Gail Somerville, McGill University

Research

Sleep Adolescents Mental Health Community Based Participatory Research

Latest papers

Pre-pandemic sleep behavior and adolescents' stress during Covid-19: a prospective longitudinal study.
Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2021

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Sustained Improvement of Adolescents' Sleep and Mental Health by Rapid Dissemination of Evidence Based Interventions For Insomnia Through School-Board Partnership
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$359,552
Improvement of Learning Capacity of Students with Special Needs by Translation and Dissemination of Sleep Research through School-Board Partnership
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$100,000
The Interplay Between Sleep and Academic Performance In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Pre-pandemic sleep behavior and adolescents' stress during Covid-19: a prospective longitudinal study.

Gruber R, Gauthier-Gagne G, Voutou D, Somerville G, Saha S, Boursier J

Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s13034-021-00399-x PMID: 34461960

Sustained Improvement of Adolescents' Sleep and Mental Health by Rapid Dissemination of Evidence Based Interventions For Insomnia Through School-Board Partnership

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gruber, Reut; Somerville, Gail

Keywords: Adolescents; Mental Health; Sleep

$359,552

Improvement of Learning Capacity of Students with Special Needs by Translation and Dissemination of Sleep Research through School-Board Partnership

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gruber, Reut; Somerville, Gail

Keywords: Community Based Participatory Research; Sleep

$100,000

The Interplay Between Sleep and Academic Performance In Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gruber, Reut

Keywords: Academic Performance; Adhd; Sleep

$100,000

STARVING FOR SLEEP: Prevention of Childhood Obesity by Rapid Translation and Dissemination of Research via a University/School-Board Partnership

Principal investigatorCIHR2011Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action

Principal investigators: Gruber, Reut; Somerville, Gail

Keywords: Children; Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Obesity; Physical Activity; School-Based Intervention; Sleep

$199,526

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

Reut Gruber

Psychiatry

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Sleep Dear Professor Somerville, 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 "Pre-pandemic sleep behavior and adolescents' stress during Covid-19: a prospective longitudinal study." (2021), 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 "Sustained Improvement of Adolescents' Sleep and Mental Health by Rapid Dissemination of Evidence Based Interventions For Insomnia Through School-Board Partnership" (2019), 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]