Teaching Areas: Qualitative Research Methods, Health Promotion and Families, Nursing Research Methods, and courses dealing with child and adolescent health and illness.
 

Woodgate, R. L. Principal Investigator (PI), Amaladas, M., Crockett, M., Dean, R., Dillon, M., & Plourde, P. Improving access to community-based primary health care for African immigrant and refugee families. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Amount of Funding: $331,207. 00, 2012-2015.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI), Altman, G., Walker, J., & Wener, P. Youth's Voices: Their Lives and Experiences of Living with an Anxiety Disorder. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Amount of Funding: $366,010.00, 2012-2015.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI), Altman, G., Walker, J., & Wener, P. Youth's Voices: Their Lives and Experiences of Living with an Anxiety Disorder. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Manitoba Regional Partnership Program (RPP) Funding. Amount of Funding: $100,000.00, 2011-2013.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI), Masuda, J., Manchanda, R., & Griffith, E. J. Building youth capacity for heart health promotion: A school-based feasibility study. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba: Primary Prevention Challenge Grant Program. Amount of Funding: $79,887.00, 2011-2013.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI) & Payne, M. (2011). Positive youth and the Manitoba HIV program project. AIDS Community Action Program (ACAP) resources. Amount of funding: $5,600.00.

Martin, D. & Woodgate, R. L.A family health needs assessment with a First Nation community using critical and indigenous methodologies. Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund. Amount of Funding: $24,063.14, 2010-2011.

Woodgate, R. L. Principal Investigator (PI), Rempel, G., Ripat, J., Elias, B., Moffat, M., Halas, J., Linton, J., Martin, D. Understanding the Disability Trajectory of First Nations Families of Children with disabilities: Advancing Jordan’s Principle. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Emerging Team Grant: Children with Disabilities (ETG: CWD) (Bright Futures for Kids with Disabilities). Amount of Funding: $529,081 over three years, 2009-2012.

Teucher, U. & Woodgate, R. L. Cancer and Young Adults: Making Sense of Illness. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Research Grant. Amount of Funding: $67,922.00 in total for two years, 2009 – 2011.

Medved, M. (PI), Rogers, K., & Woodgate, R. L. Decision-making in the acquired brain injury triad: Perspectives of persons with acquired brain injury, their families, and professionals. Manitoba Medical Service Foundation (MMSF) research grant. Amount of Funding: $25,000.00 (Total) for 2009 – 2010.

Woodgate, R. L. Principal Investigator (PI), Edwards, M., Lane, M.,Goldberg, A., Wener, P., & McDonald, P. Youth involvement in health care decisions: Ethical, social, and cultural perspectives . Manitoba Health Research Council Award. Amount of Funding: $50,000.00 (Total) for 2009 – 2010.

Woodgate, R. L. (P I), Edwards, M., Lane, M.,Goldberg, A., Wener, P., & McDonald, P. Youth Involvement in Health Care Decisions: Ethical, Social, and Cultural Perspectives. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant. Amount of Funding: $95,853.00 (Total), 2008 – 2010.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI), Hallman, B., Ripat, J., Borton, B., Rempel, G., & Edwards, M. Changing geographies of care: Using therapeutic landscapes as a framework to understand how families with medically complex children participate in communities Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant. Amount of Funding: - $79,768/year for three years (total-$$239,309.00), 2008 – 2011.

Woodgate, R. L. ((PI), Rempel, G., Ripat, J., Borton, B., Elias, B., Moffat, M., & Halas, J. Understanding the Disability Trajectory of First Nations Families of Children with disabilities: Advancing Jordan’s Principle. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Emerging Team Grant: Children with Disabilities (ETG: CWD) (Bright Futures for Kids with Disabilities). Amount of Funding: $10,000.00 for one year, 2008-2009.

Woodgate, R. (PI). Title of Project: Youth speaking for themselves about health within their own life situations: An ethnographic study of youth's perspectives of health and their own health interests. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Research Grant. Amount of Funding: $60,000.00 in total for three year, 2007 – 2010.

McDonald, M. (PI), Woodgate, R. et al. Title of Project: Canadian network for governance of ethical health research involving humans: Evidence, accountability and practice. CIHR Team Grant: Ethics, Legal and Social Issues. Amount of Funding: $67,824.00 /year for three year, 2007 – 2010.

Woodgate, R. (PI), Halas, J. & Schultz, A. An ethnographic study of Adolescents' conceptualization of cancer and cancer prevention: Framing cancer and cancer prevention within the life-situations of adolescents. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant. Amount of Funding: $355,266.00 (Total) for four years, 2007 – 2011.

Woodgate, R. (PI), Halas, J. & Schultz, A. Title of Project: An ethnographic study of adolescents ' conceptualization of cancer and cancer prevention: Framing cancer and cancer prevention within the life-situations of adolescents. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Manitoba Regional Partnership Program (RPP) Funding. Amount of Funding: $85,828.00 for one year, 2008 – 2009.

Woodgate, R. (PI), Irani, P., Degner, L., Yanofsky, R., West, C., & Watters, C. Title of Project: Development and Testing of a Computer Video-Game Approach Designed for Self-Assessment and Management of Meaning-Centred Symptom Experiences by Children with Cancer. Canadian Institutes of Health Research – CIHR Operating Grant. Amount of Funding: $132,888.00 per year for four years, 2006 – 2010.

Woodgate, R. (PI), Dean, R., Shapiro, C., Edwards, R., Grant, K., & Cham, B. Title of Project: #Perceptions and Assessment of the Risks to Involving Children in Research: Perspectives of Research Ethics Board Members, Child Health Researchers, and Parents. CIHR - RFA for Empirical and Conceptual Research on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Studies Involving gnant Women and Children. Amount of Funding: $92,095.00 per year for three years plus $4,250.00 in equipment, 2005 –2008.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI). Title of Grant: Development of an International Pediatric Oncology Research Network: Setting the Stage for International Collaborative Psychosocial-Behavioral Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research - CIHR International Opportunity Program: Development/Planning Grant, $24,992.00, March 2005-2006.

Woodgate, R. L. (PI), Sloan, J., & Yanofsky, R. Title of Project: Parents' and Children's Decisions and Experiences in Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials. Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant, Support for the period of 2004 - 2007; Total Amount: $49,428.00.

Ripat, J., Woodgate , R., Etcheverry, E., & Medved M. Assistive technology and young adults with disabilities. Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) operating grant. Amount of Funding: $119,084.00 (total), 2009-2011.

Ripat, J. & Woodgate , R. Young adults with spinal cord injuries, participation, and assistive technology: Manitoba Spinal Cord Injury Research Committee operating grant. Amount of Funding: $45,000.00, 2009-2010.
 

Campbell-Enns, H. & Woodgate, (In Press). R.L. Decision making for mothers with cancer: Maintaining the mother-child bond. Submitted to the European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Woodgate, R. L., Edwards, M., & Ripat, J. (In Press). How families of children with complex care needs participate in everyday life. Social Science and Medicine.

Ripat, J. & Woodgate, R. L. (2012). Self-perceived participation among adults with spinal cord injury: A grounded theory study. Spinal Cord, 3 July 2012, doi:10.1038/sc.2012.77

Ripat, J. & Woodgate, R. L (2012). The role of assistive technology in self-perceived participation. Submitted to International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 35, 2, 170-177. doi: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283531806

Campbell-Enns, H. & Woodgate, R. L. (In Press). Young men with cancer: A literature review. Cancer Nursing.

Hoogsteen, L. & Woodgate, R. L. (In Press). Playing the Autism Card: The Lived Experience of Parenting a Child with Autism. Pediatric Nursing.

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. L. (2012). Taking care of second cancer risk. Cancer Nursing, 35(1), 55-62.

Ripat, J. & Woodgate, R. L. (2011). Locating assistive technology within an emancipatory disability research framework. Technology and Disability, 23, 87–92.

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R.L. (2011). Life after Cancer: Living with risk. Cancer Nursing, 34(6), 487-494.

Watt-Shepherd, E. & Woodgate, R. L. (2011). A Journey within a Journey: The lived experience of parents who do not live near their child's tertiary cancer centre. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 28(4), 231-243.

Ripat, J. & Woodgate, R. L. (2011). The intersection of culture, disability, and assistive technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 6(2), 87–96.

Cox, S., Ross, K., Townsend, A. Avard, D. & Woodgate, R. L. (2011), From Stakeholders to shareholders: Engaging consumers in health research. Health Law Review, 19(3), 63-71.

Hoogsteen, L. & Woodgate, R. L. (2010) Can I play? A concept analysis of participation in children with disabilities. Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 30(4), 325-339.

Woodgate, R. L. Edwards, M. (2010). Children in health research: A matter of trust. Journal of Medical Ethics, 36(4), 211-216.

Woodgate, R. L. & Leach, J. (2010). Youth’s perspectives on the determinants of health. Qualitative Health Research, 20(9),1173-1182.

Watt-Shepherd*, E. & Woodgate, R. L. Cancer survivorship in children and young adults: A concept analysis. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 27(2) 109–118.

Watt-Shepherd, E., Woodgate, R. L. & Sawatzky, J. (2010). Pain in children with central nervous system cancer: A human response to illness. Oncology Nursing Forum, 37(4):E318-30.

Woodgate, R. L. & Yanofsky, R. (2010). Parents’ experiences with childhood cancer clinical trials. Cancer Nursing, 33(1),11-18.

Briscoe, W. & Woodgate, R. L. (2010). Sustaining Self: The lived experience of transition to long-term ventilator utilization. Qualitative Health Research, 20(1), 57-67.

Woodgate, R. L. (2009).The experience of dyspnea in school-age children with asthma. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child, 34(3), 154-163.

Woodgate, R. L. & Leach, J. (2009). Making it work: Challenges and strategies to engaging youth in qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8(3). 8.

Woodgate, R. L. (2009).Challenges and the importance of sustaining a mindful presence when engaging children with cancer in the qualitative research process. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 8(3), 2.

Cox, S., Townsend, A., Preto, N., Woodgate, R. L., & Kolopack, P. (2009). Ethical challenges and evolving practices in research on ethics in health research. Health Law Review, 17:2-3, 33-39.

Owen, M., Emerson, C., Kolopack, P., Preto, N., Sampson, H., Townsend, A., Willison, D. & Woodgate, R. L. (2009). Informing governance through evidence-based research on REBs: Challenges and opportunities. Health Law Review, 17:2-3, 40-46.

Avard, D., Stanton- Jean, M., Woodgate, R. L., Pullman, D., & Saginur, R. (2009). Research ethics board and challenges for public participation. Health Law Review, 17:2-3, 66-72.

Savard, J. & Woodgate, R. L. (2009).Young Peoples’ Lived Experience of Living with IBD and an Ostomy. Gastroenterology Nursing, 32(1), 33-41.

Reisnch, S. & Woodgate, R. (2008). Understanding the cultural meanings of farm women’s Stress Experiences in Canada, Journal of Rural Community Psychology, E10 (2).

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. L. (2008). Preventing second cancers in cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 35(2), E12-E22.

Woodgate, R. L., Ateah, C., & Secco, L. (2008). Living in a world of our own: The experience of parents who have a child with autism. Qualitative Health Research, 18(8), 1075-1083.

Woodgate, R. L. (2008). Feeling States: A new approach to understanding how children with cancer experience symptoms. Cancer Nursing, 31(3), 229-238.

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. L. (2008). Designing a mixed methods study in pediatric oncology nursing research. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 25, 34-43.

Mossman Sims, R. & Woodgate, R. L. (2008). Managing chronic hepatitis B in children. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 22(6), 360-367.

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. L. (2007). Supporting siblings through the pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) trajectory: Perspectives of siblings of BMT recipients. Cancer Nursing, 30(5), E29-E34.

Wilkins, K. & Woodgate, R. L. (2007). An interruption in family life: Siblings’ lived experience as they transition through the pediatric bone marrow transplant (BMT) trajectory. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(2), E28-E35.

Heaman, M., Chalmers, K., Woodgate, R. L., Brown, J., & Betker, C. (2007). Relationship work in an early childhood home visiting program. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 22(4), 319-330.

Woodgate, R. L., Heaman, M., Chalmers, K., & Brown, J. (2007). Issues and challenges in delivering an early childhood home visiting program using lay home visitors. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child, 32(2), 95-101.

Wilkins, K. L. & Woodgate, R. L. (2007). State of the science on the second cancer experience in survivors of childhood and adult cancers. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(1), 200.

Woodgate, R. L. (2006). Siblings’ Experiences with childhood cancer: A different way of being in the family. Cancer Nursing, 29(5), 406-414.

Woodgate, R. L. (2006). Living in the shadow of fear: Adolescents’ experience of depression. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 56(3), 261-269.

Gillespie, C., Woodgate, R. L., Chalmers, K., & Watson, W. (2007). “Living with risk”: Mothering a child with food-induced anaphylaxis. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 22(1), 30-42.

Secco, L., Woodgate, R. L., Hodgson, A., Kowalski, S., Plouffe, J., Rothney, P. R., Sawatzky-Dickson, D., & Suderman, E. (2006). A survey study of pediatric nurses’ use of information sources. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 24(2), 105-112.

Heaman, M., Chalmers, K., Woodgate, R. L., Brown, J. (2006). Early childhood home visiting programme: Factors contributing to success. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55(3), 291-300.

Woodgate, R. L. (2006). Living in a world without closure: Reality for parents who have experienced the death of a child. Journal of Palliative Care, 22(2), 75-82.

Woodgate, R. L. (2006). The importance of ‘being there’: Perspectives of supportive relationships by adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 23(3), 122-134. *Clinical education units (CEU) offering.

Woodgate, R. L. (2006). Life is never the same: Childhood cancer narratives. European Journal of Cancer Care, 15, 8-18.

Wilkins, K., & Woodgate, R. L. (2006). Transition: A conceptual analysis in the context of siblings of children with cancer. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 21(4), 256-265.

Wilkins, K., & Woodgate, R. L. (2005). A review of qualitative research on the childhood cancer experience from the perspective of siblings: A need to give them a voice. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 22(6), 305–319.

Woodgate, R. L. (2005). “Closure: Who is it for?” Journal of Palliative Care, 21(3), 200.

Woodgate, R. L., Clarke, J., Gibson, F., Hallströöm, I., Kline, N., Monterosso, L., von Essen. L., & Wettergren, L. (2005). Development of an international pediatric oncology research network: Setting the stage for international collaborative psychosocial-behavioral research. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 45(4), 400.

Woodgate, R. L. (2005). The childhood cancer experience of healthy siblings. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 45(4), 538.

Woodgate, R. L. (2005). A different way of being in adolescents with cancer. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 45(4), 538.

Wilkins, K., Woodgate, R. L., Degner, L., & Schroeder, M. (2005). Siblings of pediatric bone marrow transplant recipients: Their lived experience as they transition through the bone marrow transplant trajectory. Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 45(4), 424.

Woodgate, R. L. (2005). A different way of being: Adolescents’ experiences with cancer. Cancer Nursing 28(1), 8-15. *Featured in Medscape Profile, for peer-reviewed paper.

 
2010 Manitoba Research Chair Award. Awarded by the Manitoba Health Research Council. Awarded for the period of July 1, 2009-June 30, 2015, $100,000.00/year for five years.

2009 MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing’s Best Research Paper,For the paper: Woodgate, R. L. The experience of dyspnea in school-age children with asthma. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal Child, 34(3), 154-163.

2008 recipient of the CNA Nurse to Know Centennial Achievement Award. As part of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Centennial celebrations this year, esearch and scholarship.

2006 Graduate Nurses Association Teaching Excellence of Award, University of Manitoba.

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Fellow, Invited Scholar to the Human Dimensions of Science and Technology, New Delhi, February 20-22, 2006.

Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) Research Scientist Award: Behavioural/Psychosocial/Cancer Control (BPCC) Research Personnel Award, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), Awarded for the period of July 1, 2004- June 30, 2010. Approximate value $50,000.00/year for six years.

2004 recipient of the joint NCIC and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Dorothy J. Lamont Scientist Award. In recognition of the highest-ranking scientist in the Behavioral/Psychosocial/ Cancer Control Research Scientist Category.

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Award, Awarded for the period of July 1, 2004- June 30, 2009. Declined in lieu of CCS Research Award.

Manitoba Health Research Council Establishment Award, October 2003- October 2006.

2004 Rh award for outstanding contributions to scholarship and research in the interdisciplinary category from the Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Inc., awarded February 2005.