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Neil Andersson

ResearcherFamily MedicineMcGill University

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Neil Andersson

Researcher

Family Medicine

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.
48 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 30 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 8 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Academic metrics

136

Publications

173

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Research

Participatory Research Youth Mental Health Deliberative Dialogue Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping Cultural Safety Gender Violence Youth Suicide Child Birth

Latest papers

Return on investment of enhanced primary youth mental health services in a large Canadian urban centre: a retrospective cohort study.
The lancet. Psychiatry · 2026
Gender-related facilitators and barriers to participation in research on aging using fuzzy cognitive mapping.
Neurobiology of aging · 2026
A simple translational metric of integral brain health: Preliminary results.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026

All 136 publications

Latest funding

Intergenerational Dialogue to Improve Services in Nunavik Youth Houses - Multi-method Engagement of Service Providers, Elders, and Youth
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Factors contributing to domestic human trafficking of immigrant women in Montreal: A pilot study
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$22,714
Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,113,076

All 33 grants and awards

136 publications.

Return on investment of enhanced primary youth mental health services in a large Canadian urban centre: a retrospective cohort study.

Shah JL, Thanh NX, Surood S, Poudel S, Urichuk L, D'Andrea G, Latimer E, Andersson N, Boksa P, Joober R, Lal S, Iyer SN, Malla A, Jacobs P, ACCESS Open Minds

The lancet. Psychiatry2026

DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(26)00165-3 PMID: 42413522

Gender-related facilitators and barriers to participation in research on aging using fuzzy cognitive mapping.

Dhir V, Sarmiento I, McDonald I, Faucher MG, Tremblay SA, Yaffe MJ, Andersson N, Geddes MR

Neurobiology of aging2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.01.009 PMID: 41690013

A simple translational metric of integral brain health: Preliminary results.

Urso D, Valguarnera A, Volpe G, Rollo E, Barone R, Vilella D, Gnoni V, Giugno A, Giannoni S, Andersson N, Hachinski V, Logroscino G

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2026

DOI: 10.1177/13872877261431799 PMID: 41879199

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Bedirian J, Cowan T, Noël V, Lal S, Joober R, Shah J, Abdel-Baki A, Fuhrer R, Boksa P, Andersson N, MacDonald K, Morin CA, Levasseur MA, Vallianatos H, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Urichuk L, Hutt-MacLeod D, Plourde V, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Rousseau C, Malla A, Iyer SN

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2026

DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20250441 PMID: 41992106

Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada.

Mughal S, Sanchez-Allakhverdieva A, Abdel-Baki A, Andersson N, Boksa P, Hutt-Macleod D, Joober R, Lal S, Chisholm-Nelson J, Morrison N, Frampton A, Levasseur MA, Augustine L, Friese K, Godin I, Hay K, Rabbitskin N, Reaume-Zimmer P, Vallianatos H, Iyer SN, Malla A, Shah JL, ACCESS Open Minds

International journal of integrated care2026

DOI: 10.5334/ijic.10147 PMID: 41868958

Why urban communities in low- and middle-income countries participate in global health research: A scoping review and fuzzy cognitive mapping summary.

Gagnon-Dufresne MC, Sarmiento I, Cooper S, Rahman MM, Ghosh P, Andersson N, Zinszer K

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119039 PMID: 41633231

Post-secondary student adoption of mental health labels through their use of social media: a scoping review.

Alexander ED, Sarmiento I, Chung VH, Yacovelli A, Andersson N

BMJ open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107379 PMID: 41638737

Community Views of Determinants of Men's Wellbeing in Guatemala: A Study Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping.

Pizarro KW, Chomat AM, Quieju DP, López BY, Sarmiento I, LeBel N, Mancini C, Andersson N, Groleau D, Cockcroft A

Community health equity research & policy2026

DOI: 10.1177/2752535x241312378 PMID: 39814594

Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Nigeria: A Scoping Review of the Literature Contextualized With Local Knowledge Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping.

Ghadirian MZ, Sarmiento I, Reinoso Chávez N, Andersson N, Cockcroft A

Community health equity research & policy2025

DOI: 10.1177/2752535x251384511 PMID: 41051924

What Made the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience Worse in Communities in Northern Nigeria: Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping of Community Perceptions.

Sarmiento I, Gidado Y, Mudi H, Joga A, Ansari U, Kirfi SB, Ibrahim MA, Andersson N, Cockcroft A

Community health equity research & policy2025

DOI: 10.1177/2752535x251384522 PMID: 41042053

Intergenerational Dialogue to Improve Services in Nunavik Youth Houses - Multi-method Engagement of Service Providers, Elders, and Youth

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

Principal investigators: Légaré, Megan

Keywords: Co-Designed Interventions; Cultural Continuity; Cultural Safety; Intergenerational Dialogue; Inuit Health And Well-Being; Inuit Youth Engagement; Participatory Research; Youth Services

$120,000

Factors contributing to domestic human trafficking of immigrant women in Montreal: A pilot study

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Belaid, Loubna

Keywords: Domestic Human Trafficking (DHT); Immigrant Women; Sequential mixed-methods study design; Pilot study; Questionnaire development; Weight of Evidence; Fuzzy cognitive mapping; Delphi Method; Face Validity; Montreal

$22,714

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Andersson, Neil; Mitchell, Claudia; Ng'ombe, Kabo; Sarmiento, Ivan; Shah, Jai; Thabane, Lehana

Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Gender Violence; Participatory Research; Participatory Visual Methods; Youth Mental Health; Youth Suicide

$1,113,076

Developing a toolkit and online learning module for methods to engage stakeholders in participatory analysis of data and interpretation of research evidence

SupervisorCIHR2023Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Central Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: Siddiqui, Khalid U

Keywords: Participatory Analysis; Participatory Research; Stakeholders' Engagement; Toolkit

$17,500

TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Gender-transformation; Agency; Images; Visual Methodologies; Transnational; Feminist; Youth-led; Intergenerationality; Decoloniality

$500,000

Reviving social interaction for healthy aging: participatory engagement of older adults in dementia prevention in rural African and Montreal contexts

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Andersson, Neil; Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi, Samira; Cockcroft, Anne; Geddes, Maiya R; Wilchesky, Machelle

Keywords: Dementia Prevention; Participatory Research; Social Dimensions Of Aging; Social Interaction

$888,165

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Andersson, Neil; Belaid, Loubna; Leteane, Nonofo; Mitchell, Claudia; Sarmiento, Ivan; Shah, Jai

Keywords: Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Gender Violence; Participatory Research; Participatory Visual Media; Youth Mental Health; Youth Suicide

$100,000

TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: gender-transformation; agency; images; transnational; feminist; youth-led; intergenerationality; decolonization

$75,000

Building a theoretical framework for youth-led videogame interventions: Lessons from the Road Ahead videogame project

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ferrari, Manuela

Keywords: Videogame; Digital intervention; COVID-19 pandemic; Youth-led project; Participatory research; Participatory design; Co-design; Grounded theory

$39,702

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cockcroft, Anne; Gidado, Yagana

Keywords: Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health; Capacity Building; Cultural Safety; Deliberative Dialogue; Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping; Participatory Research

$1,430,550

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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Neil Andersson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Return on investment of enhanced primary youth mental health services in a large Canadian urban centre: a retrospective cohort study.

Gender-related facilitators and barriers to participation in research on aging using fuzzy cognitive mapping.

A simple translational metric of integral brain health: Preliminary results.

Satisfaction With Youth Mental Health Services in Diverse Settings: Results From a Pan-Canadian Initiative.

Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada.

Why urban communities in low- and middle-income countries participate in global health research: A scoping review and fuzzy cognitive mapping summary.

Post-secondary student adoption of mental health labels through their use of social media: a scoping review.

Community Views of Determinants of Men's Wellbeing in Guatemala: A Study Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping.

Experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Rural Nigeria: A Scoping Review of the Literature Contextualized With Local Knowledge Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping.

What Made the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience Worse in Communities in Northern Nigeria: Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping of Community Perceptions.

Intergenerational Dialogue to Improve Services in Nunavik Youth Houses - Multi-method Engagement of Service Providers, Elders, and Youth

Factors contributing to domestic human trafficking of immigrant women in Montreal: A pilot study

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

Developing a toolkit and online learning module for methods to engage stakeholders in participatory analysis of data and interpretation of research evidence

TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change

Reviving social interaction for healthy aging: participatory engagement of older adults in dementia prevention in rural African and Montreal contexts

Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana

TRANSFORM: Engaging with Youth for Social Change

Building a theoretical framework for youth-led videogame interventions: Lessons from the Road Ahead videogame project

Impact oriented dialogue for culturally safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bauchi State, Nigeria

Frequent collaborators

Neil Andersson

Anne Cockcroft

Ivan Sarmiento

Loubna Belaid

Shalini Lal

Shalini Lal

Patricia Boksa

Ridha Joober

Ashok Malla

Ridha Joober

David Loutfi

Jai Shah

Rebecca Fuhrer

Kate Zinszer

Richard Budgell

Norma Rabbitskin

Susan Law

Isabelle Vedel

Angela Kaida

Jai Shah

Lehana Thabane

Mona Loutfy

Liana Urichuk

Isabelle Vedel

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Lawrence Joseph

Christina Zarowsky

Vickie Plourde

Mira Johri

Srividya Iyer

Suzanne Archie

Saara Greene

Charu Kaushic

Jeannie Haggerty

Eric Latimer

Claudia Mitchell

Ann Macaulay

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Jean-Pierre Routy

Jean-Pierre Routy