Dr. Jillian Halladay

Clinical Epidemiologist & Registered Nurse

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Dr. Jillian Halladay

Clinical Epidemiologist & Registered Nurse

Through rigorous research, my mission is to work with youth and their loved ones to...

Understand co-occuring substance use & mental health concerns among youth
Develop & evaluate innovative prevention and early intervention initiatives
Support youth in living hopeful, happy, fun & meaningful lives

I am a Registered Nurse, Clinical Epidemiologist (Msc, PhD), and current CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Researcher. My research is focused on deepening our understanding of the biological, psychological, and socio-contextual factors that contribute to co-occurring substance use and mental health concerns among youth (10-25 years of age), and how to prevent and treat this co-occurrence. I have clinical experience related to inpatient, emergency, and outpatient youth mental health and substance use. I have also supported the development and evaluation of several interventions for young people, including a new outpatient young adult substance use program in Hamilton (for those 17-25 years of age). My clinical and research roles are all grounded in identifying, contributing to, and utilizing the best available evidence to improve the lives of youth.

I am thrilled to be continuing my research as a Banting Postdoctoral Researcher at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Notable Achievements:

  • 2022 – CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2022 – Frayme Great Big Stories Grant: Substance Use Stream
  • 2021 – The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
    Research Trainee of the Year Award (listen to podcast here)
  • 2020 – David Sackett Scholarship (read interview here)
  • 2019 – New Investigator Fund from Hamilton Health Sciences
  • 2019 – McMaster Student Union Teaching Award (read article here)
  • 2018 – CIHR Doctoral Research Training Award

Methodological Interests & Expertise

  • Survey design & evaluation
  • Systematic reviews & meta-analyses
  • Linear, logistic, multinomial regression
  • Multilevel modeling
  • Clustering methods
  • Missing data approaches
  • Observational designs
  • Intervention studies
  • Program evaluation
  • Youth engagement
  • Knowledge mobilization

Substantive Interests & Expertise

  • Adolescent, emerging adult, & post-secondary student mental health & substance use
  • Population surveys & monitoring
  • Integration of measurement-based care, quality improvement, & research within clinical practice
  • Positive mental health & wellbeing
  • Movement behaviours (physical activity, sleep, screen time, nutrition)
  • Sex & gender based-analysis

Partnerships and Funders:

HHS
Offord
McMaster_Nursing
CIHR
Peter_Boris
SMHO
McMaster HEI
matilda_centre
Frayme

© Jillian Halladay 2022

© Jillian Halladay 2022