Faculty Member
Lori E. Ross PhD
- Email Address(es)
- l.ross(at)utoronto.ca
- Office Phone
- 416-978-7514
- Office Address
- 155 College St. Toronto, ON M5T 3M7
- Website(s)
- Research team website
- Division(s)/Institute(s)
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Position
- Associate Professor
- SGS Status
- Full Member
- Appointment Status
- Tenured
- Admin Position
- PhD SBHS Program Director
- Currently Accepting Doctoral Students?
- No
Research Interests
1. Health and health service access for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) people, with a focus on mental health and mental health service utilization
2. Community-based approaches to research
3. Mental health during pregnancy and the transition to parenthood
4. Social justice-informed mental health research
Education & Training History
| Wilfrid Laurier University |
B.Sc. |
Biology and Psychology |
| University of Toronto |
Ph.D. |
Institute of Medical Science |
| McMaster University & Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre |
Post Doctoral Fellowship |
Women’s Mental Health |
Other Affiliations
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Health Systems & Health Equity Research Group |
Collaborating Scientist |
| University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry |
Associate Professor |
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
CHL5104H – Health Promotion II
CHL5129H – Introduction to Mixed Methods Research for Public Health
Honours & Awards
| Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto |
Award for Excellence in Supervision and Mentorship |
2021-2022 |
Current/Recent Research Projects
-Mapping the gaps in graduate student/faculty mental health praxis
–Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) Ontarians’ experiences with social assistance: Conducting preliminary research to nurture partnerships in the area of 2SLGBTQ+ poverty and health
–An intervention to enhance the capacity of providers working in trauma services to respond to the needs of LGBTQ2+ clients
Please refer to www.lgbtqhealth.ca for more details of ongoing projects.
Selected Recent Publications
Daley, A., Kia, H., Kinitz, D., Schneckenburger, S.A., Robinson, M., Reid, J., Mulé, N., Kayn, F., Duncan, D., & Ross, L.E. (2023). “This is the System We Live in”: The Role of Social Assistance in Producing and Sustaining 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Ontario, Canada. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. DOI: 0.1007/s13178-023-00852-w
Schneckenburger, S. A., Tam, M. W. Y., & Ross, L. E. (2023). Asexual competent practices in healthcare: A narrative review. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, ahead-of-print, 1–21. DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2023.2214528
Costa, L., Ross, L.E. (2023). Mad studies genealogy and praxis. International Mad Studies Journal, 1(1) e1-8. https://imsj.journals.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/imsj/article/view/5239
Tam, M.W., Pilling, M.D., MacKay, J.M., Gos, W.G., Keating, L., Ross, L.E. (2022). Development and implementation of a 2SLGBTQ+ competent trauma-informed care intervention. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2022.2141936
Ross, L.E., Kinitz, D.J., & Kia, H. (2022). Pronouns are a public health issue. American Journal of Public Health, 112(3), 360-362. DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306678.
Ross, L.E., Sterling, A., Dobinson, C., D’Souza, S., & Logie, C. (2021). Access to sexual and reproductive health care among young adult sex workers in Toronto: A mixed methods study. CMAJ Open, 9(2): E482-E490. DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200049.
Ross, L. E., Gibson, M. F., Daley, A., Steele, L. S., & Williams, C. C. (2018). In spite of the system: A mixed methods analysis of mental health service experiences of LGBTQ people living in poverty in Ontario, Canada.PLoS ONE, 13(8),e0201437. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201437
Ross, L.E., Goldberg, J.M., Flanders, C.E., Goldberg, A.E., Yudin, M.H. (2018). Bisexuality: the invisible sexual orientation in sexual and reproductive health care. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 40(8), 1057-1060. Doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2018.02.022
Ross, L.E., Salway, T., Tarasoff, L.A., MacKay, J.M., Hawkins, B.W., & Fehr, C.P. (2018). Prevalence of depression and anxiety among bisexual people compared to gay, lesbian and heterosexual individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Annual Review of Sex Research, 55(3/4), 435-456. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2017.1387755
Ross, L.E. (2017). An account from the inside: Emotional implications of ‘insider’ qualitative research. Qualitative Psychology, 4(3), 326-337.doi:10.1037/qup0000064