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Maxwell Smith

ResearcherHealth StudiesWestern University

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Maxwell Smith

Researcher

Health Studies

Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
5 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 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.
Supervisor on 5 trainee awards (5 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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2,874

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Research

Health Equity Public Health Ethics Public Health Fishbowl Methodology Applied Ethics Epidemics Health Emergencies Health Policy

Latest papers

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Homelike Models in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
Challenges and Opportunities in Recruiting Research Participants Using Facebook: Lessons Learned from an Exemplar Study.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024
Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study.
PLOS global public health · 2024 · senior author

All 8 publications

Latest funding

The ethics of encampment evictions
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$67,890
Shared Burdens, Shared Recovery: Reinventing the Ethics of Care in Canadian Pediatric Psychiatry
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Ethical Concerns of Vaccine Hesitant Individuals in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$2,000

All 20 grants and awards

8 publications.

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Homelike Models in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Bedard D, Savundranayagam M, Smith M, Vafaei A

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/07334648261451907 PMID: 42141971

Challenges and Opportunities in Recruiting Research Participants Using Facebook: Lessons Learned from an Exemplar Study.

Ashfield S, Donelle L, Smith M, Dubé È, Tryphonopoulos P

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2024

DOI: 10.1177/08445621231207546 PMID: 37853544

Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study.

Ashfield S, Donelle L, Tryphonopoulos P, Dubé È, Smith M

PLOS global public health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003154 PMID: 38758822

"No one went into pharmacy … to sell a lot of Coca-Cola. It's just sort of a necessary evil" - Community pharmacists' perceptions of front-of-store sales and ethical tensions in the retail environment.

Gellatly S, Moszczynski A, Fiedeldey L, Houle S, Smith M, Ogbogu U, Rudman D, Minaker L, Shelley J

Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100312 PMID: 37576805

An investigation of media reports of digital surveillance within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Comer L, Donelle L, Ngole M, Shelley JJ, Kothari A, Smith M, Shelley JM, Stranges S, Hiebert B, Gilliland J, Burkell J, Cooke T, Hall J, Long J

Frontiers in digital health2023

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1215685 PMID: 37564881

An intersectional human rights approach to prioritising access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Sekalala S, Perehudoff K, Parker M, Forman L, Rawson B, Smith M

BMJ global health2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004462 PMID: 33627362

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

Phillips JP, Glickman A, Zhang C, Boyle C, Emanuel EJ, Persad G, Upshur R, Thome B, Parker M, Smith M

New England Journal of Medicine20202,874 citations

DOI: 10.1056/nejmsb2005114

Attending to scalar ethical issues in emerging approaches to environmental health research and practice.

Buse CG, Smith M, Silva DS

Monash bioethics review2019

DOI: 10.1007/s40592-018-0080-3 PMID: 29869148

The ethics of encampment evictions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Fice, Nicole

$67,890

Shared Burdens, Shared Recovery: Reinventing the Ethics of Care in Canadian Pediatric Psychiatry

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Leonard Wyzynski, Daniel

Keywords: Acute Stabilization; Bioethics; Caregiver Support; Caregiver Treatment; Child And Adolescent Mental Health; Family Based Treatment; Family Centred Care; Inclusive Family Care; Integrated Care; Pediatric Psychiatry

$120,000

Ethical Concerns of Vaccine Hesitant Individuals in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2025Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ashfield, Sarah A

Keywords: Ics Travel Award

$2,000

Fair Share, Trusted Care: Advancing Health Equity through Justice-Based and Community-Centred Public Health Frameworks.

SupervisorCIHR2025Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Central Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Enright, Katherine A

Keywords: Delphi Method; Empirical Bioethics; Focus Group Discussions; Health Equity; Health Policy & Practice; Public Health Standards; Public Trust; Qualitative Methods; Social Justice; Statistical Modelling

$108,500

Translation of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization (EDID) Policies into Practice in the Canadian Healthcare System: Co-creating a Pan-Canadian Research Agenda, Network, and Partnerships

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Allana, Saleema

Keywords: Canadian Healthcare System; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Policy Translation To Practice

$14,953

Targeted Therapeutics for HIV-1 Cure

Co-investigatorCIHR2024TG: Biomedical Res. for HIV/AIDS and STBBI-Next-Gen. Therapeutic Interventions

Principal investigators: Arts, Eric J; Walmsley, Sharon L; Dikeakos, Dimitrios J; Lavender, Kerry J

Keywords: Cure; Hiv-1; Humanized Mice; Marginalized Populations; Therapeutic

$2,000,000

Forced Treatment for Antimicrobial Resistance: Towards an International Ethical Framework

SupervisorCIHR2024Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Kayla E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Forced Treatment; Framework Development; Global Health; Health Emergency Preparedness And Response; Health Equity; Infectious Diseases; Population Health; Public Health; Public Health Ethics

$120,000

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; machine learning; work environment; worker well-being; job quality; labour market inequities; living review; labour force data analysis; ethnographic research; integrated knowledge transfer and exchange

$20,000

Ethical Preparedness: 'Ethics to Policy' in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Nominated PICIHR2023Applied Public Health Chair - Applied Ethics in health emergencies

Principal investigators: Smith, Maxwell

Keywords: Applied Ethics; Epidemics; Health Emergencies; Health Equity; Health Policy; Infectious Diseases; Pandemics; Population Health Intervention Research; Public Health; Public Health Ethics

$1,150,000

Infectious Disease Control in the era of Antimicrobial Resistance: Ethical Perspectives of Forced Treatment

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR Strategic Master's Award - Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Kayla E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Bioethics; Forced Treatment; Global Health; Health Emergency Preparedness And Response; Infectious Diseases; Population Health; Public Health; Public Health Ethics; Qualitative Methodology

$17,500

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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Maxwell Smith

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Homelike Models in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Challenges and Opportunities in Recruiting Research Participants Using Facebook: Lessons Learned from an Exemplar Study.

Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study.

"No one went into pharmacy … to sell a lot of Coca-Cola. It's just sort of a necessary evil" - Community pharmacists' perceptions of front-of-store sales and ethical tensions in the retail environment.

An investigation of media reports of digital surveillance within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An intersectional human rights approach to prioritising access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

Attending to scalar ethical issues in emerging approaches to environmental health research and practice.

The ethics of encampment evictions

Shared Burdens, Shared Recovery: Reinventing the Ethics of Care in Canadian Pediatric Psychiatry

Ethical Concerns of Vaccine Hesitant Individuals in Canada

Fair Share, Trusted Care: Advancing Health Equity through Justice-Based and Community-Centred Public Health Frameworks.

Translation of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization (EDID) Policies into Practice in the Canadian Healthcare System: Co-creating a Pan-Canadian Research Agenda, Network, and Partnerships

Targeted Therapeutics for HIV-1 Cure

Forced Treatment for Antimicrobial Resistance: Towards an International Ethical Framework

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Ethical Preparedness: 'Ethics to Policy' in Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

Infectious Disease Control in the era of Antimicrobial Resistance: Ethical Perspectives of Forced Treatment

Frequent collaborators

Lorie Donelle

Panagiota Tryphonopoulos

Saverio Stranges

Ross Upshur

Afshin Vafaei

Marie Savundranayagam

Ubaka Ogbogu

Lisa Forman

Anita Kothari

Jason Gilliland

Jacob Shelley

Ross Upshur

Leia Minaker

Maxwell Smith

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Homelike Models in Long-Term Care: A Scoping Review Using the Updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

Challenges and Opportunities in Recruiting Research Participants Using Facebook: Lessons Learned from an Exemplar Study.

Digital health literacy, vaccine information sources, and vaccine acceptance among parents in Ontario: Quantitative findings from a mixed methods study.

"No one went into pharmacy &#x2026; to sell a lot of Coca-Cola. It's just sort of a necessary evil" - Community pharmacists' perceptions of front-of-store sales and ethical tensions in the retail environment.

An investigation of media reports of digital surveillance within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An intersectional human rights approach to prioritising access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

Attending to scalar ethical issues in emerging approaches to environmental health research and practice.

The ethics of encampment evictions

PAIQ: Partnership for artificial intelligence and quality of working lives and worker well-being

Frequent collaborators

Lorie Donelle

Panagiota Tryphonopoulos

Saverio Stranges

Ross Upshur

Afshin Vafaei

Marie Savundranayagam

Ubaka Ogbogu

Lisa Forman

Anita Kothari

Jason Gilliland

Jacob Shelley

Ross Upshur

Leia Minaker

"No one went into pharmacy … to sell a lot of Coca-Cola. It's just sort of a necessary evil" - Community pharmacists' perceptions of front-of-store sales and ethical tensions in the retail environment.