UC Welcomes Professor Colleen Dockstader as New Director of Health Studies
Beginning this month, Professor Colleen Dockstader has joined UC as director of the Health Studies Program.
Professor Dockstader is an associate professor, teaching stream in the Department of Human Biology with a background in biological health science. She has combined experience in both medical and academic environments, and her bench-to-bedside training has provided her with a breadth of research and teaching experience in interdisciplinary settings.
Professor Dockstader is also an alum of U of T’s Department of Psychology (Hons. BSc), Department of Medical Biophysics (PhD), and previous post-doc and researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children (Neurosciences and Mental Health). While working in the psychiatry department as a post-doc, and subsequently as a researcher in the Paediatric Brain Tumour Program, she used neuroimaging to investigate how brain structure and function underlies cognition and behaviour. In 2015, Professor Dockstader left SickKids to join the University of Toronto as an assistant professor, teaching stream in the Human Biology Program. In 2023 she became an associate professor, teaching stream.
"It is an honour to join the Health Studies Program. I look forward to working in such an innovative and interdisciplinary environment," she says. Read more about her on DiscoverResearch and watch an extended interview below.