characteristics and DBT Skills Training Outcomes.

Cowie KD, Weller A, Griffin M, Rubin-Kahana DS, Dixon M, Ross J, Amani B, Dickens S, Hawke LD, Henderson J, Courtney D

Early intervention in psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1111/eip.70235 PMID: 42527049

Integrated Collaborative Care for Youths With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges

Henderson J, Szatmari P, Cleverley K, Ma C, Hawke LD, Cheung A, Relihan J, Dixon M, Quinlan-Davidson M, Moretti M

JAMA Network Open20258 citations

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9565

Measuring functioning among youth using the Columbia impairment scale: investigating dimensionality and measurement invariance among 14–17 year olds using mental health services and their caregivers

Cleverley K, Brennenstuhl S, Szatmari P, Hawke LD, Krause KR, Cheung A, Relihan J, Dixon M, Henderson J

BMC Psychiatry20251 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-06511-1

A qualitative study exploring youth’s experiences of hospital- and integrated community-based mental health services: the YouthCan IMPACT initiative

Quinlan-Davidson M, Henderson JL, Szatmari P, Cheung A, Dixon M, Relihan J, Singer D, Hawke LD, Cleverley K

BMC Psychiatry20251 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12888-025-07523-7

Mental health and sexual and reproductive health services for girls, young women and gender-diverse youth with intersectional identities: protocol for a realist review.

Quinlan-Davidson M, Chiodo D, Donovan J, Rodak T, Gibson J, Dixon M, Walpole D, Darnay K, Gajaria A, Kidd S, Lam JSH, van der Miesen AIR, Henderson JL

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092105 PMID: 40664414

Youth not engaged in education, employment, or training: a discrete choice experiment of service preferences in Canada

Quinlan-Davidson M, Dixon M, Chinnery G, Hawke LD, Iyer S, Moxness K, Prebeg M, Thabane L, Henderson JL

BMC International Health and Human Rights20248 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18877-0

Experiences of gender-diverse youth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Everest L, Henderson J, Dixon M, Relihan J, Hawke LD

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294337 PMID: 37971999

Impact Potpourri: A Multimethod Survey Study on Youth Substance Use During COVID-19.

Hawke LD, Sheikhan NY, Oates S, Daley M, Dixon M, Henderson J

The Canadian journal of addiction2022

DOI: 10.1097/cxa.0000000000000158 PMID: 36452036

Let's Talk Gender: Ten Things Transgender and Nonbinary Youth Want All Researchers to Know.

Dixon M, Hawke LD, Relihan J, Darnay K, Henderson JL

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.12.010 PMID: 34990762

There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Halsall, Tanya G; Khanna, Nishad; Makeikin, Oleksandr

Keywords: Big Tech; Child And Youth Development; Commercial Determinants Of Health; Environmental Scan; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Policy Analysis; Social Media; Youth Engagement

$1,455,240

Laying the foundation for an IYS Learning Health System: Building a youth and equity focused federated IYS data platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: IYS LHS Data Platform

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Barnes, Kristen; Horodecki, Laura; Piercey, Matt; Barbic, Skye P; Butler, Stephen M; Chiodo, Debbie G; deJong, Kathy; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Healey Akearok, Gwen K; Hill, Sean; Hutt-MacLeod, Daphne; Iyer, Srividya N; Langton, Julia; Leach, Michelle; MacLachlan, Janna L; Mathias, Steve M; Mushquash, Christopher J; Plourde, Vickie; Sveinson, Pam; Woodgate, Roberta L

Keywords: Data Science; Integrated Youth Services; Large Scale Data Integration; Learning Health System; Youth Mental Health And Substance Use

$9,471,694

Advancing YWHO's Learning Health System for Scalable Data Sharing via Federated Data Ecosystem

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Provincial Stream Grants

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Cadeau, Terra; Chiodo, Debbie G; Darnay, Karleigh; Glatard, Tristan; Haynes, Kevin; Quinlan-Davidson, Meaghen

Keywords: Data Quality; Data Systems And Processes; Equity; Federated Data Platform; Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Youth And Community End-User Data Priorities; Youth And Family Engagement; Youth Mental Health And Substance Use

$1,723,989

Disentangling Medicinal and Recreational Cannabis Use among Young Adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wardell, Jeffrey D

Keywords: Cannabis; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Psychology; Young Adults

$374,852

Strengthening Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario's Learning Health System through Enhancing Measurement Based Care, Data Integration and Equity-focused Practices

Co-investigatorCIHR2023IYS-Net Phase 1: Building Learning Health System Net. - Stream 1 Network Grants

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Woodward, Graham L; Chiodo, Debbie G; Jackson-Best, Fatimah; Linklater, Renee; Mckenzie, Kwame J; Quinlan-Davidson, Meaghen

Keywords: Integrated Youth Services; Learning Health System; Patient-Oriented Approach; Youth And Family Engagement

$1,168,041

Youth Taking Action on Climate Change: Developing a Pathway to Care in Integrated Youth Services

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth - Environment and Climate Action

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Andari, Swelen; Barbic, Skye P; Chiodo, Debbie G; Darnay, Karleigh; Dixon, Mahalia; Quinlan-Davidson, Meaghen; Wray, Brittany D

Keywords: Active Hope; Climate Action; Climate Change; Engagement; Equity; Integrated Youth Services; Mental Health

$99,971

Developing Service Standards for Youth with Complex Mental Illness

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Standards for Children and Youth Mental Health Services

Principal investigators: Kozloff, Nicole; Henderson, Jo; Cleverley, Kristin D; Szatmari, Peter

Keywords: Access To Care; Complexity; Health Service Utilization; Multimorbidity; Severe Mental Illness; Social Determinants Of Health; Systems Of Care; Treatment Response; Youth Mental Health

$198,514

Strengthening YWHO's Integrated Service Delivery and Measurement Based Care models: Building standards for a youth-focused learning health system

Co-investigatorCIHR2022National Standards for Integrated Youth Services

Principal investigators: Henderson, Jo; Woodward, Graham L; Barbic, Skye P; Chiodo, Debbie G; Jackson-Best, Fatimah; Linklater, Renee

Keywords: Engagement; Equity; Integrated Youth Services; Standards

$249,133

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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Mahalia Dixon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Outpatient Young Adults with Concurrent Disorders: A Naturalistic Study of Clinical Characteristics and DBT Skills Training Outcomes.

Integrated Collaborative Care for Youths With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges

Measuring functioning among youth using the Columbia impairment scale: investigating dimensionality and measurement invariance among 14–17 year olds using mental health services and their caregivers

A qualitative study exploring youth’s experiences of hospital- and integrated community-based mental health services: the YouthCan IMPACT initiative

Mental health and sexual and reproductive health services for girls, young women and gender-diverse youth with intersectional identities: protocol for a realist review.

Youth not engaged in education, employment, or training: a discrete choice experiment of service preferences in Canada

Experiences of gender-diverse youth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Impact Potpourri: A Multimethod Survey Study on Youth Substance Use During COVID-19.

Let's Talk Gender: Ten Things Transgender and Nonbinary Youth Want All Researchers to Know.

Frequent collaborators

Jacqueline Relihan

Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson

Peter Szatmari

Amy Cheung

Peter Szatmari

Kristin Cleverley

Karleigh Darnay

Jo Henderson

Jamie Gibson

Amy Gajaria

Clement Ma

Paul Kurdyak

Nicole Kozloff

Melanie Barwick

Darren Courtney

Suneeta Monga

Debbie Chiodo

Alice Charach

David O'Brien

Sean Kidd

Srividya Iyer

Elizabeth Lin

Lynn Courey