Research Interests:

Nichaela will complete a master鈥檚 thesis on pediatric pain. Her particular research interests lie in exploring the use of novel technologies for the assessment and management of pain in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). As a researcher committed to knowledge mobilization, she is dedicated to disseminating her research findings in academic and clinical circles to inform and ameliorate the practice of infant pain management. 

Honours and Awards:

2026-2027: Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral

2026-2027: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)

2026: Divert Mental Health Fellow

2025: Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship, 91亚色

2025-2026: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)

2025-2026: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters), SSHRC

2024-2025: Ontario Graduate Scholarship

2024-2025: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters), SSHRC (declined)

2021-2022: Member of Dean's Honour Roll, 91亚色

2019-2021: Undergraduate Bursary, 91亚色

2020: Student Access Guarantee Bursary, 91亚色

Publications:

Hashemi, H., Cohen, E.,听Garvey, N., Lebovic, A., Bacchini, F., Johannsson, L., ... & Riddell, R. P. (2026). Understanding maternal perspectives of skin-to-skin contact for the management of acute pain in very and extremely preterm infants.聽Pain,听167(5), 1084-1097.聽

Padgett, J., Garvey, N., Abdelmaseh, M., Singh, A., Singh, Y., Thomas, A., Pewatooalook, T., Qatsiya, B., Qaunaq, R., McCague, H., Sidhu, J., & Bohr, Y. (2025). Co-developing and validating the I-sparx wellness questionnaire: A community-driven psychometric study with Inuit youth in Nunavut. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 21(1). 

Garvey, N., Hankey, J., Bohr, Y., Barnhardt, J. (2025). Self-kindness, mindfulness, and common humanity: Effects of self-compassion on wellbeing for Indigenous participants in self-compassion-related interventions. American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 48(2). 

Bohr, Y., Hankey, J., Thomas, A., Abdelmaseh, M., McCague, H., Barnhardt, J., Oskalns, M.,听Garvey, N., Singh, Y., Danz, C., Singoorie, C., Qaunaq, R., Oshoweektok, I., Lucassen, M., Merry, S., Shepherd, M., Bornstein, M., Ahmad, F., Shulman, S., and Weiss, J. (2024). A Nunavut community-directed Inuit youth mental wellness initiative: Making I-SPARX fly.聽International Journal of Circumpolar Health,听83(1).听