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Thesis & Supervision
Proposal & Thesis Guidelines
Thesis Proposal
The purpose of a thesis proposal is to demonstrate 1) that you have identified a significant research problem and 2) that you have sufficient background preparation in theory and research methods to equip you to investigate the problem. As a student in the program, numerous resources are available to help you write a successful proposal and progress to the next step.
Thesis
A thesis is the end product of a student's inquiry into the questions posed in their thesis proposal. Prior to publication the thesis must prove it can stand up to scholarly criticism through the examination process. To read in-depth about producing the thesis itself, along with the examination process, visit the School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) to view their thesis guide and regulations related to timing, formating, defending and publishing your work.
Faculty Supervision
Applicants to the MHIS program are not required to declare a supervisor or contact them in order to apply for the program.
Students usually complete their first semester and refine their interests before connecting with potential supervisors. They can also decide between course-based or thesis-based program options at that time.
Below is the list of affiliated faculty members; it is recommended that you do some research to find potential matches to your area of interest, which you would include in the Statement of General Research Interest as part of your application.
| Name | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Isola Ajiferuke | Organization of health information |
| Kelly Anderson | Public mental health, social determinants, health services research, health administrative data, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, mixed methods research |
| Laurel Austin | Risk and decision making, telemedicine, risk communication |
| Michael Bauer | Health informatics and telemedicine |
| Deanna Befus | Health equity, systems thinking methodologies, global & public health |
| Richard Booth | Telehealth, informatics |
| Jacquelyn Burkell | Consumer health, risk and decision-making |
| Grant Campbell | Organization of information |
| Katelyn Esmonde | Public health ethics, digital health, physical activity, health equity |
| Anna Garnett | Digital health, health services, gerontology, caregivers |
| Mark Goldszmidt | Medical communication and teaching |
| Nicole Haggerty | Electronic health records, health information technologies, public health information |
| Stewart Harris | Diabetes and hypoglycemia research |
| Abbas Jessani | Global health, knowledge translation |
| Andrew Johnson | Patient values, caregiver stress, concussions, Parkinson's disease, research methods |
| Tarun Katapally | Citizen science, data science, digital health, digital epidemiology, global health, health systems research, human-computer interaction, human-centred artificial intelligence, precision medicine |
| Susan Knabe | Critical theory and cultural studies, sexuality, gender and popular culture, feminist theory, queer theory, representation, sexuality and citizenship, medicalization and the media, media and resistance |
| Anita Kothari | Knowledge translation, public and community health |
| Marlene J. LeBer | Leadership, social value in healthcare, health equity |
| Daniel Lizotte | Media data, biostatistics |
| Joy MacDermid | Clinical measurement, evidence synthesis |
| Tara Mantler | Intimate partner violence, maternal/child health |
| Carrie Marshall | Mental health, social inclusion |
| Pamela McKenzie | Health information seeking |
| Michelle Mottola | Exercise and pregnancy |
| Elysee Nouvet | Global health, social determinants |
| Abram Oudshoom | Homelessness prevention, poverty and health |
| Jessica Polzer | Gender, sexuality and women's studies |
| Anabel Quan-Haase | Social media and health, health information seeking, community, social network analysis |
| Joanna Redden | Datafication, politics, governance and social justice |
| Sandra Regan | Human health resources, nursing |
| Daniel Robinson | Advertising, consumption, media history |
| Susan Rodger | School-based mental health, systemic violence |
| Paulette Rothbauer | Reading, identity, and libraries |
| Debbie Rudman | Occupational science and aging |
| Kamran Sedig | Human-computer interaction |
| Anam Shahil-Feroz | Digital health, telemonitoring, maternal health, culturally and linguistically sensitive maternity care for immigrants, digital inclusion for women in low- and middle-income countries |
| Jacob Shelley | Law and ethics, public health |
| Shannon Sibbald | Public health, implementation science, systems research |
| Sharon Sliwinski | Visual culture, political theory |
| Maxwell Smith | Public health ethics, health equity |
| Victoria Smye | Inequity in access to mental health and substance use services |
| Ziad Solh | Knowledge translation, transfusion medicine, Sickle Cell disease, Thalassemia |
| Luke Stark | Impacts of computing and artificial intelligence technologies |
| Panagiota Tryphonopoulos | Perinatal mood disorders, infant mental health, attachment, intervention development and testing |
| Evelyn Vingilis | Health policy, mental health |
| Nadine Wathen | Health information seeking, knowledge translation |
| Fiona Webster | Chronic health conditions, gender, ethnography |
| Lloy Wylie | Health systems research |
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