Petrea Taylor

Part of the GAU/ able to supervise students.

Dr. Petrea Taylor is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Nursing (FON), UNB. Her program of research is gender, violence, and health, with a particular interest in women’s mental health, suicidality and stigma.

While working as a clinical nurse specialist in Addictions and Mental Health, Horizon Health Network, Petrea completed (2018) with an Interdisciplinary PhD (Nursing, Sociology, Philosophy).

Upon graduating, Petrea accepted a post-doctoral fellowship with supervisor Dr. Kelly Scott-Storey as a post-doctoral fellow funded by CIHR on a Men’s Gender Violence and Health Study (MGVHS).

In January 2020, Petrea was hired with the FON Advanced Standing Program at the UNB Moncton site in her home town.

Education

• PhD Interdisciplinary Studies, University of New Brunswick 2018
• Master of Nursing, University of New Brunswick 2002
• Bachelor of Nursing, University of New Brunswick 1997

Program of research

• Gender, violence and mental health

Area of teaching

• Mental health, nursing theories and communication

Research and scholarly grants

• Women's Health Promotion in the Context of Suicidality
• 2024 ResearchNB Summer Studentship 2024 $9000 (principal investigator, PI)
• 2024 New Brunswick Innovative Foundation Research Assistant Initiative Award $30,000 (PI)
• 2021 ResearchNB (NBHRF) Bridge Funding $35,000
• Cumulative Lifetime Violence in Men: - 2023 Canadian Institute for Health Research Project Grant $700,000 (co-investigator; PI's Dr. Kelly Scott-Storey & Dr. Sue O'Donnell).
• iHEAL Women, Intimate Partner Violence, Implementation Study
• 2022 Public Health Agency of Canada $2,000,000 (co-investigator; PI Dr. Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Dr. Kelly Scott-Storey, & Dr. Annette Browne).

Research expertise

Women, suicidality, grounded theory, photovoice, gender, mental health, qualitative research, violen

Awards and distinctions

• 2022 & 2023 ResearchNB Best Research Presentation Award for annual conference
• 2020 & 2023 Excellence in Teaching Award, Faculty of Nursing, Moncton Site
• 2020 Global Qualitative Nursing Research Journal “2020 Paper of the Year Award” for the article “Hunting to Feel Human, the process of women’s help-seeking for suicidality after intimate partner violence: A feminist grounded theory and photovoice study.” Voted by SAGE Publisher Inc. Award.

Research and scholarly publications

Taylor, P. (2023) A Relational Approach to Violence Research: A feminist study on women’s help-seeking for suicidality in the wake of intimate partner violence. Holtmann, C., O’Donnell, S. & Neilson, L. Ending Gender Based Violence: Harnessing Research for Social Change. Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (MMFC), Fredericton, NB. Captus Press ~ Books, Online Multimedia Courses and Software.

Taylor, P. (2022). Enduring and Distancing: A grounded theory and photovoice study about women’s help-seeking for suicidality in the wake of intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence.

Taylor, P. (2022). Challenging the Myth of “Attention Seeking” Women with Suicidality: A Grounded Theory Study about Applying Counter-Pressure to Manage System Entrapment. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 43 (7) 1–12.

Scott-Storey, K., O’Donnell, S., Busolo, D., DiTommaso, E., Malcolm, J., Taylor, P., Vincent, C. D., & Wuest, J. (2022). Cumulative lifetime violence severity, social determinants and anxiety in a national sample of Canadian men. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1).

Taylor, P., O'Donnell, S., Wuest, J, Scott-Storey, K Vincent, C Malcom, J. (2021). The mental health effects of cumulative lifetime violence in men: Disruptions in the capacity to connect with others and finding ways to reengage. Global Qualitative Nursing Research. 8: 1-30.

Committees and volunteer work

• Chair of the Faculty of Nursing Research Day Committee
• Member of the Faculty of Nursing Ethics Committee
• Board Member of the John Howard Society, Moncton, NB
• Member of the Provincial Suicide Fatality Committee, NB