Mark Daniel

Poste(s) actuel(s)

Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé des populations et déterminants biopsychosociaux.
Chaires de recherche du Canada

Professeur agréé de médecine sociale et préventive,
Faculté de médecine Université de Montréal.

Chercheur
Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, recherche épidémiologique, axe de santé des populations

Moniteur sénior de recherche
Menzies School of Health Research (Australie)

Programme de recherche

With expertise in the areas of social epidemiology and disease prevention, Mark Daniel's research targets a multi-level understanding of the biological pathways between social and physical environs and human health, social standing in multiple stratification systems, contextual/social stressors, allostatic load and chronic stress, and psychosocial mediators/modifiers of the link between context, health behaviour and outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome "X", and HIV/AIDS.

His substantive interests include methodological considerations in the design and analysis of cluster trials in field settings, behavioural and psychosomatic medicine, and the impact of macro and meso system influences on health at individual and aggregate levels of analysis. He is engaged in environmental measurement development for neighbourhood and household assessments, the application of geographic information systems and geo-spatial methods to multilevel health surveys, contextual effects on health behaviour including dietary fat consumption, physical activity and smoking, and research on biomarkers for estimating the impact of chronic stressors. His work has been funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and the National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia.

II. Thème(s) de recherche abordé(s) par le programme

Politiques sociales et organisation des services |

Principales contributions de recherche

• Responsible for implementing a Canada Research Chair program for biopsychosocial pathways in population health, targeting the mechanisms by which social and physical environments relate to the health of human populations (CRC/CIHR).
• Development of an extensive geographic information system for representing the physical and built environments of Montréal, to evaluate contextual and compositional influences on health risks and communicable and non-communicable diseases (CFI/FCI).
• Lead researcher for international collaborations on community-based Indigenous health initiatives investigating multi-level risk factors and risk conditions related to chronic disease outcomes (CIHR/IRSC, NHMRC [Australia], and HRC [New Zealand]).
• Epidemiological research on stress axis pathways (sympathetic nervous system, and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis) linking social status and marginality to communicable and non-communicable disease, and behavioural risks (CDC, NIH, FRSQ).
• Evaluation research for community-based disease prevention in marginalised populations (CIHR/IRSC, CDC, NHMRC).

Étudiant-e(s) membre(s) du Centre

Post Doctorat

2005 – present
Spencer Moore, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in social network and contextual effects analysis (Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Public Health Fellowship, Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec Postdoctoral Fellowship). Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal.

2004 – present, Director
Yann Kestens, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in social epidemiology, urban geography and geo-spatial analysis (Heart & Stroke Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award [Target Obesity], Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Public Health Fellowship). Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal.

2003 – present, Co-Director
Seamus Decker, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in cognitive science and biological anthropology, Axe santé des populations, Centre de recherche du CHUM (with Dr. Laurette Dubé, McGill University).

Doctorat

2005 – present, Research Director
Malgorzata Miszkurka, Ph.D. Dissertation " Stress chronique, contrôle clinique et risque de complications micro et macro vasculaires parmi les patients avec diabète de type 2," Médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal

2004 – present, Director
Mathieu Philibert, Ph.D. Dissertation “Les limitations d’activities au Québec : production d’indicateurs et développement méthodologique,” Médecine sociale et preventive, Université de Montréal (Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Doctoral Award)

2004 – present, Director
Jean-Claude Moubarac, Ph.D. Dissertation “L’influence de l’environnement social et de l’occidentalisation sur le développement et la prévention du diabète II dans la Nation Nakapi de Kawawachikamach, nord du Québec,” Médecine sociale et preventive, Université de Montréal

2003 – present, Co-Director (with Professor Louise Potvin)
Sherri Bisset, Ph.D. Dissertation “Évaluation d’un programme en promotion de la santé, la relation avec le climat scolaire, et son effet sur l’attachement d’ enfant à école,” Médecine sociale et preventive, Université de Montréal (Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Doctoral Award)

2002 – present, Member
Jennifer Wesson, Ph.D. Dissertation “Improving Measurement of Self-Reported Condom Use,” Epidemiology, University of North Carolina

2001 – present, Director
Chandra L. Ford, Ph.D. Dissertation “Perceived & Structural Racism as Predictors of HIV Test-Taking Among African Americans Attending an “STD” Clinic,” Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (U.S. National Research Service Award [NRSA] – Individual Fellowship)

2001 – present, Member
Seronda Jackson, Ph.D. Dissertation “Socioeconomic Status in Development and Progression of Type 2 DiabetesNULL-Year Follow Up,” Epidemiology, University of North Carolina

Publications choisies

Pollitt R.A.*, Daniel M., Kaufman J.S., Lynch J.W., Salonen J.T., Kaplan G.A. (2005). Mediation and modification of association between hostility, hopelessness and progression of carotid atherosclerosis. Journal of Behavioral Medicine; 28(1)

Hartwig K.A.*, Eng E., Daniel M., Ricketts T., Crouse-Quinn S. (2005). AIDS and "shared sovereignty" in Tanzania from 1987 to 2000. Social Science & Medicine; 60(7)

Daniel M., Cargo M.D., Lifshay J.*, Green L.W. (2004). Cigarette smoking, mental health and social support. Canadian Journal of Public Health; 95(1)

Daniel M., Cargo M.D. (2004). Association between smoking, insulin resistance and beta-cell function in a Northwestern First Nation. Diabetic Medicine; 21(2)

Kobetz E.*, Daniel M., Earp J.A. (2003). Neighbourhood poverty and self-reported health among low-income, rural women, 50 years and older. Health & Place; 9(3)

*=student under supervision