Division of Human Sciences | Faculty Bios
Division Head
Tai, T.C., B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Physiology/Pharmacology
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Physiology/Pharmacology
Full-Time Faculty
Adams-Carpino, Gayle, PhD, MSW, RSW, CYW
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Interprofessional Team-Based Learning
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Interprofessional Team-Based Learning
Cameron, Erin, BA (Winnipeg), MA (Victoria), B.Ed. Hons. (Lakehead), PhD (Lakehead)
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Medical and health education
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Medical and health education
Hogard, Elaine, BA Hons. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Minnesota), M.Ed. (Alaska), PhD (Kent State)
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Director of Assessment and Program Evaluation
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Director of Assessment and Program Evaluation
Hudson, Geoffrey, BA.Hons. (McMaster), MA (McMaster), D.Phil. (Oxon.)
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
History of Medicine
Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
History of Medicine
Maar, Marion, B.Sc. (Guelph), MA (Trent), PhD (McMaster)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Anthropology
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Anthropology
Manitowabi, Darrel, BA (Laurentian), MA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Anthropology - Aboriginal health and well-being; community-based research methods and ethics; social determinants of health; diabetes; traditional medicine
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Anthropology - Aboriginal health and well-being; community-based research methods and ethics; social determinants of health; diabetes; traditional medicine
McGregor, Lorrilee, Ph.D. (Laurentian), M.A. (Antioch), B.A. (Toronto)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Indigenous People's Health
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Indigenous People's Health
McGregor, Lorrilee, PhD (Laurentian), MA (Antioch), BA (Toronto
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Indigenous Peoples' Health
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Indigenous Peoples' Health
Smith, Patricia, BA (Calgary), M.Sc. (Calgary), PhD (Waterloo)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Behavioral Medicine
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Behavioral Medicine
Stipendary Faculty
Allain, Michelle, B.HSc. (Western), M.Sc. (Western)
Lecturer
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Bioethics
Lecturer
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Bioethics
Barnett Robert, B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier and Nipissing), M.A. (Carleton)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Information-Population health assessment; health services planning; statistical methodology; health informatics; mental health
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Information-Population health assessment; health services planning; statistical methodology; health informatics; mental health
Boyko, Susan, MRT (T), BA (Manitoba), M.Ed. (Nipissing), PhD (Brock)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Education-Undergraduate and health-care professional education, patient and family education, and learner and program evaluation. Current research areas: arts-based research, narrative safety, and person-centred care
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Education-Undergraduate and health-care professional education, patient and family education, and learner and program evaluation. Current research areas: arts-based research, narrative safety, and person-centred care
Brennan Mariette, JD Law (Ottawa), LLM (Essex), Ph.D. Law (York)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Law - Public Health; Health Law
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Law - Public Health; Health Law
Cheu, Hoi, PhD (Western)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Narrative and Bibliotherapy
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Narrative and Bibliotherapy
Crispo, James, B.Sc. (Laurentian), M.Sc. (Laurentian), PhD (Ottawa)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Population Health
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Population Health
Dakubo, Crescentia, B.Sc. Hons. (K.N.U.S.T, Ghana), M.Sc.F. (Lakehead), PhD (Carleton)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Health Geography - Ecosystems and Human Health (Ecohealth); Ecosystem Approaches to Rural and Aboriginal Health; Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Critical Approaches to Public Health Research and Practice; Global Health
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Health Geography - Ecosystems and Human Health (Ecohealth); Ecosystem Approaches to Rural and Aboriginal Health; Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Critical Approaches to Public Health Research and Practice; Global Health
Damore-Petingola, Sheila, B.S.W. (Laurentian), M.S.W. (Laurentian)
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Social Work - Psychosocial and Supportive Care Oncology; Psychosocial intervention with youth experiencing a diagnosis of cancer in the family; development/facilitation of professionally led support groups. Qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Social Work - Psychosocial and Supportive Care Oncology; Psychosocial intervention with youth experiencing a diagnosis of cancer in the family; development/facilitation of professionally led support groups. Qualified to teach Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Day, Adam, Hons. B.H.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (Western), PhD (Western)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Rehabilitation Science
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Rehabilitation Science
Dubé, Tim, BA Hons. (Laurentian), MA (Laurentian), PhD (Laurentian)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Education - Qualitative research; mobile methods; northern and rural health; distributed community-engaged learning; medical students’ adaptation and transition processes during longitudinal integrated clerkships
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Medical Education - Qualitative research; mobile methods; northern and rural health; distributed community-engaged learning; medical students’ adaptation and transition processes during longitudinal integrated clerkships
Dubois, Sacha, BA (McMaster), MPH (Lakehead)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Biostatistics and Research Methodology
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Biostatistics and Research Methodology
Gaetz, Stephen Antony, PhD (York)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Anthropology
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Anthropology
Gauthier, Alain, MA (Ottawa), PhD (Laurentian)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Human Kinetics. Rural & Northern Health; Health Services and Policy Research.
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Human Kinetics. Rural & Northern Health; Health Services and Policy Research.
Healey, Gwen, Hons. B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (Calgary), PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health.
Istvan, Peter, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (Queen’s), PhD (Queen’s), MBA (N. Carolina)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Administration. Neurology, Physiology, Life Sciences.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Administration. Neurology, Physiology, Life Sciences.
Kelecevic, Julija, PhD (Alberta), MD (Belgrade)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Bioethics
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Bioethics
Kristman, Vicki, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (Queen’s), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Epidemiology. Work disability prevention; social and organizational aspects of work; and, injury prevention and prognosis. CIHR New Investigator in Community-Based Primary Health Care.
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Epidemiology. Work disability prevention; social and organizational aspects of work; and, injury prevention and prognosis. CIHR New Investigator in Community-Based Primary Health Care.
Laclé, Sandra, BN (Memorial), M.Sc.N. (Western)
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public health; population health; health promotion; determinants of health; child health; school health; workplace health; chronic disease prevention.
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public health; population health; health promotion; determinants of health; child health; school health; workplace health; chronic disease prevention.
Leblanc, Joseph, B.N. (Memorial), M.Sc.N. (Western)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Community health and well being; asset-based community development; food system change throughout the region
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Community health and well being; asset-based community development; food system change throughout the region
Legault, Glenn, Ph.D (Queen’s)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychology
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychology
Lightfoot, Nancy, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health, epidemiology
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health, epidemiology
Lunsky Yona, Ph.D (Ohio)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychiatry
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychiatry
Malaviarachchi, Darshaka, B.Sc. (Dalhousie), M.Sc. (Dalhousie)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health. Cardiovascular disease, nutrition, child health, environmental health, and epidemiological principles and methodology.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public Health. Cardiovascular disease, nutrition, child health, environmental health, and epidemiological principles and methodology.
Mongeau, Sherry, B.A. (Laurentian), M.A. (Laurentian), Ph.D. (Laurentian)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Occupational health; chronic health; WSIB; Rural and Northern Health
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Occupational health; chronic health; WSIB; Rural and Northern Health
Morrison, Kathryn, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Waterloo)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Applied philosophy, Ethics mediation and conflict resolution
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Applied philosophy, Ethics mediation and conflict resolution
Mushquash, Christopher, H.B.Sc. (Lakehead), MA (Lakehead), PhD (Dalhousie)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Psychology - Aboriginal mental health, substance use.
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Psychology - Aboriginal mental health, substance use.
Okoronkwo, Chimere, BDS (Benin), MPH (Nigeria), M.Sc. (London)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Public Health - Program Evaluation, Health Systems Management.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Public Health - Program Evaluation, Health Systems Management.
Sellick, Scott, BA (Lakehead), MA (Lakehead), PhD (Alberta)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Psychosocial Health - Assessment of psychosocial distress (e.g., anxiety, depression) in the acutely and chronically ill; preferred styles of coping among cancer patients, end-of-life issues, ethics, and palliative care. Director of Supportive & Palliative Care, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Psychosocial Health - Assessment of psychosocial distress (e.g., anxiety, depression) in the acutely and chronically ill; preferred styles of coping among cancer patients, end-of-life issues, ethics, and palliative care. Director of Supportive & Palliative Care, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
Shaw, Nicola (Nikki), B.Sc.Hons. (Central Lancashire, UK), PhD (Central Lancashire & Oxford University Postgraduate Medical Education & Training, UK), FBCS, CITP
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Informatics - Applied social research, disability studies, service dogs, medical sociology.
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Health Informatics - Applied social research, disability studies, service dogs, medical sociology.
St Onge, Renée, BA (Laurentian), MA (Laurentian)
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public health, population health and the determinants of health, francophone health, French-language health services, health policy, women’s health, critical appraisal.
Lecturer
NOSM University in Sudbury
Public health, population health and the determinants of health, francophone health, French-language health services, health policy, women’s health, critical appraisal.
Tonkens, Ryan, PhD (York)
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Philosophical bioethics; medical professionalism
Associate Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Philosophical bioethics; medical professionalism
Urajnik, Diana, B.Sc. (Laurentian), BA (Laurentian), MA (Laurentian), PhD (Toronto)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychology - Human Development and Community Health (Health & Behavioural Sciences).
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Psychology - Human Development and Community Health (Health & Behavioural Sciences).
Varney, Tamara, B.Sc. (Trent), M.Sc. (Guelph), PhD (Calgary)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Biological Anthropology - Historical epidemiology, paleopathology/nutrition, forensic anthropology.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Biological Anthropology - Historical epidemiology, paleopathology/nutrition, forensic anthropology.
Wilson, Dana, B.E.S. (Waterloo), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (McGill)
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Public health, population health, determinants of health, collaborative community-based health research, health policy, public health systems, rural and northern health.
Assistant Professor
NOSM University in Thunder Bay
Public health, population health, determinants of health, collaborative community-based health research, health policy, public health systems, rural and northern health.
Yeo, Michael, BA (York), MA (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Bioethics /Philosophy.
Professor
NOSM University in Sudbury
Bioethics /Philosophy.
Librarian
Campbell, Alanna, BA (Brock), MISt. (Toronto)
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information literacy instruction; emerging technologies and their implications/applications for library users; evidenced based medicine
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information literacy instruction; emerging technologies and their implications/applications for library users; evidenced based medicine
Dumond, Jennifer, BA (Nipissing), M.L.I.S. (Dalhousie)
NOSM University in Sudbury
Effective searching and analytical evaluation of resources, information literacy instruction, and public services
NOSM University in Sudbury
Effective searching and analytical evaluation of resources, information literacy instruction, and public services
Fink, Patricia, BA (Laurentian), MA (Laurentian), MLIS (Western Ontario)
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information Sciences-Implications of teaching informatics in a distributed setting; licensing e-resources within partnerships and consortiums versus stand-alone strategies
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information Sciences-Implications of teaching informatics in a distributed setting; licensing e-resources within partnerships and consortiums versus stand-alone strategies
Regalado, Sophie, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (McMaster), MISt. (Toronto)
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information Sciences-Expert literature searching utilizing systematic processes and specialized health/biomedical databases in support of evidence-based practices; education and information literacy of end users on concepts of literature searching and biomedical databases
NOSM University in Sudbury
Information Sciences-Expert literature searching utilizing systematic processes and specialized health/biomedical databases in support of evidence-based practices; education and information literacy of end users on concepts of literature searching and biomedical databases