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Bilkis Vissandjée

ResearcherÉcole de santé publiqueUniversité de Montréal

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Bilkis Vissandjée

Researcher

École de santé publique

Health Sciences

Université de Montréal

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.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (10 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2010.

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Research

Littératie En Santé Contexte D'Immigration Collaboration Communautaire Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein Déterminants Sociaux De La Santé Programme Québécois De Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein Prévention Québec

Latest papers

Embedding anti-racism in Schools of Public Health: a pathway to accountability for progress towards equity.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023
Looking at COVID-19 effects on intimate partner and sexual violence organizations in Canada through a feminist political economy lens: a qualitative study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2022
Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: A feasibility study.
Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing · 2022

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Co-construction et implantation d'une initiative pilote communautaire de navigation en santé pour soutenir l'équité d'accès au dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$378,676
Data, Dignity, and Direction: A Global Study of Orphans and Children Lacking Parental Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$941,670
Iniquités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 19 grants and awards

7 publications.

Embedding anti-racism in Schools of Public Health: a pathway to accountability for progress towards equity.

Banerjee AT, Tan A, Boston-Fisher N, Dubois CA, LaFontaine A, Cloos P, Vissandjee B, Adams J, Hafeez H, Bumba S, Kernisan K, Ferlatte O, Razack S, Edwards MM, Evans T

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00796-z PMID: 37410365

Looking at COVID-19 effects on intimate partner and sexual violence organizations in Canada through a feminist political economy lens: a qualitative study.

Michaelsen S, Nombro E, Djiofack H, Ferlatte O, Vissandjee B, Zarowsky C

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2022

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00673-1 PMID: 35896942

Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: A feasibility study.

De Juan Pardo MÁ, Vissandjee B, Guillaumet Olives M, Cerezuela Torre MÁ, Gallart Fernández-Puebla A

Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.10.009 PMID: 36496239

Explaining health differences between men and women in later life: a cross-city comparison in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Zunzunegui MV, Alvarado BE, Béland F, Vissandjee B

Social science & medicine (1982)2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.10.031 PMID: 19036488

[Barriers to accessing health care services for the indigenous population in Rabinal, Guatemala].

Hautecoeur M, Zunzunegui MV, Vissandjee B

Salud publica de Mexico2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342007000200003 PMID: 17522734

Words: a diversity of words.

Vissandjee B, Varcoe C, Apale A

Applied nursing research : ANR2007First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.10.002 PMID: 17259044

The socio-cultural challenge in public health interventions: the case of tuberculosis in India.

Vissandjee B, Pai M

International journal of public health2007First author

DOI: 10.1007/s00038-007-0218-1 PMID: 18030951

Co-construction et implantation d'une initiative pilote communautaire de navigation en santé pour soutenir l'équité d'accès au dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Accessibilité Des Services De Santé Et Services Sociaux; Cancer Du Sein; Collaboration Communautaire; Contexte D'Immigration; Décision Éclairée; Déterminants Sociaux De La Santé Et Équité; Expériences Vécues Et Expertise Patient-Partenaire; Littératie En Santé; Mammographie De Dépistage; Programme Québécois De Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein (Pqdcs)

$378,676

Data, Dignity, and Direction: A Global Study of Orphans and Children Lacking Parental Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Johri, Mira; Boyle, Elizabeth H; Druetz, Thomas; Mac-Seing, Muriel

Keywords: Adolescent; Child; Child Development; Epidemiologic Methods; Health Equity; Human Rights; Orphans; Qualitative Research; Social Determinants Of Health; Vulnerable Populations

$941,670

Iniquités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant - PA - Breast Cancer Prevention & Early Detection

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Collaboration Communautaire; Contexte D'Immigration; Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein; Déterminants Sociaux De La Santé; Littératie En Santé; Programme Québécois De Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein; Prévention; Québec; Santé Des Femmes; Équité

$100,000

Inégalités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Contexte D'Immigration; Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein; Déterminants Sociaux De La Santé; Littératie En Santé; Partenariat Communautaire; Programme Québécois De Dépistage Du Cancer Du Sein; Prévention; Québec; Santé Des Femmes; Équité

$49,992

Words Matter, Numbers Matter, Ways Matter: Establishing a Data and Resource Platform to Guide Equitable Healthcare for Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Access To Quality Health Care Services; Census Survey Data; Equity And Population Health; Estimates Of Prevalence; Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting; Immigration; Sex And Gender; Women And Girls

$100,000

Recrutement international de personnel infirmier dans la Francophonie: cartographie des conditions de transitions au sein d'un Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Myriam

Keywords: recrutement international; mobilité infirmière; recherche partenariale; personnel infirmier diplômé hors Canada; transitions; cartes conceptuelles

$65,716

Care and Support for Women and Girls with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada: A Scoping Review of Health and Legal Resources

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: gender-based violence; female genital mutilation; health support approaches; legal support approaches; sex and gender; equity and justice; access to quality of services; Canada

$29,980

Les directives médicales anticipées: pourquoi, pour qui, quand, comment et avec qui?

Nominated PICIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: Directives Médicales Avancées; Diversités Culturelle Et Linguistique; Droit À L'Information; Littératie En Santé; Niveaux De Soins; Soins De Fin De Vie; Soins Palliatifs

$10,000

Sharing Actions and Strategies for Respectful and Equitable Health Care for Women with FGC/M

Nominated PICIHR2018Team Grant: GenderNet Plus

Principal investigators: Vissandjée, Bilkis

Keywords: European Collaboration; Female Genital Cutting; Female Genital Mutilation; Gender And Health; Girls' Health; International Health; Women'S Health

$288,519

Les violences basées sur l'honneur en milieu scolaire au Québec : portrait, besoins et propositions d'intervention

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Jimenez, Estibaliz

Keywords: violences basées sur l'honneur; violence faite aux femmes; victimologie; prévention; intervention interculturelle; immigration; école

$253,676

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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Bilkis Vissandjée

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Embedding anti-racism in Schools of Public Health: a pathway to accountability for progress towards equity.

Looking at COVID-19 effects on intimate partner and sexual violence organizations in Canada through a feminist political economy lens: a qualitative study.

Enhancing perceived leadership of nursing students through a student-led dedicated education unit in a community setting: A feasibility study.

Explaining health differences between men and women in later life: a cross-city comparison in Latin America and the Caribbean.

[Barriers to accessing health care services for the indigenous population in Rabinal, Guatemala].

Words: a diversity of words.

The socio-cultural challenge in public health interventions: the case of tuberculosis in India.

Co-construction et implantation d'une initiative pilote communautaire de navigation en santé pour soutenir l'équité d'accès au dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec

Data, Dignity, and Direction: A Global Study of Orphans and Children Lacking Parental Care

Iniquités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)

Inégalités socio-régionales en matière de dépistage du cancer du sein au Québec : meilleures pratiques pour une participation, en toute équité, au programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein (PQDCS)

Words Matter, Numbers Matter, Ways Matter: Establishing a Data and Resource Platform to Guide Equitable Healthcare for Women Living with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada

Recrutement international de personnel infirmier dans la Francophonie: cartographie des conditions de transitions au sein d'un Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux

Care and Support for Women and Girls with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Canada: A Scoping Review of Health and Legal Resources

Les directives médicales anticipées: pourquoi, pour qui, quand, comment et avec qui?

Sharing Actions and Strategies for Respectful and Equitable Health Care for Women with FGC/M

Les violences basées sur l'honneur en milieu scolaire au Québec : portrait, besoins et propositions d'intervention

Frequent collaborators

Olivier Ferlatte

Madhukar Pai

Patrick Cloos

Christina Zarowsky

Carl-Ardy Dubois