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Scott Leatherdale

ResearcherSchool of Public Health and Health SystemsUniversity of Waterloo

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Scott Leatherdale

Researcher

School of Public Health and Health Systems

Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (10 CIHR), most recently in 2021.
Supervisor on 3 trainee awards (3 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Publications

103

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Grants

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Research

Natural Experiments Program And Policy Evaluation Alcohol Marijuana)Substance Use (Tobacco Youth/Adolescent School-Based School-Based Prevention

Latest papers

Investigating whether area-level social fragmentation is cross-sectionally associated with adolescent depression and anxiety in a Canadian context.
Journal of affective disorders · 2026
Income inequality and adherence to 24-hour movement guideline recommendations among adolescents: a multilevel growth curve analysis using longitudinal data from three waves of the Cannabis, Obesity, Mental health, Physical activity, Sedentary behaviour and Smoking (COMPASS) study (2016-2019).
Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2025
Prospective Relations Between Self-Concept and Adolescent Physical Education Participation: A Sex Stratified Analysis.
Journal of adolescence · 2025 · senior author

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,272,196
Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 25 grants and awards

19 publications.

Investigating whether area-level social fragmentation is cross-sectionally associated with adolescent depression and anxiety in a Canadian context.

Hunter S, Muthuthotatil K, Belanger RE, Colman I, Patte KA, Leatherdale S, Pabayo R

Journal of affective disorders2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121440 PMID: 41698617

Income inequality and adherence to 24-hour movement guideline recommendations among adolescents: a multilevel growth curve analysis using longitudinal data from three waves of the Cannabis, Obesity, Mental health, Physical activity, Sedentary behaviour and Smoking (COMPASS) study (2016-2019).

Hunter S, Perala Z, Patte K, Leatherdale S, Carson V, Chaput JP, Faulkner G, Pabayo R

Journal of epidemiology and community health2025

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2024-223176 PMID: 39965910

Prospective Relations Between Self-Concept and Adolescent Physical Education Participation: A Sex Stratified Analysis.

Sick K, Pila E, Gilchrist JD, Gohari MR, Patte KA, Leatherdale S

Journal of adolescence2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/jad.12476 PMID: 39945216

Early Leaves from Inpatient Care Among Individuals with Traumatic Life Events in Ontario, Canada.

Fearon D, Hirdes JP, Leatherdale S, Perlman CM

Administration and policy in mental health2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10488-025-01431-4 PMID: 39934606

A remotely delivered exercise-based rehabilitation program for patients with persistent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (EX-CIPN): Protocol for a phase I feasibility trial.

Antonen EM, Nadler MB, Langelier DM, Campbell KL, Flamer D, Cho JH, Capozza S, Avery L, Bland KA, Leatherdale S, Manthorne J, Jones JM

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322371 PMID: 40299845

Leveraging mHealth Technologies for Public Health.

Velmovitsky PE, Kirolos M, Alencar P, Leatherdale S, Cowan D, Morita PP

JMIR public health and surveillance2024

DOI: 10.2196/49719 PMID: 39265164

Classification of traumatic life events and substance use among persons admitted to inpatient psychiatry in Ontario, Canada.

Fearon D, Perlman CM, Leatherdale S, Hirdes JP, Dubin J

Journal of psychiatric research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.02.008 PMID: 38412786

Sex-Related Differences in Adolescent Cannabis Use: Influences of School Context and School Connectedness.

Matteau-Pelletier L, Bélanger RE, Leatherdale S, Desbiens F, Haddad S

The Journal of school health2020

DOI: 10.1111/josh.12950 PMID: 32954535

Correction to: Why public health matters today and tomorrow: the role of applied public health research.

McLaren L, Braitstein P, Buckeridge D, Contandriopoulos D, Creatore MI, Faulkner G, Hammond D, Hoffman SJ, Kestens Y, Leatherdale S, McGavock J, Norman WV, Nykiforuk C, Ridde V, Smylie J

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-020-00398-z PMID: 32876929

Coffee and cigarettes: Examining the association between caffeinated beverage consumption and smoking behaviour among youth in the COMPASS study.

Fagan MJ, Di Sebastiano KM, Qian W, Leatherdale S, Faulkner G

Preventive medicine reports2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101148 PMID: 32695565

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ferro, Mark

Keywords: Child; Comorbidity/Multimorbidity; Mental Illness; Physical Illness; Prospective Study; Trajectory Modelling; Young Adult; Youth

$1,272,196

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - PA: Human Development, Child and Youth Health

Principal investigators: Ferro, Mark

Keywords: Child; Comorbidity/Multimorbidity; Mental Illness; Physical Illness; Prospective Study; Trajectory Modelling; Young Adult; Youth

$100,000

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Pr. Gr. - PA: Human Development Child and Youth Health - Mid Career Support

Principal investigators: Ferro, Mark

Keywords: Child, Youth, Young Adult; Comorbidity/Multimorbidity; Mental Illness; Physical Illness; Prospective Study; Trajectory Modelling

$100,000

Optimizing local intersectoral partnerships to mobilize research evidence in school mental health

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Belita, Emily

Keywords: knowledge mobilization partnership; evidence-informed decision-making; knowledge translation/knowledge mobilization; mental health promotion; youth health; partnership evaluation

$66,129

Optimizing local intersectoral partnerships to mobilize research evidence in school mental health

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Belita, Emily

Keywords: knowledge mobilization partnership; evidence-informed decision-making; knowledge translation/knowledge mobilization; mental health promotion; youth health; partnership evaluation

$103,376

A Pan-Canadian Study of Physical-Mental Comorbidity in Children

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing CDN Databases and Cohorts

Principal investigators: Ferro, Mark

Keywords: Children And Adolescents; Comorbidity; Epidemiological Study; Mental Health Service Use; Mental Illness; Neurodevelopmental Disorder; Physical Illness; Risk Factors

$75,000

Amplifying youth voice: Mobilizing co-created knowledge on youth engagement strategies for quantitative research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Belita, Emily

Keywords: youth engagement; knowledge mobilization; child/youth well-being; community engagement

$16,230

Affective Adaptation During the Transition to University

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gilchrist, Jennifer

Keywords: Emotion; Adaptation; Youth; Dynamical Systems; Self-Compassion; University; Resilience; Longitudinal; Daily Diary

$63,516

Evaluating the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on youth substance use and mental health trajectories over time: renewal of the COMPASS prospective cohort.

Nominated PICIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Leatherdale, Scott; Patte, Karen

Keywords: Covid-19 (Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviours); Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (Ethnicity And Gender); Knowledge Mobilization/Intergated Knowledge Exchange; Mental Health (Depression, Anxiety, Flourishing); Natural Experiments; Program And Policy Evaluation; Prospective Cohort/Longitudinal; School-Based Prevention; Substance Use (Alcohol, Cannabis, Vaping, Tobacco, Opioids); Youth/Adolescent

$2,555,100

Evaluating the impact of local, provincial, and national cannabis policies among youth in the COMPASS system

Nominated PICIHR2019Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation

Principal investigators: Leatherdale, Scott; De Groh, Margaret; Laxer, Rachel E

Keywords: Cannabis Use; Longitudinal/Cohort Study; Mental Health (Deoression, Anxiety, Flourishing); National, Provincial, Local Stakeholders; Poly Substance Use (Tobacco, Alcohol, Opioids, E-Cig); Primary Prevention; Program And Policy Evaluation / Interventions; Quasi-Experimental Design; School-Based; Youth/Adolescent

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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Scott Leatherdale

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Investigating whether area-level social fragmentation is cross-sectionally associated with adolescent depression and anxiety in a Canadian context.

Income inequality and adherence to 24-hour movement guideline recommendations among adolescents: a multilevel growth curve analysis using longitudinal data from three waves of the Cannabis, Obesity, Mental health, Physical activity, Sedentary behaviour and Smoking (COMPASS) study (2016-2019).

Prospective Relations Between Self-Concept and Adolescent Physical Education Participation: A Sex Stratified Analysis.

Early Leaves from Inpatient Care Among Individuals with Traumatic Life Events in Ontario, Canada.

A remotely delivered exercise-based rehabilitation program for patients with persistent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (EX-CIPN): Protocol for a phase I feasibility trial.

Leveraging mHealth Technologies for Public Health.

Classification of traumatic life events and substance use among persons admitted to inpatient psychiatry in Ontario, Canada.

Sex-Related Differences in Adolescent Cannabis Use: Influences of School Context and School Connectedness.

Correction to: Why public health matters today and tomorrow: the role of applied public health research.

Coffee and cigarettes: Examining the association between caffeinated beverage consumption and smoking behaviour among youth in the COMPASS study.

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Multimorbidity in Children and Youth Across the Life-course (MY LIFE): A Long-term Follow-up

Optimizing local intersectoral partnerships to mobilize research evidence in school mental health

Optimizing local intersectoral partnerships to mobilize research evidence in school mental health

A Pan-Canadian Study of Physical-Mental Comorbidity in Children

Amplifying youth voice: Mobilizing co-created knowledge on youth engagement strategies for quantitative research

Affective Adaptation During the Transition to University

Evaluating the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on youth substance use and mental health trajectories over time: renewal of the COMPASS prospective cohort.

Evaluating the impact of local, provincial, and national cannabis policies among youth in the COMPASS system

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Roman Pabayo

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Candace Nykiforuk

Susan Elliott

Jonathan McGavock

Lindsay Mclaren

David Hammond

Janet Smylie

Susan Elliott

Eva Pila

Valerie Carson

Slim Haddad

Jennifer Dean

Karen Patte

Erin Hobin

Lisa Avery

Danielle Fearon

Jean-Philippe Chaput

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