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Director, ARMS
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
I am delighted that our team has launched ‘ARMS,’ the Centre for Advanced Research on Mental Health and Society at McMaster University. The goal at ARMS is to provide a hub for interdisciplinary collaboration amongst academics, students, and community members. We are dedicated to bringing together some of the brightest minds to advance our understanding of individual and societal mental health and well-being.

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Casey Scheibling
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, McMaster University

Lita Barrie
Chief Executive Officer
The Burlington Public Library

Melissa Milkie
Professor
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

Magdalena Janus
Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

Ameil Joseph
Holder, Faculty of Social Sciences Professorship in Equity, Identity and Transformation | Academic Director, Community Engaged Research and Relationships, Office of Community Engagement | Associate Professor | Graduate Chair

Paul Takala
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Librarian
The Hamilton Public Library

Julia Woodhall-Melnik
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Resilient Communities, Department of Social Science
Faculty of Arts, University of New Brunswick

Jinette Comeau
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
King’s University College at Western University

Allison Van
Executive Director, SPARK
Faculty of Social Sciences

Paul Glavin
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences

Anne Fuller
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences

Mat Savelli
Assistant (Teaching) Professor
Undergraduate Chair of the Department of Health, Aging & Society

Susanne Dorder
Counsellor, Student Wellness Center (SWC) | Sessional Instructor, Intro to Expressive Arts Therapy
M.A., R.P., CAGS., PhD Candidate

Atsushi Narisada
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Saint Mary’s University

Naomi Lightman
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Rachel Donnelly
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Vanderbilt University

Philip Badawy
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology University of Alberta

Blair Wheaton
Professor, Department of Sociology Faculty of Arts & Science
University of Toronto

Andrea Gonzalez
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

Scott Schieman
Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Science University of Toronto
Canada Research Chair in the Social Context of Heath

Diana Singh
Executive Director
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Shirin Montazer
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Wayne State University

Amanda Sim
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

Kathy Georgiades
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences. Faculty of Health Sciences

Marisa Young
Associate Professor | Graduate Chair of the Department of Sociology | Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Work-Life Transitions
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Toronto, 2013

Sue Phipps
Canadian Mental Health Association of Hamilton, Chief Executive Officer
School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences

Leora Sas van der Linden
Program Manager, Community Research Platform
Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University

James Gillett
Associate Professor
(Health, Aging & Society), B.A. Hons. (Calgary), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Jessica Maxwell
Department of Health, Aging & Society, Faculty of Social Sciences

Tara Marshall
Associate Professor | Graduate Chair of the Department of Health, Aging & Society | Director, Honours Social Psychology Program

Isabela Granic
Industry Professor
Department of Health, Aging & Society, Faculty of Social Sciences