Megan

Fleming

Megan Fleming

Name Megan Fleming
Email megan.fleming@utoronto.ca
Current Role CanPath Communications & Knowledge Translation Officer
Thesis Topic

Short: The effect of message framing in wildfire news reports on risk perception

Long: How wildfire message framings in local news reports affect community members’ risk perceptions of imminent wildfire events (e.g., perceived severity, concerns about the consequences of the wildfire, intentions to engage in health-protective behaviours)
Bio Megan Fleming, MSc (Health Promotion), BSc (Psychology), is the Communications & Knowledge Translation Officer at the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath). She leads communications activities for Canada’s largest population health cohort, which examines Canadians’ biology, behaviours, and environments related to the causes of chronic disease and cancer.
At CanPath, Megan implements the communications strategy to market the cohort and translate knowledge from research studies using the cohort’s data. She collaborates with the pan-Canadian communications group to plan campaigns to promote virtual events and to organize national and regional presence at in-person events.
Megan ensures that CanPath maintains continued, strong partnerships with stakeholders and communications leads in related departments and organizations to amplify the promotion of CanPath events, grant opportunities, job postings, and news stories.
She published in Science Communication on the role of metaphorical language in discussing natural disasters when developing risk communications.
Dr. Meshack Achore

Meshack

Achore

Meshack Achore

Name Meshack Achore
Email 18ma42@queensu.ca
Current Role Assistant Professor of Public Health
Thesis Topic Coping with Water Insecurity in Urban Ghana: Health Implications and Intervention Outcomes During COVID-19
Bio Dr. Meshack Achore completed his doctoral degree in Kinesiology and Health Studies (Health Promotion stream) at Queens University in 2022. Before his doctorate, Dr. Achore had a Master of Public Health degree from McGill University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Ghana. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Public Health and a Faculty in Residence at Hofstra University in New York. Before his current role, Dr. Achore worked with the World Bank as a research associate and consultant. His research broadly focuses on health inequities and the socio-environmental production of health. His interests include applied global, population, and public health research, maternal and child health, non-communicable diseases, and the evaluation of large-scale interventions. For his non-academic interests, Dr. Achore enjoys dancing, trying different international cuisines, and experiencing other cultures.
Urbanus Wedaaba Azupogo

Urbanus

Azupogo

Urbanus Azupogo

Email 20uwa@queensu.ca
Current Role PhD Candidate
Thesis Topic Promoting Access To Inclusive Water, Sanitation, And Hygiene (Wash) Services For Students With Physical Disabilities In Ghana
Bio

Urbanus Azupogo, MSc (Health Promotion), MSc (Land Governance and Policy), BSc (Land Management), is a dedicated Public Health Researcher with a diverse academic background and extensive experience in health promotion, land management, and community development. He completed his Master of Science in Health Promotion at Queen’s University and holds another MSc in Land Governance and Policy from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Urbanus also earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Land Management from the University for Development Studies (UDS).

Urbanus’s work primarily focuses on the intersection of land governance, public health, and community development, particularly in vulnerable African communities. His research interests include exploring the impacts of land policies on health outcomes, promoting health equity, and developing sustainable land use practices.

learn more at www.urbanusazupogo.com

Erynn

Monette

Erynn Monette

Queen’s Email  erynn.monette@queensu.ca 
Position/Level of Training  Ph.D. Candidate 
Research Interests  medical anthropology, community-based participatory methods, rural health, palliative care, infectious disease, global health equity 
Bio  Erynn Monette is a M.D./Ph.D. candidate interested in cultural determinants of rural health care in Canada and beyond. Her doctoral research uses anthropological and community-based methods to identify social and cultural resources to support community palliative care in communities in Belize.  

 

Erynn completed her (H)B.Sc. in Life Sciences from McMaster University (2018) and her M.Sc. in Health Promotion from Western University (2020). Her Ph.D. research is supported by a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and IDRC International Development Research Award. 
Awards  SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral (2023-2026) 

IDRC International Development Research Award (2022-2023) 

Susan Elizabeth Phillips Scholarship (2021-2023) 

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2022-2023) 

Robert Charles Wallace Graduate Award (2021-2022) 
Recent Publications  Monette, E. (2021). Cultural considerations for palliative care provision: A scoping review of Canadian literature. Palliative Medicine Reports, 2(1), 1-11. DOI: 10.1089/pmr.2020.0124. 

 

Monette, E., McHugh, D., Smith, M., Canas, E., Jabo, N., Henley, P. & Nouvet, E. (2021). Informing “good” global health partnerships: A scoping review of principles to guide trans-national research relationships. Global Health Action, 14(1), 1892308. DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.1892308 

Mary

Ajayi

Mary Ajayi

Queen’s Email  mary.ajayi@queensu.ca 
Position/Level of Training  MSc Candidate  
Research Interests  Black health and wellbeing, social determinants of health, health equity, immigrant health, sexual and reproductive health, intersectionality 
Brief bio 

Mary Ajayi is an MSc candidate in Health Promotion interested in Black health, the social determinants of health, inequalities/inequities in health, inadequate access to healthcare, and the factors that influence this, such as intersectionality. Her thesis focuses on the barriers and facilitators to accessing Early Learning and Childcare services for Black children and their families in Kingston and London, ON.  

 

Mary completed her BSc (Hon.) in Health Sciences with a Biology minor at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2021. Her MSc research is supported by an SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and as a young Black woman who has faced many instances of health inequity, her primary focus is on producing change within her community and other similarly affected marginalized groups. 

Alhassan

Siiba

Alhassan Siiba

Queen’s Email  siiba.a@queensu.ca 
Position/Level of Training  Ph.D. Candidate 
Research Interests Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs), Climate Change, Globalization of Food Systems, Travel Behaviour, Transport Planning, Urban Planning.  
Brief bio  Alhassan Siiba is a PhD candidate at the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies (SKHS), Queen’s University, Cananda. His doctoral research focuses on the intersection of climate change and globalization of food systems and how they impact non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). 

Alhassan completed his B.Sc. in Human Settlement Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, and his M.Sc. in Transport Planning from the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, United Kingdom.  

His M.Sc. was sponsored by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK, through the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. His Ph.D. is also supported by the International Development Research Centare (IDRC), through the IDRC International Doctoral Research Award.   
Awards  IDRC International Doctoral Research Award (2023-2024): 

A doctoral research award, tenable in Canada, to cover the costs of field research conducted for a doctoral dissertation in one or more countries in the Global South. 
Recent Publications  Siiba, A., Kangmennaang, J., Baatiema, L., & Luginaah, I. (2024). The relationship between climate change, globalization and non-communicable diseases in Africa: A systematic review. Plos one, 19(2), e0297393. 

Darby

Whittaker

Florence

Dery

Fariha

Tabassum