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 2026

Professors

Gavin Andrews, B.A. (Wales), Ph.D. (Nottingham)
Yukiko Asada, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Tsukuba, Japan), Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison)
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
Meridith Griffin, B.Kin. (McMaster), M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Exeter)/Social Psychology/Chair
Michel Grignon, M.Sc. (ENSAE, Paris, France), Ph.D. (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France)/Economics
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)
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
Jessica Maxwell, B.A. (Queens), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Social Psychology
Mathew Savelli, B.A. (McMaster), M.Sc., D.Phil. (Oxford)/Arts & Science

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
Stephanie E. Gauvin, B.Sc. (Saint Mary’s), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Queen’s)/Acadia
Anthea Innes, B.A., M.Sc. (Stirling), Ph.D. (Bradford)/UHI
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)/MCHE
Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, B.Sc., Ph.D (Waterloo)/SJHS
Geraldine Voros, B.A. (Guelph), M.A. (McMaster)
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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