Rural and Northern Health (PhD)

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Enhance and promote the quality and quantity of research focused on rural and northern health.

Train to become high-quality professionals in health research.

Choose from two fields of study, health services, and health policy, with supported research in the following areas: Aboriginal health, epidemiology, children’s health, health administration, health policy, promotion, and services, environmental, mental, and occupational health, and population health in vulnerable people.

Promote the growth and development of health research expertise in the north and strengthen partnerships with community health organizations. Work closely with other LU research centres, such as, Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR), Evaluating Child Health Outcomes (ECHO), Centre for Research in Human Development and Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health (CROSH).

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Learn from experienced research faculty from across the health sciences, social sciences, basic sciences, and humanities.

Available full or part-time. Full-time students benefit from a guaranteed graduate teaching assistantship.

Training is achieved through core courses, a comprehensive exam process, and the development and defense of a thesis.

Perspectives de carrière

Graduates can rest assured knowing there is a multitude of career options they can explore post-graduation. Some career options include, but are not limited to: health administration, public health, research and academics.

Many careers can be found in the public and private sector.

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Supervisory Faculty

One of the most important aspects of graduate training is the timely, clear identification of a Supervisor for each graduate student.

All applicants must have a potential supervisor before applying. The supervisor can provide guidance on the application process, the proposed program of research and is required to sign the Supplementary Application form to confirm their review of your application and commitment to supervise. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact potential supervisors early to discuss common research interests and potential for supervision.

*Name*	*Department*	*Accreditation Status*	*Research Interests*
Carter, Lorraine	Nursing	Co-Supervisor
Cheu, Hoi	English	Supervisor
Coholic, Diana	Social Work	Supervisor	Arts?based methods; social work theory and clinical practice; group work; holistic and mindfulness?based practices; children's mental health; trauma and loss; resilience; qualitative methods
Côté-Meek, Sheila	Rural & Northern Health	Co-Supervisor	Indigenous research methodologies, Aboriginal health, and Aboriginal education and training. Current Research projects include: First Nations Tobacco Prevention and Intervention Strategies with Youth; Aboriginal women's leadership; First Nations Child Car Restraint Safety; and Aboriginal historical colonial violence and education
Couture, Roger	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	Performance enhancement; therapeutic wilderness adventure and health psychology (e.g., biofeedback, stress management, well being)
Crozier, Gillian	Philosophy	Co-Supervisor	Philosophy of the Life Sciences, including the Philosophy of Biology and Bioethics; ethics of ecological research
Dorman, Sandra	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	developing a resource guide exploring reproductive hazards for male and female workers in the mining environment; examining energy expenditure and nutrient needs understand stressful mental and physical occupations; examining school schedule in relation to nutrient needs
Eger, Tammy	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	Occupational health and safety; ergonomic and human factor principles related to occupational health and safety; quantitative methods
Ellaway, Rachel	University of Calgary	Co-Supervisor
Eys, Mark	Wilfrid Laurier U	Co-Supervisor
Gauthier, Alain	Human Kinetics	Co-Supervisor	Child Health, Francophone Health, Health Promotion and Education, Physical Activity and Health, Rural Health
Jacklin, Kristen	Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)	Supervisor	Aboriginal peoples health; cultural understandings of illness; intersection of Indigenous and biomedical healing traditions as they influence community-based and mainstream health care and Aboriginal health policy with a current emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and diabetes. Methods: Community?based participatory research; qualitative mixed methods
James, Susan	Midwifery	Supervisor
Johnson, Jennifer	Women's Studies	Co-Supervisor
Kauppi, Carol	Social Work	Supervisor	Social justice issues in northern and Aboriginal communities (e.g., girlhood; adolescence, motherhood, young mothers, parenting, postpartum depression, homelessness, housing); racism; child and family poverty; qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research)
Larivière, Céline	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	further describe the functions of muscle plakins, such as dystonin and microtubule-actin crosslinking factor (MACF) molecules, in striated muscle using a variety of cellular and molecular biological approaches as well as using both in vitro (cell culture) and in vivo models (transgenic mice)
Larivière, Michel	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	Mental health; mental health and vulnerable populations; quantitative methods; inferential methodologies
Larocque, Sylvie	Sciences infirmières	Supervisor	the impact of chronic illness on children and their families including family centered care; career plans of nursing graduates, educational and health issues involving Francophone populations of all ages living in Northern and Rural communities; oth quantitative and qualitative methods
Lefebvre, Pascal	Orthophonie	Co-Supervisor
Lewko, John	Rural & Northern Health	Supervisor	Human error; Risk?taking; Youth and Working; Injury prevention; Human Security; Occupational health and safety; Accident investigation; Integration of services; Policy analysis; Program evaluation
Lightfoot, Nancy	Rural & Northern Health	Supervisor	Community?based health research & methods; northern & rural health; Aboriginal health; health services (travel for care; client satisfaction; provider recruitment, retention and job satisfaction); chronic disease development, progression, & survival
Maar, Marion	NOSM	Supervisor	Chronic disease; Aboriginal health; rural health; mental health; e?health; cross cultural research ethics; qualitative methods; quantitative methods mixed methods
Manitowabi, Darrel	Indigenous Relations	Co-Supervisor	impact of socioeconomic interventions on Anishinaabe wellbeing; urban Aboriginal issues; Indigenous issues such as casinos, ethnohistory, rural-urban migrations, neoliberalism, diabetes and traditional medicine
Marsh, David	NOSM	Supervisor
Mawhiney, Anne-Marie	Rural & Northern Health	Co-Supervisor
Minor-Corriveau, Michèle	Orthophonie	Co-Supervisor
Moeke-Pickering, Taima	Indigenous Relations	Co-Supervisor	Indigenous theories and pedagogies particularly highlighting teaching practices, the situating of self-determination and decolonisation factors in the classroom; food security and food sovereingty with Maori communities in the Eastern Bay of Plenty Area
Montgomery, Phyllis	Nursing	Supervisor
Oddson, Bruce	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	Health, wellness, and learning
Omri, Abdel	Chemistry & Biochemistry	Supervisor	Lipid-based drug and vaccine delivery system
Pallard, Henri	Droit et justice	Supervisor
Perron, Melanie	Psychologie	Supervisor
Persinger, Michael	Psychology	Supervisor
Ritchie, Stephen	Human Kinetics	Co-Supervisor
Roy-Charland, Annie	Psychology	Supervisior
Rukholm, Ellen	Nursing	Supervisor
Schinke, Robert	Human Kinetics	Supervisor	Sport and physical activity, qualitative methods, multicultural investigations, community research.
Strasser, Roger	NOSM	Supervisor
Tremblay, Line	Psychology	Supervisor
Tufford, Lea	Social Work	Co-Supervisor
Urajnik, Diana	McMaster U	Co-Supervisor
Virchez, Jorge	Géographie	Co-Supervisor
Walker, Jennifer	Rural & Northern Health	Co-Supervisor
Warry, Wayne	Rural & Northern Health	Supervisor	Aboriginal health research
Watson, Shelley	Psychology	Supervisor	intellectual disabilities, human rights, and sexuality; families of children with autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); sexual knowledge and attitudes of individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities; sex education and disability, genetic testing, and ethics around disability
Wenghofer, Elizabeth	Rural & Northern Health	Supervisor	Physician performance; quality improvement; continuing professional development; continuing medical education; professional governance and regulation; health human resources; international medical graduates; health policy; secondary data analysis; survey design; quantitative analysis.
Whissell, Cynthia	Psychology	Supervisor	language and how language conveys emotions
Yantzi, Nicole	Environmental Studies	Co-Supervisor	daily environments of children and youth with disabilities and their families; explores how the policies, designs and organization of homes, schools, and neighbourhoods can impact the participation of children and youth with disabilities
Yeo, Michael	Philosophy	Supervisor
Young, Nancy	Rural & Northern Health	Supervisor	Rural and northern children’s health