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:

2025: Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship, 快播视频

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, 快播视频

2019-2021: Undergraduate Bursary, 快播视频

2020: Student Access Guarantee Bursary, 快播视频

Publications:

Garvey, N.,聽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.聽American Indian Culture and Research Journal,听48(2).听

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