Haleh Hashemi, York University

Research

Caregiving Cortical Pain Response Maternal Stress Pain Burden Preterm Infants

Latest papers

Skin-to-skin contact for painful procedures in younger preterm infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
The journal of pain · 2026
Understanding maternal perspectives of skin-to-skin contact for the management of acute pain in very and extremely preterm infants.
Pain · 2026 · first author
Universal digital mental health interventions for children and youth: a scoping review.
Frontiers in digital health · 2025

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Pain Burden and Cortical Pain Response in Preterm Infants: The Roles of Maternal Stress and Caregiving Context
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$9,000

All 1 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Skin-to-skin contact for painful procedures in younger preterm infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cohen E, Hashemi H, Garvey N, Cheng C, Shah V, Pillai Riddell R

The journal of pain2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106373 PMID: 42431385

02

Understanding maternal perspectives of skin-to-skin contact for the management of acute pain in very and extremely preterm infants.

Hashemi H, Cohen E, Garvey N, Lebovic A, Bacchini F, Johannsson L, Cheng C, Shah V, Pillai Riddell R

Pain2026First author

DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000003885 PMID: 41410345

03

Universal digital mental health interventions for children and youth: a scoping review.

Di Pierdomenico K, Bucsea O, Hashemi H, Leguia A, Lovegrove A, Cribbie R, Pillai Riddell R

Frontiers in digital health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1665975 PMID: 41333103

04

The Importance of Managing Acute Pain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Context.

Hashemi H, Cohen E, Riddell RP

Indian pediatrics2023First author

PMID: 37950464

Pain Burden and Cortical Pain Response in Preterm Infants: The Roles of Maternal Stress and Caregiving Context

Nominated PICIHR2026CRTAS - Research Travel Supplements

Principal investigators: Hashemi, Haleh

Keywords: Caregiving; Cortical Pain Response; Maternal Stress; Pain Burden; Preterm Infants

$9,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Clinical Developmental Psychology
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Rebecca Pillai Riddell

Clinical Developmental Psychology

3 shared papers, latest 2026

Vibhuti Shah

Clinical Developmental Psychology

2 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Caregiving Dear Professor Hashemi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Skin-to-skin contact for painful procedures in younger preterm infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Pain Burden and Cortical Pain Response in Preterm Infants: The Roles of Maternal Stress and Caregiving Context" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]