Professor Fox’s research responds to profound social and economic changes affecting healthcare today, such as patients being discharged “quicker and sicker”. Her research focuses on developing knowledge to support patients’ functioning during illness and recovery.
Mary Fox, RN, PhD, a Professor in the School of Nursing at York University
A world-renowned expert in geriatric nursing.
Over $4,000,000 In Funding
from highly competitive funding agencies, including theCanadian Institutes of Health Research, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science as well as the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to implementing a warning signs intervention for older rural-dwelling medical patients at risk for hospital readmission
Functional work disability from the perspectives of persons with systemic lupus erythematosus: a qualitative thematic analysis.
Arthritis research & therapy, 27(1), 114.
Nowrouzi-Kia, B., Howe, A. S., Li, A., Tan, J., Saade-Cleves, N., Jules, K., Sadek, M., Bani-Fatemi, A., Avina-Zubieta, A., Fox, M. T., Shaw, W., Haaland, D., Pope, J., Fortin, P. R., Bingham, K. S., Peschken, C., Reynolds, J., Ivory, C., Gladman, D. D., Urowitz, M. B., … Touma, Z.
Healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to implementing a warning signs intervention for older rural-dwelling medical patients at risk for hospital readmission
PloS One, 20, no. 5 (2025): e0322138
Fox, M.T., Butler, J.I., Day, A.M., Durocher, E., Dahlke, S., Skinner, M.W., Nowrouzi-Kia, B., Yamada, J. and Maimets, I.K.
Nurses' Perspectives when Working with Families while Delivering Function-Focused-Care to Older Adults in Acute Care Settings. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing, York University.
Relationship between Role Conflict, Role Ambiguity, and Interprofessional Team Collaboration among Nurses Caring for Older Adults in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing, York University.
The relationships between the geriatric nursing practice environment, geriatric nursing practice, and the quality of older adults’ care in acute care hospitals.
Effect of the response tree format on the utility and psychometric properties of scales measuring symptoms in adults undergoing in-patient rehabilitation.
Research in Nursing & Health, 34(6), 508-519.
Fox, M.T., Sidani, S., Streiner, D., McGilton, K.S., & Grady, C. (2011).
Perceived acceptability and preferences for low-intensity early activity interventions of older hospitalized medical patients exposed to bed rest: A cross sectional study.
BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), Article 53.
Fox, M.T., Sidani, S., Brooks, D., & McCague, H. (2018).
Protocol of a multi-method descriptive study: Adapting hospital-to-home transitional care interventions to the rural healthcare context in Ontario, Canada.
BMJ Open, 9(5), e028050.
Fox, M.T., Sidani, S., Butler, J.I., Skinner, M., & Alzghoul, M. (2019).
The feasibility of implementing education on older person care to practice on medical units: Nurses' perceptions and the influence of practice context.
International Journal of Older People Nursing, 14(4), e12265.
Hunter, K. F., Dahlke, S., Negrin, K., Kalogirou, M. R., Fox, M., Antonio, N., Buckborough, N., Morgan, A., & Wagg, A. (2019).
Factors associated with intent to leave in registered nurses working in acute care hospitals: A cross-sectional random sample study in Ontario, Canada.
Collaborating with healthcare providers to understand their perspectives on a hospital-to-home warning signs intervention for rural transitional care: Protocol of a multimethod descriptive study.
BMJ Open, 10(4), e034698.
Fox, M.T., Butler, J. I., Sidani, S., Durocher, E., Nowrouzi-Kia, B., Yamada, J., Dahlke, S., & Skinner, M. W. (2020).
Family caregivers' preparedness to support the physical activity of patients at risk for hospital readmission in rural communities: An interpretive descriptive study.
Rural family caregivers’ preparedness for detecting and responding to the signs of worsening health conditions in patients at risk for hospital readmission: A qualitative descriptive study.
‘Our Voices Aren't Being Heard’: A qualitative descriptive study of nurses' perceptions of interprofessional collaboration in care supporting older people's functioning during a hospital stay