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Faculty Profile

Robin Mason  Ph.D., M.Ed, M.A
Assistant Professor
Division
Social and Behavioral Health Sciences
Centre for Research in Women's Health
790 Bay St. 7th fl
Toronto, ON  M5G 1N8
416 351-3800 ext. 2764 
robin.mason@wchospital.ca 
Current Academic Appointments
  • Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • Associate Member, School of Graduate Studies
Other Affiliations
  • Research Scientist, Centre for Research in Women's Health
Research Interests
  • women's health
  • intimate partner violence and health
  • health care system response to intimate partner violence
  • organizational change
  • participatory action research
  • qualitative research, collaboration, reflective practice
  • social determinants of health
Current Research Projects
  • 2005-2006  Domestic violence expert training: Health panel, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration -  Ontario Women’s Directorate.
  • 2005-2008   Emergency Medical Services E-Training Initiative based on Key Prehospital Indicators of Violence Against Women (Ministry Citizenship and Immigration - Ontario Women's Directorate)
  • 2007-2009   Implementation of a curriculum on DV for Emergency Departments,  Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration -  Ontario Women’s Directorate.
  • 2008-2011   Embodied Trauma: The Influence of Past Trauma on Women During the Transition to Motherhood (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
  • 2009-2010    An Online Curriculum on Domestic Violence for Emergency Department Personnel and Family Physicians (Ministry Citizenship and Immigration - Ontario Women's Directorate)
Representative Publications
  • Mason R & Hyman I. Intimate partner violence among immigrant and refugee women, In Working with Women: Issues and Strategies for Mental Health Professionals  S. Guruge and E. Collins (eds), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2008.
  • Mason R, Hyman I, Berman H, Guruge S, Kanaganatram P, Manuel L. “Violence is an international language”: Tamil women’s perceptions of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, 2008, 4(11): 1397-1412.
  • Mason R. Hospital-based responses to woman abuse: How well are we doing? Canadian Women’s Studies. 2005, 24(1): 117-121.
  • Cherniak D, Grant L, Mason R, Moore B, Pellizzari R. A Consensus Statement on Intimate Partner Violence. Journal of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. 2005, April 27(4): 365-388.
  • Hyman I, Guruge S, Mason R, Gould J, Tang T, Stuckless N, Teffera H, Mekonnen G. Post-migration changes in gender relations among Ethiopian immigrant couples in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2004, 36(4): 74-89.
  • Mason R. Listening to lone mothers: Paid work, family life and child care in Canada. The Journal of Children and Poverty, 2003, 9(1): 41-54.
  • Mason R. Action research: A hospital responds to domestic violence. Healthcare Management FORUM, 2003, 16(3): 18-22.
  • Buckeridge D, Mason R, Robertson A, Frank J, Glazier R, Purdon L, Amrhein C, Chaudhuri N, Fuller-Thomson E, Gozdyra P, Hulchanski D, Moldofsky B, Thompson M, Wright R. Making health data maps: A case study of a community/university research collaboration. Social Science & Medicine, Oct. 2002, 55(7): 1189-1206.

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