Meet our Supervisors
Meet our Supervisors
The Department of Health, Aging and Society is home to many faculty members available to supervise graduate students in a variety of specializations. To connect with prospective supervisors, please contact the Graduate Administrative Assistant Colleen Brown.
ENVIRONMENTS AND INEQUALITIES
We are interested in how and why different people and groups in different places experience different levels of health and wellbeing. Attention is paid to unpacking the mechanisms and processes which determine these inequalities and the ways in which people cope with them. Both urban and rural environments are considered in our scholarship.
James Gillett PhD
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Associate Member, Social Work
Associate Member, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society
Associate Member, Sociology
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27424
Michel Grignon
Professor, Economics
graduate-chair, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23493
Lydia Kapiriri PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Tara Marshall PhD
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 20102
SYSTEMS, SERVICES AND POLICY
We are interested in how public health, healthcare and social care are produced and consumed in the twenty-first century, ranging from the resource pressures, ideologies and ideas that motivate at a macro level, to the experiences of clients and the public at a micro level. Attention is paid to both formal and informal sectors.
Chelsea Gabel
Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23316
Michel Grignon
Professor, Economics
graduate-chair, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23493
Lydia Kapiriri PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
Mat Savelli PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Health, Aging & Society
undergraduate-chair, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 24166
Christina Sinding PhD
Professor, Social Work
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23783
Rachel Zhou PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23787
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We are interested in how people belonging to different demographic, economic, social and cultural groups are excluded or marginalized in terms of their health and wellbeing. This might be according to their gender, age, race, ethnicity, income or sexuality. Our aim is to produce research that can help lead to greater awareness.
Chelsea Gabel
Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23316
James Gillett PhD
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Associate Member, Social Work
Associate Member, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society
Associate Member, Sociology
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27424
Meridith Griffin PhD
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27417
Randy Jackson PhD
Associate Professor, Social Work
Associate Member, Health, Aging & Society
Tara Marshall PhD
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 20102
Christina Sinding PhD
Professor, Social Work
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23783
Rachel Zhou PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23787
Research in Health, Aging & Society
Our faculty bring a critical perspective to our research.
We give voice to people and subjects that are marginalized, involve communities as partners in research, draw on social theory to inform studies and are open to using all kinds of academic methodologies.
SOCIAL-CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH AND/OR AGING
We believe that aging and health are not simply biological phenomenon. Not only are aging and health heavily influenced by social and cultural phenomenon and trends, they are experienced differently by different social and cultural groups, and are constructed and represented differently according to dominant societal, social, and cultural norms.
Tara Marshall PhD
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
marsht6@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 20102
Gavin Andrews PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
andrews@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 26390
Nicole Dalmer PhD
Assistant Professor, Health, Aging & Society
dalmern@mcmaster.ca
Chelsea Gabel
Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
gabelc@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23316
Anthea Innes PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
innesa2@mcmaster.ca
Mat Savelli PhD
Assistant Teaching Professor, Health, Aging & Society
undergraduate-chair, Health, Aging & Society
savellm@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 24166
Christina Sinding PhD
Professor, Social Work
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
sinding@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23783
Rachel Zhou PhD
Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Member, Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition
zhoura@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 23787
Meridith Griffin PhD
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Associate Professor, Social Psychology
griffmb@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27417
James Gillett PhD
Associate Professor, Health, Aging & Society
Associate Member, Social Work
Associate Member, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society
Associate Member, Sociology
gillett@mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 ext. 27424
Randy Jackson PhD
Associate Professor, Social Work
Associate Member, Health, Aging & Society
jacksr3@mcmaster.ca