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Professor EmeritaDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Kathy Speechley

Professor Emerita

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2018.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

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Childhood Epilepsy Community-Based Intervention Health-Related Quality Of Life Mindfulness Techniques Psychosocial Co-Morbidities Social-Emotional Learning

Latest papers

Sleep disturbances in patients with vasculitis.
Sleep medicine · 2026
Intranasal midazolam for procedural distress in children in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
CJEM · 2024
Ethical and practical considerations related to data sharing when collecting patient-reported outcomes in care-based child health research
Quality of Life Research · 2023

All 10 publications

Latest funding

An innovative registry-based trials platform to improve clinical care, outcomes, and health policy for children with treatable rare diseases
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$2,754,009
A Community-Based Family Treatment Program for Children with Epilepsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
$459,000
Improving the quality of life of youth with epilepsy through targeted interventions
CIHR · 2017 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 10 grants and awards

10 publications.

Sleep disturbances in patients with vasculitis.

Tanaka M, Stranges S, Speechley K, Garcia OE, Mason M, Borchin R, Burroughs C, Yeung C, Gordon J, Gurubhagavatula I, Pagnoux C, Merkel PA, Barra L

Sleep medicine2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2026.109097 PMID: 42385437

Intranasal midazolam for procedural distress in children in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wang JY, Speechley K, Anderson KK, Gainham G, Ali S, Trottier ED, Sabhaney V, Heath A, Sich C, Forbes A, Poonai N

CJEM2024

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00731-2 PMID: 39198327

Ethical and practical considerations related to data sharing when collecting patient-reported outcomes in care-based child health research

Vanderhout S, Potter BK, Smith M, Butcher NJ, Vaters J, Chakraborty P, Adams J, Inbar-Feigenberg M, Offringa M, Speechley K

Quality of Life Research20234 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s11136-023-03393-2 PMID: W4362457870

Number of Episodes Can Be Used as a Disease Activity Measure in Familial Mediterranean Fever

Frontiers in Pediatrics20222 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.822473 PMID: W4224923003

Families’ healthcare experiences for children with inherited metabolic diseases: protocol for a mixed methods cohort study

Chow AJ, Iverson R, Lamoureux M, Tingley K, Jordan I, Pallone N, Smith M, Al-Baldawi Z, Chakraborty P, Brehaut J

BMJ Open20222 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055664 PMID: W4213002216

Perioperative Satisfaction and Health Economic Questionnaires in Patients Undergoing an Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

Nagappa M, Querney J, Martin J, John-Baptiste A, Subramani Y, Lanting B, Schlachta C, Von Koughnett JA, Speechley K, Correa J, Yunus Chohan MB, Rrafshi N, Batohi M, Fayad A, Yang H

Anesthesia, essays and researches2021

DOI: 10.4103/aer.aer_5_22 PMID: 35422546

Longitudinal changes in emotional functioning following pediatric resective epilepsy surgery: 2-Year follow-up

Phillips NL, Widjaja E, Speechley K, Ferro M, Connolly M, Major P, Gallagher A, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Hasal S

Epilepsy and Behavior20214 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107585

Seizure freedom improves health‐related quality of life after epilepsy surgery in children

Jain P, Smith ML, Speechley K, Ferro M, Connolly M, Ramachandrannair R, Almubarak S, Andrade A, Widjaja E, Team PS

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology202033 citations

DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14390

The evaluation and costs of transition programs for youth with epilepsy.

Nabbout R, Arzimanoglou A, Chin RFM, Grinspan Z, Speechley K, Camfield P

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.12.014 PMID: 30626546

Ethics of neuroimaging after serious brain injury.

Weijer C, Peterson A, Webster F, Graham M, Cruse D, Fernández-Espejo D, Gofton T, Gonzalez-Lara LE, Lazosky A, Naci L, Norton L, Speechley K, Young B, Owen AM

BMC medical ethics2014

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-41 PMID: 24885720

An innovative registry-based trials platform to improve clinical care, outcomes, and health policy for children with treatable rare diseases

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Potter, Elizabeth K; McCabe, Christopher; Smith, Maureen M; Binik, Ariella; Chakraborty, Pranesh K; Inbar-Feigenberg, Michal; Mitchell, John J; Offringa, Martin; Oskoui, Maryam; Stockler, Sylvia

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness; Core Outcomes; Genetic Disease; Innovative Clinical Trial; Orphan Therapy; Patient Partnership; Patient-Oriented Outcomes; Pediatrics; Rare Disease; Registry-Based Randomized Trial

$2,754,009

A Community-Based Family Treatment Program for Children with Epilepsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Speechley, Kathy N; Bax, Karen A

Keywords: Childhood Epilepsy; Community-Based Intervention; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Mindfulness Techniques; Psychosocial Co-Morbidities; Social-Emotional Learning

$459,000

Improving the quality of life of youth with epilepsy through targeted interventions

SupervisorCIHR2017Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Puka, Klajdi

Keywords: Epilepsy; Latent Class Growth Curve Modeling; Nonpharmaceutical Intervention; Pediatrics; Prospective Longitudinal Study; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial

$105,000

Transgender youth in clinical care: A pan-Canadian cohort study of medical, social and family outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bauer, Greta R; Lawson, Margaret L

Keywords: Cohort Study; Endocrinology; Family Health And Well-Being; Medical Outcomes; Pediatrics; Puberty Suppression; Social Health; Transgender; Transphobia

$1,280,540

Designing interventions to improve delivery of health care for children with inherited metabolic diseases: family and provider perspectives

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Potter, Elizabeth K; Chakraborty, Pranesh K

Keywords: Health Care Coordination; Inherited Metabolic Diseases; Patient Centred Care; Patient-Oriented Research; Pediatrics; Rare Diseases

$738,224

The ethics of neuroimaging after serious brain injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Weijer, Charles E; Owen, Adrian M

Keywords: Decision Making Capacity; Electroencephalography; Ethics; Families; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Qualitative Methods; Quality Of Life; Serious Brain Injury; Vegetative State; Welfare

$343,718

Impact of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery on Health-Related Quality Of Life

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Widjaja, Elysa; Smith, Mary Lou

Keywords: Baseline Predictors Of Quality Of Life; Epilepsy Treatment; Health-Related Quality Of Life; Mediators And Moderators Of Quality Of Life; Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

$697,292

Health-related Quality of Life in Children with New-Onset Epilepsy: A Long-term Follow-up

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Speechley, Kathy N

Keywords: Childhood Epilepsy; Children'S Health Related Quality Of Life; Cohort Study; Long-Term Follow-Up

$561,480

Patterns of Emotional Well-Being in Children With Epilepsy

SupervisorCIHR2011Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Goodwin, Shane W

Keywords: Childhood Epilepsy; Emotional Well-Being; Psychosocial; Trajectories

$105,000

Emerging team in rare diseases: achieving the "triple aim" for inborn errors of metabolism

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Emerging Team Grant: Rare Diseases - Health Services/GELS

Principal investigators: Potter, Elizabeth K; Chakraborty, Pranesh K; Coyle, Douglas A; Kronick, Jonathan B; Wilson, Kumanan

Keywords: "Triple Aim"; Comparative Effectiveness; Health Service Delivery Models; Inborn Errors Of Metabolism; Newborn Screening; Patient-Oriented Research; Personalized Medicine; Rare Diseases; Reimbursement Policy

$1,490,492

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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Kathy Speechley

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sleep disturbances in patients with vasculitis.

Intranasal midazolam for procedural distress in children in the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ethical and practical considerations related to data sharing when collecting patient-reported outcomes in care-based child health research

Number of Episodes Can Be Used as a Disease Activity Measure in Familial Mediterranean Fever

Families’ healthcare experiences for children with inherited metabolic diseases: protocol for a mixed methods cohort study

Perioperative Satisfaction and Health Economic Questionnaires in Patients Undergoing an Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

Longitudinal changes in emotional functioning following pediatric resective epilepsy surgery: 2-Year follow-up

Seizure freedom improves health‐related quality of life after epilepsy surgery in children

The evaluation and costs of transition programs for youth with epilepsy.

Ethics of neuroimaging after serious brain injury.

Frequent collaborators

Maureen Smith

Elysa Widjaja

Pranesh Chakraborty

Rajesh Ramachandran Nair

Mark Ferro

Lillian Barra

Fiona Webster

Teneille Gofton

Anna Heath

Philippe Major

Naveen Poonai

Anna Heath

Ann Jolly

Janet Martin

Mahesh Nagappa

Yamini Subramani

Homer Yang

Saverio Stranges

Brent Lanting

Monica Taljaard

Anne Gallagher

Samina Ali

Ariella Binik

Clara van Karnebeek

Sylvia Stockler

Charles Weijer

Martin Offringa

Kumanan Wilson

Jamie Brehaut

Murray Alexander Potter

Jennifer MacKenzie

Eyal Cohen