Keenan Research Centre - Research Programs

Centre for Research on Inner City Health - Education

Faculty Mentors

  • Patricia O'Campo, PhD (effects of neighbourhood violence and neighbourhood-based interventions on maternal and child health; evaluation of complex interventions to address smoking cessation, youth violence, and HIV/AIDS testing in low income neighbourhoods);
  • Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc (combining equity considerations and cost effectiveness analyses, modeling equity outcomes, cost-effectiveness of HIV and harm reduction interventions)
  • James Dunn, PhD (effects of housing interventions on community mental health and child development);
  • Patrick Fafard, PhD (intergovernmental decision-making for health policy);
  • Sarah Flicker, PhD (community engagement to address HIV/AIDS in youth and urban Aboriginal communities);
  • Rick Glazier, MD, MPH (access to primary care and activity-friendly urban infrastructure in disadvantaged neighbourhoods);
  • Jeffrey Hoch, PhD (cost effectiveness of community and hospital-based mental health interventions for disadvantaged adults and children);
  • Stephen Hwang, MD, MPH (homelessness and health; health services utilization among homeless and underhoused adults);
  • Kamran Khan, MD, MPH (tuberculosis and other infectious diseases; infectious disease surveillance);
  • Jim Lavery, PhD (social-cultural-ethical legal factors in implementing health interventions in disadvantaged communities);
  • Kelly Murphy, MEd (research communication and cross-sectoral knowledge brokering);
  • Rosane Nisenbaum, PhD (biostatistics for inner city health research);
  • Sean Rourke, PhD (HIV/AIDS and mental health; housing interventions for people with HIV/AIDS);
  • Janet Smylie, MD, MPH (Aboriginal population health; Indigenous knowledge translation);
  • Sanjeev Sridharan, PhD (effectiveness of community interventions to address cardio-vascular disease, juvenile justice, and delinquency prevention in low income groups);
  • Vicky Stergiopoulos (homelessness and mental health; Mental health services research; Collaborative care)
  • Robb Travers, PhD (Sexual health, equity, and HIV; LGBT health; Community-based research and marginalized communities);
  • Allan Walks, PhD (urban policy, urban form and neighbourhood inequality);
  • Blair Wheaton, PhD (social stress, life course).