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Dr. Jinette Comeau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at King’s University College at Western University and holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at Western University’s Department of Sociology. She is also an Associate Scientist at the Children’s Health Research Institute (CHRI) within the Lawson Health Research Institute. Her research focuses on reducing mental health inequities among disadvantaged children, emphasizing social stress theory and longitudinal methodologies to study child development, intergenerational disparities, and policy interventions.
Dr. Comeau holds a Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Sociology from Western University, Mount Allison University, respectively. Her teaching portfolio includes courses on quantitative methods, mental health sociology, and community-based experiential learning.
Her research interests span socioeconomic adversities’ impact on child emotional/behavioral development, life-course mental health trajectories, and intergenerational inequality reduction. She has secured grants totaling over $250,000 CAD, including the King’s Research Excellence Scholar Grant (2023) and SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2021-2023). Notable projects include investigating parental employment quality’s role in child mental health and studying food insecurity’s healthcare cost implications.
- Grants Overview: Over 6 grants since 2020 addressing child mental health disparities, neighborhood effects, and intergenerational poverty cycles.
- Awards: 2022 Early Career Excellence in Research Award; 2023 King’s Research Excellence Scholar.
- Key Collaboration: Co-investigator on multi-institutional projects with researchers like Dr. Kelly Anderson and Dr. Piotr Wilk.
Her work bridges academia and policy, with publications in journals like the Canadian Journal of Public Health and Children and Youth Services Review. Her lab focuses on data-driven solutions to improve child mental health systems in Ontario.
