Michaela Hynie is a professor in the Department of Psychology and resident faculty in the Centre for Refugee Studies at 91ÑÇÉ«. Dr. Hynie conducts interdisciplinary multi-method community-based research on social determinants of health with communities experiencing social conflict, social exclusion, or forced displacement and migration. This work includes the development and evaluation of social, institutional and/or policy interventions that can improve mental health and well-being. Funded by CIHR, Grand Challenges Canada, IDRC, and SSHRC, her work has been situated in Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Kenya Liberia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Recent projects include research on maternal mental health in Rwanda; access to health care for refugees in Canada and in South Africa; and the relationship between state refugee policies and health and well-being in Canada, Germany and South Africa. Dr. Hynie is the past president of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies.
Research keywords:
Social determinants of health; social determinants of mental health; forced migration; health care access; maternal mental health
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Active |
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Updates |
2024 Year in Review | December 19, 2024
Dahdaleh Researchers Receive $5.9M From New Frontiers Research Fund to Support Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts | June 4, 2024 Opportunity - Research Assistant, Afghan Refugee Health-Related Canadian Resettlement Scoping | September 9, 2021 2021 Seed Grant Recipients Announced: Dahdaleh Institute Seed Grants for Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research Awarded to Five 91ÑÇÉ« Researchers | June 17, 2021 |
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