Interests
My research interests lie in three broad areas:
- early predictors of social, economic, and health inequities across the life course
- the origins, course, and outcomes of child and adolescent externalising and internalising problems
- how climate change is affecting the healthy psychological development of children
I draw heavily on concepts and methods from developmental psychopathology and life course psychiatric epidemiology with an emphasis on birth cohorts and administrative data.
Developmental interests
- Inattention, hyperactivity, aggression
- Comorbid externalising-internalising problems
- Prosocial behaviors
- Substance use
- ADHD
Climate change interests
- Conceptual models of pathways and processes linking climate and mental health
- Empirical studies of the effects of climatic stressors on mental health
- Psychological/emotional responses to climate change
Methods
- Longitudinal designs, birth cohorts
- Population, survey, and registry data
- Mediation and path analysis
- Trajectory modeling
Teaching
- Psychosocial difficulties Bacherlor’s program
- Psychosocial difficulties Master’s program
Background
- CIHR postdoctoral fellow, University of Montreal
- DPhil/PhD psychiatry, University of Oxford
- MSc mental health studies, King’s college London
- BSc psychology, University of Aberdeen
Availability
By appointment