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AHMED, Rukhsana »
Ph.D.
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Communication
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (3834)
E-mail: rahmed@uOttawa.ca
Website
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E-mail, Office Telephone
Research information:
Dr. Rukhsana Ahmed’s research embraces the cross/trans/inter-disciplinary nature of communication scholarship, with specific focus on exploring the role of communication processes in improving health outcomes among marginalized communities and promoting broader social changes in international health contexts. She is particularly interested in the ways in which systems of beliefs, values, actions, and symbols are shared, or not, by people and how social groups influence communication in health care interactions. She is also interested in the ways in which people’s cultural selves become entwined with race, ethnicity, gender, and social class groups and shape their perceptions of health, illness, and health care. Although her research is deeply rooted in health communication, Dr. Ahmed is also actively involved in interdisciplinary and multisectoral projects and partnerships in other realms of communication, including immigrant integration, multicultural media, and religious diversity.Area(s) of expertise:
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- Health communications
- Immigration
- Intercultural communication
- International development
- International health
- Organizational communications
- Women and development
- Women and health
Language preference:
English only, Bengali
BOURGEAULT, Ivy Lynn »
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology
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Office: 613-562-5800 (8614)
E-mail: ivy.bourgeault@uottawa.ca
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Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, PhD, FCAHS, is a Professor in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences. She holds the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair in Gender, Work and Health Human Resources. She is the lead coordinator of the pan Canadian Health Human Resources Network and the Scientific Director of the Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network both housed at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Bourgeault has garnered an international reputation for her research on health professions, health policy and women’s health.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Health
- Health administration
- Health care
- Health policy
- Health research
- Health-service providers
- International health
- Mental health
- Population health
- Primary health care
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English only
BRUNET, Jennifer »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Human Kinetics
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Office: 613-562-5800 (3068)
E-mail: jennifer.brunet@uottawa.ca
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Dr. Brunet’s research addresses the promotion of mental and physical health through physical activity in diverse populations. Her research is grounded in various motivational and social cognitive theories and she use mixed methods to coalesce the strengths of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Cancer
- Health
- Mental health
- Motivation
- Obesity
- Physical activity
- Psychometrics
- Psychosocial determinants of health
- Women and health
- Youth
Language preference:
English and French
FORTIER, Michelle »
Full professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Human Kinetics
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Office: 613-562-5800 (4275)
Cell: 613-866-8987
E-mail: mfortier@uottawa.ca
Website
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Research information:
Physical activity Exercise Motivation Enjoyment Mental health Well-being Women's wellness Negative aspects of competitive sport
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Human kinetics
- Human kinetics
- Kinesiology
- Kinesiology
- Mental health
- Mental health
- Motivation
- Physical activity
- Population health
- Primary health care
- Sport
- Sports and health
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English and French
FOSTER, Angel »
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary School of Health sciences
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2316)
Cell: 617-417-9974
E-mail: angel.foster@uottawa.ca
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Dr. Angel M. Foster holds a DPhil (doctorate) in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an AM (master's degree) from Stanford University. She has conducted multi-methods research on women’s health in Burma, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Thailand, Tunisia, and the United States. Her current research focuses on expanding access to emergency contraception, increasing access to safe, high quality, and affordable abortion services, improving the reproductive health training of health service professionals, and Identifying and addressing the reproductive health needs of vulnerable populations including young/unmarried women and refugees/displaced women. She has published more than 50 articles, book chapters, and technical reports on women's health and her first book, Emergency contraception: The story of a global reproductive health technology, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2012 (co-edited with L.L. Wynn). Her next book, Abortion pills, test tube babies & sex toys: Emerging sexual and reproductive health technologies in the Middle East and North Africa, will soon be published by Vanderbilt University Press.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Abortion
- Anthropology
- Ethics
- Health
- Health policy
- Health research
- International development
- International health
- Middle East
- Other
- Population health
- Women and development
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English and French , Arabic
GILES, Audrey R. »
Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Human Kinetics
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Office: 613-562-5800 (2988)
Home: 613-845-0092
E-mail: audrey.giles@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Home Telephone, Office Telephone
Research information:
Dr. Giles' research examines Aboriginal people's (though especially women's) participation in physical activity, sport, and recreation in the NWT, Nunavut, and Northern Alberta. Her expertise pertains to traditional games, gender, "tradition," and drowning prevention. Sport for development in Aboriginal communities.
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- Anthropology
- Feminist politics and theory
- Health research
- Human kinetics
- Human kinetics
- Physical activity
- Population health
- Postcolonial studies
- Sport
- Women and development
- Women and health
- Women’s health
Language preference:
English only, Intermediate/Advanced French
KELLY, Christine »
Postdoctoral fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
Women's Studies Institute
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Office: 613-562-5800 (7339)
E-mail: christine.kelly@uottawa.ca
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My work explores the politics of care and Canadian disability movements. I have research experience with direct-funded home care models, personal support worker education, disability and health-related nonprofit organizations and disability activism in Canada.
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- Disability
- Feminist politics and theory
- Health policy
- Home care
- Human rights
- Policy
- Social justice
- Social politics
- Social trends
- Women and health
Language preference:
English only
MOREAU, Denise »
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (8306)
E-mail: dmoreau@uOttawa.ca
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Research information:
- Santé des femmes, surtout des femmes francophones en situation minoritaire
- les représentations et les pratiques de la maternité
- l'allaitement maternel
- la stratégie de communication en promotion de la santé
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Language preference:
English and French
POLOMENO, Viola »
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing
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Office: 613-562-5800 (8736)
E-mail: vpolomen@uOttawa.ca
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Known as "The Love Nurse"; specialized in perinatal sexuality; the intimacy of the parenting couple during the perinatal period (preconception, normal and at-risk pregnancy, labor and delivery, parenting, breastfeeding); francophone parenting couples in a minority situation (mothers and fathers); sexuality and health care; the training of health care professionals in perinatal sexuality and sexuality and health care.
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Language preference:
English and French
SPITZER, Denise »
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Women's Studies Institute
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Office: 613-562-5800 (1222)
E-mail: dspitzer@uottawa.ca
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I am interested in examining how global processes—intersecting with gender, ethnicity, migration status and other social identifiers—are implicated in health and well-being. At present, my program of research examines the impact of shifts in the global economy on the social and economic well-being of different groups of immigrants, migrants, and refugees and their families.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Anthropology
- Culture
- Diasporas and Remittances
- Globalization
- Immigration
- International health
- Multicultural populations
- Population health
- Stress
- Urban anthropology
- Women
- Women and health
Language preference:
English and French , German / allemand; Chinese / chinois
STRAEHLE, Christine »
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (4592)
Cell: 343-209-5252
E-mail: christine.straehle@uottawa.ca
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Cell Telephone
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I work in applied ethics in two areas. The first is on questions of migration like TFWP in Canada, Live-in-Care-Givers in Canada, and vulnerability of migrants (in particular women and sponsored spouses). I also work on questions of public health ethics and bioethics, in particular access to care and distribution of health resources in Canada and globally.
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Applied ethics
- Diasporas and Remittances
- Ethics in international affairs
- International health
- Moral philosophy
- Political philosophy
- Women and health
Language preference:
English and French , German
VLASSOFF, Carol »
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Epidemiology and Community Medicine
Contact information:
Cell: 6132613307
Home: 8199865057
E-mail: cvlassof@uottawa.ca
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Office Telephone
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My main research is on gender inequalities, especially in the developing world. I have just finished a book, Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India, Blessed with a Son, that is about son preference in rural India and why it persists despite a great deal of social and economic progress. I am also teaching a course on international health with a focus on improving health systems worldwide.
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Language preference:
English only, Spanish
WHIFFEN, Valerie E. »
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology
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E-mail: whiff@uOttawa.ca
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The psycho-social causes of depression and the impact of depression on children and spouses. Depression in the context of marital distress and attachment insecurity. Postpartum depression.
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Language preference:
English only
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