Children
Wong, V. and Miller, S.D. and Scoten, O. and Cohen-Eilig, M. and Glegg, S. and Ip, A. and Jetha, C. and Mulpuri, K. and O?Donnell, M. and Mishaal, R.
DOI: 10.3390/children12091274Cjc Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
Thorsen, V.K. and Glegg, S. and Harris, K.C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2025.05.003Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology
Mahmoudi, E. and Movahed, M. and Majnemer, A. and Denner Dos Santos, C. and Backlin, G. and Siou, A. and Glegg, S. and Pritchard, L. and McCabe, J. and Shikako, K.
DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2025.2529508Seminars in Perinatology
Demers, C. and Luu, T.M. and Glegg, S. and Afifi, J. and Pearce, R. and Thivierge, ?. and Janvier, A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2025.152149International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Morgan, J. and Taylor, T. and Nolan, S. and Blais, A. and Cywink, S.L. and Duguay, J.M. and Gibbons, T.A. and Maxwell, S. and Marsh, S. and Pratt, M. and Glegg, S.
DOI: 10.1177/16094069251361077JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
DOI: 10.1111/JEP.14056Addiction Science and Clinical Practice
Robinson, S. and Brohman, I. and Draanen, J.V. and Kushner, R. and Fairbairn, N. and Glegg, S.
DOI: 10.1186/s13722-024-00524-zHARM REDUCTION JOURNAL
DOI: 10.1186/S12954-023-00818-6IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS
DOI: 10.1186/S43058-022-00372-5HARM REDUCTION JOURNAL
DOI: 10.1186/S12954-022-00657-XINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY
DOI: 10.1016/J.DRUGPO.2022.103742Implementation Science Communications
Stephanie Miranda Nadine Glegg and Andrea Ryce and Kimberly J. Miller and Laura Nimmon and Anita Kothari and Liisa Holsti
DOI: 10.1186/s43058-021-00152-712 / 2021
figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14594018figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14594015FRONTIERS IN VIRTUAL REALITY
DOI: 10.3389/FRVIR.2021.754020CMAJ open
Eydt, E. and Glegg, S. and Sutherland, C. and Meador, K. and Trew, M. and Perreault, M. and Goyer, M. and Le Foll, B. and Turnbull, J. and Fairbairn, N.
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200021Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics
Priyanka Banerjee-Gunette and Sarah Bigford and Stephanie M. N. Glegg
DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2019.165086703 / 2020
Implementation Science
Stephanie M. N. Glegg and Emily Jenkins and Anita Kothari
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-019-0879-112 / 2019
2019 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR)
Danielle E. Levac and Stephanie Glegg and Sujata Pradhan and Emily J. Fox and Debbie Espy and Emily Chicklis and Judith E. Deutsch
DOI: 10.1109/icvr46560.2019.899462407 / 2019
Journal of Enabling Technologies
Rachel Proffitt and Stephanie Glegg and Danielle Levac and Belinda Lange
DOI: 10.1108/jet-10-2018-005006 / 2019
BMJ Open
Jennifer Smith and Ian Pike and Mariana Brussoni and Lori Tucker and Louise M{\^{a}}sse and Janet W T Mah and Ainsley Boudreau and Dawn Mount and Russell Bonaguro and Stephanie Glegg and S Amed
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-02540405 / 2019
Evaluation and Program Planning
Stephanie M.N. Glegg and Andrea Ryce and Kala Brownlee
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.09.00502 / 2019
Qualitative Health Research
Stephanie M. N. Glegg
DOI: 10.1177/104973231878648507 / 2018
PM&R
DOI: 10.1016/J.PMRJ.2018.07.004Games for Health Journal
Valds, B.A. and Glegg, S.M.N. and Lambert-Shirzad, N. and Schneider, A.N. and Marr, J. and Bernard, R. and Lohse, K. and Hoens, A.M. and Van Der Loos, H.F.M.
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2017.0137Figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4146662Systematic Reviews
Anastasia A. Mallidou and Pat Atherton and Liza Chan and Noreen Frisch and Stephanie Glegg and Gayle Scarrow
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-017-0481-z05 / 2017
2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL REHABILITATION (ICVR)
Virtual Reality Recent Advances for Health and Wellbeing
Levac, D.E. and Miller, P. and Glegg, S.M.N. and Colquhoun, H.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology
Glegg, S.M.N. and Holsti, L. and Stanton, S. and Hanna, S. and Velikonja, D. and Ansley, B. and Sartor, D. and Brum, C.
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2015.1111944IEEE Pulse
Glegg, S.
DOI: 10.1109/MPUL.2017.2750858Games for Health Journal
Levac, D. and Glegg, S. and Colquhoun, H. and Miller, P. and Noubary, F.
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2016.0089Occupational Therapy Now
Glegg, S.
International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, ICVR
Glegg, S.M.N. and Levac, D.E.
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2017.8007488Journal of Motor Behavior
Valds, B.A. and Glegg, S.M.N. and Van der Loos, H.F.M.
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2016.1241748Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy
Stephanie M. Glegg and Alison Hoens
DOI: 10.1097/npt.000000000000012204 / 2016
Figshare
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3615422PLoS ONE
Levac, D.E. and Glegg, S.M.N. and Sveistrup, H. and Colquhoun, H. and Miller, P. and Finestone, H. and De Paul, V. and Harris, J.E. and Velikonja, D.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168311Disability and Rehabilitation
Glegg, S.M.N. and Livingstone, R. and Montgomery, I.
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1041616Levac D and Glegg SM and Camden C and Rivard LM and Missiuna C
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130500 PubMed: 2530196604 / 2015
The University of British Columbia
DOI: 10.14288/1.0075867Technology, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of People with Special Needs
Glegg, S.M. and Hung, C.T. and Valds Benavides, B.A. and Kim, B.D. and Van der Loos, H.M.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jocelyn Harris and Heidi Sveistrup and Stephanie M N Glegg and Heather Colquhoun and Hillel Finestone and Pat Miller and Vincent DePaul and Laurie Wishart and Marie Brien
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.03010 / 2014
Glegg SM and Tatla SK and Holsti L
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2013.799236 PubMed: 2371340803 / 2014
BRAIN INJURY
Glegg SM and Holsti L and Stanton S and Hanna S and Velikonja D and Ansley B and Sartor D and Brum C
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-141152 PubMed: 25238866The University of British Columbia
DOI: 10.14288/1.0075871STROKE
2013 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR)
Danielle Levac and Heidi Sveistrup and Stephanie Glegg and Patricia Miller and Heather Colquhoun
DOI: 10.1109/icvr.2013.666210708 / 2013
Glegg SM and Holsti L and Velikonja D and Ansley B and Brum C and Sartor D
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2013.1506 PubMed: 2371384405 / 2013
University of British Columbia
DOI: 10.14288/1.0073087Glegg SM and Holsti L
DOI: 10.2182/cjot.2010.77.4.4 PubMed: 2109006310 / 2010
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERAPY AND REHABILITATION
DOI: 10.12968/IJTR.2010.17.4.47314Dr. Glegg co-leads national surveys on the barriers and facilitators of virtual reality technologies for health care in Canada and the United States, as well as engaging in collaborations to replicate these studies in the United Kingdom and Spain. These surveys use a theory-based measure, the Assessing Determinants of Prospective Take-up of Virtual Reality (ADOPT-VR, version 2) Instrument developed by Dr. Glegg to evaluate the factors influencing VR and active video game implementation for physical and cognitive rehabilitation. The instrument has been used in over 14 studies worldwide, including VR implementation research by Dr. Glegg and her team within paediatric rehabilitation centres in Canada.
Children with neurodevelopmental conditions experience greater exclusion, social isolation and sedentary activities than their typically developing peers. Physical activity programs can improve self-esteem, social integration, mental health, quality of life and daily functioning for children. Impacts for families include enhanced social support, mental health, and reslience. Kids Action Coaching is an evidence-based coaching approach that includes personalized, child-centered coaching, family-engaged home-based activities, and social networking opportunities for families. Our team’s initial work involved the implementation of this coaching approach through a partnership with Special Olympics BC and other local physical activity programs in urban centres in BC. Our current work with funding from the BC Ministry of Health and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research has allowed us to expand implementation to rural, remote and Indigenous communities across BC. Work is underway for a national scale-up with funding support from Kids Brain Health Network. This project will contribute to more inclusive and equitable participation in physical recreation for children with neurodevelopmental conditions across Canada that is optimized to improve physical and mental health outcomes for these children and their families.
Child-Sized KT is a stakeholder-engaged project that aims to foster family and health professional partnerships in research to improve the relevance, quality and collaboration in child health research. This online platform is designed to provide opportunities for children and families to connect with researchers, to contribute to the design, conduct and implementation of research that is aligned with their interests, and to learn about the findings of innovative work in this field. The platform includes a family portal that uses gamification and animated stories of families’ real--life experiences engaging in research. This resource helps people who are new to research to understand the research process and what is involved in taking part in research, and to link with existing or planned research projects. This work has been made possible by funding from CIHR, the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and the CHILD-BRIGHT SPOR Network. Future phases will integrate the platform with a child health research project database, and portals for researchers and for clinicians.
2020-2023: Kids Brain Health Network, $200,000. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: National scale-up of the New-PAC physical activity coaching program to support children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
2019-2022: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Implementation Science Team Project Grant, $500,000. Role: Co-Research Lead; Principal Investigator: Lise Olsen. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in communities for children with neuro-disabilities.
2019-2022: British Columbia Ministry of Health, $436,803. Role: Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in Indigenous rural and remote communities for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
2018-2019: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Implementation Science Team Development Grant, $20,000 (matched funds by KBHN). Role: Researcher Co-Lead; Principal Investigator: William McKellin. Project: Implementing physical activity programs in communities for children with neurodisabilities.
2018-2020: BC SUPPORT Unit Methods Cluster Project Grant, $85,650. Role: Co-Applicant; Principal Applicant: Sarah Munro. Project: Using documentary as a method of knowledge translation to reach the “Sandwich Generation.”
2018-2020: Kids Brain Health Network, $199,150. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Jean-Paul Collet. Project: Knowledge translation to support evidence-informed physical activity program coaching for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
2018-2019: CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Translation Innovation Incubator Grant, $20,000. Role: Co-Principal Investigator; Principal Investigator: Shazhan Amed. Project: Child-Sized KT: An online portal for family engagement in child health research.
2018-2019: UBC Faculty of Medicine Strategic Investment Fund, $60,600. Role: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Shazhan Amed. Project: Child-Sized KT: Development of a digital strategy for an online child health research engagement platform for patients and families.
2017-2018: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research REACH Award, $10,000. Role: Trainee co-applicant; Principal Investigator: Jill Zwicker. Project: The DCD Advocacy Toolkit: Supporting diagnosis and intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder in British Columbia.
2016-2019: CHILD-BRIGHT Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Initiative, $625,662. Role: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Keiko Shikako-Thomas. Project: Jooay: User experience and effectiveness of a mobile App designed to increase leisure participation in adolescents with disabilities.
2016-2021: CIHR Foundation Scheme - Live Pilot, $684,199. Role: Co-Knowledge User; Principal Investigator: Jill Zwicker. Project: Using brain mapping to examine predictors of developmental coordination disorder and response to intervention.
2025-2027: Kids Brain Health Network/Brain Canada & Michaels Smith Health Research BC, $400,000. Role: Principal Investigator.
2020: CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, $1200. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, to present at Annual Scientific Meeting.
2019-2022: CIHR Fellowship, $150,000. CIHR, ranked 2nd of 105 applicants in the national competition.
2018: Best Paper Award, $250 USD. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies.
2018: Kids Brain Health Network Lab Exchange Award, $1000. Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN), for career development in brain health research.
2016-2019: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, $150,000. CIHR, for scholarly achievement and demonstrated leadership.
2016-2019: Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program Career Enhancement Award. CCHCSP, for child health clinician researchers training to be clinician scientists.
2016-2019: UBC Public Scholars Award, $12,000. UBC, for innovative, collaborative scholarship that contributes to the public interest.
2016-2020: Four Year Fellowship, $96,725. UBC, for academic achievement.
2016: CIHR Doctoral Award, $105,000 (declined to accept Vanier Scholarship). CIHR, ranked 2nd of 432 applicants in the national competition.
2016: Child & Family Research Institute Graduate Studentship, $40,000 (declined to accept Vanier Scholarship).
2015-2016: Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award, $14,000. UBC, for outstanding academic and research excellence, and personal characteristics.
2015-2016: Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Scholarship, $40,000. UBC, for top student in Rehabilitation Sciences PhD program.
2015: Best Student Paper, $200 USD. International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation.
2014: Best Short Paper, $200 USD. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies.
2012: David W. Strangway Affiliated Fellowship, $5333. UBC, for academic excellence.
2011: Frederick Banting & Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award, $17,500. CIHR, for outstanding students pursuing master’s studies in health sciences.
2009: Graduate Entrance Scholarship, $6199. UBC, for the top MSc student entering the Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program.
2008: Excellence in Education Award. Children’s & Women’s (C&W) Health Centre of BC, for the development of clinical protocols for virtual rehabilitation.
2008: Excellence in Education Award, Honourable Mention. C&W Health Centre of BC, for mentoring/clinical teaching.
2004: Brock Fahrni Prize in Occupational Therapy, $130. UBC, for head of the graduating class in Rehabilitation Sciences.
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