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Adjunct Faculty

Renee Lyons, PhD
Special Advisor to the President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Director, Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre; Professor, School of Helath and Human Performance; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Dalhousie University

School of Health & Human Performance
Stairs House
Studley Gymnasium & Dalplex
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5

Telephone - (902)494-1152
Fax - (902)494-5120
E-mail - renee.lyons@dal.ca


Professional and Educational Responsibilities

June 1981 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Counselling Psychology and Applied Health Studies (Adjustment of chronic illness and disability)

1971 Master of Education, Xavier University, Major: Counselling Psychology

1970 Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie University, Psychology and Sociology

Recent Funded Projects

January 2002 – January 2004 Canadian Health Services Research Foundation & Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation. The Silent Epidemic of Oral Disease: Evaluating Continuity of Care and Policies for the Oral Health of Seniors ($200,000)

March 2001 – March 2006 Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Community Alliance for Health Research. Community Alliance for the Remodelling of Rural Health Systems: Taking Action on Chronic Illness ($941,075)

February 2001 – March 2003 Health Canada: Rural and Remote Health Innovations Initiative. Aging Well in Rural Places: Development and Pilot Testing of a Community-Based Strategy for Addressing Depression in Seniors in Atlantic Canada ($315,682)

February 2001 – February 2004 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): Community-University Research Alliance. Brain Gain: Increasing the Capacity of Rural Communities to Use Social Science Research to Influence and Develop Policy ($599,834)

February 2001 – December 2001 Nova Scotia Department of Health: Tobacco Control Unit. ($40,000) Best practices scan of smoking cessation strategies and profile of smoking in Nova Scotia.

February 2001 - Canadian Federation of Health Charities. Increasing Wellness in Canadian: The Role of Health Charities ($20,000)

October 1998 - March 2003 National Health Research Development Program (NHRDP). Furthering the Impact of Health Promotion Research On Healthy Public Policy ($250,000)

April 1998- March 2002 SSHRC: Social Integration and Disability. Testing of the Relationship Issues Profile ($51,720)

April, 1998 - September 1999 SSHRC. National Research Synthesis Conference on Integration and Disability ($35,000)

April 1998 - March 2000 Human Resources Development Canada. National Research Synthesis Conference on Integration and Disability ($57,000)
January 1999 - December 2001 Manulife Financial. The midlife population in Canada scan and best practices of strategies to improve health ($100,000)

January - March 1999 Health Canada, Atlantic Region. Study of the Private Sector and Population Health in Atlantic Canada ($16,000)

Co-Investigator
February 2001 - Canadian Health Services Research Foundation: Health Services Research Mentor (S. Tomblin) ($60,000)

January 2000 – January 2003 Health Canada: Population Health Fund. Environmental Health in Canadian Schools: Development and Testing of Indoor Air Quality Guidelines ($297,890)

January 1998 – March 2000 Environmental Scan on Rural & Remote Health Initiatives in Atlantic Canada (with Rural & Small Towns Research Program, Mount Allison University) ($23,290)

April 1999 – April 2001 Improving the Quality of Life of Urban Canadian Seniors: A Community-Based Participatory Project (with University of Toronto) ($262,845)

Recent Publications

Lyons, R.F., Taylor, B., and Langille, L. (2002). Policy strategies to Foster Active Living for Canadians with Disabilities: Enhancing opportunities for persons with disabilities. In R.D. Steadward, E.J. Watkinson & G.D. Wheeler, (Eds.) Adapted Physical Activity, University of Alberta Press.

Mickelson, K., Lyons, R.F., Sullivan, M.J.L., and Coyne, J.C. (2001) Yours, mine, ours: The relational context of communal coping. In B.R. Sarason & S.W. Duck (Eds.), Personal Relationships: Implications for clinical and community psychology, (pp. 181-200). Sussex, UK: J. Wiley & Sons.

Lyons, R., Duck, S., Langille, L., & Sullivan, M. (2000). Mobilizing support in chronic illness: A relationships perspective. In M.J. Stewart (Ed.), Chronic conditions and caregiving in Canada, (pp. 223-246). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Lyons, R. (1999). Personal relationships, illness and disability. In Journal of Leisurability, 26 (3), 22-32.

Lyons, R., Mickelson, K., Coyne, J., & Sullivan, M. (1998) Coping as a communal process. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15(5), 570-605.

Lyons, R., & Sullivan, M. (1998). Curbing loss in illness and disability: A relationship perspective. In J.H. Harvey (Ed.), Perspectives on personal and interpersonal loss: A sourcebook, (pp.137-152). Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis.

Lyons, R., Sullivan, M., Ritvo, P., & Coyne, J. (1995). Relationships in chronic illness and disability. Thousand Oaks, Ca.: Sage.

Lyons, R., & Meade, D. (1995). Painting a new face on relationships: Relationship remodelling in response to the challenges of chronic illness. In S.W. Duck & J.T. Wood, Confronting relationship challenges (pp. 181- 210) Los Angeles: Sage.