Youth

Tara Moreau, PhD

Tara Moreau, PhD

Sessional Instructor

Associate Director, Sustainability and Community Programs

Sustainable agriculture, organic agriculture, urban agriculture, community-based research, biodiversity, integrated pest management, best management practices, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resilience, food policy, non-profit organizations, social enterprise, biological diversity, sustainable development, crop farming, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Dr. Matthew Chow, MD, FRCPC

Dr. Matthew Chow, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Instructor

President, Doctors of BC

Mental Health, Children and Youth, Health Policy, Physicians, Physician Leadership,

Dr. Sheila Marshall, PhD

Dr. Sheila Marshall, PhD

Professor

adolescence, parent-child relationships, mattering,

Natalie Clark, PhD

Instructor

Trauma, child and youth mental health, Indigenous health, girls health

Adam Lund

Adam Lund

Clinical Associate Professor

Event medicine, mass gathering medicine, mass gathering health, music festivals, electronic dance music events, special events, marathon, triathlon, emergency medicine, obstacle adventure courses, emergency department overcrowding, opioids, fentanyl, prehospital care, paramedicine

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

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

Amori Mikami, PhD

Amori Mikami, PhD

Associate Professor

Peer relationships, friendships, peer rejection, bullying, social skills training, social networking, Facebook, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, children, adolescents

Dr. Dzung Vo, MD

Dr. Dzung Vo, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Head, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine

Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Health, Resilience, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders,

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Stephen Berg, PhD

Stephen Berg, PhD

Assistant Professor

Children’s physical activity and health, physical education, health education, curriculum, pedagogy

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

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

Naznin Virji-Babul, PT, PhD

Naznin Virji-Babul, PT, PhD

Assistant Professor

Concussion, traumatic brain injury, adolescent brain development, infant brain development, perception-action development, perception-emotion development

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

Tanya Forneris, PhD

Tanya Forneris, PhD

Instructor

Associate Director

Post-secondary student development and well-being, coping skills or life skills

Emily Jenkins, PhD, MPH, RN

Emily Jenkins, PhD, MPH, RN

Associate Professor

Mental health, mental health promotion, adolescent substance use, cannabis, youth engagement, population mental health, social determinants of health

Anthony Bailey, MBBS, FRCPC

Professor

Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), genetics, neurobiology, brain imaging, mental health

Jackie Whittaker , PT, PhD

Jackie Whittaker , PT, PhD

Assistant Professor

Physical Therapy, Knee Injuries, Sport Injury Prevention, Knee Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis Prevention, Rehabilitation, Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Exercise Therapy, Ultrasound Imaging, Wearable Activity Tracker, Exercise Counselling

Alison Taylor, EdD

Alison Taylor, EdD

Professor

School-to-work transitions; community-engaged learning; students’ work

Dr. Andrea Reid, PhD

Dr. Andrea Reid, PhD

Assistant Professor

Indigenous Fisheries, Indigenous Science, Aquatic Conservation, Freshwater Ecology, Freshwater Conservation, Land-based Learning,