Supervision

Doctoral students enter the program with a Primary Supervisor who is a member of the Department and has designated School of Graduate Studies and Departmental authority to supervise PhD candidates. At the time of acceptance into the program, the Primary Supervisor will have indicated a willingness to guide the student through the entire program, including course work, comprehensives and the thesis. The Primary Supervisor is also responsible for organizing funding for four years. The Primary Supervisor acts as a mentor and role model for the student, and encourages the intellectual development and critical judgment of the student through activities of critical thinking such as engagement in methodological discussions, review of manuscripts, journal reading, grant review and writing, etc.

Cross-Appointed and Adjunct Faculty who Supervise PhD Students:

Dr. Alyson Mahar
- Dr. Mahar is recruiting MSc and PhD students for Fall 2026 for funded opportunities to study 1) the health and wellbeing of military families and 2) end of life cancer care for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Dr. Susan Brogly
- Dr. Brogly is recruiting students for Fall 2026 for research on the comparative effectiveness of treatments for infective endocarditis in persons who inject drugs using causal methods.
Dr. Susan Bartels
- Dr. Bartles is recruiting a PhD student to be involved in a mixed-methods research project that addresses critical evidence and policy gaps surrounding responder-perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse in Haiti, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Kosovo, and the Central African Republic.
Dr. Nora Fayed
- Dr. Fayed is accepting PhD students interested in measurement of patient-reported constructs for marginalized children and their caregivers, with a specific interest in item-response theory and outcome-measurement selection. Students interested in large reviews of outcome measures, partnering with computer scientists, and or psychometric evaluation, should contact Dr. Fayed with an unofficial transcript and expression of their interests.

Cross-Appointed and Adjunct Faculty who Supervise PhD Students:

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