Dr. John Cairney, Ph.D.

Dr. Cairney is an associate professor (tenure) with a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences.

Dr. Cairney currently holds 8 funded grants (2 as principal investigator) from major federal and provincial granting agencies (e.g., CIHR, SSHRC). Since 1999, he has held 28 funded grants, totaling more than $4.8 million (more than $3.6 million since 2003). Since 1996 Dr. Cairney has published 66 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 49 of these since completing his PhD in 2002. He has received numerous awards for his scholarly achievements, and has twice been nominated for the prestigious Canada's Top 40 under 40 Award.

Dr. Cairney has two main areas of interest; the epidemiology of mental health problems across the life span, and the impact of childhood physical disability on psychosocial and physical development in children. Dr. Cairney is currently a co-principal investigator on two large, CIHR funded studies examining the changes over time in cardiovascular risk factors (e.g. obesity, physical fitness, hypertension) in a large sample of children with coordination problems (with Dr. John Hay) and a study with Dr. Cheryl Missiuna from the CanChild Centre that examine the association between coordination problems, depression and social anxiety in school age children.