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Nicola McCleary

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Nicola McCleary

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Adolescents Co-Design Community Of Practice Diabetes Quality Improvement Transition To Adult Care Young Adults Youth

Latest papers

Correction: Healthcare provider interventions to support medication adherence: state-of-the-science overview.
Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026 · senior author
Addressing fidelity within complex health behaviour change interventions: a scoping review of fidelity frameworks and models.
Health psychology review · 2026
Applying an implementation science lens to understand physician-level variation in patient length of stay in internal medicine.
BMC health services research · 2025

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Introducing quality indicators for pediatric injury care: co-design of a system-level implementation plan and evaluation of its feasibility, acceptability, and economic potential.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$604,350
Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$15,000
A Youth-Engaged Community of Practice to Improve Readiness to Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000

All 8 grants and awards

10 publications.

Correction: Healthcare provider interventions to support medication adherence: state-of-the-science overview.

Crawshaw J, McCleary N

Frontiers in pharmacology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2026.1826521 PMID: 41919232

Addressing fidelity within complex health behaviour change interventions: a scoping review of fidelity frameworks and models.

Toomey E, To D, Nathan N, Byrne M, Lorencatto F, Matvienko-Sikar K, McCleary N, Colquhoun H

Health psychology review2026

DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2025.2534001 PMID: 40744005

Applying an implementation science lens to understand physician-level variation in patient length of stay in internal medicine.

Srinivasan D, Wang R, Roberts SB, Lapointe-Shaw L, Tang T, Birken SA, Harris A, Ivers NM, Lorencatto F, McCleary N, Presseau J, Rouleau G, Tadrous M, Minotti SC, Razak F, Verma A, Desveaux L

BMC health services research2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13304-5 PMID: 41044639

Healthcare provider interventions to support medication adherence: state-of-the-science overview.

Crawshaw J, McCleary N

Frontiers in pharmacology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1567967 PMID: 40766756

How do experts determine where to intervene on test ordering? An interview study.

Podolsky E, Hudek N, McCleary N, McCudden C, Presseau J, Brehaut JC

Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine2025

DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2024-0948 PMID: 39308342

Strategies and resources used by public health units to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among priority groups: a behavioural science-informed review of three urban centres in Canada.

Langmuir T, Wilson M, McCleary N, Patey AM, Mekki K, Ghazal H, Estey Noad E, Buchan J, Dubey V, Galley J, Gibson E, Fontaine G, Smith M, Alghamyan A, Thompson K, Crawshaw J, Grimshaw JM, Arnason T, Brehaut J, Michie S, Brouwers M, Presseau J

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-21342-1 PMID: 39891139

Using the behavior change technique ontology to characterize the content of implementation strategies: a secondary analysis of 151 trials targeting evidence-based nursing practice.

Weight C, Laritz R, Collins SE, Mooney M, Vinette B, Castiglione SA, Straiton N, Chicoine G, Liang S, Konnyu K, Gagnon MP, Semenic S, Middleton S, Taylor N, Bitzas VB, Folch N, Vachon B, Rouleau G, Patey A, McCleary N, Porat-Dahlerbruch J, Fontaine G

Translational behavioral medicine2025

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf046 PMID: 40986819

Reported use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in 151 implementation trials: secondary analysis of a systematic review targeting nursing practice.

Weight C, Laritz R, Collins SE, Mooney M, Vinette B, Castiglione SA, Straiton N, Chicoine G, Liang S, Presseau J, Konnyu K, Gagnon MP, Semenic S, Middleton S, Taylor N, Bitzas VB, Hupé C, Folch N, Vachon B, Rouleau G, Patey A, McCleary N, Porat-Dahlerbruch J, Fontaine G

Translational behavioral medicine2025

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf043 PMID: 40930729

Combining theory and usability testing to inform optimization and implementation of an online primary care depression management tool.

McCleary N, Presseau J, Perkins I, Mutsaers B, Kendall CE, Yamada J, Gillis K, Green D

BMC medical informatics and decision making2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-024-02733-7 PMID: 39815272

Behavior Change Techniques in Continuing Professional Development.

Konnyu KJ, McCleary N, Presseau J, Ivers NM, Grimshaw JM

The Journal of continuing education in the health professions2020

DOI: 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000319 PMID: 33284178

Introducing quality indicators for pediatric injury care: co-design of a system-level implementation plan and evaluation of its feasibility, acceptability, and economic potential.

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Freire, Gabrielle; Moore, Lynne

Keywords: Economic Evaluation; Feasibility Testing; Pediatric Injury Care; System-Based Intervention Design

$604,350

Using audit and feedback to advance equity goals of learning health systems.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ivers, Noah M

Keywords: Audit And Feedback; Learning Health System; Quality Improvement

$15,000

A Youth-Engaged Community of Practice to Improve Readiness to Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Shulman, Rayzel; Ivers, Noah M; McCleary, Nicola; Zenlea, Ian S

Keywords: Adolescents; Co-Design; Community Of Practice; Diabetes; Quality Improvement; Transition To Adult Care; Young Adults; Youth

$1,500,000

Targeting misinformation-associated health behaviours: Using the tools of implementation science.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brehaut, Jamie C; Presseau, Justin

Keywords: Ethics; Implementation Science; Misinformation; Mixed Methods; Public Health; Public Health Interventions; Scoping Review

$983,024

The Canadian Behavioural Trials and Interventions Training Platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

Principal investigators: Bacon, Simon L; Alberga, Angela S; Campbell, Tavis S; Carlson, Linda E; Gordon, Jennifer L; Jung, Mary E; Lavoie, Kim; Locke, Sean R; Presseau, Justin; Rash, Josh A; Vallis, Micheal T

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Behavioural Medicine; Behavioural Trials; Healthcare Implementation; Innovative Trial Designs; Medication And Vaccination Adherence

$444,018

The Canadian Behavioural Trials and Interventions Training Platform

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Behavioural Medicine; Behavioural Trials; Healthcare Implementation; Innovative Trial Designs; Medication And Vaccination Adherence

$1,776,068

Using behavioural science approaches to optimize Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM) that prevent COVID-19 transmission and infection in priority populations in diverse urban settings

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerging COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities (July 2021) - Urban Populations

Principal investigators: Presseau, Justin

Keywords: Barriers And Enablers; Behavioural Science; Covid-19; Mask-Wearing; Public Health And Social Measures; Vaccination; Vulnerable Groups

$305,721

Optimizing audit and feedback: Personalizing delivery according to team differences

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Desveaux, Laura; Razak, Fahad; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Implementation Science; Integrated Knowledge Translation,; Mixed Methods; Organizational Theory; Performance Feedback; Quality Improvement

$592,876

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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Nicola McCleary

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Correction: Healthcare provider interventions to support medication adherence: state-of-the-science overview.

Addressing fidelity within complex health behaviour change interventions: a scoping review of fidelity frameworks and models.

Applying an implementation science lens to understand physician-level variation in patient length of stay in internal medicine.

Healthcare provider interventions to support medication adherence: state-of-the-science overview.

How do experts determine where to intervene on test ordering? An interview study.

Strategies and resources used by public health units to encourage COVID-19 vaccination among priority groups: a behavioural science-informed review of three urban centres in Canada.

Using the behavior change technique ontology to characterize the content of implementation strategies: a secondary analysis of 151 trials targeting evidence-based nursing practice.

Reported use of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks in 151 implementation trials: secondary analysis of a systematic review targeting nursing practice.

Combining theory and usability testing to inform optimization and implementation of an online primary care depression management tool.

Behavior Change Techniques in Continuing Professional Development.

Frequent collaborators

Justin Presseau

Guillaume Fontaine

Guillaume Fontaine

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Heather Colquhoun

Christopher McCudden

Maureen Smith

Fahad Razak

Amol Verma

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw

Terence Tang

Laura Desveaux

Mina Tadrous

Melissa Brouwers

Vinita Dubey

Fahad Razak

Amol Verma

Jamie Brehaut