Garito, I. P., Lewis-Fung, S., Lawson B., Gray H. G., Smith C, Appel L. (2024) Opportunities for Managing Pain and Anxiety in the Intensive Care Unit Using Virtual Reality: Perspectives from Bedside Care Providers JMXR.

Appel L, Appel E, Kisonas E, Lewis-Fung S, Pardini S, Rosenberg J, Appel J, Smith C (2024) Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Quality of Life of Inpatients With Dementia in Acute Care: Randomized Controlled Trial (VRCT) J Med Internet Res.

L. Appel; R. Saryazdi; S. Lewis-Fung; E. Garcia-Glier; D. Qi; E. M. Tesfaye; I. Garito; J. L. Campos. (2023) VRx@Home Pilot: Can Virtual Reality Therapy Improve Quality of Life for People with Dementia Living at Home? IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics

Appel, A., Appel, E., Kisonas, E., Lewis-Fung, S. E., Pardini, S., Rosenberg, J., Appel, J. & Smith, C. (2023) Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality on Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and Quality of Life of Acute Care Inpatients with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial (VRCT). JMIR Preprints.

Lewis-Fung, S., Tchao, D., Gray, H., Nguyen. E., Pardini, S., Harris, R. L., Appel, L. (2023) Designing virtual reality exposure scenarios to treat anxiety in people with epilepsy: Phase 2 of the AnxEpiVR clinical trial. Frontiers in Virtual Reality.

Tchao, D., Lewis-Fung, S., Gray, H., Pardini, S., Harris, R. L., Appel, L. (2023) Describing Epilepsy-Related Anxiety to Inform the Design of a Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy: Results from Phase 1 of the AnxEpiVR Clinical Trial. Epilepsy & Behavior Reports.

Gray, H., Tchao, D., Lewis-Fung, S., Pardini, S., Harris, R. L., Appel, L. (2023) Virtual Reality Therapy for People With Epilepsy and Related Anxiety: Protocol for a 3-Phase Pilot Clinical Trial. JMIR Res Protoc.

Appel, L., Lewis, S., Kisonas, E., & Recknagel, J. (2022) VRCHIVE: experiences conducting an online workshop teaching intergenerational participants to create virtual reality films about their lives during the COVID pandemic. Educational Gerontology.

Appel, L., Appel, E., Kisonas, E., Lewis, S., & Sheng, L. Q. (2022) Virtual Reality for Veteran Relaxation: Can VR Therapy Help Veterans Living With Dementia Who Exhibit Responsive Behaviors? Frontiers in Virtual Reality.

Appel, L., Ali, S., Narag, T., Mozeson, K., Pasat, Z., Orchanian-Cheff, A., & Campos, J. L. (2021). Virtual reality to promote wellbeing in persons with dementia: A scoping review. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering.

Appel, L., Appel, E., Lewis, S., Kisonas, E., Appel, J., Smith, C. (2021) VRCT: Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Impact of Virtual Reality-therapy on BPSD and QoL of Acute Care In-patients With Dementia. Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease.\

Appel, L., Appel, E., Lewis, S., Kisonas, E. (2021). The development of ObsRVR: an Observational Instrument to measure Reactions of People with Dementia Experiencing Virtual Reality. Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease. 8(S1):S139-S140.

Appel, L., Appel, E., Kisonas, E., Pasat, Z., Mozeson, K., Vemulakonda, J., & Sheng, L. Q. (2021) Virtual Reality for Veteran Relaxation (VR 2)-Introducing VR-therapy for Veterans with Dementia-Challenges and Rewards of the Therapists Behind the Scenes.  Frontiers in Virtual Reality. 

Appel L, Kisonas E, Appel E, Klein J, Bartlett D, Rosenberg J, Smith CN. (2021) Administering Virtual Reality Therapy to Manage Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Patients With Dementia Admitted to an Acute Care Hospital: Results of a Pilot Study. JMIR Formative Research. 

Appel, L. Kisonas, E., Appel, E., Bartlett, D., Klein, J., Rosenberg, J., and, Smith, C. (2020). Introducing virtual reality therapy for inpatients with dementia admitted to an acute care hospital: learnings from a pilot to pave the way to a randomized controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Studies.

Appel, L., Appel, E Bogler, O., Wiseman, M., Cohen, L., Ein, N., Abrams, H., Campos, J. (2020). Frail older adults can benefit from immersive Virtual Reality experiences: A feasibility study. Frontiers in Medicine, Geriatric Medicine 

Appel, L. Kisonas, E., Appel, E., Rosenberg, J., and, Smith, C. 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) November 4-7, 2020. Administering Virtual Reality Therapy to Manage Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Dementia Admitted to an Acute-care Hospital: Results of a Pilot Study. Journal of Preventative Alzheimers Disease.f

Appel, L. Kisonas, E., Appel, E., Rosenberg, J., and, Smith, C. 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) November 4-7, 2020. Virtual Reality therapy for inpatients with dementia admitted to an acute-care hospital: Learnings from a pilot to pave the way to a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Preventative Alzheimers Disease.

Chen, B., Appel, L. Kisonas, E., Appel, E., Rosenberg, J., and, Smith, C. 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) November 4-7, 2020. Predicting Response to Virtual Reality Therapy for Treatment of BPSD in Acute-care Settings. Journal of Preventative Alzheimers Disease.

Appel, L. Kisonas, E., Appel, E., Bartlett, D., Klein, J., Rosenberg, J., and, Smith, C. 10th Canadian Conference on Dementia (CCD) Québec City, October 3, 2019. Virtual Reality therapy for inpatients with dementia: Learnings from a pilot study introducing a non-pharmacological intervention to an acute-care hospital. Canadian Geriatrics Journal.

Appel, L. Bogler, O., Appel, E., Wiseman, M., Cohen, L., Hill, D., Ein, N., Abrams, H., and Campos, J. 9th Canadian Conference on Dementia (CCD) Toronto, November 2017. Prescribing Virtual Reality (VRx): Can exposure to simulated natural environments using Virtual Reality (VR) offer an alternative therapy for those living with dementia/ cognitive impairment who are limited from being outside? Canadian Geriatrics Journal.