Research Associate / Associate Professor
Phone: (306) 966-2194
Fax: (306) 966-7920
E-mail: sylvia.abonyi@usask.ca

Sylvia Abonyi is research faculty with the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit. For more information on her research interests, current projects, and publications please visit her SPHERU home page.

 

Research Interests

• Medical / health Anthropology
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Aboriginal Health
• Global Policies and Local Health
• Population Health
• Participatory Action Research
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Education

• 1995 - 2001 Ph.D. Anthropology
  "Sickness and Symptom: Perspectives on Diabetes among the Mushkegowuk Cree "
  Anthropology Department, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
• 1990 - 1993 M. A. Archaeology
  "The Effects of Processing on Stable Isotope Levels and Mineral Concentrations in Foods: Implications for Paleodietary Reconstruction"
  Archaeology Department, University of Calgary, AB
• 1984 - 1988 B.Sc. (Hons) Anthropology-Biology
  "Porotic Hyperostosis in a Skeletal Sample from the Maya Site at Lamanai, Belize "
  Trent University; Peterborough, ON

Theses Supervised

• 2005- Wood, Karen. TBA. PhD Thesis. Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan (supervisor)
• 2004- Meeds, Darlene. Women Entrepreneurs: Work-Life Balance, Health, and Well-being. MSc. Thesis. Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan (Supervisor)
• 2003- Plamondon, Katrina. The global fund & TB in Nicaragua: making links between global policies and local experiences. MSc. Thesis. Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan (Co-Supervisor with Dr. R. Labonte)
• 2003- Wilson-Cheechoo, Sue. The Moose River : source of life or illness in the Moose Cree First Nation people. PhD thesis. Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan (Co-supervisor with Dr. J. Smylie)
• 2003- Stevenson, Nicole. TBA. MSc. Thesis. Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina. (Supervisor).