Advisory Board Members

Member, Canadian Association of College & University Student Services
Member, AFMC Okanagan Charter Collaborative

Recent Publications:

• “With me and for me”: Perspectives of Service Users with Complex Health and Social Needs on Mental Health Care.  Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health.  11:519-529. 2024
  
• Targeted Child Mental Health Prevention and Parenting Support Within a Canadian Context: A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the U.S.-Developed Family Check-Up®..  Prevention Science.  1-13. 2024
• Impact of a cognitive behavioural therapy training program on family physician practices.  Canadian Family Physician.  69:784-791. 2023
  
• A Multilevel Framework for Complex Care: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.  Health and Social Care in the Community.  2023:1-14. 2023

Primary Area of Research:

• Gender, Sexuality, and Family
• Social Psychology
• Sexuality and Interpersonal Relationships

Recent Publications:

• Joel, S., Maxwell, J. A., Khera, D., Peetz, J., Baucom, B. R. W., & MacDonald, G. (2023). Expect and you shall perceive: People who expect better in turn perceive better behaviors from their romantic partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(6), 1230–1255.
• Peragine, D. E., Skorska, M. N., Maxwell, J. A., Impett, E. A., & VanderLaan, D. P. (2022). A Learning Experience? Enjoyment at Sexual Debut and the Gender Gap in Sexual Desire among Emerging Adults. Journal of sex research, 59(9), 1092–1109.
• Baxter, A., Maxwell, J. A., Bales, K. L., Finkel, E. J., Impett, E. A., & Eastwick, P. W. (2022). Initial impressions of compatibility and mate value predict later dating and romantic interest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(45), e220692511

Current Research Projects:

•  Her current research focuses on the generalisability of existing findings in the literature, such as examining whether findings hold true across different sexual orientations and socioeconomic statuses.

Past Grant/Research Projects:

•  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2013-2016.  Attachment and detecting positive cues from a romantic partner.  $105,000.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2014-2015.  Expectations for sexual frequency in marriage.  $6,000.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2011-2012.  The relationship between perceived partner regard and appearance as influenced by attachment anxiety and partner.  $17,500.

Primary Area of Research:

• Housing inequality
• Health Equity
• Resilient Communities

Recent Publications:

• Matheson, F. I., Dastoori, P., Hahmann, T., Woodhall-Melnik, J., Guilcher, S. J., & Hamilton-Wright, S. (2021). Prevalence of Problem Gambling Among Women Using Shelter and Drop-in Services. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.
• Mejia-Lancheros, C., Woodhall-Melnik, J., Wang, R., Hwang, S. W., Stergiopoulos, V., & Durbin, A. (2021). Associations of resilience with quality of life levels in adults experiencing homelessness and mental illness: a longitudinal study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1), 1-9.
• Woodhall-Melnik, J., & Weissman, E. P. (2021). Living with disaster: exploring complex decisions to stay in or leave flood prone areas. Housing Studies, 1-23.
• Mejia-Lancheros, C., Lachaud, J., Woodhall-Melnik, J., O’Campo, P., Hwang, S. W., & Stergiopoulos, V. (2021). Longitudinal interrelationships of mental health discrimination and stigma with housing and well-being outcomes in adults with mental illness and recent experience of homelessness. Social Science & Medicine, 268, 113463.