Dr. Hala Tamim

Dr. Hala Tamim is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University and holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Hala has a PhD in epidemiology from McGill University and a Masters in Public Health from Emory University. She has extensive expertise in research methods and statistical analyses. She has managed several community-based and multi-centre projects and has worked extensively on the analysis of several Canadian databases such as the Maternity Experience Survey, Canadian Community Health Survey, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, and others. Her main research interest is in the area of maternal and child health and has published on topics such as postpartum depression, intended adolescent pregnancy, intimate partner violence, breastfeeding, early menarche, social support, parenting, and more.