Michael Boyle, Ph.D.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Offord Centre for Child Studies

Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

Mailing Address

Offord Centre for Child Studies
Chedoke Site
Patterson Building
1200 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8N 3Z5

Tel: (905) 521-2100, ext 77365
Fax: (905) 574-6665
E-mail: boylem@mcmaster.ca

Appointments, cross appointments, fellowships

  • Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
  • Canada Research Chair in the Social Determinants of Child Health
  • Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies
  • Associate Member, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Research Interests

My research interests are in four areas; determinants of child health, particularly the interplay between neighbourhood, familial and individual-level characteristics; health status measurement in children, particularly the classification and measurement of childhood psychopathology; research study design, particularly issues of sample selection, attrition and the generalizability of study findings across diverse samples; and statistical analysis, particularly the use of structural equation models, multilevel modelling and growth curve analysis

Publications

  1. Boyle, M.H., Racine, Y., Georgiades, K., Hong, S., Snelling, D., Hong, S., et al. (2006). The influence of economic development level, household wealth and maternal education on child health in the developing world. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 2242-2254.
  2. Omariba, D.W.R., & Boyle, M.H. (2007). Family structure and child mortality in sub- Saharan Africa: Cross-national effects of polygyny. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69, 528-543.
  3. Saigal, S., Stoskopf, B, Streiner, D., Paneth, N., Pinelli, J., & Boyle, M.H. (2006). Growth trajectories of extremely low birth weight infants from birth to young adulthood: A longitudinal study. Pediatric Research, 60, 751-758.
  4. Saigal, S., Stoskopf, B., Boyle, M.H., Paneth, N., Pinelli, J., Steiner, D., & Goddeeris, J. (2007). Comparison of current health, functional limitations and health care utilization of young adults born with extremely low birth weight and normal birth weight. Pediatrics, 119, 562-573.
  5. Boyle, M.H., Georgiades. K, Racine, Y., & Mustard, C. (2007). Neighborhood and family influences on educational attainment: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study Follow-up 2001. Child Development, 78, 169-189.

 

 

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