John Cairney, McMaster University
Associate Professor
Family Medicine
Hamilton, Ontario
cairnej@mcmaster.ca
Office:
(905) 525-9140 ext. 28506
Bio/Research
Dr. John Cairney received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Western Ontario in 2002. He also completed post-doctoral training in psychiatric epidemiology under Dr. Michael Boyle and Dr. Dan Offord at the Centre for Studies of Children at Risk at McMaster University (2001-2002).
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Bio/Research
Dr. John Cairney received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Western Ontario in 2002. He also completed post-doctoral training in psychiatric epidemiology under Dr. Michael Boyle and Dr. Dan Offord at the Centre for Studies of Children at Risk at McMaster University (2001-2002).
Prior to coming to McMaster, Dr. Cairney held a Canada Research Chair in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (2005-2008), and was also Senior Scientist in the Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He was the youngest scientist to be awarded a Canada Research Chair at CAMH, and the youngest member of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto to hold such a distinction.
Dr. Cairney is the inaugural holder of the McMaster Family Medicine Professorship in Child Health Research, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences. He is the Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and an Associate Member of the CanChild Centre for Studies in Disability (http://www.canchild.ca). Dr. Cairney also carries the titles of: Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Adjunct Scientist in the Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (www.camh.net), as well as Associate Member in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics here at McMaster (http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/ceb).
Dr. Cairney has two main areas of interest: the epidemiology of mental health problems across the life span, and the impact of childhood physical disability on psychosocial and physical development in children. With regards to the first area, Dr. Cairney studies the impact of single parenthood on mental health in both women and men, the epidemiology of psychiatric disorder in old age, the impact of social disadvantage and stress on psychiatric distress, the epidemiology of bipolar disorder in Canada, and the impact of stigma and discrimination on quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Cairney's work in childhood disability has focused on Development Coordination Disorder and its impact on physical and psychological well-being in children. Dr. Cairney is currently a co-principal investigator on two large CIHR funded studies examining the changes over time in cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. obesity, physical fitness, hypertension) in a large sample of children with coordination problems (with Dr. John Hay) and a study with Dr. Cheryl Missiuna from the CanChild Centre that examines the association between coordination problems, depression and social anxiety in school age children.
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Prior to coming to McMaster, Dr. Cairney held a Canada Research Chair in Psychiatric Epidemiology from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto (2005-2008), and was also Senior Scientist in the Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He was the youngest scientist to be awarded a Canada Research Chair at CAMH, and the youngest member of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto to hold such a distinction.
Dr. Cairney is the inaugural holder of the McMaster Family Medicine Professorship in Child Health Research, and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences. He is the Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine and an Associate Member of the CanChild Centre for Studies in Disability (http://www.canchild.ca). Dr. Cairney also carries the titles of: Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Adjunct Scientist in the Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (www.camh.net), as well as Associate Member in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics here at McMaster (http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/ceb).
Dr. Cairney has two main areas of interest: the epidemiology of mental health problems across the life span, and the impact of childhood physical disability on psychosocial and physical development in children. With regards to the first area, Dr. Cairney studies the impact of single parenthood on mental health in both women and men, the epidemiology of psychiatric disorder in old age, the impact of social disadvantage and stress on psychiatric distress, the epidemiology of bipolar disorder in Canada, and the impact of stigma and discrimination on quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Cairney's work in childhood disability has focused on Development Coordination Disorder and its impact on physical and psychological well-being in children. Dr. Cairney is currently a co-principal investigator on two large CIHR funded studies examining the changes over time in cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. obesity, physical fitness, hypertension) in a large sample of children with coordination problems (with Dr. John Hay) and a study with Dr. Cheryl Missiuna from the CanChild Centre that examines the association between coordination problems, depression and social anxiety in school age children.
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