Human Relationships
Social perspective taking, social learning, social cognition, imitation, nonverbal behavior, confidence, communication, decision-making, impression formation, child development, the study of children and adults’ social perspective taking abilities (i.e., their abilities to reason about other peoples’ mental states–their intentions, knowledge, and beliefs) and how their abilities to take another person’s perspective impacts how they form impressions of others, learn from others, communicate with others, and informs a range of socials. Of particular interest is a) how children make inferences about what is credible information to learn (e.g., how they decide whether someone is a credible source of information based on how confident that person seems) and b) how a widespread bias in perspective taking referred to as ‘the curse of knowledge bias’ (a difficulty reasoning about a more naive perspective as the result of being biased by one’s current knowledge) can impair communication (both written and in person) and decision-making across a range of fields (politics, law, education, economics, medicine, etc.)

Loneliness, Isolation, Belonging, Social human rights, Freedom of association
Civil disobedience, Conscience, Protest, Punishment,

Islam, Muslims, religion, gender, human rights, intersectionality, race, family and children, discrimination, racism, Islamophobia, social justice

medical education, arts and humanities and learning, art-making and medical training, medical electives and Residency match success, CaRMS couples matching,

sexuality, sexual health, sexual function, sexual dysfunction, couples, transition to parenthood, postpartum, sexual desire, sexual arousal, sex differences, sexual well-being, romantic relationships, sex therapy, clinical psychology,

German, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia, Sweden, Finland, literature, film, cinema, theory, cultural studies, gender, sexuality, social justice, teaching, East Germany

Psychiatry, medication, meditation, vipassana, stages of insight, side effects of meditation, concentration practice, insight practice, mindfulness research, MBCT, MiCBT, MBSR, physician wellness, burnout, stress, well-being, neurobiology of mindfulness

knowledge, epistemology, rape culture, consent, sexual assault, sexual harassment, presupposition, context-sensitive language

Philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, love, romantic love, romance

Child care, parental leave, work-life balance, social policy, social care, social citizenship, responsibilities and rights, gender and politics, income assistance, child benefit package, social inclusion, neighbourhood effects on child development, Canadian federalism

Anesthesiology, pain medicine, pain interventions, autonomic nervous system, rehabilitation, opioids, pain training, point of care, ultrasound, community clinics, regional pain services, movement rehabilitation, yoga, nutrition, prevention, post surgical pain, post trauma pain, headaches, back pain, whiplash, abdominal, fibromyalgia, widespread pain, neuropathic pain, chronic disease, Royal College pain medicine subspecialty, practice based evidence, injury prevention, post surgical care, non opioid pain services, myofacial release, IMS

adolescence, parent-child relationships, mattering,

Child and adolescent mental health, mood and anxiety disorders, family therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy for depression, mindful parenting, parenting, relationships, parental mental health, social determinants of health, school-based mental health, psychotherapy, emotion-focused therapies, physician wellness

Social psychology, cultural psychology, evolutionary psychology, religion, culture, human cooperation, human universals, thinking across cultures

Sexuality, gender relations, lesbian/gay/bisexual issues, transgender, burlesque and striptease, pornography, prostitution/sex work, families

SOGI education, LGBTQ2S+ health, adolescent health, nursing, public health nursing, trans and non-binary youth, homeless youth, stigma and discrimination, youth sexual health, youth mental health, adolescent substance use,

social justice issues: social justice movements, equity, social determinants of health, global health, women’s and children’s issues, anti-racism, anti-imperialism, mind/body connection: yoga, meditation, Ayurvedic medicine and other systems of integrative health promotion and disease prevention, general public health

Older adults, social connectedness, physical activity, community-based health research, implementation science, home and community care,

Homelessness, child welfare, social service

severe mental disorders, child and youth mental disorders, mental illness and violence, school and workplace shootings, terrorism, psychology of terrorism
moderate to severe mental disorders in youth and young adults, social and psychological factors of domestic and international terrorism, school and workplace mass shootings, violence and mental disorders