Research Directory

Areas of Specialization:

Health geography; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); environmental management

Research Interests:

Environment and health; GIS and health; population health; air pollution exposure and health; geography and health in East Africa (South Sudan). 

Current & Future Research:

Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up study;

Mobility, air pollution exposure, and health outcomes;

Air pollution modeling;

Socioeconomic determinants of health

Areas of Specialization:

​Sociology of aging, work and health

Research Interests:

​Aging workforce, ageism, workplace transitions, retirement and pensions, age and gender discrimination, gender and work history, work-family balance in academia

Current & Future Research:

Ageism at Work: Negotiating Age, Gender, and Identity in the Discriminating Workplace (book contract with University of Toronto Press).

The Parent Track: Timing, Balance, and Choice within Academia (edited book manuscript submitted with C. DeRoche…

Areas of Specialization:

Ecological nursing, critical caring theory, online learning engagement, critical cultural education, interprofessional health education, program development and evaluation.

Research Interests:

• Exploring cultural adaptation and mitigation experiences of Registered Nurses in relation to climate and ecological crisis
• Relational nursing practice within technology-enabled learning
• Exploring best practices in PhD seminar coursework

Current & Future Research:

• An…

Areas of Specialization:

Social and Technical Demography; Population Studies, Quantitative Research Methods, Multivariate Social Statistics

Research Interests:

Human Fertility; reproductive health; modeling demographic behaviors; health inequality; family transformation; immigrant integration; survey research.

Areas of Specialization:

​Police response to persons with mental disorders; Communication and de-escalation techniques used by police officers; 

Mental health screening performed by police officers and other front-line emergency responders; Police response to vulnerable populations; Probation and parole.

Research Interests:

​Developing evidence-based police training for responding to persons with serious mental disorders; Mental health and cognitive status screening by frontline criminal justice personnel; 

Characteristics of…

Research Interests:

Policy and Equity in the workplace; Social Determinants of Health; Health Behaviour Change Strategies, transient population/immigrant health.

Current and Future Research: 

Dr. Komakech has conducted research focused on issues in global health, inner city and immigrant health, rural-hard-to-reach population, child-maternal health, and policy actions to promote health equity by illuminating the role of social determinants of health in building an equitable and healthy communities (…

Areas of Specialization:

Comparative politics, development, welfare regimes and religion in Southeast Asia, transnational religious movements, democracy, social policy, nationalism, identity politics, gender, ethnicity and governance

Research Interests:

Cultural politics, religious diversity in Southeast Asia, geopolitics of Buddhism, health, education, the elderly, families, violence, poverty alleviation, social inequalities, disaster relief, moral economy

Current & Future Research:

​Completing an article on socially-…

Terra currently is certified to teach Mental Health First Aid for Adults who work with Youth (MHFA) and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). She has taught part of the new worker curriculum within Child Welfare and was part of helping deliver changes to the Child and Youth Family Services Act. She has taught Risk Resiliency and Complexity and has been an External Field Supervisor and Field Liaison within Nipissing’s Social Work Department. Terra’s research has included helping devise a diagnostic screening tool for adult psychiatric patients who…

Areas of Specialization:

Public health, Community medicine, Clinical epidemiology

Research Interests:

Mental health, Women’s health, quality of life, Community health

Current & Future Research:

Assessment of national health programs, Risk assessment of a defined population, investigating social determinants of women’s health, Social health of women, economic impact of Covid-19 on hospitals, population based programs to prevent domestic violence against women, Revision of…

Areas of Specialization:

Indigenous education; Indigenous research methods; Community-based research; Indigenous health; Cultural safety; Cancer; Indigenous Healing and Traditional Medicine

Research Interests:

My current research interests include the intersections of health, education and Anishinaabe gikendassowin (Indigenous knowledge) and is centered on concepts such as mno bimaadiziwin (way of a good life) and wiidooktaadyang (we are helping each other). My research has explored the lived experiences of…

TEACHER ENGAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, AND LEADERSHIP IN STEM PEDAGOGY: The goal of the TDSB's STEM strategy is to build capacity among TDSB Kindergarten to Grade 12 educators to enhance their STEM pedagogical knowledge, self-efficacy, and promote STEM implementation in classrooms. A critical factor in enhancing STEM across the Board is teacher engagement. This study examined: (1) teacher cognitive and emotional engagement, (2) social engagement with colleagues, students, and leadership, and (3) teacher engagement with STEM and…

Kelly is a new part time teacher at Nipissing University and is looking forward to this year. Kelly has provided training to practitioners in crisis intervention, mental health programs, and provided training sessions previously to the North Bay Police force in recognizing symptoms of youth mental health needs to support in the Crisis Rapid Response program using the HealthIM screener. Kelly is teaching SWRK 3216 Professional Skills Development.

Areas of Specialization:

Dr. Sullivan’s principal research interests are focused on the social context of aging and older age including geriatric mental health, dementia care and support, social isolation and loneliness, elder abuse, and aging without children.

Current Awards:

A Realist Evaluation of Rare Dementia Support Canada (2024-2027)
Sullivan, M.P., Williams, V. (Nipissing University), Hoben, M. (York University), Crutch, S. (University College London), Tierney, S. (Oxford University), and Thornborrow, J. (Nipissing University…

Areas of Specialization:

Narrative Inquiry, Curriculum-Teaching-Learning, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education, and Inquiry Based Learning.

Research Interests:

• Anyinam, C., Coffey, S., Vanderlee R., Da Silva, S., Smith, F., Zitzelsberger, H., Thompson, J., & Odette, F. ($217,183). Partnership for applied research to support the development and evaluation of the Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities Network (PSDNet) Funder: SSHRC- Community and College Social Innovation Fund – 2015/17
• Co-primary Investigator -…

Veronika’s research predominately focuses on health service delivery and specifically on three main areas: a) how we can improve patient care by learning from and integrating the lived experiences of people with long-term conditions; b) how can we better support people living with a long-term condition with a focus on young and rare onset dementia and c) advancing the practice of evidence-based health care and qualitative methods.

Veronika has specific expertise in qualitative research methods, and has experience in conducting qualitative studies embedded…

Areas of Specialization:

Lifestyle modification for hypertension control

Randomized controlled trial and pilot study

Immigrant and minority health

Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine for chronic illness management

Chronic illness management in community

Culturally sensitive nursing intervention

Research Interests:

Dietary intervention to prevent and treat hypertensionLifestyle modification and chronic illness controlIncorporation of Traditional Chinese Medicine for chronic illness…