Public Health

Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, PhD

Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur, PhD

Professor

Human Development, Learning, and Culture

Cultural-historical psychology, child/parent relationships, student/ teacher relationships, play and performance based learning, bridging school and out of school contexts for learning

Trevor Dummer, PhD

Trevor Dummer, PhD

Associate Professor

Health geography, cancer prevention, environmental exposures, health inequalities, geographic information science, obesity, risk factors

Lindsey Richardson, D.Phil

Lindsey Richardson, D.Phil

Associate Professor

Drug Use, Poverty, Social Determinants of Health, Social Welfare/Income Assistance, Precarious Employment

John Carsley, MD, CM, MSc

John Carsley, MD, CM, MSc

Clinical Associate Professor

Public health practice and teaching, healthy public policy, preventive medicine, determinants of health, injury prevention, maternal and child health

Danuta Skowronski, MD, FRCPC

Danuta Skowronski, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Professor

Epidemiology Lead, Influenza and Emerging Respiratory Pathogens

Influenza, emerging respiratory viruses, pertussis, vaccine-preventable diseases, epidemiology, rapid response research, risk assessment, public policy, public education through media

Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC

Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Associate Professor

Mental Health, Addiction, & Motivation Specialist

Medical Director, Child and Youth Mental Health, Vancouver Community

Psychiatry, mental health, parenting

Hugh Davies

Hugh Davies

Associate Professor

Occupational exposures, occupation noise, noise induced hearing loss, environmental noise, occupational health, silica, Anti-neoplastic drugs, construction

Cristina Caperchione , PhD

Assistant Professor

Physical activity, community-based interventions for health promotion

 

François Jean, PhD

François Jean, PhD

Associate Professor & Scientific Director

Molecular virology, host-virus interactions, emerging and re-emerging human viruses, antiviral agents, viral molecular diagnostics, viral and cellular biomarkers, influenza A virus, hepatitis C virus, dengue virus

Rachel Murphy, BSc, PhD

Rachel Murphy, BSc, PhD

Assistant Professor

Nutrition, diet, obesity, aging, public health, cancer, disease prevention, mobility, seniors, healthy eating, senior citizens

Mark Haden, MSW

Mark Haden, MSW

Adjunct Professor

Drug policy, illegal drugs, regulation of illegal drugs, cannabis, marijuana, psychedelics, hallucinogens, heroin, cocaine, addiction, parenting children with addiction issues, opioids, fentanyl

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Dr. Eli Puterman, PhD

Associate Professor

Health psychology, stress resiliency, physical activity interventions, life course adversity, cellular aging

Guy Faulkner

Professor, CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health

Physical activity, mental health, public health

Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD

Marie Tarrant, RN MPH PhD

Director and Professor

Maternal and child health, breastfeeding, influenza vaccine in pregnancy, childhood vaccinations

Ashley Miller

Ashley Miller

Clinical Assistant Professor

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

Dr. Gerry Veenstra, PhD

Dr. Gerry Veenstra, PhD

Professor

Social determinants of health,

Marvin Krank, PhD

Professor

Youth and adult substance use and abuse, cognition and substance use, prevention and intervention, measurement of substance use and program effectiveness

Brenda Lau, MD, FRCPC

Brenda Lau, MD, FRCPC

Program Director

Clinical Associate Professor

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

Ruth Elwood Martin, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor

Director of Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education

Prison health

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Dr. Juan José Alava, PhD

Research Associate & Principal Investigator

marine eco-toxicology, ocean conservation and pollution, environmental toxicology and chemistry, food web bioaccumulation modeling of pollutants (Bioaccumulation Science), ocean pollution by plastics/microplastics, sea turtles and marine mammals’ eco-toxicology, marine ecology, conservation biology, tropical biodiversity, and ecology, fishery science and management, climate change science, the impact of climate change and acidification in marine organisms and fisheries, climate change adaptation strategies in fisheries, population dynamics and conservation of marine mammals, biology and conservation of marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles, field ornithology, aquatic microbiology, eco-toxicological risk assessment, environmental impact assessments and environmental policy, public health, tropical parasitology, and environmental/conservation medicine,