Upcoming Projects
- Sleep equity reimagined: An intersectional theoretical framework to optimize sleep health for all Canadians.
Research Team: Tomfohr-Madsen, L. (NPA), Kendzerska, T., Keys, E., Ou, C., Pennestri, M.H., Reid, G., Shawanda, A., & Stranges, S.
Co-Is: Anderson, K., Cameron, E., Chaput, J.P., Clayborne, Z., Ferber, R., Forest, G., Forkert, N., Freeman, M., Garland, S., George, J., Giesbrecht, G., Giuliano, R., Gruber, R., Hall, W., Hunter, S., Lebel, C., MacEachern, S., Mackinnon, A., Matin, M., Mcgrath, J., Metcalfe, A., Micsinszki, S., Montreuil, T., Papaconstantinou, E., Puterman, E., Robillard, R., Roos, L., Stremler, R., Thornton, J., van de Wouw, M., & Watts, D.
Funded by CIHR Team Grant: Sleep Research Consortium
- Comparing impacts of donor human milk to formula on the gut microbiome of full-term infants exposed to antibiotics in labour study.
PI: Brockway, M.
Co-Is: Festival, J., Keys, E., Arrieta, M., Ou, C.
Funded by Cumming School of Medicine Clinical Research Fund Seed Grant
- Comparing impacts of donor human milk to formula supplementation on the gut microbiome of full-term infants exposed to antibiotics in labour: A pilot randomized controlled trial.
PI: Brockway, M.
Co-Is: Festival, J., Keys, E., Arrieta, M.
Funded by Faculty of Nursing Research Endowment Award Competition
- Exploring socioecological relations of infant sleep in a Canadian sample born during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research Team: Keys, E.
Funded by Hampton New Faculty Grant, UBC Okanagan
Current Projects
- Better Nights and Better Days for Canadians: An innovative national sustainable strategy to prevent and treat insomnia across the lifespan using digital approaches for sleep promotion, intervention, and provider training.
Research team: Corkum, P. (NPA), Earle, C., Keys, E., & Simonelli, G.
Co-Is: Amoyaw, J., Andreou, P., Barwick, M., Bastien, C., Blunden, S., Bonnell, T., Brown, C., Carrier, J., Cassidy, C., Davidson, J., Garland, S., Georgiades, S., Ghanouni, P., Guiliani, F., Hadjistavropoulos, H., Ilie, A., Lynds, T., Martin, D., Mathieson, M., McGrath, P., McPhee, P., Meier, S., Neville, H., Orr, M., Ou, C., Paul, J., Pennestri, M., Raja, M., Rigney, G., Rogers, M., Scharf, D., Singh, M., Stinson, J., Thomas, M., Tomfohr-Madsen, L., Weiss, S., & Witmans, M.
Funded by CIHR Team Grant – Sleep Research Consortium
Recruitment status: Currently recruiting
- Are Moms Angry? Having a Baby during COVID-19.
Research Team: Ou, C.
Co-Is: Tomfohr-Madsen, L., Giesbrecht, G., Lebel, C., Keys, E.
Funded by SSHRC Insight Development Grant
- COVID-19 vaccine awareness in British Columbia: A community-based knowledge dissemination initiative for people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, and parents to young children.
Research Team: Tarrant, M. (NPA), Chooniedass, R., Keys, E.
Funded by CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant
- Postnatal screening for anxiety and comorbid conditions: a prospective British Columbia cohort study
Research Team: Ke, V.
Co-Is: Tomfohr-Madsen,L., Keys, E., Ou, C., Sultan, P., O’Carroll, J., and Bone, J.
Funded by BC Ministry of Health Research Priority via Providence Health Care
- Understanding how parents build and mobilize personal support networks to obtain tangible social support.
Research team: Keys (PA), Aston, Olsson, Price, Stone, Harris.
Funded by SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
Recruitment status: Currently recruiting
- Sleep and Family Relationships Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study of Okanagan Families with Young Children
Research team: Keys (co-PI), Holtzman (co-PI), Ramsay, Tam
Supported by UBC Okanagan Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Projects in Health Program (2021/2022)
Recruitment status: N/A
Recruitment status: N/A
- Feasibility and pilot testing of ABCs of SLEEPING for Babies app.
Research team: Keys (Lead), Corkum, Weiss; Keating (Honours student). Supported by Keys’ CIHR PDF.
Current Collaborations
- Are Moms Angry? Having a Baby during COVID-19.
Research Team: Ou, Christine (PA); Tomfohr-Madsen, Giesbrecht, Lebel, Keys.
Funded by SSHRC Insight Development Grant.
- Development of an equity-focused patient engagement strategy for pregnant and postpartum individuals.
Research Team: Vidler (PI), Ke, Keys, Chau, Kouroupis, Dol, Ou, Dennis.
Funded by UBC Health – Health After 2020 Award.
- COVID-19 vaccine awareness for youth and families: A community-based knowledge mobilization initiative in Interior BC.
Principal applicants: Hopkins M, Tarrant M.
Additional partners: Keys E, Chooniedass R, Liao-Lussier P.
Funded by UBC Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) Fund
- Vaccine hesitancy in BC: Understanding COVID-19 vaccine perceptions during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and parenthood. Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Research Initiative in BC.
Research Team: Tarrant (PI); Keys, Chooniedass, Hopkins, Finch, Liao-Lussier, Masina, Dorn.
Funded by Genome BC / Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research/ BCCDC Foundation
- Pragmatic trial of two novel pathways for implementation of the Better Nights, Better Days (BNBD) online program to promote and protect the sleep, mental health, psychosocial wellbeing, and family resiliency of children and families during and after COVID-19 pandemic.
Research Team: Corkum (PI), Bastien (Knowledge User, Canadian Sleep Society)
Co-I’s: Keys, Barwick, MacKenzie, Ralph, Brown, Constantin, Godbout, Gruber, Reid, Stremler, Smith, Venkat, Weiss, Witmans. Collaborators: Hanlon-Dearman, Ipsiroglu, Shea (Collaborator).
Funded by CIHR Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery.
- What is the impact of Sleeping for Two, a cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) on insomnia experienced in pregnancy compared to a treatment as usual control? Do participants who receive CBT-I report better infant sleep at six months?
Research Team: Tomfohr-Madsen (PI), Campbell, Giesbrecht, Keys, Madsen, Metcalfe, Mrklas, Williamson.
Funded by CIHR Early Career Investigator Grant.
- Empowering Next-generation Researchers In perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)
Research team: Susan Samuel (NPA).
Funded by CIHR Training Grant.
Completed Projects
- Barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of a novel interdisciplinary eHealth clinical system to improve pediatric sleep care pathways in British Columbia.
- Children’s Sleep during COVID-19: How Sleep is Influencing Surviving and Thriving in Families During COVID-19.
- What are the top 10 research priorities for families who are expecting or parenting an infant to age 24 months?
- Effectiveness of Play2Sleep with mothers and fathers of infants: A mixed methods study.
- Diversity in pediatric behavioral sleep interventions.
- Feasibility testing of the ABCs of SLEEPING tool as an intervention to improve sleep in school-aged children.