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Tieghan Killackey

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Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto

Tieghan Killackey

Assistant Professor

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Publications

282

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Grants

Publications by year

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Education

PhD
MN
BScN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Nursing Clinical and translational cardiovascular sciences Patient-centered care

Latest papers

Identifying the educational needs of nurses caring for adults with congenital heart disease: A scoping review protocol.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Exploring the perioperative experiences of youth undergoing cardiac surgery: A qualitative needs assessment for tailoring a mobile self-management app.
Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026 · first author
Family-based interventions on self-management behaviours and blood pressure control in individuals with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMC public health · 2026

All 41 publications

Latest funding

Exploring Autonomy Development Among Emerging Adults Living with Chronic Conditions
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$81,549
iCanCope CardioVascular Surgery (iCC CVS): Co-design and evaluation of a smartphone-based self-management program for youth undergoing cardiovascular surgery
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
Empowering youth with sickle cell pain: National clinical implementation of an effective mHealth innovation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$589,049

All 9 grants and awards

41 publications.

Identifying the educational needs of nurses caring for adults with congenital heart disease: A scoping review protocol.

Lin T, Parry M, Killackey T

PloS one2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0343891 PMID: 42430435

Exploring the perioperative experiences of youth undergoing cardiac surgery: A qualitative needs assessment for tailoring a mobile self-management app.

Killackey T, O'Hare J, Merklinger S, Harris L, Patel M, Drumm N, Jayawickrema S, Campbell F, Taylor K, Russell J, Vanderlaan RD, Nishat F, Veloso L, Samarasekera M, Stinson JN

Journal of clinical and translational science2026First author

DOI: 10.1017/cts.2026.10741 PMID: 42205987

Family-based interventions on self-management behaviours and blood pressure control in individuals with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kebebew GM, Diriba DC, Killackey T, Owadally T, Parry M

BMC public health2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-27203-9 PMID: 41943013

Pain Rehabilitation Virtual Reality (PR-VR) at Home: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial for Youth with Chronic Pain.

Mesaroli G, Xi R, Hroch Tiessen P, Kurup U, Nishat F, Killackey T, Sucha E, Simons LE, Stephens S, Campbell F, Stinson J

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2026

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2026.2683648 PMID: 42491691

Relational autonomy in pediatric healthcare: A scoping review.

Matthiesen A, Drumm N, Gerlach AJ, Koller D, Killackey T

Nursing ethics2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/09697330251366601 PMID: 40940033

Balancing Care and Sacrifice: Lived Experiences and Support Needs of Primary Caregivers in Pediatric Chronic Pain Across Canada and Australia.

Pope N, Drumm N, Birnie KA, Noel M, Berryman C, Ferencz N, Killackey T, Macneil M, Zientek D, Surry V, Stinson JN

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/children12070911 PMID: 40723104

Virtual Peer Mentoring for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Mixed-Methods Study of the iPeer2Peer Program in the Transition to Adult Care.

Killackey T, Olaizola S, Nishat F, Xi R, Gill N, Aiello S, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Morgan C, Graham J, Veloso L, Desbiens C, Desbiens C, Stinson JN, Kohut SA

CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.04.003 PMID: 41607722

Advance Care Planning in Advanced Heart Failure: The Illusion of Individual Autonomy.

Killackey T, Peter E, Maciver J, Mohammed S

Qualitative health research2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251375276 PMID: 41027561

Navigating HPV Vaccination: a Qualitative Study on Chinese Women's Decision-Making Experiences.

Li D, Zhang W, Stinson J, Jibb L, Killackey T, Pope N, Wu F, Yuan C

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2025

DOI: 10.1007/s13187-024-02555-1 PMID: 39831945

A Systematic Review of Multimodal Analgesic Effectiveness on Acute Postoperative Pain After Adult Cardiac Surgery.

Wynne R, Jedwab RM, Gjeilo KH, Fredericks S, Magboo R, Phillips EK, Goudarzi Rad M, O'Keefe-Mccarthy S, Keeping-Burke L, Murfin J, Killackey T, Bruneau J, Matthews S, Bowden T, Sanders J, Lie I, CONNECT: the Cardiac Surgery International Nursing & Allied Professional Research Network

Journal of advanced nursing2025

DOI: 10.1111/jan.16688 PMID: 39704393

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Tieghan Killackey

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identifying the educational needs of nurses caring for adults with congenital heart disease: A scoping review protocol.

Exploring the perioperative experiences of youth undergoing cardiac surgery: A qualitative needs assessment for tailoring a mobile self-management app.

Family-based interventions on self-management behaviours and blood pressure control in individuals with hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pain Rehabilitation Virtual Reality (PR-VR) at Home: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial for Youth with Chronic Pain.

Relational autonomy in pediatric healthcare: A scoping review.

Balancing Care and Sacrifice: Lived Experiences and Support Needs of Primary Caregivers in Pediatric Chronic Pain Across Canada and Australia.

Virtual Peer Mentoring for Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Mixed-Methods Study of the iPeer2Peer Program in the Transition to Adult Care.

Advance Care Planning in Advanced Heart Failure: The Illusion of Individual Autonomy.

Navigating HPV Vaccination: a Qualitative Study on Chinese Women's Decision-Making Experiences.

A Systematic Review of Multimodal Analgesic Effectiveness on Acute Postoperative Pain After Adult Cardiac Surgery.

Exploring Autonomy Development Among Emerging Adults Living with Chronic Conditions

Frequent collaborators

Jennifer Stinson

Chitra Lalloo

Fiona Campbell

Melanie Noel

Shan Mohammed

Jane Maciver

Elizabeth Peter

Stephanie Saunders

Samina Ali

Patricia Poulin

Marco Battaglia

Mark Bernstein

Camilla Zimmermann

Peter Tanuseputro

Andrew Smith

Margaret Saari

Monica Parry

Erin Patterson

Michelle Howard

Colleen Webber

Christine Lamontagne

Abha Gupta

Francine Buchanan

Isabel Jordan