The School of Public Health Sciences is a division of the Faculty of Health
Amanda Doggett
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Amanda's PhD research examines the impact that missing height and weight data can have on youth body mass index research.
Laura Fadrique
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Laura's MSc research examined privacy and user trust in companies, and transparency in healthcare IoT (Internet of Things) data collection.
Eric Filice
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Eric's PhD research explores sexuality, information and communications technologies, and body image.
Mahmood Gohari
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Mahmood’s PhD research evaluated how the authorized sale of alcohol in some Ontario grocery stores affected alcohol use behaviours among youth.
Nour Hammami
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Nour's PhD research investigated patterns of protective (physical activity) and risk health behaviours (binge drinking, cigarette smoking and cannabis use) and their relationship with weight status over time among youth participating in the COMPASS study in Ontario, Canada.
Somkene Igboanugo
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Somkene's PhD research examines the embedding of psychosocial stress among firefighters and university faculty and aims to increase our understanding of the relationship between stress and disease.
Nnenna Ike
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Nnenna's MSc research investigated the role of resilience on university students' use of mental health services while on campus.
Yong-Jin Kim
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Yong-Jin's PhD research investigates the cost-effectiveness of tyrosine kinase inhibitors for the first-line treatment of lung cancer in Ontario.
Kirsten Lee
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Kirsten's PhD research investigates the potential for nutrition labelling on menus to support healthy and sustainable eating in cafeterias.
Jerrica Little
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Jerrica's PhD research examined the clinical mental health needs and service access of emerging adults aged 18-29.
Alex Luther
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Alex's MSc research examined the impact of adverse childhood experiences on Indigenous children, and the nature of coping or resilience strategies to overcome these adversities.
Sara Packull-McCormick
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Sara's PhD research examines mercury exposure in First Nations communities in northern Canada.
Emily Rutter
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Emily's MSc research investigated the relationship between social support availability and cognitive function in Canadian adults between the ages of 45 and 85.
Anis Sharafoddini
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Anis's PhD research examined how patient similarity analytics can accelerate the move toward precision medicine.
Madeline Reed
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Madeline's MSc research compared health-related quality of life in parents of children with mental illness with what you would typically see in the Canadian adult population.
Robert Pierce Gauthier
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
For his PhD, Robert is studying how machine learning can be used by researchers to assist with thematic analysis of online communities that are discussing public health topics such as addiction recovery and vaccination.
Shoshannah Speers
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Working with a NGO in the Philippines, Shoshannah pivoted her research plans in response to the global pandemic to understand more about the experience of community volunteers giving up their time to address the emergency food insecurity amongst some of the country's income-poor.
Kirti Sundar Sahu
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Kirti's research explores the use of NexGen data sources for public health surveillance. This includes the use of data from the Internet of Things (IoT) for real-time monitoring of behavioural risk factors for chronic diseases in Canada.
Kathy Luu
MSc student, Public Health and Health Systems
Kathy's MSc research examined the interaction of gender and social networks and how social networks can be a source of assistance for women experiencing poverty when accessing health care services in the Philippines.
Madara Marasinghe
PhD student, Aging, Health and Well-being
For her doctoral research, PhD Aging, Health and Well-being student Madara Marasinghe investigates the impact of assistive devices on the lives of older adults to understand more about the benefits and challenges these devices can have.
Pam Hopwood
PhD student, Public Health Sciences
Pam Hopwood's PhD Public Health Sciences research examines the experiences of women who find work via digital platforms or apps in feminised care occupations such as elder care work.
Tasneem Khan
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
By 2031, immigration is projected to account for 80 percent of Canada’s population growth, making mental health among newcomers an important public health issue. Tasneem's doctoral research investigates the mental health of immigrants to Canada by applying ecological system and life-course perspectives.
Shu-Feng Tsao
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Public Health and Health Systems doctoral student, Shu-Feng Tsao is passionate about infordemic - or health mis-/disinformation associated with infectious diseases. In particular her research looks at the infodemic that has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shu-Feng explores how infodemic influences people's decisions and behaviour with Twitter data analyzed by machine learning or artificial intelligence techniques.
Busola Adekoya
PhD student, Aging, Health and Well-being
Busola Adekoya's PhD Aging, Health and Well-being research examines how policies and programs for alert systems at local, municipal, and provincial or national levels are developed and implemented in Canada and Scotland.
Margaret Mutumba
PhD student, Public Health and Health Systems
Margaret Mutumba's PhD Public Health and Health Systems research investigates the implementation of accessible and affordable fertility services in Sub-Saharan Africa.