Emily Cameron
(she/her)
PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Erin Gill and Geoffrey L. Winsor and Baofeng Jia and Justin Cook and Larisa Lotoski and Maria V. Medeleanu and Erica Di Ruggiero and Emily Cameron and Marc-Andr Langois and Theo J. Moraes and Elinor Simons and Padmaja Subbarao and Stuart E. Turvey and Meghan B. Azad and Fiona S.L. Brinkman
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.8940312 / 2025
Erin E. Gill and Geoffrey L. Winsor and Baofeng Jia and Justin Cook and Larisa Lotoski and Maria V. Medeleanu and Erica Di Ruggiero and Emily Cameron and Marc-Andr Langois and Theo J. Moraes and Elinor Simons and Padmaja Subbarao and Stuart E. Turvey and Meghan B. Azad and Fiona S.L. Brinkman
DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.21.2534278412 / 2025
Emily E Cameron and Kayla Joyce and Sandra Hunter and Marni Brownell and Mariette Chartier and Tracie Afifi and Nathan Nickel and Leslie Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/823zw01 / 2025
BMC Public Health
Tongol, N.A.C. and McHardy, R.J.W. and Simpson, K.M. and Penner, K.E. and Rioux, C. and Cameron, E.E. and Giuliano, R. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M. and Stewart-Tufescu, A. and Afifi, T.O. and Hai, T. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22612-8OSF
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/vek8pJournal of Family Issues
Cameron, E.E. and Simpson, K.M. and Bowes, J.-M. and Pierce, S.K. and Penner, K.E. and Beyak, A. and Gomez, I. and Reynolds, K.A. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X241237609International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Cameron, E.E. and Joyce, K.M. and Hatherly, K. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph22010124Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
Hai, T. and Penner, K.E. and Loran, K.L. and Fida, H. and Tongol, N.A.C. and Cameron, E.E. and Giuliano, R.J. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1007/s41347-025-00534-xMedrxiv
Dol, J. and Chambers, C.T. and Cameron, E. and Dennis, C.-L. and Goldberg, J.M. and Parker, J.A.
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.15.25333775Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Penner, K.E. and Roy, R. and Hanlon-Dearman, A.C. and Cheung, K. and Katz, C. and Schleider, J.L. and Roos, L.E. and Cameron, E.E.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-024-06409-zLeslie Roos and Lindsay Berard and Shaelyn Stienwandt and Emily E Cameron and Sandra Hunter and Ashley Pharazyn and Kayley Leurquin and Lauren Kaminski and Laurence Katz and Natalie Mota and Ryan Giuliano and Maureen Zalewski
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/4ze8y10 / 2024
Tasmia Hai and Kailey Elena Penner and Kaitlin Loran and Houria Fida and Nicole Tongol and Emily E Cameron and Ryan Jeffrey Giuliano and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3c72a02 / 2024
Charlie Rioux and Avaline Konkin and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen and Anna L. MacKinnon and Emily E Cameron and Dana Watts and Elisabeth Bailin Xie and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/p43zh11 / 2023
Charlie Rioux and Zoe A. Childers-Rockey and Avaline Konkin and Emily E Cameron and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen and Anna L. MacKinnon and Dana Watts and Julie Murray and Ashley Pharazyn and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/nf3kd11 / 2023
Kaeley M. Simpson and Kailey Elena Penner and Lara Penner-Goeke and Shaelyn Stienwandt and Emily E Cameron and Ryan Jeffrey Giuliano and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/7wqxn08 / 2023
Research Square
Penner-Goeke, L. and Belows, M. and Kristjanson, A. and Andrade, B.F. and Cameron, E.E. and Giuliano, R. and Katz, L.Y. and Kelly, L.E. and Letourneau, N. and Mota, N. and Reynolds, K. and Zalewski, M. and Pharazyn, A. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3200761Current Opinion in Psychology
Mollons, M.O. and Penner, K.E. and Elsom, A.L. and Cameron, E.E. and Hunter, S. and Woods, L. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M. and Nijdam-Jones, A. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101659Trials
Chaput, K.H. and Freeman, M. and McMorris, C. and Metcalfe, A. and Cameron, E.E. and Jung, J. and Tough, S. and Hicks, L.M. and Dimidjian, S. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07077-7Trials
Penner-Goeke, L. and Belows, M. and Kristjanson, A. and Andrade, B.F. and Cameron, E.E. and Giuliano, R. and Katz, L.Y. and Kelly, L.E. and Letourneau, N. and Mota, N. and Reynolds, K. and Zalewski, M. and Pharazyn, A. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-023-07591-8JMIR Formative Research
Dahr, Y.E. and Perquier, F. and Moloney, M. and Woo, G. and Grace, R.D.-D. and Carvalho, D. and Addario, N. and Cameron, E.E. and Roos, L.E. and Szatmari, P. and Aitken, M.
DOI: 10.2196/42916International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Cameron, E.E. and Simpson, K.M. and Pierce, S.K. and Penner, K.E. and Beyak, A. and Gomez, I. and Bowes, J.-M. and Reynolds, K.A. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054408Epidemiology and Health
Azeez, R. and Lotoski, L. and Dubeau, A. and Rodriguez, N. and Reyna, M.E. and Freitas, T. and Goguen, S. and Medeleanu, M. and Winsor, G.L. and Brinkman, F.S.L. and Cameron, E.E. and Roos, L. and Simons, E. and Moraes, T.J. and Mandhane, P.J. and Turvey, S.E. and Bolotin, S. and Wright, K. and McNeil, D. and Patrick, D.M. and Bullard, J. and Langlois, M.-A. and Arnold, C.R. and Galipeau, Y. and Pelchat, M. and Doucas, N. and Subbarao, P. and Azad, M.B.
DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2023091Yola El Dahr and Florence Perquier and Madison Moloney and Roksana Dobrin De Grace and Guyyunge Woo and Daniela Carvalho and Nicole Addario and Emily E Cameron and Leslie Roos and peter szatmari and Madison Aitken
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cmkt211 / 2022
Kailey Elena Penner and Rachel Roy and Ana C. Hanlon-Dearman and Kristene Cheung and Cara Katz and Jessica L. Schleider and Leslie E Roos and Emily E Cameron
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/j4uvm10 / 2022
Yola El Dahr and Florence Perquier and Madison Moloney and Guyyunge Woo and Roksana Dobrin-De Grace and Daniela Carvalho and Nicole Addario and Emily E Cameron and Leslie E Roos and Peter Szatmari and Madison Aitken
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.4291609 / 2022
Emily E Cameron and Dana Watts and Katherine Silang and Ashley Dhillon and Pooja Sohal and Anna MacKinnon and Leslie E Roos and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/u2tbh06 / 2022
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Joyce, K.M. and Cameron, E.E. and Sulymka, J. and Protudjer, J.L.P. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2022.83.352medRxiv
Azeez, R. and Lotoski, L. and Dubeau, A. and Rodriguez, N. and Reyna, M.E. and Freitas, T. and Goguen, S. and Medeleanu, M. and Winsor, G.L. and Brinkman, F.S.L. and Cameron, E.E. and Roos, L. and Simons, E. and Moraes, T.J. and Mandhane, P.J. and Turvey, S.E. and Bolotin, S. and Wright, K. and McNeil, D. and Patrick, D.M. and Bullard, J. and Langlois, M.-A. and Arnold, C.R. and Galipeau, Y. and Pelchat, M. and Doucas, N. and Subbarao, P. and Azad, M.B.
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.19.22281242Sleep Epidemiology
Cameron, E.E. and Watts, D. and Silang, K. and Dhillon, A. and Sohal, P.R. and MacKinnon, A.L. and Roos, L.E. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleepe.2022.100047Research Square
Chaput, K. and Freeman, M. and McMorris, C. and Metcalfe, A. and Cameron, E.E. and Jung, J. and Tough, S. and Hicks, L.M. and Dimidjian, S. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2277958/v1Child and Youth Care Forum
Stienwandt, S. and Cameron, E.E. and Soderstrom, M. and Casar, M. and Le, C. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-021-09668-4Archives of Women's Mental Health
Reynolds, K.A. and Pankratz, L. and Cameron, E.E. and Roos, L.E. and Giesbrecht, G.F. and Lebel, C. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-022-01277-xEmily E Cameron and Kaeley M. Simpson and Shayna Pierce and Kailey Elena Penner and Alanna Beyak and Irlanda Gomez and John-Michael Bowes and Kristin Reynolds and Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen and Leslie Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/fdh7k10 / 2021
Psychology of Men and Masculinity
Cameron, E.E. and Giesbrecht, G.F. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1037/men0000260PLoS ONE
Roos, L.E. and Salisbury, M. and Penner-Goeke, L. and Cameron, E.E. and Protudjer, J.L.P. and Giuliano, R. and Afifi, T.O. and Reynolds, K.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251720Shaelyn Stienwandt and Emily E Cameron and Melanie Soderstrom and Mercedes Julianna Casar and Cindy Le and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/prtyf11 / 2020
Emily E Cameron and Kayla M. Joyce and Kathryn Rollins and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/drs9u11 / 2020
Emily E Cameron and Kayla M. Joyce and Chantal P Delaquis and Kristin Reynolds and Jennifer Protudjer and Leslie E Roos
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/a53zb05 / 2020
Journal of Affective Disorders
Cameron, E.E. and Joyce, K.M. and Delaquis, C.P. and Reynolds, K. and Protudjer, J.L.P. and Roos, L.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.081Sleep Health
Tomfohr-Madsen, L. and Cameron, E.E. and Dhillon, A. and MacKinnon, A. and Hernandez, L. and Madigan, S. and Tough, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2020.02.012Health Psychology
Tomfohr-Madsen, L. and Schetter, C.D. and Cameron, E.E. and Campbell, T. and O?Beirne, M. and Letourneau, N. and Giesbrecht, G.F.
DOI: 10.1037/hea0000792Systematic Reviews
Keys, E.M. and Norris, J.M. and Cameron, E.E. and Bright, K.S. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M. and Benzies, K.M.
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-019-1215-1Sleep Medicine Reviews
Sedov, I.D. and Cameron, E.E. and Madigan, S. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2017.06.005Journal of Affective Disorders
Cameron, E.E. and Hunter, D. and Sedov, I.D. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.031Journal of Affective Disorders
Cameron, E.E. and Sedov, I.D. and Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.07.044The transition to parenthood and early years of parenting can be a challenging time for birthing parents. The first 1000 days of a child’s life offer a unique period of sensitivity for making the greatest long-term impact on child development. Parenting stress or mental illness in birthing parents during this time can lead to harsh and punitive parenting, affecting the emotional development of children and creating the potential for negative lifelong impacts. To address this issue, I work with a team of psychologists and researchers to develop programs for birthing parents that meet the unique needs of birthing parents in the early years. Two such programs, SPACE (Supporting Parenting and Child Emotions) and SPYKids (Single-Session Psychotherapy for Young Kids), are targeted to parents experiencing emotional and behavioural challenges in their children. SPACE invites parents to come together in group therapy to learn about managing challenging emotions in themselves and their children. SPYKids offers solution-focused and skills-based single session coaching for families on the waitlists for neurodevelopmental services, with the ultimate goal of providing parents on lengthy waitlists support earlier in the process. This line of work serves to investigate the unique needs of birthing parents across facets of child functioning and create patient-oriented programming to fill service gaps. Read more about SPACE and SPYKids here: https://www.fullheartprograms.ca/our-programs.
The transition to parenthood is a time of increased risk for mental illness in non-birthing parents (often, but not always, fathers), with 1 in 10 Canadian non-birthing parents likely to develop depression or anxiety. Experience any parent (birthing or non-birthing) with mental illness can impact early child development and health, including putting children at greater risk for later mental illness and chronic health conditions. This exposure has the potential for those adverse outcomes to persist throughout the child’s life. Supporting the mental health of all individuals in a primary caregiver role is critical for promoting child health and development. Yet, non-birthing parents often report that their mental health is overlooked and there are no programs tailored specifically to their unique needs. The SWell program is intended to meet this need by co-developing a partner-focused intervention with partners with lived experience of mental health and parenting. SWell consists of best practices in emotion-focused mental health and parenting through a user-friendly digital platform. Future steps include trialing the program with non-birthing partners.
Adolescents at risk for or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes may face additional mental health challenges due to underlying additional stressors that may impact higher body weight. Research from our team suggests that programs to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes that focus on health behaviour change alone show only modest impacts on improving health for teenagers. Our team is working to improve treatment adherence, management, and ultimately outcomes for youth at risk for or diagnosed with type 2 diabetes through integrating health behaviour change with evidence-based treatments to support emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) to enhance health behaviour change for adolescents living with obesity study offers DBT skills group therapy to teens and their families supervised by registered psychologists alongside more traditional lifestyles groups for managing health behaviours. With this integration, we are aiming to improve the Canadian health landscape for preventing type 2 diabetes through increasing healthy behaviours and successfully treating type 2 diabetes. Read more about this work here: https://www.teenhealthstudy.ca/
Co-Principal Investigator. Behavioural therapy to enhance health behaviour change for adolescents living with obesity. Funding Source: CIHR
Co-Applicant. Towards Sleep Equity: Understanding and Addressing Intersectional Risk and Resilience Factors in the Promotion of Healthy Sleep. Funding Source: CIHR Sleep Health Research Consortium
Co-Applicant. Advancing Family Wellbeing through a Massive Open Online Intervention: The LightBEAM Program. Funding Source: SSHRC
Principal Investigator. SWell program: Striving for wellness in fatherhood. Funding Source: SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Co-Investigator. Building Regulation in Dual Generations: BRIDGE – Preventing the Intergenerational Transmission of Mental Illness in At-Risk Children. Funding Source: CIHR Operating Grant: ECIs in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health
Co-Investigator. Promoting Children’s Emotional Well-Being in the Aftermath of COVID-19: The SPACE Family Program. Funding Source: SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Co-Investigator. Understanding dynamics of risk and protective factors and children’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding Source: CIHR
Co-Applicant. SPYKids: The Development and Evaluation of Single-Session Psychotherapy for Young Kids through Patient Engagement Techniques. Funding Source: The Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Operative Grant
Principal Investigator. Building BRIDGEs: Adapting parent wellness supports for families of children with developmental and mental health needs at KIDTHINK Inc. Funding Source: SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant
2024 – 2026 - Trainee Award, Michael Smith Health Research BC Research (Declined due to faculty position)
2023 – 2024 - Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Research Manitoba
2023 - Lab2Market Launch Program
2020 – 2023 - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
2020 - Graduate Student Research Excellence Award, Clinical Psychology Graduate Program, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
2017 – 2020 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
2018 - Certificate of Achievement, Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
2017 – 2018 - Graduate Research Grant, International Honor Society in Psychology (Psi Chi)
2017 Rising Researcher Award, 15th Annual National Canadian Child Health Clinical Scientist Program National Symposium, Calgary, Alberta
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