Human & Social Development
Health Information Science
| Name | Research interests | Contact info |
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| Scott MacDonald Centre for Addictions Research of BC |
Alcohol, other drugs, substance use in society, injury | 250-472-5933 scottmac@uvic.ca Website |
| Elizabeth Borycki Professor |
Analysis of health care systems, information technologies in healthcare, patient safety | 250-472-5432 emb@uvic.ca Website |
| Karen Courtney Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor |
eHealth, community dwelling older adults, patient engagement, palliative care, health promotion and health information technology ethics |
Nursing
| Name | Research interests | Contact info |
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Anastasia A. Mallidou |
Health services research, knowledge translation, leadership and health services management, research education, healthy habits, policy uptake | 250-472-5663 mallidou@uvic.ca Website |
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Bernie Pauly Associate Professor |
Substance use, homelessness, health equity, social determinants of health, harm reduction, mixed methods, critical and participatory methodologies | |
| Debra J. Sheets Associate Professor |
Gerontological nursing, technology in home care, caregiving, arts in health care, frailty | |
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Laurene Sheilds |
People’s experiences of health and illness, social determinant factors of health, health and spirituality, narrative approaches to inquiry and practice | 250-721-8572 lsheilds@uvic.ca Website |
| Kelli Stajduhar Professor |
Palliative and end of life care, family care, health and aging, structurally vulnerable population, health equity, health services and health policy | 250-721-7487 kis@uvic.ca Website |
| Lynne Young Associate Professor |
Heart-health initiatives | 250-472-5678 leyoung@uvic.ca Website |
Public Health and Social Policy
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Nathan Lachowsky Assistant Professor |
Community based research, health equity, marginalized populations, social and behavioural epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, sexual health and substance use, sexual orientation and gender identity |
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Charlotte Loppie |
Social determinants of Indigenous peoples' health and wellness; sexual and reproductive health across the lifespan; sexual diversity; sex trade work; HIV/AIDS; the construction of female sexuality |
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Pamela Moss |
Chronic illness, disability, feminism, methods, maylgic encephalomyelitis, PTSD among veterans |
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Michael J. Prince |
Politics of health care, federal-provincial relations, disability issues, social policy in Canada |
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Karen Urbanoski |
Substance use, addiction, treatment systems, health and social services |
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Ziba Vaghri |
Social determinants of health, early child development, child development, child rights, indicators as a monitoring tool |
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Catherine A. Worthington |
HIV prevention and care, health services access, social work and health, social-structural drivers of health, community-based research, program evaluation |
Child and Youth Care
| Name | Research interests | Contact info |
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| Jessica Ball Professor |
Indigenous People's health, child development | 250-472-4128 jball@uvic.ca Website |
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Jennifer White |
Youth mental health, suicide prevention, community wellness, professional ethics |
Social Work
| Name | Research interests | Contact info |
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| Patricia MacKenzie Associate Professor; Graduate Studies |
Health care, aging, interdisciplinary practice and rural communities | |
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Susan Strega |
Violence against women; gender; masculinity; qualitative poststructural; research; methodologies | |
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Bruce Wallace Associate Professor |
Community based research, substance use, homelessness, poverty and structural inequities, health equity, oral health equity and dentistry |
Indigenous Governance
| Name | Research interests | Contact info |
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| Taiaiake Alfred Professor; Graduate Advisor, Indigenous Governance Program |
Indigenous resurgence, enviromental contamination and the effects on Indigenous culture, restoration of land-based practices. | |
| Jeff Corntassel Associate Professor; Director, Indigenous Governance Program |
Indigenous resurgence, land-based practices, self-determination, community health and well-being. |
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| Devi Mucina Assistant Professor |
Decolonizing Indigenous Masculinities, Indigenous fathering and other-fathering, Indigenous African philosophies, and using Ubuntu oralities and disability studies to understand the social memory of Indigenous children. |