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Phoebe Friesen and colleagues have been awarded a Discovery Award from the Wellcome Trust. Under the leadership of Emilie Cloatre, they will explore how unproven, disproven, or misleading health-related claims are regulated in contemporary states; examine the socio-political implications of current strategies; and imagine and propose alternative legal models. More information here.


Jill Baumgartner was quoted in the CBC News article written by Isaac Olson on September 28, 2024 - A lithium battery fire sent toxic gas over Montreal. Are we ready for such emergencies? Exposure to high levels of hydrogen fluoride can cause chemical burns and other health risks.


Palmer, A., Danioko, A., & Koski, A. (2024). The effect of extreme weather events on the frequency of child marriage: A systematic review of the evidence. Sustainable Development, 1–14. doi.org/10.1002/sd.3201


Jill Baumgartner was quoted in the Montreal Gazette article - Charging your phone overnight? Montreal firefighters want you to stop: the batteries can catch fire by overheating, which triggers a "thermal runaway" - a chain reaction that leads to fast-spreading flames. Written by Harry North on September 25, 2024.


The research of Jill Baumgartner was mentioned in the September 24th McGill Newsroom Institutional Communications article - Experts: Lithium battery fire near Port of Montreal.


Godard-Sebillotte, Claire, Geneviève Arsenault-Lapierre, Nadia Sourial, Sanjna Navani, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Louis Rochette, Victoria Massamba, and Isabelle Vedel. "Understanding Underdiagnosis in Dementia: How May Material Deprivation Play a Role in Quebec?." Canadian Geriatrics Journal 27, no. 3 (2024): 395-396.


Victoire Michal, Jon Wakefield, Alexandra M Schmidt, Alicia Cavanaugh, Brian E Robinson, Jill Baumgartner, Model-Based Prediction for Small Domains Using Covariates: A Comparison of Four Methods, Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 2024;, smae032, doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smae032.


The Plant-based and Vegan Handbook coverVoigt, K. (2024). Zoopolis: Imagining a Just Multi-species World. In: Athanassakis, Y., Larue, R., O’Donohue, W. (eds) The Plant-based and Vegan Handbook. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63083-5_15.


Dawit Guta, Hisham Zerriffi, Jill Baumgartner, Abhishek Jain, Sunil Mani, Darby Jack, Ellison Carter, Guofeng Shen, Jennifer Orgill-Meyer, Joshua Rosenthal, Katherine Dickinson, Rob Bailis, Yuta J. Masuda, The impact of LPG consumption on cooking energy efficiency: Evidence from rural Indian household panel data, World Development Perspectives, Volume 36, 2024, 100627, ISSN 2452-2929, doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2024.100627.


Cavanaugh, Alicia & Bixby, Honor & Mangwani, Saeesh & Agyei-Mensah, Samuel & Awuni, Cynthia & Baumgartner, Jill & Owusu, George & Robinson, Brian. (2024). From consumption to context: assessing poverty and inequality across diverse socio-ecological systems in Ghana. Environmental Research Communications. 6. 10.1088/2515-7620/ad76ff.


Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice book coverBeaudry, JS. (2024). The Disabled Contract: A Précis. In: Bianchi, A., Vogt, J.A. (eds) Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: Ethics and Practice. The International Library of Bioethics, vol 108. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61565-8_2.


Daniel Weinstock has been honoured by the Royal Society of Canada.


Van Roost, Kaya, Alissa Koski, Megan Butler, and Miranda Horn. 2024. “Changes in Statutory Rape Laws Across the United States from 2000 to 2021: A Publicly Available, Longitudinal Database.” OSF Preprints. August 29. doi:10.31219/osf.io/9b3vz.


Ahrens KA, Janevic T, Strumpf EC, Nandi A, Ortiz JR, Hutcheon JA. Paid Family Leave and Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infections in Young Infants. JAMA Pediatr. Published online August 26, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3184.


Gabrielle Virgili-Gervais, Alexandra M Schmidt, Honor Bixby, Alicia Cavanaugh, George Owusu, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Brian Robinson, Jill Baumgartner, Mapping socio-economic status using mixed data: a hierarchical Bayesian approach, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 2024;, qnae080, doi.org/10.1093/jrsssa/qnae080.


Kimmelman J. Commentary on Astrachan et al. The transmutation of research risk in pragmatic clinical trials. Clinical Trials. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/17407745241266168


Clara Bolster-Foucault, Isabelle Vedel, Giovanna Busa, Georgia Hacker, Nadia Sourial, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Social inequity in ageing in place among older adults in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries: a mixed studies systematic review, Age and Ageing, Volume 53, Issue 8, August 2024, afae166, doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afae166.


Kimmelman J, Bodilly Kane P, Bicer S, Carlisle BG. Preclinical assessment for translation to humans: The PATH approach for assessing supporting evidence for early-phase trials and innovative care. Med. 2024 Aug 1:S2666-6340(24)00296-4. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2024.07.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39116871.


Jacobs E, Earp BD, Appelbaum PS, Bruce L, Cassidy K, Celidwen Y, Cheung K, Clancy SK, Devenot N, Evans J, Lynch HF, Friesen P, Romeu AG, Gehani N, Maloof M, Marcus O, Martin Moen O, Mertens M, Nayak SM, Noorani T, Patch K, Porsdam-Mann S, Raj G, Rajwani K, Ray K, Smith W, Villiger D, Levy N, Crisp R, Savulescu J, Singh I, Yaden DB. The Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelics Ethics (HOPE) Working Group Consensus Statement. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jul;24(7):6-12. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2342764. Epub 2024 May 2. PMID: 38695382.


Laura Andrea Rodriguez Villamizar, Yurley Rojas, Sara Grisales, Sonia Mangones, Jhon Cáceres, Dayana M Agudelo Castañeda, Victor Herrera, Diana Marín, Juan G Piñeros JiménezLuis C Belalcázar Ceron, Oscar Alberto Rojas Sánchez, Jonathan Ochoa Villegas, Scott Weichenthal, Jill Baumgartner, Néstor Y Rojas. ISEE 2024: 36th Annual Conference of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology. Long-term effects of air pollution on health in the five largest cities in Colombia. ISEE Conference Abstracts. Volume 2024. Issue 1.


Develay É, Dassieu L, Beauchet O, Galery K, Quesnel-Vallée A, Karunananthan S, Godard-Sebillotte C, Archambault P, Launay C, Tchouaket É, Puzhko S, Holyoke P, Sourial N. Prioritizing protecting oneself over the COVID-19 virus versus other health and social needs among older adults living alone: a qualitative study. Gerontologist. 2024 Jul 24:gnae089. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnae089. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39046833.


Climate Change and Mental Health Equity Book CoverMassazza A, Nemiro A, Hijazi Z, Snider L, Graef V, Hill KX, Augustinavicius J. Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in the Context of the Climate and Ecological Crisis. In Climate Change and Mental Health Equity 2024 Jul 19 (pp. 361-381). Cham: Springer International Publishing.


Dufour I, Margo-Dermer E, Hudon C, Sirois C, Godard-Sebillotte C, Sourial N, Rochette L, Quesnel-Vallée A, Vedel I. Profiles of healthcare use of persons living with dementia: A population-based cohort study. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2024 Jul 5. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14930. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38967091.


Friesen, P. (2024). Why Democratize Psychiatric Research?Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 31(2), 117-133. doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2024.a930487.


Amélie Quesnel-Vallée co-authored the following article:
Arora, A.K., Vicente, S., Engler, K. et al. Patient-reported outcomes and experiences of migrants enrolled in a multidisciplinary HIV clinic with rapid, free, and onsite treatment dispensation: the ‘ASAP’ study. AIDS Res Ther 21, 40 (2024). doi.org/10.1186/s12981-024-00632-5.


Phoebe Friesen, Wan-Li Sun, Sarah Towle. Consent and Educational Sensitive Exams on Anesthetized Patients: Experiences of Medical Students Across Canada. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada. 2024, 102585, ISSN 1701-2163, doi.org/10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102585.


Butler, M., Churipuy, M. & Koski, A. A Scoping Review of Research on the Frequency of Teen Pregnancy and Childbearing and Its Effects on Obstetric Outcomes in Canada. Can. Stud. Popul. 51, 5 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s42650-024-00084-2.


Moyer, Hannah, Robyn Mellett, Karine Vigneault, Maya McKeown, Jason Karlawish, Erika Augustine, Lon Schneider, and Jonathan Kimmelman. "Prevalence and Impact of Bypassing or Overriding Phase 2 Trials in Neurologic Drug Development." Neurology 103, no. 1 (2024): e209533.


Jeffers, M. S., Bapuji, R., Wotherspoon, H., Kimmelman, J., Bedford, P., McIsaac, D. I., … Fergusson, D. A. (2024, May 22). Synthesizing regulatory guidance for demonstrating preclinical efficacy and translating promising cell therapies to early phase clinical trials: a scoping review. doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/C3FXD.


Kolpashnikova, K., Li, Z., & Quesnel-Vallée, A. (2024). Visualizing Daily Time Use on Housework in Canada: Persistence and Patterns. Socius10doi.org/10.1177/23780231241257345.


The Routledge Handbook of Essence in Philosophy CoverStoljar, N. (2024). "Chapter 26: Social Justice". In The Routledge Handbook of Essence in Philosophy. Edited by Kathrin Koslicki, Michael J. Raven. Published by Routledge. New York, NY. ISBN 9780367442798.


Jonathan Kimmelman was quoted in the following Science.org article: Joining a cancer trial doesn’t improve survival odds: Meta-analysis questions often-implied benefit of clinical studies on May 22, 2024 by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel.


Iskander R, Moyer H, Vigneault K, Mahmud SM, Kimmelman J. Survival Benefit Associated With Participation in Clinical Trials of Anticancer Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. Published online May 20, 2024. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.6281.


Arsenault-Lapierre G, Godard-Sebillotte C, Bui T, Sourial N, Rochette L, Massamba V, Sirois C, Kosteniuk J, Morgan D, Quesnel-Vallée A, Vedel I. Rural-Urban Differences in Healthcare Use in Persons With Dementia Between 2000 and 2019: A Quebec Population-Based Study. Healthc Policy. 2024 Feb;19(3):78-95. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27281. PMID: 38721736.


Dufour I, Brodeur S, Courteau J, Roy MA, Vanasse A, Quesnel-Vallee A, Vedel I. Care trajectories around a first dementia diagnosis in patients with serious mental illness. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2024 May 6. doi: 10.1111/ggi.14889. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38710639.


Phoebe Friesen co-authored the following article: Jacobs, E., Earp, B. D., Appelbaum, P. S., Bruce, L., Cassidy, K., Celidwen, Y., … Yaden, D. B. (2024). The Hopkins-Oxford Psychedelics Ethics (HOPE) Working Group Consensus Statement. The American Journal of Bioethics, 1–7. doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2024.2342764.


The Afterworld: Long COVID and International RelationsBenyekhlef, K., Amicelle, A., King, N., Tanner, S. (2024). "Chapter 4: Information Technology". In The Afterworld: Long COVID and International Relations. Edited by by Frédéric Mérand & Jennifer Welsh. University of Ottawa Press. ISBN: 9780776641553. ISBN-10: 0776641557.


Franca Maino & Antonia Maioni (02 May 2024): Federalism and Health Care: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Canada and Italy, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/13876988.2024.2336538


Phoebe Friesen was quoted in the McGill Newsroom article entitled, Divisive diagnosis raised in George Floyd case under scrutiny on April 25, 2024.


Fine, S. L., Augustinavicius, J. L., Barnabas, E., Poli, M. K., Tierney, D., & Bolton, P. (2024). Perceptions of mental health and psychosocial problems among conflict-affected adults in North Bougainville: Results of a rapid qualitative assessment. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 18. doi.org/10.1177/18344909241249593.


Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Emmanuelle Arpin. (Re)examining the Canadian Health Care System through an Equity Lens. Canadian Public Policy. e2023060. 10.3138/cpp.2023-060 [doi]. utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cpp.2023-060. utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cpp.2023-060.


Renata Iskander, Hannah Moyer, Dean Fergusson, Sean McGrath, Andrea Benedetti and Jonathan Kimmelman. The Benefits and Risks of Receiving Investigational Solid Tumor Drugs in Randomized Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. [Epub 30 April 2024]. doi:10.7326/M23-2515.


The research of J. S. Beaudry was discussed in The Daily Beacon article Internationally recognized scholar gives disability law presentation written by Jack Dees on April 30th, 2024.


Research Handbook on Health Care Policy coverArpin, E., Quesnel-Vallée, A., Allin, S., & Marchildon, G.P. (2024). "Chapter 22: Canada’s health care system: the promises and challenges of a federated system". In Research Handbook on Health Care Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from doi.org/10.4337/9781800887565.00031.


Jill Baumgartner was a discussant at the World Health Organization's webinar - Clean air for public health - Assessing population exposure to air pollution on April 22, 2024. 


Nicholas King has been appointed to the FMHS Honour List for Educational Excellence.


Koski, A., Siddiqi, M., & Greene, M. E. (2024). Re-emphasizing the individual components of ‘child, early, and forced marriage.’ The International Journal of Human Rights, 1–13. doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2024.2335549.


Jura Augustinavicius was interviewed by Swedish National Radio on climate change and Mental Health as she was a keynote speaker at the 2nd Nordic conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings that took place in Malmö Sweden.


Arsenault-Lapierre G, Bui T, Godard-Sebillotte C, Kang N, Sourial N, Rochette L, Massamba V, Quesnel-Vallée A, Vedel I. Sex Differences in Healthcare Utilization in Persons Living with Dementia Between 2000 and 2017: A Population-Based Study in Quebec, Canada. J Aging Health. 2024 Mar 30:8982643241242512. doi: 10.1177/08982643241242512. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38554023.


Bhuwania P, Raub A, Sprague A, Martin A, Bose B, Kidman R, Nandi A, Behrman JR, Heymann J. (2024) Impact of laws prohibiting domestic violence on wasting in early childhood. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0301224. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301224.


Jill Baumgartner was quoted in the CBC News article by Anand Ram on March 28 Low-cost sensors can point to solutions for world's most polluted cities: Sensors that cost hundreds instead of tens of thousands of dollars can help pollution hot spots.


Xiang Zhang, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Brian E. Robinson. Rural household energy transition in China: Trends and challenges. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 450, April 15 2024, 141871, ISSN 0959-6526. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141871. (sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652624013192).


Khan, R. H., Bayazid, A. R., Lee, M., Hasan, Md. K., Anonna, T. A., Rosenthal, L., Quayyum, Z., Barratt, B., and Baumgartner, J.: City-wide measurement of outdoor PM2.5 and black carbon to support evidence-based environmental policy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-138, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-138, 2024.


Christopher Barrington-Leigh was quoted in the Global News article by Sean Previl, The kids are not OK. New data shows Canadians under-30 'very unhappy'.


The research of Alissa Koski was discussed in the Medicine Hat News article by Linda Tooth on March 20th, Let’s Chat: My journey with feminism.


Christopher Barrington-Leigh was quoted in an article in the McGill Newsroom - Institutional Communications by Keila DePape on March 20th. Expert: World Happiness Report 2024.


Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry has been appointed Canada Research Chair in Health, Inclusion and Ethics, CIHR, Tier 2, as described in the McGill Reporter article by Robin Koning on March 13, 2024.


Pandemic Societies coverKing, Nicholas B.. "Science and Public Policy in a Post-Pandemic World". Pandemic Societies, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021, pp. 219-227. doi.org/10.1515/9780228010333-014.

Denis, Jean-Louis, Régis, Catherine and Weinstock, Daniel M.. Pandemic Societies, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021. doi.org/10.1515/9780228010333.

Weinstock, Daniel. "Can Sports Partisanship Survive in the Pandemic World?". Pandemic Societies, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021, pp. 54-67. doi.org/10.1515/9780228010333-005.


Idiatou Diallo, Linchen He, Kirsten Koehler, Adam P. Spira, Rasika Kale, Jierui Ou, Genee Smith, Sabriya L. Linton, Jura Augustinavicius. Community perspectives on heat and health in Baltimore City. Urban Climate. Volume 54, 2024, 101841, ISSN 2212-0955. doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.101841.


Weinstock, Daniel M., 'A Republican Theory of Elections', in Frank Lovett, and Mortimer Sellers (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Republicanism (online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Jan. 2024), doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197754115.013.22, accessed 7 Mar. 2024.


The research of Jonathan Kimmelman was discussed in the The Star article by Lisa Krieger 'Linking our brains and computers': Elon Musk's controversial dive into human experimentation?


Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict CoverJura Augustinavicius contributed to the following book: Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict. Edited by Myriam Denov and Maya Fennig 2024. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. UK. Print ISBN: 9781839104800. eISBN: 9781839104817. DOI: doi.org/10.4337/9781839104817.


Jill Baumgartner co-authored the following Accepted Manuscript. Jiayuan Wang et al 2024. Environ. Res. Lett. in press. Inequalities in urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa: An empirical modelling of ambient NO and NO2 concentrations in Accra, Ghana. doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2892.


The research of Christopher Barrington-Leigh was discussed in a McGill Newsroom Institutional Communications article by Katherine Gombay on February 8th entitled, Surprising new evidence on happiness and wealth: Survey of people living in small, rural communities around the world suggests income not key to happiness.


Galbraith ED, Barrington-Leigh C, Miñarro S, Álvarez-Fernández S, Attoh EMNAN, Benyei P, Calvet-Mir L, Carmona R, Chakauya R, Chen Z, Chengula F, Fernández-Llamazares Á, García-Del-Amo D, Glauser M, Huanca T, Izquierdo AE, Junqueira AB, Lanker M, Li X, Mariel J, Miara MD, Porcher V, Porcuna-Ferrer A, Schlingmann A, Seidler R, Shrestha UB, Singh P, Torrents-Ticó M, Ulambayar T, Wu R, Reyes-García V. High life satisfaction reported among small-scale societies with low incomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 13;121(7):e2311703121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2311703121. Epub 2024 Feb 5. PMID: 38315863; PMCID: PMC10873637.


Grabitz P, Saksone L, Schorr SG, Schwietering J, Bittlinger M, Kimmelman J. Research encouraging off-label use of quetiapine: A systematic meta-epidemiological analysis. Clinical Trials. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/17407745231225470.


Skorburg, J. A., O'Doherty, K., & Friesen, P. (2024). Persons or data points? Ethics, artificial intelligence, and the participatory turn in mental health research. American Psychologist, 79(1), 137–149. doi.org/10.1037/amp0001168


Arora AK, Vicente S, Engler K, Lessard D, Huerta E, Ishak J, Routy JP, Klein M, Kronfli N, Cox J, Lemire B, de Pokomandy A, Del Balso L, Sebastiani G, Vedel I, Quesnel-Vallée A; ASAP Migrant Advisory Committee; Lebouché B. Impact of social determinants of health on time to antiretroviral therapy initiation and HIV viral undetectability for migrants enrolled in a multidisciplinary HIV clinic with rapid, free, and onsite B/F/TAF: 'The ASAP study'. HIV Med. 2024 Jan 11. doi: 10.1111/hiv.13608. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38213087.


Chai Y, Nandi A, Heymann J. Is the impact of paid maternity leave policy on the prevalence of childhood diarrhoea mediated by breastfeeding duration? A causal mediation analysis using quasi-experimental evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Open 2024;14:e071520. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071520


Miles G. Taylor, Dawn C. Carr, Rebekah Carpenter & Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (2024) Work and income instability and retirement financial wellbeing for women and men, Journal of Women & Aging, DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2023.2286846


Ishola, F., Rosario, C., Griffin, S., Khosa, D., & Nandi, A. Abortion Legal Reform and Neonatal Mortality in Mozambique. Matern Child Health J (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03876-1.


Beyond Classical Liberalism book coverNatalie Stoljar wrote the following chapter - The perfectionist challenge to relational theories of justice in Beyond Classical Liberalism: Freedom and the Good edited by James Dominic Rooney and Patrick Zoll. 2024. Published by Routledge. London.


Martin A, Sprague A, Raub A, Bose B, Bhuwania P, Kidman R, Nandi A, Behrman J, Heymann J. The intergenerational effect of tuition-free lower-secondary education on children's nutritional outcomes in Africa. Glob Public Health. 2024 Jan;19(1):2291703. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2291703. Epub 2023 Dec 20. PMID: 38118117.


Alissa Koski, Kaya Van Roost, Fraidy Reiss. State and sex-specific trends in the annual incidence of child marriage in the United States since the year 2000. Child Abuse & Neglect. Volume 147. January 2024. 106566. ISSN 0145-2134. doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106566.


Dawit Guta, Hisham Zerriffi, Jill Baumgartner, Abhishek Jain, Sunil Mani, Darby Jack, Ellison Carter, Guofeng Shen, Jennifer Orgill-Meyer, Joshua Rosenthal, Katherine Dickinson, Rob Bailis, Yuta Masuda, Moving Beyond Clean Cooking Energy adoption: Using Indian ACCESS panel data to understand solid fuel suspension. Energy Policy, Volume 184, 2024. 113908. ISSN 0301-4215. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113908.

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