dr. chris sanders
postdoctoral fellow (public health), medical college of wisconsin
phd (sociology), york university
ma (sociology), york university
ba (honors & distinction, sociology), university of california, santa barbara
my current undergraduate courses are: critical public health; sociology of disaster; sociology of healthcare; sociology of mental disorder; humor & society; research methods
my current graduate seminars are: sociology of health & illness; global public health; mental health & society
i'm a medical sociologist who specializes in the fields of public health and mental health. since coming to lu, i have partnered on several studies examining health care access in ontario. my current projects examine: beliefs about immunization and vaccine hesitancy in northern communities (cirn-funded); access to personal identification as a social determinant of health (sshrc-funded); sex education curricula in ontario (sshrc-funded); the social meanings and identities of people diagnosed on the autism spectrum (sshrc-funded).
please contact me to learn more or if you are interested in collaboration.
i am affiliated with the centre for rural and northern health research. i am a member of the ontario working group on criminal law and hiv exposure (http://clhe.ca) and the thunder bay id action group.