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Frank Elgar

ResearcherPsychiatryMcGill University

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Frank Elgar

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (5 CIHR, 4 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Global Health Adolescents Food Insecurity Inequality Malnutrition Mental Health Poverty Deprivation

Latest papers

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.
Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026
Sleep difficulties as a consistent risk factor for medically treated injuries among adolescents in 46 countries.
European journal of public health · 2025
Correspondence: The effects of maternal prenatal depression on child mental health: The moderating role of maternal childhood trauma.
Journal of affective disorders · 2023

All 11 publications

Latest funding

The impact of restrictions on smartphone use in schools on adolescent mental health and well-being: international evidence from a multi-methods policy analysis
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$699,976
Developing a Strategic Framework for Youth Mental Health Service Innovation and Integration within the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$17,500
Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$447,526

All 16 grants and awards

11 publications.

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.

Nandi A, Atabay E, Windle S, Akbari E, White L, Vincent I, Arneja J, Elgar F, Behrman J, Yang S, Harper S

Journal of epidemiology and community health2026

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2026-226571 PMID: 42686414

Sleep difficulties as a consistent risk factor for medically treated injuries among adolescents in 46 countries.

Pagnotta VF, Donnelly PD, Gobina I, Elgar F, Ng K, Pickett W

European journal of public health2025

DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaf032 PMID: 40101756

Correspondence: The effects of maternal prenatal depression on child mental health: The moderating role of maternal childhood trauma.

Jacqdom L, Elgar F, Davis K, Rivest-Beauregard M, Brunet A

Journal of affective disorders2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.06.061 PMID: 37392945

Satisfaction, research productivity, and socialization in doctoral students: Do teaching assistantship, research assistantship and the advisory relationship play a role?

Feizi S, Elgar F

Heliyon2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19332 PMID: 37809867

Food insecurity and its association with health and well-being in middle-aged and older adults in India.

Selvamani Y, Elgar F

Journal of epidemiology and community health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2022-219721 PMID: 36754599

Commentary: Pandemic exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder, conflict behaviors, and online aggressive behaviors among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the moderating role of gender.

Feizi S, Elgar F, Lonergan M, Eisenberg K, Rahmouni N, Brunet A

Frontiers in psychiatry2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1006330 PMID: 36172510

Methodological restrictions within a birth cohort study examining maternal mood symptoms and postpartum depression.

Maduro A, Elgar F, Demchenko I, Carboni-Jiménez A, Mady N, Tounkara F, Sapkota RP, Brunet A

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2020

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-020-01925-6 PMID: 32870329

National-Level Wealth Inequality and Socioeconomic Inequality in Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Time Series Analysis of 17 Countries.

Dierckens M, Weinberg D, Huang Y, Elgar F, Moor I, Augustine L, Lyyra N, Deforche B, De Clercq B, Stevens GWJM, Currie C

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.009 PMID: 32446605

The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys.

Johansson K, Petersen S, Högberg B, Stevens GWJM, De Clercq B, Frasquilho D, Elgar F, Strandh M

BMC public health2019

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7721-1 PMID: 31775833

Strongest Families™ Managing Our Mood (MOM): a randomized controlled trial of a distance intervention for women with postpartum depression.

Wozney L, Olthuis J, Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ, Chaplin W, Elgar F, Cheney B, Huguet A, Turner K, Kennedy J

Archives of women's mental health2017

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-017-0732-y PMID: 28593360

The impact of restrictions on smartphone use in schools on adolescent mental health and well-being: international evidence from a multi-methods policy analysis

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit; Harper, Samuel; Paquin, Vincent

Keywords: Adolescent Health; Equity; Evaluation; Gender; Mental Health And Well-Being; Online Gaming; Policy; School; Smartphones/Social Media; Social Determinants

$699,976

Developing a Strategic Framework for Youth Mental Health Service Innovation and Integration within the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Central Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: MacNeil, Allison H

Keywords: Health Systems; Service Innovation; Youth Mental Health

$17,500

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Nominated PICIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J

Keywords: Adolescents; Deprivation; Food Insecurity; Global Health; Inequality; Malnutrition; Mental Health; Poverty

$447,526

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J.

Keywords: food insecurity; poverty; subjective wellbeing; adolescence; adolescents

$169,636

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$196,663

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nandi, Arijit

Keywords: early education; public policy; high-income; OECD; adolescent; scholastic achievement; health; behavior; social inequality; evaluation; quasi-experiment

$53,275

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J.

Keywords: food insecurity; poverty; subjective wellbeing; adolescence; adolescents

$7,000

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J

Keywords: Adolescents; Food Insecurity; Global Health; Inequality; Malnutrition; Mental Health; Poverty

$100,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2017Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Elgar, Frank J

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Growing up unequal: Unpacking the social and structural determinants of adolescent mental health

SupervisorCIHR2015CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Gariépy, Geneviève

Keywords: Adolescence; Epidemiology; Health Policies; Income Inequalities; Longitudinal Analyses; Mental Health; Moderation And Mediation; Multilevel Analysis; Socioeconomic Determinants; Survey Data

$135,000

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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Frank Elgar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.

Sleep difficulties as a consistent risk factor for medically treated injuries among adolescents in 46 countries.

Correspondence: The effects of maternal prenatal depression on child mental health: The moderating role of maternal childhood trauma.

Satisfaction, research productivity, and socialization in doctoral students: Do teaching assistantship, research assistantship and the advisory relationship play a role?

Food insecurity and its association with health and well-being in middle-aged and older adults in India.

Commentary: Pandemic exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder, conflict behaviors, and online aggressive behaviors among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the moderating role of gender.

Methodological restrictions within a birth cohort study examining maternal mood symptoms and postpartum depression.

National-Level Wealth Inequality and Socioeconomic Inequality in Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Time Series Analysis of 17 Countries.

The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys.

Strongest Families™ Managing Our Mood (MOM): a randomized controlled trial of a distance intervention for women with postpartum depression.

The impact of restrictions on smartphone use in schools on adolescent mental health and well-being: international evidence from a multi-methods policy analysis

Developing a Strategic Framework for Youth Mental Health Service Innovation and Integration within the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Growing up unequal: Unpacking the social and structural determinants of adolescent mental health

Frequent collaborators

Alain Brunet

Seungmi Yang

Arijit Nandi

Janine Olthuis

Lori Wozney

Patricia Lingley-Pottie

William Pickett

Anna Huguet

Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard

William Pickett

Frank Elgar

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of free access to early childhood education on mental distress in adolescence: evidence from Europe.

Sleep difficulties as a consistent risk factor for medically treated injuries among adolescents in 46 countries.

Correspondence: The effects of maternal prenatal depression on child mental health: The moderating role of maternal childhood trauma.

Satisfaction, research productivity, and socialization in doctoral students: Do teaching assistantship, research assistantship and the advisory relationship play a role?

Food insecurity and its association with health and well-being in middle-aged and older adults in India.

Commentary: Pandemic exposure, post-traumatic stress disorder, conflict behaviors, and online aggressive behaviors among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the moderating role of gender.

Methodological restrictions within a birth cohort study examining maternal mood symptoms and postpartum depression.

National-Level Wealth Inequality and Socioeconomic Inequality in Adolescent Mental Well-Being: A Time Series Analysis of 17 Countries.

The interplay between national and parental unemployment in relation to adolescent life satisfaction in 27 countries: analyses of repeated cross-sectional school surveys.

Strongest Families&#x2122; Managing Our Mood (MOM): a randomized controlled trial of a distance intervention for women with postpartum depression.

The impact of restrictions on smartphone use in schools on adolescent mental health and well-being: international evidence from a multi-methods policy analysis

Developing a Strategic Framework for Youth Mental Health Service Innovation and Integration within the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Evaluating the impact of universal early childhood education policies on adolescent scholastic achievement, health, and well-being in high-income countries

Food insecurity, poverty and wellbeing in adolescents

Investigating food insecurity, poverty, and adolescent mental and physical health in high- and low-income countries

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Growing up unequal: Unpacking the social and structural determinants of adolescent mental health

Frequent collaborators

Alain Brunet

Seungmi Yang

Arijit Nandi

Janine Olthuis

Lori Wozney

Patricia Lingley-Pottie

William Pickett

Anna Huguet

Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard

William Pickett

Strongest Families™ Managing Our Mood (MOM): a randomized controlled trial of a distance intervention for women with postpartum depression.