Health, Aging & Society

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

Enquiries: 905 525-9140 ext. 27961
Email: hasdept@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://healthagingandsociety.mcmaster.ca

Faculty/Fall 2025

Professors

Gavin Andrews, B.A. (Wales), Ph.D. (Nottingham)
James R. Dunn, B.Arts.Sc., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
Chelsea Gabel, B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (Windsor), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Indigenous Studies
Michel Grignon, M.Sc. (ENSAE, Paris, France), Ph.D. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France)/Economics
Anthea Innes, B.A., M.Sc. (Stirling), Ph.D. (Bradford)
Lydia Kapiriri, M.D. (Makerere), M.P.H. (KIT Royal Tropical Inst.), M. Med. Ph. (Makerere), Ph.D. (Bergen)
Chris Sinding, B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Work
Y. Rachel Zhou, B.A. LLM (Wuhan, China), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)

Associate Professors

Nicole Dalmer, B.Sc., M.L.I.S. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Western Ontario)
James Gillett, B.A. (Calgary), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Meridith Griffin, B.Kin. (McMaster), M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Exeter)/Social Psychology/Chair
Randy Jackson, B.A. (Ottawa), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Social Work
Tara Marshall, B.A. (Queen’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Psychology
Mathew Savelli, B.A. (McMaster), M.Sc., D.Phil. (Oxford)/Arts & Science
Geraldine Voros, B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (McMaster)

Assistant Professors

Jessica Maxwell, B.A. (Queens), M.A.,Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Psychology

Associate Members

Gina Agarwal, M.B.B.S., D.F.F.P. (London), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Family Medicine
David Clark, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Western)/English and Cultural Studies
Jeremiah E. Hurley, B.A. (John Carroll), M.A., Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)/Economics
Nick Kates, B.Med. (London), M.C.F.P./Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Tina Moffat, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Anthropology
Allison Williams, B.A. (Bishop’s), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York)/Earth, Environment & Society 
Marisa Young, B.A., M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Sociology

Adjunct Members

Ellie Berger, B.A. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (McMaster)/Nipissing
Larkin Lamarche, B.PhEd., M.A. (Brock), Ph.D. (Toronto)/York
Duncan Maclennan, M.A., M.Phil (Glasgow)/Glasgow
Mark Norman, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. (Toronto)/St. Francis Xavier
Jason Powell, B.A., M.A. (Liverpool), Ph.D. (John Moores)/MILE
Fran Scott, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster)/MIHE
Michelle Wyndham-West, B.A. (York), M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (York)/OCAD

Professor Emeriti

Margaret A. Denton, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Sociology
Carolyn Rosenthal, B.A. (Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Sociology
Ellen B. Ryan, B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences

Programs

• Health and Aging, M.A.

• Health & Society, Ph.D.
• Social Gerontology, Ph.D.

• Health, Aging & Society Courses

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