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Nicole Bobbette

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Nicole Bobbette

Researcher

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.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Aging Brain Health Dementia Developmental Disabilities Health Care Workers Patient Oriented Research Intellectual And Developmental Disabilties Primary Care

Latest papers

Direct support professional perspectives on the value of virtual healthcare for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Trends over four years.
Disability and health journal · 2026
Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.
BMJ open · 2025
Understanding Barriers to Mental Health Supports During the Pandemic for Workers in Intellectual Disability Services.
Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Co-production for Health, Inclusive Research, Practice and Policy for People with Developmental Disabilities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$149,890
Evaluating the implementation of interprofessional primary care teams: A multiple case study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Identifying optimal primary care models for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a mixed methods study
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$546,976

All 7 grants and awards

9 publications.

Direct support professional perspectives on the value of virtual healthcare for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Trends over four years.

Selick A, Bernier SL, Bobbette N, Cardiff K, Lunsky Y

Disability and health journal2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2025.101961 PMID: 40818922

Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.

Lunsky Y, Bobbette N, Chiu M, Thakur A, Patel P, Volpe T, Balogh R, Baskin A, Beaudoin MJ, Dever M, Durbin A, Fogle A, Kelly C, Lake J, Lefkowitz G, Mallett H, McCabe J, Noonan J, Selick A, Shooshtari S, Sockalingam S, St John L, Steel L, Thatcher A, McCarron M, Brain Health-IDD Program Group

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108960 PMID: 41475806

Understanding Barriers to Mental Health Supports During the Pandemic for Workers in Intellectual Disability Services.

Carter M, Bobbette N, Campanella S, Lunsky Y

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2025

DOI: 10.1111/jar.70037 PMID: 40129137

Examining utility and feasibility of implementing patient-reported outcome measures in occupational therapy primary care practice

Hand C, Donnelly C, Bobbette N, Borczyk M, Bauer M, O’Neill C

British Journal of Occupational Therapy20224 citations

DOI: 10.1177/03080226211042272

Interprofessional primary care during COVID-19: a survey of the provider perspective

Donnelly C, Ashcroft R, Bobbette N, Mills C, Mofina A, Tran T, Vader K, Williams A, Gill S, Miller J

BMC Primary Care202193 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12875-020-01366-9

Predictors of worker mental health in intellectual disability services during COVID-19.

Lunsky Y, Bobbette N, Chacra MA, Wang W, Zhao H, Thomson K, Hamdani Y

Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2021

DOI: 10.1111/jar.12892 PMID: 33998117

Virtual health care for adult patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review.

Selick A, Bobbette N, Lunsky Y, Hamdani Y, Rayner J, Durbin J

Disability and health journal2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2021.101132 PMID: 34127406

Critical considerations for engaging in inclusive health research with individuals with intellectual disability.

Bobbette N, Hamdani Y

Evidence-based nursing2021First author

DOI: 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103210 PMID: 32033972

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and interprofessional, team-based primary health care: a scoping review.

Bobbette N, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Tranmer J, Lysaght R, Ufholz LA, Donnelly C

JBI evidence synthesis2020First author

DOI: 10.11124/jbisrir-d-19-00200 PMID: 32813389

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Nicole Bobbette

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Direct support professional perspectives on the value of virtual healthcare for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Trends over four years.

Evaluating the impact of a national brain health education course for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and caregivers: Brain Health-IDD Program protocol.

Understanding Barriers to Mental Health Supports During the Pandemic for Workers in Intellectual Disability Services.

Examining utility and feasibility of implementing patient-reported outcome measures in occupational therapy primary care practice

Interprofessional primary care during COVID-19: a survey of the provider perspective

Predictors of worker mental health in intellectual disability services during COVID-19.

Virtual health care for adult patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A scoping review.

Critical considerations for engaging in inclusive health research with individuals with intellectual disability.

Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and interprofessional, team-based primary health care: a scoping review.

Co-production for Health, Inclusive Research, Practice and Policy for People with Developmental Disabilities

Evaluating the implementation of interprofessional primary care teams: A multiple case study

Identifying optimal primary care models for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Ontario: a mixed methods study

Promoting brain health: A national capacity building project for aging adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities, family caregivers and service providers

Evaluating implementation of a dementia screening program for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in community agencies across Canada: Facilitators, barriers and next steps for spread and scale

Addressing unmet and emerging health needs of Canadian adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19

Supporting the mental health needs of adults with developmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19: A national capacity building project

Frequent collaborators

Yona Lunsky

Yona Lunsky

Yani Hamdani

Avra Selick

Catherine Donnelly

Adeen Fogle

Maddy Dever

Jennifer Rayner

Shahin Shooshtari

Sanjeev Sockalingam

Jordan Miller

Jennifer Rayner

Janet Durbin

Anna Durbin

Johanna Lake

Anupam Thakur

Jennifer Rayner

Kendra Thomson

Martha Bauer

Wei Wang

Todd Tran

Joan Tranmer