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Sheila Dunn

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Associate Professor EmeritaClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Sheila Dunn

Associate Professor Emerita

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
15 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 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2013.

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Research

Breast Cancer Cancer Screening Cervical Community-Based Cultural Sensitivity Health Promotion Peer Leaders

Latest papers

Building a Sexual and Reproductive Health Module for Implementation in Early Psychosis Programs: A Co-creation Process: Création d'un module sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive à mettre en œuvre dans les programmes d'intervention précoce en cas de psychose : un processus de création conjointe.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026
Exploring Methods to Mitigate Fraud in Web-Based Surveys: Multicase Study Analysis.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2025
Reproductive health experiences of women and non-binary people with early psychosis: a qualitative study.
Schizophrenia research · 2025

All 41 publications

Latest funding

Embedding health equity methods within implementation science research
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$10,000
"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,927,508

All 15 grants and awards

41 publications.

Building a Sexual and Reproductive Health Module for Implementation in Early Psychosis Programs: A Co-creation Process: Création d'un module sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive à mettre en œuvre dans les programmes d'intervention précoce en cas de psychose : un processus de création conjointe.

Barker LC, Zaheer J, Wong-Lee R, Kearney H, Ampofo A, Bodogh V, Dobinson C, Dmytryshyn R, Dunn S, Foussias G, Kozloff N, Lam JSH, Rodriguez A, Sirotich F, Soklaridis S, Villanueva V, Voineskos AN, Vigod SN

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437261420713 PMID: 41706631

Exploring Methods to Mitigate Fraud in Web-Based Surveys: Multicase Study Analysis.

Ennis M, Renner RM, Morando-Stokoe C, James S, Janssen PA, Leckie S, Dunn S, Mazza D, Norman WV

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/78671 PMID: 41324984

Reproductive health experiences of women and non-binary people with early psychosis: a qualitative study.

Toufeili A, Vigod SN, Zaheer J, Hussain Z, France J, Rodriguez A, Lubotzky-Gete S, Berkhout S, Dmytryshyn R, Dunn S, Gupta R, Hosseiny F, Sirotich F, Soklaridis S, Voineskos AN, Barker LC

Schizophrenia research2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.04.016 PMID: 40267852

Mifepristone Access Through Community Pharmacies When Regulated as a Routine Prescription Medication.

Nethery E, Xu C, Chan CSY, Helmer-Smith M, Stucchi A, Mooney D, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Pammett R, Norman WV, Guarna G, Law MR, Schummers L

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.42096 PMID: 41196594

Trends in Abortion Rates in Ontario, Canada.

Schummers L, Dunn S, Cheng L, Norman WV

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4516 PMID: 40214991

How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation.

Munro S, Wahl K, Dunn S, Devane C, Li LC, Norman WV

Implementation science communications2025

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-025-00694-0 PMID: 39901300

Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access for Women and Nonbinary People With Early Psychosis: Towards an Integrated Perspective of Service Users and Clinicians.

Barker LC, Zaheer J, Hussain Z, France J, Rodriguez A, Lubotzky-Gete S, Berkhout S, Dmytryshyn R, Dunn S, Gupta R, Hosseiny F, Sirotich F, Soklaridis S, Voineskos AN, Vigod SN

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2024

DOI: 10.1177/07067437231187460 PMID: 37448301

Telemedicine for First-Trimester Medical Abortion in Canada: Results of a 2019 Survey.

Renner RM, Ennis M, Kyeremeh A, Norman WV, Dunn S, Pymar H, Guilbert E

Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association2023

DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0245 PMID: 36126299

Sexual health experiences of women and non-binary people with early psychosis: qualitative study.

Barker LC, Vigod SN, Hussain Z, France J, Rodriguez A, Lubotzky-Gete S, Berkhout S, Dmytryshyn R, Dunn S, Gupta R, Hosseiny F, Sirotich F, Soklaridis S, Voineskos A, Zaheer J

BJPsych open2023

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2023.518 PMID: 37551106

Development and pilot testing of the 2019 Canadian Abortion Provider Survey.

Renner RM, Ennis M, Maazi M, Dunn S, Norman WV, Kaczorowski J, Guilbert E

Pilot and feasibility studies2023

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01279-1 PMID: 36959670

Embedding health equity methods within implementation science research

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Skouteris, Helen

Keywords: Family Planning Research; Family Practice Research; Health Equity; Health Services & Policy Research; Implementation Science; Methodologies Workshop

$10,000

"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services.

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Henry, Bonnie J; Munro, Sarah B; Schummers, Laura

Keywords: Abortion; Chart Review; Clinical Care Guidelines; Interviews; Linked Health Administrative Data Analysis; Rural And Remote Health Care; Shared Decision Making; Systematic Review

$100,000

"How far is too far?" Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Henry, Bonnie J; Munro, Sarah B; Schummers, Laura

Keywords: Abortion; Case-Control Study; Clinical Practice Guidelines; Emergency Care; Interviews; Linked Health Administrative Data Analysis; Rural And Remote Health Care; Shared Decision Making

$2,927,508

The CART Mife-Outcomes study: Relating Canada's unique mifepristone regulations to health system events, costs and access to abortion, using linked health administrative data.

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Henry, Bonnie J; McGrail, Kimberlyn M

Keywords: Drug Policy Research; Family Planning; Health Economic Analyses; Health Equity; Health Research Capacity Building; Health Services Access; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Inter-Jurisdictional Health System And Service Comparison; Linked Health Administrative Data Analysis; Population Health Research

$524,024

Planning research priorities to support the role of nurses in providing optimal medical abortion care

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Roussel, Josette; Martin-Misener, Ruth

Keywords: Cross-Jurisdictional Research; Family Planning; Gender Inclusive Research; Health Of Mothers And Children; Health Policy Research; Health Systems And Services; Implementation Research; Interdisciplinary Teams; Nurses; Research Planning

$10,000

The CART Canadian NP mifepristone implementation study

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Martin-Misener, Ruth; Roussel, Josette

Keywords: Access To Care; Family Planning; Health Equity; Health Policy, Systems And Services; Implementation Research; Inter-Jurisdictional Comparisons; Interdisciplinary Team; Medical Abortion; Mifepristone; Nurse Practitioner

$481,950

The Canadian Surgical and Medical Abortion Provider Survey (CAPS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Renner, Regina M; Henry, Bonnie J; Wagner, Marie-Soleil

Keywords: Abortion; Clinical Practice; Family Planning Services; Health Human Resources; Health Provider Experiences; Health Service Delivery; Quality Of Care; Workforce Characteristics

$407,780

Automatic remote screening of speech features associated with Alzheimer's disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Rudzicz, Frank; Hirst, Graeme; Jokel, Regina

Keywords: (1101) Human Health (Incl. Medically Related Psych. Rsch.); (1211) Medical And Health Sciences; (2605) Pattern Analysis And Machine Intelligence; 2801) Natural Language And Speech Understanding; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; Remote Assessment; Signal Processing; Speech-Based Interfaces; Speech-Language Pathology

$220,133

Mifepristone implementation in Canada (The CART-Mife Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Norman, Wendy V; Kendall, Tamil

Keywords: Family Planning; Health Policy- Health Systems; Health Professional Education; Implementation Research; Rural Health Services; Women'S Health

$400,000

Toward Equity in Cancer Screening: Multicultural Tools and Strategies for Improving Breast and Cervical Screening Among Canadian Newcomers

Nominated PICIHR2013Dissemination Events - Priority Announcement: Cancer Research

Principal investigators: Dunn, Sheila F

Keywords: Breast; Cancer; Cancer Screening; Cervical; Community-Based; Cultural Sensitivity; Health Promotion; Peer Leaders

$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.

Profile data last refreshed on July 30, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Sheila Dunn

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Exploring Methods to Mitigate Fraud in Web-Based Surveys: Multicase Study Analysis.

Reproductive health experiences of women and non-binary people with early psychosis: a qualitative study.

Mifepristone Access Through Community Pharmacies When Regulated as a Routine Prescription Medication.

Trends in Abortion Rates in Ontario, Canada.

How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation.

Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access for Women and Nonbinary People With Early Psychosis: Towards an Integrated Perspective of Service Users and Clinicians.

Telemedicine for First-Trimester Medical Abortion in Canada: Results of a 2019 Survey.

Sexual health experiences of women and non-binary people with early psychosis: qualitative study.

Development and pilot testing of the 2019 Canadian Abortion Provider Survey.

Frequent collaborators

Sarah Munro

Sophie Soklaridis

Juveria Zaheer

Frank Sirotich

Nazilla Khanlou

Regina Renner

Kate Wahl

Laura Schummers

Marie-Soleil Wagner

Farah Ahmad

Melissa Brooks

Aisha Lofters

Dahn Jeong

Aisha Lofters

Farah Ahmad

Janusz Kaczorowski

Augustina Ampofo

Peter Gill

Sid Feldman

Michelle Greiver

Angel Foster

Edith Guilbert

Liz Darling

Ruth Martin-Misener