2019 Primary Research Team
Dr. Georgiades is Principal Investigator of the 2019 School Mental Health Surveys – Principal Survey. She holds the David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and the Offord Centre for Child Studies. Her research focuses on quantifying and reducing social inequalities in child and youth mental health, with a special emphasis on migrant populations and the school setting as an optimal context for interventions. More information about Dr. Georgiades can be found here. Dr. Kathy Georgiades
Research Coordinators:
- Glenda Babe serves as a Research Coordinator for the 2019 SMHS and is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Western University. Her areas of research include immigrant health, mental health, social determinants of health, demography and population health.
- Ruth Repchuck serves as a Research Coordinator for the 2019 SMHS and is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at McMaster University. Her research interests include gender, health and mental health, and work and occupations.
- Anna Kata is a Research Coordinator at the Offord Centre for Child Studies. Her research interests include mental health epidemiology and public health.
Research Assistants:
- Shraddha Mishra is entering level two in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program at McMaster University. As a Research Assistant, she has contributed to the development of the 2019 SMHS Principal Survey.
- Zeba Khoja is an incoming fourth year Bachelor of Health Science student specializing in Child Health at McMaster University. Her work as a Research Assistant with the 2019 SMHS team involves the creation and distribution of surveys.
2014 Primary Research Team
The Primary Research Team for the 2014 SMHS was based at the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
Dr. Kathy Georgiades and Dr. Michael Boyle compiled a team of experts in child and youth mental health, school climate and knowledge translation.
Dr. Georgiades was Principal Investigator of the 2014 School Mental Health Surveys and Co-Principal Investigator of the 2014 OCHS. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and a Core Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies. Dr. Georgiades research interests focus on quantifying the relative impact of ecological contexts on developmental outcomes, disaggregating the influences of socio-economic characteristics and modeling the extent to which ecological contexts may influence immigrant and non-immigrant children differently. More information about Dr. Georgiades can be found here. Dr. Kathy Georgiades
Dr. Michael Boyle
Dr. Boyle was the Principal Investigator on the 2014 OCHS and a Co-Principal Investigator for the related 2014 School Mental Health Study (SMHS). He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, a Core Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies and held the Canada Research Chair in the Social Determinants of Child Health. Dr. Boyle’s research interests focus on the determinants of child health, particularly the relationship between neighbourhood, family and individual-level characteristics, the classification and measurement of childhood psychopathology, research study design and statistical analysis. More information about Dr. Boyle can be found here.
Past Team Members:
- Melissa Kimber – Research Coordinator
- Anna Kata – Research Coordinator
- Laura Duncan – Research Coordinator
- Irene Vitoroulis – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Soyeon Kim – Postdoctoral Fellow
Alphabetical List of Co-Investigators – 2014 SMHS
| Name | Affiliation | Study Expertise |
| Dr. Kathryn Bennett | McMaster University | School-based mental health programming
Knowledge-translation |
| Dr. Wendy Craig | Queen’s University | Violence and bullying
Peer and parent relationships |
| Dr. Scott Davies | University of Toronto | Determinants of educational achievement
School sub-cultures |
| Dr. Eric Duku | McMaster University | Analysis of complex survey data
Analysis of school-based survey research |
| Dr. Magdalena Janus | McMaster University | Development of school-based instruments
Instrument validity |
| Dr. Ian Manion | Provincial Centre of Excellence on Child and Youth Mental Health | Cross-sectorial research
Youth depression and suicide |
| Dr. Kathy Short | School Mental Health ASSIST | Addressing school-based mental health
School-based mental health service delivery |
| Dr. Juliana Tobon | McMaster University | School programs for mental health
Measurement development |
| Dr. Mark Weist | University of South Carolina | School mental health programming
School health and mental health policy |
| Dr. John McLennan | University of Calgary | Service use and intervention access |
| Dr. Melissa Kimber | McMaster University | Multi-level models
Differences in proximal and distal peer influences |