Health and Aging

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The Department of Health, Aging and Society offers programs leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees.

Enquiries: 905 525-9140 ext. 27035
Fax: 905-529-2152
Email: hasdept@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://www.healthagingandsociety.mcmaster.ca

Faculty/Fall 2015

Professors

Gavin Andrews, B.A. (Wales), Ph.D. (Nottingham)
James R. Dunn, B.Arts.Sc., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
Chris Sinding, B.A. (Western), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Work

Associate Professors

Lori Campbell, B.A., M.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Guelph)/Sociology
James Gillett, B.A. (Calgary), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Sociology/Chair
Amanda Grenier, B.S.W. (Windsor), M.S.W., Ph.D. (McGill)
Michel Grignon, M.Sc. (ENSAE, Paris, France), Ph.D. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France)/Economics
Anju Joshi, B.A., M.A. (Dalhousie)
Lydia Kapiriri, M.D. (Makerere), M.P.H. (Royal Tropical Inst.), M. Med. Ph. (Makere), Ph.D. (Bergen)
Geraldine Voros, B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (McMaster)

Assistant Professors

Chelsea Gabel, B.A. (Western), M.A. (Windsor), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Indigenous Studies
Meridith Griffin, B.Kin. (McMaster), M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Exeter)/Social Psychology
Stephanie Premji, B.A. (Concordia), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Montreal)/Labour Studies
 

Associate Members

Jane Aronson, B.Sc. (New University of Ulster), B.S.W., M.S.W. (McGill), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Work
Roy Cain, B.S.W., M.S.W., Ph.D. (McGill)/Social Work
David Clark, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western Ontario)/English and Cultural Studies
Laurie C. Doering, B.Sc, (Queen’s) M.Sc., Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)/Pathology and Molecular Medicine
James W. Gladstone, B.A. (McGill), M.S.W. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Work
Jeremiah E. Hurley, B.A. (John Carroll), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)/Economics
Carrie McAiney, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Christina Moffat, B.Sc. (Toronto), B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Anthropology
Jenny Ploeg, B.Sc.N., M.Sc.N. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto), R.N./Nursing
Ellen B. Ryan, B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry
Byron G. Spencer, B.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Rice)/Economics
Rachel Zhou, B.A. (Wuhan University), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Work

Adjunct Members

Sherry Dupuis, B.Mus. (Queen’s), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Guelph)/Waterloo
Catherine Ward-Griffin, B.Sc.N., M.Sc.N. (Western Ontario), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Western Ontario

Professor Emeriti

Margaret A. Denton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Sociology
Carolyn Rosenthal, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Sociology

Programs

• Health and Aging, M.A.

• Health Studies, Ph.D.
• Social Gerontology, Ph.D.

• Health and Aging Courses

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