Claire Benny, PhD

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health

Contact

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
Email
cbenny@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-0454
Address
4-293 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy
11405 87 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 1C9

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

injury research social determinants of health causal inference epidemiology


Research

My research program aims to better understand how social determinants of health and social inequities shape injury risk, severity, and quality of life post-injury. This work involves using complex epidemiological methods to inform injury prevention and risk reduction efforts. Contact from community organizations/members is encouraged to inform research priorities.


Teaching

TBA

Announcements

Accepting inquiries from MSc students (primarily in Epidemiology). To inquire about available positions, please send an e-mail detailing your experience and research interests along with your most up-to-date CV.

Featured Publications

Claire Benny, Erin Hobin, Alessandra T. Andreacchi, Naomi Schwartz, Brendan T. Smith

Drug and Alcohol Review. 2024 May; 10.1111/dar.13821


Claire Benny, Arjumand Siddiqi, Roman Pabayo

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2024 January; 10.1136/jech-2023-220900


Claire Benny, Brendan T Smith, Elaine Hyshka, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Paul J Veugelers, Roman Pabayo

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2023 January; 10.1136/jech-2022-219630


Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2022 March; 10.1002/14651858.cd011135.pub3


Claire Benny, Karen A. Patte, Paul Veugelers, Scott T. Leatherdale, Roman Pabayo

SSM - Population Health. 2022 March; 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100994


Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019 December; 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107587


Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2019 April; 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.12.025


University of British Columbia. 2019 January; 10.14288/1.0387336


Journal of Adolescent Health. 2017 July; 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.03.005


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Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.

Undergraduate students interested in research related to social inequities in injury prevention may send an e-mail detailing any relevant experience, their research interests, and an up-to-date CV.