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Marsha Campbell-Yeo is a Professor at the School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, with cross-appointments in Pediatrics, Psychology & Neuroscience. She serves as a clinician scientist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her academic career focuses on improving outcomes for medically at-risk newborns through evidence-based research on pain management and parental interventions.
Dr. Campbell-Yeo's research program centers on neonatal pain mechanisms, skin-to-skin contact (kangaroo care), co-bedding, and randomized controlled trials to evaluate maternal-driven interventions. Her work bridges clinical neonatal nursing practice with neuroscience to develop strategies that reduce infant stress and promote neurodevelopmental outcomes in high-risk populations.
Her recent publications (2019-2020) demonstrate a strong emphasis on technology-enabled perinatal care and longitudinal pain management in NICUs. Key trends include systematic evaluations of mHealth applications for parental support, sustained efficacy of kangaroo care across hospitalization, and comprehensive frameworks for procedural pain assessment throughout neonatal intensive care.
Her scientific contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards including:
- 2020: American Academy of Nursing Fellowship
- 2017: Canadian Nurses Association's 150 Nurses for Canada
- 2016: CIHR New Investigator Award ($300,000)
- 2015: Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Career Development Award ($280,000)
- 2015: CIHR IHDCYH Video Competition First Prize ($5,000)
- 2015: Canadian Pain Society Early Career Investigator Award
- 2014: Mayday Pain & Society Fellowship
Dr. Campbell-Yeo directs the MOMLINC research program (www.momlinc.ca), securing significant grant funding including CIHR New Investigator and Career Development Awards. Her work involves interdisciplinary collaboration across nursing, pediatrics, and neuroscience to translate research into clinical practice through parent-centered interventions.
At the IWK Health Centre, she leads a multidisciplinary research team focused on neonatal pain management. Her MOMLINC lab develops and tests practical interventions that integrate parents as therapeutic partners in NICU care, with emphasis on real-world implementation and outcome measurement throughout hospitalization.
