Dr. Eliana Castillo
MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Positions
Clinical Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Clinical Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Contact information
Research
Areas of Research
Infection, Knowledge Translation, Patient & Family Centred Care, Vaccination
Dr. Castillo's research focuses on closing the gap between what we know helps mother and babies live healthy lives and what actually happens in everyday clinical practice: this is called implementation science. She partners with patients to understand their journey during pregnancy, focusing on opportunities to engage in a dialogue about interventions that we know can protect mothers and babies, like vaccinations. This information is needed to implement and evaluate vaccination in pregnancy policies and programs.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Publications
- A Qualitative, Patient-Led Exploration of Parental Preferences for Vaccination Communication During Pregnancy in Canada. Castrellon Pardo M, Bruce M, Surti M, Myers-Stewart M, Donald M, Patey A M, Castillo E. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2025- PIDJ. 44(2S):S167-S71. (2025)
- DECIDE, A Pregnancy Specific Patient-Provider Communication Approach: Multi-method and Co-design. Surti M, Myers-Stewart M, Kennedy M, Bruce M, Castrellon Pardo M, Patey AM, Donald M, Jamal Z, Santana M J, Castillo E. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - PIDJ. 44(2S):S153-S157. (2025)
- Acceptance and Preference between Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination during pregnancy and Infant Monoclonal Antibody among Pregnant and Postpartum Persons in Canada. McClymont E, Wong JMH, Forward L, Blitz S, Barrett J, Bogler T, Boucoiran I, Castillo E, D’Souza R, El-Chaâr,h SA Fadel D, Gantt S, Kuret V, Ogilvie G, Poliquin V, Sadarangani M, Scott H, Snelgrove JW, Tunde-Byass M, Money D. Vaccine. Vaccine 50 2025. 126818 . (2025)
- Perspectives of parents with lived-experience of Cytomegalovirus infection, on Universal Newborn Screening for Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) in Canada: a Patient-led Qualitative Study. Beauli I, Bruce M, Tiedemann B, Rabea C, Iyiola I, Penny S, Leroux C, Nielssen I, Santana M, Castillo E. BMJ Paediatrics Open . bmjpo-2024-002851.R1. (2024)
- Improving Influenza Vaccine Uptake During Pregnancy Through Vaccination at Point of Care: A Before and After Study. Manji S, Idarraga Reyes L, McDonald S, Amarbayan M, Fell D. B, Metcalfe A, Castillo E. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 46(11): 102656. (2024)
- Acceptance and Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in Canada. Bondy S, McClymont E, Av-Gay G, Alberta A, Andrade J, Blitz S, Folkes, I, Forward L, Fraser E, Grays S, Barrett, J Bettinger, Bogler T, Boucoiran I, Castillo E, D’Souza R, El-Chaar D, Fadel S, Kuret V, Ogilvie GS, Poliquin V, Sadarangani M, Halperin S, Snelgrove JW, Tunde-Byass M, and Money D for The COVERED Team. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics . 21:1, 2458353. (2024)
- Population-level changes in perinatal death for pregnancies prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a conception cohort analysis. Metcalfe A, Seaton S, Funk A, Stephenson N, McNeil D, Kuret V, Parmar R, Nerenberg K, Teare G, Castillo E. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 38(7):583-593. (2024)
- Factors that influence vaccination communication during pregnancy: Provider and patient perspectives using the Theoretical Domains Framework. . Patey A M, Amarbayan M M, Lee K, Bruce M, Bettinger J. A, Pringle W, Donald M, Castillo E. . JBI Evidence Implementation. (2024)
- Pertussis Non-Vaccination During Pregnancy Despite Advice From Prenatal Care Providers. Donalyne-Joy Baysac, Mireille Guay, Isabelle Lévesque, Jackie Kokaua, Vanessa Poliquin, Eliana Castillo, Nicolas L. Gilbert. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 40(12): 102-215. (2023)
- Interventions to increase uptake of recommended vaccines during pregnancy. Regan A, Konnyu K, Giles M, Fiddian-Green A, Castillo E, Uwimana H, Agnew B, Fell D. Cochrane. (COCHRANEEMD-2023-00115) - [EMID:628e41838d6d0a5e]. (2023)
- Resources available for parent-provider vaccine communication in pregnancy in Canada: a scoping review. Surti M, Amarbayan M.M, McNeil D.A, Hayden K.A,Donald M, Patey A.M, Bruce M, Castillo E. BMJ Open. 13:e072473. (2023)
- Canadian COVID-19 Population Serological Survey Utilizing Antenatal Serum Samples-A Retrospective Seroprevalence Study. Antonishyn N, Cameron M, Cassell K, Castillo E, El-Chaar D, Leblanc-Cormier G, Elwood C, Hannah H, Kotaska A, McGrail K, Metcalfe A, Renaud C, Saunders S, Therrien C, Money D. et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Open . 11(2): E305–E313. (2023)
- Reactogenicity, pregnancy outcomes, and SARS-CoV-2 infection following COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy in Canada: A national prospective cohort study. McClymont E, Atkinson A, Albert A, Av-Gay G, Money D, Castillo E, et al . American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 228(2): S785. (2023)
- Understanding COVID-19 vaccination decisions during pregnancy and while breastfeeding in a Canadian province. Lee K, Surti M*, Bruce M, Beharaj G, Giesbrecht G, Castillo E. Expert Review of Vaccines. 22:1, 520-527. (2023)
- Comparing adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis infections and co-infections in pregnancy. Felske LR, Castillo E, Kuret V, Metcalfe A. Paediatric Perinat Epidemiology. 36(4):556-565. (2022)
- Knowledge of Congenital CMV – Risk Behaviors for CMV Acquisition and Acceptance of an Educational Infographic among Post-partum Women: A Pilot Study. Khadaroo RG, Poliquin V, Castillo E. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada . 44(2):200-203. (2022)
- Pertussis Vaccination in Canadian Pregnant Women, 2018-2019 . Gilbert N, Guay M, Kokaua J, Levesque I, Castillo E, Poliquin V. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 44(7):762-768. (2022)
- Association of SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy With Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes. McClymont E, Albert A, Alton G, Boucoiran I, Castillo E, Fell D, Kuret V, Poliquin V, Reeve T, Scott H, Sprague A, Carson G, Cassell K, Crane J, Elwood C, Joynt C, Murphy P, Murphy-Kaulbeck L, Saunders S, Shah P, Snelgrove J, van Schalkwyk J, Yudin M, Money D, for the CANCOVID-Preg Team. JAMA. 327(20):1983-1991. (2022)
- Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANCOVID-Preg): A Rapidly Coordinated National Response Using Established Regional Infrastructures. McClymont E, Abenhaim H, Albert A, Boucoiran I, Cassell K, Castillo E, Crane J, Elwood C, Fell DB, Joynt C, Kotaska A, Murphy PA, Murphy-Kaulbeck L, Poliquin V, Ryan S, Saunders S, Scott H, Shah P, Snelgrove J, van Schalkwyk J, Yudin MH, Money D. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada . 43(2):165-166. (2021)
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