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McNally, Mary |
Phone: (902) 494-1294 Email: mary.mcnally@dal.ca |
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Associate Professor, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences Division Head, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences Assistant Dean, Research Affairs, Dean's Office | |
Academic Credentials:
BSc (MSVU); MSc (Dalhousie); DDS (Dalhousie); MA (Dalhousie)
Professional Appointments:
Cross Appointed to Department of BioEthics, Faculty of Medicine
Personal Website:
Research Interests:
Dr. McNally’s clinical and academic work benefits priority populations and communities by building interdisciplinary teams and community partnerships that move “oral health” from the margins of health care. In 2008, she became a WHO gold standard calibrated oral health examiner and participated in the Inuit Oral Health Survey (Office of the Chief Dental Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada). This has led to community-based research opportunities including the Labrador Aboriginal Oral Health Survey Nunatsiavut, Labrador; Kungatsiajuk: Supporting the Healthy Smiles of NunatuKavut Children in 7 Inuit Labrador communities; and more recently working with Mi’kmaq communities in Unama’ki (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) to develop the Tui’kn Pathway to Oral Health.
Her research projects also focus on effective health promotion and integration of oral health care for frail and dependant older adults residing both at home and in continuing care settings. Her research has developed pragmatic daily mouth care resources (Brushingup.ca) and influenced policies and programs to promote better oral care practices in Nova Scotia. Her multidisciplinary teams are interested in gaining a better understanding of the ethical implications of frailty and of personal mouth care. Her research includes careful attention to knowledge translation strategies with the involvement of end-users and decision makers as an integral part of the research process.
Research Projects:
| The oral health and dental care pathways of humanitarian migrants: Advancing a mixed methods program of research | |||||
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| Funding Agency: | CIHR Operating | ||||
| Start Date: | 2018 | End Date: | 2021 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M E MacDonald (PI), B Nicolau (co-PI) and others | ||||
| Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2017 | End Date: | 2020 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Debbie Martin (co-PI), Amy Bombay (co-PI), Ashlee Consolo (co-PI) | ||||
| A mixed methods evaluation of Health Canada's Children's Oral Health Initiative (COHI). Does it lead to improved oral health for young First Nations and Inuit children? | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2019 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | R Schroth (n-PI), Martin Chartier (co-PI) and others | ||||
| A Collaborative Intervention for Streamlining Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing within Integrated Health-Care Teams. | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Canadian Frailty Network | ||||
| Start Date: | 2018 | End Date: | 2019 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Andrews (PI) | ||||
| Brushing up on Mouth Care: Supporting caregiving and oral health from research to policy to everyday practice. | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF | ||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2017 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | A Campbell (co-PI), T MacCallum | ||||
| Frailty and Health Care: Considerations at the Intersection of Health and Law | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Canadian Frailty Network | ||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2018 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | W Lahey (co-PI) | ||||
| Tui'kn(Passage) to Oral Health: A community-led research partnership to improve oral health in Unama’ki | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2015 | End Date: | 2016 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | S Rudderham (co-PI), D Martin (co-PI) and others | ||||
| Exploring Gender and Diversity as elements of professionalism | |||||
| Funding Agency: | American Dental Association, Enid A Neidle Scholar in Residence | ||||
| Start Date: | 2016 | End Date: | 2016 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Using oral traditions to support oral health: Sharing what we have learned about Kungatsiajuk (the healthy smiles) of Southern Labrador Inuit youth. | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Dissemination Events Award | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | D Martin (PI) and H Castleden | ||||
| Using oral traditions to support oral health | |||||
| Funding Agency: | The International Grenfell Association Project Grants Award | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Kungatisiajuk team member | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | D Martin (PI) and Kungatisiajuk team | ||||
| SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Care Innovations | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR | ||||
| Start Date: | 2014 | End Date: | 2015 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | F Burge (PI) and others | ||||
| 'Kungatsiajuk': Supporting the Healthy Smiles of NunatuKavut Children | |||||
| Description: | This research project will bring together two kinds of knowledge - biomedical knowledge and Indigenous knowledge - that will make a unique contribution to our understanding of the oral health of Aboriginal children. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Operating Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | co-PI's: D Martin, H Castleden | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/kungatsiajuk/ | ||||
| Reaching out for Positive Aging with “Brushing up on Mouth Care” | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Nova Scotia Provincial Government’s Department of Seniors Positive Aging Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2013 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Engaging Aboriginal Voices to Address Oral Health Disparities | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Network for Canadian Oral Health Research | ||||
| Start Date: | 2013 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | R Schroth (co-PI), R Harrison | ||||
| Primary Healthcare: The foundation of the health care system getting stronger | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Dalhousie University Strategic Research Initiative Fund | ||||
| Start Date: | 2013 | End Date: | 2014 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | F Burge (PI), R Martin-Misener (PI) and 10 others | ||||
| Aboriginal health research and the academy: Ethical tensions and institutional barriers for new scholars seeking to do community-based research “in a good way” | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Ethics Catalyst Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | co-PI's: H Castleden, D Martin | ||||
| Brushing up on Mouthcare: Facilitating uptake of a daily oral care program in Continuing Care | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR KT Supplement | ||||
| Start Date: | 2012 | End Date: | 2013 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | D Matthews, J Clovis and 4 others | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/oral-care/ | ||||
| Labrador Aboriginal Children’s Oral Health Survey | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | F Kraglund (co-PI), D Matthews | ||||
| Brushing up on mouth care: caregiver centered knowledge translation to address the complex care needs of persons with dementia | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network: Knowledge Translation Award | ||||
| Start Date: | 2011 | End Date: | 2012 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/oral-care/ | ||||
| Rationing public dental care in Canada: Defining the balance between individual and social responsibility | |||||
| Funding Agency: | SSHERC | ||||
| Start Date: | 2009 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Carlos Quiñonez (PI) | ||||
| Oral care in continuing care settings: Collaborating to improve policies and practices | |||||
| Description: | This study seeks to examine the integration of oral health care, with particular emphasis on daily mouth care, for frail and dependant older adults in a variety of continuing care settings. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF Collaborative Health Research Program Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2011 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | P Allison, J Clovis, M Leiter, S Martin, R Martin-Misener, D Matthews, P Moorhouse, C Wyatt | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/oral_care.asp | ||||
| Changing Demographics: The Oral Health of our Aging Population | |||||
| Description: | An observational, cross-sectional survey of the oral health status, service utilization and treatment needs of Nova Scotians aged 45 years and older. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Regional Partnership Program Grant (with NSHRF and Health Canada) | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | D Matthews (PI), J Clovis (co-PI), and four others | ||||
| Link: | http://tohap.dentistry.dal.ca/ | ||||
| Increasing Capacity to Inform Oral Health Policy regarding Vulnerable Populations and the KT Plan | |||||
| Description: | A collaboration of clinican-researchers at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and a diverse group of stakeholders in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) (including decision-makers, health services providers and researchers). The goal of this research study is to plan ways to measure and monitor oral health status and to guide policy aimed at improving the oral health of vulnerable populations on the east coast, beginning with the senior population. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Seed Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2009 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis[PI] and 6 others | ||||
| Link: | http://icoh.dentistry.dal.ca/ | ||||
| Ethics in an aging society: exploring influences and values on personal care practices in the provision of oral health care for frail dependent elders. | |||||
| Description: | This project examined the experiences of a variety of caregivers in providing or assisting with daily personal mouth care for frail, dependent elders and explored barriers to effective care-giving. The knowledge gained from this research will be translated into improved strategies for providing adequate mouth-care for frail elders in home care and institutional environments. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Pilot Project Grants - Ethics | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2010 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | S Crowell, M MacEntee, J Clovis, M Lanoix, S Sherwin | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/projects/ethics_aging.asp | ||||
| Developing a team to address oral health disparities in Canada | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Seed Grant – Disparities in Oral Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2007 | End Date: | 2009 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | P Allison (PI), C Bedos (co-PI) | ||||
| Quality of continuing care worklife in transition: Building a diverse research team | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Capacity Building Fund – Planning and Dissemination Grant | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2009 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | M Leiter (PI) | ||||
| Inuit Oral Health Survey – Dentist Examiner | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada – contract with Office of the Chief Dental Officer | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2009 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Oral Health Disparities: Creating a profile of relevant Canadian research | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada – contract with Office of the Chief Dental Officer | ||||
| Start Date: | 2008 | End Date: | 2009 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Canadian Clinical Preventive Guidelines for Newly Arriving Immigrants and Refugees: Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease | |||||
| Funding Agency: | Health Canada Office of the Chief Dental Officer Contract | ||||
| Start Date: | 2007 | End Date: | 2008 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | Health Canada Office of the Chief Dental Officer Contract | ||||
| Oral Health Status and Access to Care for Nova Scotia Seniors: A Pilot Project | |||||
| Funding Agency: | NSHRF Collaborative Health Research Program | ||||
| Start Date: | 2004 | End Date: | 2007 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | D Matthews (PI), J Clovis (co-PI), M Filiaggi, M McNally, P Allison, S Kirkland | ||||
| Oral Health Assessments for Seniors: Planning an Atlantic Canadian Strategy | |||||
| Funding Agency: | CIHR Research Development and Translation Initiatives | ||||
| Start Date: | 2006 | End Date: | 2006 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Co-Investigator | ||||
| Co-Investigators: | J Clovis (PI), D Matthews, M Filiaggi, M McNally | ||||
| Oral Health of Nova Scotia Seniors: Policy Scan and Analysis | |||||
| Description: | The purpose of this research was to determine the strategies needed to develop an oral health action plan to achieve continuity of oral health care for seniors living in Nova Scotia. A synthesis report is available at www.ahprc.dal.ca/pdf/oral-health/2006_OralHealth_final.pdf. | ||||
| Funding Agency: | Nova Scotia Department of Health | ||||
| Start Date: | 2005 | End Date: | 2006 | ||
| Investigator Status: | Principal Investigator | ||||
| Link: | http://www.ahprc.dal.ca/oralhealth/Index.htm | ||||