Research Associates
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Research Associates have either been financially supported by CUHI or have served as active members of our governance structure. Supported researchers include those who have received seed grants, student supports or small operating grants through the Research Interest Groups, faculty buy-outs or other centre supports. The others include members of the Advisory Board of Directors and the Research Advisory Committee. Associates are grouped by seven main research themes including Socio-ecological Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention & Management; Urban Youth and the Social Determinants of Sexual Health; Environmental Health Justice; Neighbourhoods (place and health, income inequality, social exclusion and mental health); Physical Environment; Food Security and Urban Agriculture; and Public Policy, Mental Health and Health Promotion. |
CUHI Research Associates as of August 2009
- Socio-ecological Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
- Urban Youth and the Social Determinants of Sexual Health
- Environmental Health Justice
- Neighbourhoods (includes place and health, income inequality, social exclusion and mental health)
- Physical Environment
- Food Security and Urban Agriculture
- Public Policy / Mental Health/ Health Promotion
Socio-ecological Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
Beanlands,
Nephrology nursing, chronic illness, adult medical/surgical and nursing research. (psychosocial response, health behaviors and quality of life in chronic illness; with a particular interest in chronic kidney disease, developing novel interventions to support self-management and promote psychosocial well-being for people living with a variety of chronic conditions, examine factors influencing progression in chronic kidney disease for relationships among psychosocial variables, self-management behaviors and biological markers of kidney disease progression. Develop and test novel psychosocial interventions for individuals living with a variety of chronic conditions)
Blanchard, Chris
Department of Medicine, QEII Health Science Centre, Dalhousie University
Psychology of exercise to remove barriers and help people with chronic disease become active to improve survival and quality of life
Buliung, Ron
Department of Geography, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Transportation geography, land use and environmental systems, accessibility, spatial behaviour,
Dobbins, Maureen
School of Nursing, McMaster University
Knowledge transfer and exchange, and public health decision-making
Dwyer, John
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
Socio-ecological determinants of physical activity; development and evaluation of physical activity & community nutrition programs
Faulkner, Guy
Physical Education & Health, University of Toronto
Environmental Interventions (planning & deisgn) to Increase Physical Activity, recreation, childhood/adolescence, and mental health
Gallaher, Gilbert
Centre for Research on Inner City Health/ St. Michael’s Hospital
Equity and access to health for marginalized populations in
Gorczynski, Paul
Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
Physical activity participation, self-efficacy, social support, and perceived behavioural control among physically inactive youth; effects of motivational interviewing, a behaviour modification intervention, on increasing physical activity and improving dietary habits among obese individuals with schizophrenia
Gucciardi, Enza
School of Nutrition, Ryerson University
Diabetes self-management, self-care behaviours and self-management education interventions and resources, in addition to women's health and cross-cultural issues in these areas
Kearney, Anne
School of Nursing and Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
Social factors influencing women's practice of breast self examination, interprofessional education and collaboration, primary health care reform and health of marginalized groups
Maheu, Christine
Psychosocial research in cancer genetics
Rainham, Daniel
Department of Environmental Sciences,
Spatiality of social capital, using GPS/GIS, sustainability and health, global change and environmental health, syndemics
Sidani, Souraya
School of Nursing, Ryerson University
Evaluating interventions delivered at the individual or organizational level, and refining research methods and measures for determining the clinical effectiveness of interventions.
Spence, John
Physical Education and Health,
Neighbourhood design, obesogenic behaviour, effect of media on physical activity and diet
Wong, Sharon
School of Nutrition, Ryerson University
Online nutrition communications; nutrition in seniors; appetite in various cultural, sociodemographic, and intergenerational cohorts; and nutrition in the postpartum period
Young, Wendy
Department of Nursing, Memorial University; Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging
determinants of healthy aging as well as the optimization of care for common age-related chronic diseases
Zanchetta, Margarethe
School of Nursing, Ryerson University
Health literacy, family health literacy, popular health education, health communication, socially marginalized populations, oncology nursing, transcultural representation of prostate cancer, men’s health
Urban Youth and the Social Determinants of Sexual Health
Connolly, Jennifer
Department of Psychology, York University
Cross-cultural research, adolescent psychology, teen relationships, media influences on dating violence, cross-cultural predictors of dating violence in Italy and Canada, romantic relationship break-ups and dating violence, and evaluation of a high school dating violence prevention program
Flicker, Sarah
Faculty of Environmental Studies,
Adolescent Health, Community Based Participatory Research, HIV/AIDS, Community Development, Sexual Health
Goldstein, Tara
Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Equity in education in schooling of immigrant adolescents; the education of immigrant adolescents; schooling in multilingual communities; playing as critical ethnography; anti-homophobia education
Green, Saara
Social Work, McMaster University
Sexual diversity
Gurevich, Maria
Department of Psychology,
Youth sexual behaviour, health psychology, gender, sexuality and identity, traumatic stress
Hart, Trevor
Psychology, Ryerson University
The identification of risk factors for unprotected intercourse among adolescent and adult populations at high risk for HIV contraction or transmission improving physical health and psychological outcomes among people living with HIV (e.g., medication adherence, anxiety and depression reduction) examining the associations between anxiety and health outcomes
Hynie, Michaela
Department of Psychology, York University
Cross-cultural research; adolescent psychology, Barriers to Immigrant & women's Accss to Mental Health Services; health-related cultural & sexual behaviours; Personal and Cultural Values Related to Food and Eating
Larkin, June
Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
Gender and HIV, ethnography, disability, sexual harassment, violence against women, gender equity and schooling, body image and eating disorders
Mitchell, Claudia
Faculty of Education, McGill University
Ethnography, Youth, gender and AIDS, Youth culture, Visual and arts-based research methodologies, Girls education in development studies, Teacher identity, Southern Africa
Nepveux,
Political advocacy and public policy, especially as related to psychiatric and nonapparent disabilities, gender
Nixon, Stephanie
Physiotherapy, University of Toronto
Disability, human rights & public health ethics, HIV/AIDS & Rehabilitation
Pole, Jason
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Pediatric oncology, epidemiological methods, complex survey methods/analysis, administrative data, perinatal health / early life determinants
Restoule, Jean Paul
Department of Adult Education & Community Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies of Education, University of Toronto
Aboriginal health, HIV Risks, Systemic Inequities, and Aboriginal Youth: Widening the Circle for Prevention Programming, Bringing Minobimaatisiwin into the nursing academy: Envisioning effective mental health nurse practitioner programming
Rioux, Marcia
School of Health Policy and Management, Critical Disability Studies, York University
Development of a theoretical framework of disability that is grounded in equality and the recognition of disability as a socio-political and human rights issue
Travers, Robb
Department of Community Psychology, Wilfred Laurier University
HIV ‘risk behaviours' in broader social context and the development and impact of interventions at various levels (individual, community, and structural/societal), mental health of LGBTQ youth as well as people living with HIV/AIDS.
Environmental Health Justice
Cole,
Global Occupational/Enviornmental Health (particularly urban agriculture & human health and pesticides & human health)
Crighton, Eric
Environmental Studies Program in the Dept of Geography, University of Ottawa
Environment and health, the geography of health and healthcare, psychosocial health and environmental risk perception: the environmental, socioeconomic, and healthcare factors that determine patterns of pneumonia and influenza; environmental risk perceptions and psychosocial health; examining socioeconomic determinants of asthma and asthma severity among Canadian Aboriginals; examine how new mothers perceive and negotiate environmental health risks across socioeconomic, geographic and environmental contexts
Edwards, Geoffrey
Department of Geomatics Sciences, Laval University
Cognitive geomatics; initiatives at the boundary between the sciences and the arts, with a special interest in applications in the area of health and well-being.
Formigoni, Nadia
MHSc Health Promotion Candidate,
Environmental health, health promotion
Hunt, Elizabeth
Institute in Management and Community Development, Concordia University
Adult education, how informal learning spaces can foster empowerment and an increased sense of belonging and engagement in individuals.
Masuda, Jeffrey
Centre for Population Health Promotion Research, University of British Columbia; University of Toronto
Political economy analyses of inter-local environmental inequities, inner city environmental injustice, and environmental health promotion programming for youth with environmentally-related chronic conditions
O'Campo, Pat
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Dalla Lana School of Public Health,
Child health, women's health, social determinants of health, community based research
Pajot, Mark
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Climate change impacts and adaptation in Canada; Health Promotion
Parr, Joy
Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario
Ways of knowing landscape; The historically specific sensing body; the influences of large scale technologies on their neighbours; chemical, radiological and microbiological contamination in landscapes and workplaces; social and cultural responses to power generation; ergonomic design in manufactured goods
Poland, Blake
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Settings for Health Promotion; Critical-Interpretive Methods; Community Development as an Arena of Practice for Health Professionals; Environmental Health Promotion; Dialogical methods for reflexive practice development; Arts-informed approaches
Teelucksingh, Cheryl
Department of Sociology, Ryerson University
Environmental justice, environmental racism and racialization in Canada, ethno-racial and immigrant settlement patterns, community-based, arts-enabled research, environmental mapping, social-spatial theory and urban development
Wakefield, Sarah
Department of Geography, University of Toronto
Urban environmental health, Healthy neighbourhoods, Civic participation in environmental management, Local food policy and practice, Community-based research in geography
Wiseman, Clare
Centre for the Environment, University of Toronto
Environmental chemistry, environmental health of vulnerable populations such as children, and related issues of justice and equity
Neighbourhoods (includes place and health, income inequality, social exclusion and mental health)
Arh Gala
Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, University of Toronto
Youth and HIV, program and policy evaluation in area of tobacco control
Baskin, Cyndy
Social Work, Ryerson University
Aboriginal communities, indigenous knowledge and spirituality in social work practice, anti-racist inclusive schooling, anti-oppressive theories and practices and decolonizing research methods
Berry, Brent
Sociology, University of Toronto
Race and ethnicity, health, stratification/inequality, urban and community studies, family ties
Dunn, James
Department of Health, Aging, and Society, McMaster University, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, and Geography, University of Toronto
Metropolitan income distribution/residential segregation and population health, housing and health, neighbourhood socio-economic factors and adult/child health, theories on geographical production of health
Glazier, Rick
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Public Health, University of Toronto
Clinical effectiveness, health services delivery, health informatics/e-health, performance measurement/program evaluation, primary care, public and population health, marginalized populations, mental health
Hamel, Paul
Health Studies Program, University of Toronto
Health disparities
Holt, Nick
Physical Education and Health, University of Alberta
Psychosocial dimensions of youth physical activity
Kane Speer, Alexis
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University of Toronto
Community Development, public space, shared space, place attachment, marginalized populations, newcomer health and arts-informed research.
Magill, Dennis
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Race and ethnic relations, urban sociology, organizational analysis, urban health
Manuel, Patricia
School of Planning,
Ecology, geography, community health, youth in the urban environment, occupational therapy
Minian, Nadia
Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, University of Toronto
HIV/AIDS, tobacco use in relation to health and economic burdens
O'Campo, Pat
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Public Health, University of Toronto
Child health, women's health, social determinants of health, community based research
Ross, Nancy
Geography, McGill University
Neighbourhoods / physical environments
Spence, John
Physical Education and Health, University of Alberta
Neighbourhood design, obesogenic behaviour, effect of media on physical activity and diet
Teperman, Lorne
Sociology,
Families and health, social problems and modern urban life, movements of ideas, information and people
Wheaton, Blair
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Stress and mental health
Wilson, Kathi
Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga
Aboriginal health, gender and health, geographies of health care accessibility and utilization, geographies of social exclusion, neighbourhoods and health
Physical Environment
Bassil, Kate
Syndromic surveillance of heat-related illness in
Bienefeld, Monica
Environmental Protection Office, Toronto Public Health
Epidemiology, Community Health, Environment Health
Bell, Anne
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Environment education and conservation (protected areas and endangered species), habitat restoration, children’s health and green environments
Cole, Donald
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Global Occupational/Enviornmental Health (particularly urban agriculture & human health and pesticides & human health)
Collyer, Cameron
Evergreen Foundation
Conservation of public lands and urban areas, Environmental education
Diamond, Miriam
Geography, University of Toronto
Environmental chemistry, fate, exposure and potential health effects of chemical contaminants, environmental modelling
Finklestein, Murray
Health effects of acute and chronic exposure to air pollutants
Hess, Paul
Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto
History of planning, travel behaviour, urban form analysis, pedestrians, streets as public space, urban design and form, urban form and development control, transport and urban form
Jermyn, Leslie
Anthropology, University of Toronto
Social and cultural anthropology. social justice and the necessity and possibility of deep structural change. Environmental and human consequences of the shrimp industry, oil consumption and modern slavery.
Noble, David
2DegreesC
Climate change, governance on environmental health issues
Milroy, Beth
Urban & Regional Planning, Ryerson University
The public realm, multiculturalism in planning, gender and planning
Smargiassi, Audrey
Centre for Studies in Health and Environment, University of Quebec, Environmental Studies
Contaminants and health, socio-economic and demographics of populations living along high traffic roads
Vanderlinden, Loren
Environmental Protection Office, Toronto Public Health
Environment and Health, Pollution
Food Security and Urban Agriculture
Cameron, Nairne
Department of Geography and Geology, Algoma University College
Neighbourhood access to food sources, Urban and regional development, Transportation geography, Spatial analysis, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Environmental and health geography.
Istvanffy, Nick
SPARC BC
Homelessness and vulnerable populations in relation to planning priorities, accessibility issues, barriers involved in disabilities
Jermyn, Leslie
Anthropology,
Social and cultural anthropology. social justice and the necessity and possibility of deep structural change. Environmental and human consequences of the shrimp industry, oil consumption and modern slavery.
Johnston, Josee
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Sociology of Food, Sociology of Consumerism/Consumer Culture, Globalization, Political Ecology and Critical Social Theory
Mendes, Wendy
School of Community & Regional Planning, University of British Columbia
Local Governance; Urban Sustainability; Urban Planning; Built Environment; Urban Agriculture; Food Systems, sustainable planning and urban food security
Meriorg, Eva
Social Sciences and Humanities,
Food, education, child health, parenting
Seccombe, Wallace
Sociology & Equity Studies in Education, OISE, University of Toronto
Equality, marginalized populations
Siggner, Rebecca
SPARC BC
Environmental Sustainability, Urban Aboriginal Issues
Wakefield, Sarah
Department of Geography, University of Toronto
Urban environmental health, Healthy neighbourhoods, Civic participation in environmental management, Local food policy and practice, Community-based research in geography
Wekerle, Gerda
Environmental Studies,
Urbanization, sprawl and nature, public policy, local government/politics, urban agriculture
Winson, Tony
Sociology and
Food scape, political-economic context of diet and nutrition, sustaining rural communities and local ecologies
Williams, Patricia
Applied Human Nutrition, Mt. St. Vincent University
Food security, food sustainability, food costing
Yeudall, Fiona
Nutrition and diet, effectiveness of food-based interventions and practices in improving food security
Public Policy / Mental Health/ Health Promotion
Asbridge, Mark
Centre for Clinical Research, Public Health, Dalhousie University
Addictions, public and population health, public policy, injury prevention, intersection of substance use and health with emphasis on youth
Bashevkin,
Women and Politics, Canadian, American and British Politics
Butters, Jennifer
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Sociology,
Substance use, addiction and mental health
Erickson, Patricia
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Sociology & Criminology, University of Toronto
the sociology of addiction; youth violence and substance-abuse
Flicker, Sarah
Environmental Studies, York University
Adolescent health, community based participatory research, HIV/AIDS, community development
Guruge, Sepali
School of Nursing, Ryerson University
Immigrant women’s health, in general, and violence against women throughout the migration process
Holt, Nick
Physical Education and Health,
Psychosocial dimensions of youth physical activity
Hynie, Michaela
Psychology, York University
Barriers to immigrant and women's access to mental health services; Health-related cultural and sexual Behaviours; Personal and cultural values related to food and eating
Jackson, Suzanne
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Community systems, indicators of community capacity, empowerment and health promotion
Lettner, Margot
Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson University
Dynamics between politics, law, and public policy development, evolution of contemporary social policy, current issues in public administration
Magill, Dennis
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Race and Ethnic Relations, Urban Sociology, Organizational Analysis, Urban Health
Myles, John
Sociology, University of Toronto
Comparative social policy and politics, economic inequality and its consequences, issues in urban sociology including immigrant incorporation and urban health, social inequalities, comparative macro sociology
Neudorf, Cory
Saskatoon Health Region; University of Saskatoon
Neighbourhood, Income Disparity, Urban Health
Noble, David
2DegreesC
Climate change, advocacy and governance on environmental health issues
Peng, Ito
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Political sociology, comparative welfare state, gender and social policy, political economy, health care policy
Ross, Brenda
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives, University of Toronto
Participatory planning, performance measurement and evaluation, early child development and health promotion programs
Sakamoto, Izumi
Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Multiple identities and cultural negotiation processes, socio-cultural adaptation of immigrants, critical international social work, empowerment, anti-oppressive social work, social work pedagogy, homelessness and arts-informed methods.
Scott, Fran
Planning and Policy and AMOH, Toronto Public Health, University of Toronto
Public health, public policy
Simich, Laura
Social Equity and Health Studies Program, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Psychiatry,
Cultural and medical anthropology, community resources for mental health, social determinants of immigrant health, social support in refugee resettlement, and mental health promotion for culturally diverse communities
Stabile, Mark
Health Economics, Health Care Financing, Public Finance, and Public Poli
