The Social Exposome Cluster facilitates interdisciplinary collaborations to examine the social and environmental factors that have lasting impacts on our health and well-being and the biological processes in the body by which they do so (referred to as “biological embedding”). The ultimate goal is to use this knowledge to develop and implement policies and interventions to reduce health inequities and improve health outcomes across the life course.
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Black, Jennifer | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Community Health / Public Health; food banks; food environments; Nutrition; Public health; school food environments; social determinants of health; Community Health / Public Health, Food banks, Food environments, Nutrition, Public health, School food environments, Social determinants of health |
| Campbell, Trevor | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | automated, scalable Bayesian inference algorithms; Bayesian nonparametrics; streaming data; Bayesian theory; Probabilistic Inference; computational statistics; large-scale data; Automated, scalable Bayesian inference algorithms, Bayesian nonparametrics, Bayesian theory, Computational statistics, Large-scale data, Probabilistic inference, Streaming data |
| Carlsten, Christopher | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Environment and Respiratory Diseases |
| Conklin, Annalijn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; women's health; Health Equity; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Obesity; CVD risk factors; healthy ageing; food and nutrition policy; Indigenous health; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; healthcare quality improvement; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders, Social nutritional epidemiology, Women's Health, Health equity, Chronic Diseases in Elderly, Obesity, CVD risk factors, Healthy ageing, Food and nutrition policy, Indigenous health, Community Health / Public Health, Disease management evaluation, Healthcare quality improvement |
| DeLongis, Anita | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | social determinants of health; chronic illness; coping; couples; families; health; Health Psychology; marriage; social support; stress; Social Determinants of Health, Chronic illness, Coping, Couples, Families, Health, Health psychology, Marriage, Social support, Stress |
| Devlin, Angela | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | cardiovascular disease; Children; developmental programming; Diabetes; Obesity; Cardiovascular disease, Children, Developmental programming, Diabetes, Obesity |
| Finlay, B Brett | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Infectious agents, bacteria, microbial infections and how humans react to it |
| Frangou, Sophia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | the study of the human brain in health and disease; the study of the human brain in health and disease |
| Green, David | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Antibiotic Resistance, Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Determinants of the wage and employment structure bridging between macro labour and micro labour identification issues |
| Guhn, Martin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | social context and child development/well-being; Population health; social determinants of health; social context and child development/well-being, population health, social determinants of health |
| Henderson, Sarah | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | wildfire smoke; air pollution; Extreme weather events; environmental health; radon gas; Food safety; Water quality; wildfire smoke, air pollution, extreme weather events, environmental health, radon gas, food safety, water quality |
| Huan, Tao | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Metabolomics; Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Machine Learning; Bioinformatics; Metabolomics, Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Machine learning, Bioinformatics |
| Jenkins, Emily | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | optimizing mental health and substance use outcomes; collaborative mental health promotion strategies; health services and policy development and redesign; knowledge translation approaches; healthy public policy development; Collaborative mental health promotion strategies, Health services and policy development and redesign, Healthy public policy development, Knowledge translation approaches, Optimizing mental health and substance use outcomes |
| Jessri, Mahsa | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Community Health / Public Health; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Health Policies; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Health Promotion; Health Prevention; Statistics and Probabilities; Preventive Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Chronic Disease Prevention; clinical epidemiology; Dietary Assessment; Dietary Pattern Modeling; Dietetics; Machine Learning; Nutritional Epidemiology; predictive analytics; Preventive Medicine; Public and Population Health; Simulation; Health Economics and Modeling; Community Health / Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Health Policies, Lifestyle Determinants and Health, Health Promotion, Health Prevention, Statistics and Probabilities, Preventive medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Chronic Disease Prevention, Clinical Epidemiology, Dietary Assessment, Dietary Pattern Modeling, Dietetics, Machine Learning, Nutritional Epidemiology, Predictive Analytics, Preventive Medicine, Public and Population Health, Simulation, Health Economics and Modeling |
| Karakochuk, Crystal Dawn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Nutrition; Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Hematology; Biochemical markers of iron status; Clinical dietetics; Determinants and causes of anemia; Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency); International nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc); Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation; Nutrition, Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Hematology, Biochemical markers of iron status, Clinical dietetics, Determinants and causes of anemia, Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency), International nutrition, Maternal and child nutrition, Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc), Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation |
| Kobor, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics; molecular biology; Social Epigenetics; Chromatin Biology, Epigenetics, Molecular Biology, Social Epigenetics |
| Lamers, Yvonne | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Nutrition; Nutrients; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition; Clinical Chemistry; Maternal and child health; Micronutrients; Newborn Screening; Nutritional Biochemistry; Nutritional Biomarker; Periconceptional folic acid supplementation; Pregnancy; Prenatal Supplements; Toddler Nutrition; Vitamins; Nutrition, Nutrients, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition, Clinical Chemistry, Maternal and Child Health, Micronutrients, Newborn Screening, Nutritional Biochemistry, Nutritional Biomarker, Periconceptional folic acid supplementation, Pregnancy, Prenatal Supplements, Toddler Nutrition, Vitamins |
| Lange, Philipp | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Bioinformatics; Cell Signaling and Cancer; mass spectrometry; pediatric cancer; personalized medicine; post translational protein modification; Proteomics; Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Mass spectrometry, Pediatric cancer, Personalized medicine, Post translational protein modification, Proteomics |
| LeMoult, Joelle | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | depression and psychobiological responses to stress; understanding how depression develops and unfolds across the lifespan; Depression and psychobiological responses to stress, Understanding how depression develops and unfolds across the lifespan |
| Pliska, Benjamin | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Sleep and Sleep Disorders; Oro-Dental Disorders; Facial growth and development; sleep medicine; Sleep and Sleep Disorders, Oro-Dental Disorders, Facial growth and development, Sleep medicine |
| Poon, Brenda | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Population-level early identification and early intervention for children with special needs; Complex systems of coordinated service delivery and supports; Family-centered services; Integrated child health information systems; Community-based research regarding social determinants of children |
| Richman, Joy Marion | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Congenital Anomalies; craniofacial development; chicken embryo limb development; Developmental biology; Embryonic Development; Evo-Devo; Growth Factors; orofacial clefting; reptilian tooth development; Cell signaling; Congenital Anomalies, Craniofacial development, Chicken embryo limb development, Developmental biology, Embryonic Development, Evo-Devo, Growth Factors, Orofacial clefting, Reptilian tooth development, Cell Signaling |
| Turvey, Stuart | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Asthma; Immune System; Immunodeficiencies; Microbiome cohort studies; Precision Medicine; Primary Immune Deficiencies; Asthma, Immune System, Immunodeficiencies, Microbiome cohort studies, Precision medicine, Primary immune deficiencies |
| Vadeboncoeur, Jennifer | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | cultural-historical psychology, child/parent relationships, student/ teacher relationships, play and performance based learning, bridging school and out of school contexts for learning, Alternative schooling and pedagogies, Critical theory, Discourse and critical discourse analysis, ethnography, Qualitative research, Socially constructing knowledge and identity, Sociocultural approaches to learning and teaching, Young people placed |
| van Jaarsveld, Danielle | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | call centre management practices; employer-employee relations, Call centre management practices, employer-employee relationship, employment policy, labour market analysis, public sector collective bargaining, work and employment relations |