Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Sandalia Genus PhD, MA

About Me

I am a medical anthropologist and Research Associate II at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

I have conducted numerous ethnographic, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies about health partnerships, global health, integrated care, and medical education in Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Canada.

Research Interests

• Impacts of digital technology and AI on medicine and medical education
• Health care workforce
• Health partnerships
• Integration of care across primary, hospital, and community sites
• Collaborative and team-based care, interprofessional education
• Medical education
• Global health

Education

• PhD, Social Anthropology – University of Edinburgh
  • Dissertation: “The Social Lives and Afterlives of a Malaria Vaccine Trial: Partnerships in Practice”
• MA, Social and Cultural Anthropology – Simon Fraser University
  • Thesis: “Why Gardasil? Understanding Decisions for Vaccination”
• BSc, Social Anthropology and Archaeology – University of Toronto

Other Affiliations

• Research Associate II, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Adjunct Professor (status only) , Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto
• Affiliate Scholar, Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education (CACHE)
• Scholar, The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto and University Health Network (UHN)

Selected Publications

Chainey, J., Genus, S., Kalocsai, C., Hamstra, S.J., Lipsman, P., Kumar, A. (2026). Leaving the Operating Room: Voices of Residents and Program Directors on Canadian Neurosurgical Attrition. Journal of Surgical Education.

Franciska Otaner, F., Ahmed, A., Patel, Z., Niazi, F., Arfaie, S., Genus, S., and Kumar. A. (2025). Perceptions and the Impact of Early Mentorship of Medical Students in Neurosurgery: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Surgical Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103778

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., Guimond, T., and Mylopoulos, M. (2025). From “Community of Practice” to “Knowledge Building Community”—A qualitative study of Project ECHO as facilitator of adaptive expertise in frontline community workers. Learning Health Systems. https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.70028

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., Guimond, T., and Mylopoulos, M. (2024). Integration Through Education: Utilizing Project ECHO to Mitigate Fragmentation and Support Adaptive Expert Care in HIV Psychiatry. Journal of Integrated Care. Vol. 32(3), 321–330. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICA-03-2024-0012

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., Wiesenfeld, L., Maunder, R., & Mylopoulos, M. (2024). Improving patient-centered care for HIV and mental illness: Exploring hospital and community integration through education. AIDS Care, 36(2), 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2023.2269408

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., Maunder, R., & Mylopoulos, M. (2023). Preparing future physicians for complexity: A post-graduate elective in HIV psychiatry. BMC Medical Education, 23(1), 269. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04233-0

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., & Mylopoulos, M. (2023). Uncertainty in the Clinic: The Importance of Adaptive Expertise for Dealing with Complexity. Academic Psychiatry, 47(6), 680–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01849-8

Chaukos, D., Wai, A., Genus, S., Aulakh, G., Maunder, R., & Mylopoulos, M. (2023). Involving Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives in a Needs Assessment for a Postgraduate Educational Experience in HIV Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry, 47(3), 282–286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-022-01665-6

Chaukos, D., Genus, S., Kuchar, S.-B., Wiesenfeld, L., Maunder, R., & Mylopoulos, M. (2022). “It’s Complicated”: Using Education to Bridge Essential Care Between Hospital and Community for Complex Patients with HIV. Academic Psychiatry, 47(1), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-022-01692-3

Genus, S. (2018). Building a legacy? Ambivalent impacts of a malaria vaccine clinical trial. Journal of Material Culture, 23(4), 413–425. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183518803390