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Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

Toronto Metropolitan University, Co-Lead Immigrant Health and Well-Being Theme
EducationPhD, University of Toronto
Areas of ExpertiseCritical public health, community-centred action research, social identities and health practices, stigma reduction and collective empowerment, implementation science

 

Josephine Pui-Hing Wong is Professor and Research Chair in Urban Health at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has extensive experience in critical public health and urban health, including the development of access and equity policies and inclusive public health practice frameworks. Her research is underpinned by the principles of social justice and equity. 

Josephine is well recognized for her demonstrated commitment in doing research “with” and not “for” the affected communities. She works closely with racialized, immigrant and refugee communities to co-develop innovative solutions that promote health equity and positive social change. 

Supported by CIHR, SSHRC, OHTN and PHAC, her research focuses on gender identities and health practices, social determinants of mental health, and HIV/STBBI vulnerabilities in diasporic and transnational communities. She leads intervention studies on stigma reduction and collective resilience in the Asian, Black and Latinx communities in Canada, as well as among university students in China.

Recent Publications

Wong, J. P., & Abulencia, M. K. (2023). Culture, Identities, and Voices of East Asian Canadian Young Women in Toronto, Canada. In H. Kim (Ed.). Asian Canadian Voices: Facets of Diversity (external link) . Cheng Yu Tung Asian Library of the University of Toronto and Coach House Books. 

Antabe, R., Konkor, I., McIntosh, M. D., Lawson, E. S., Husbands, W., Wong, J. P., Godwin, A., & Luginnah, I. (2023). Black Heterosexual Men Resilience in Times of HIV Adversity: Findings from the weSpeak Study (external link) , BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-14,

Vahabi, M., Wong, J. P., Masoomeh, M., Abarian, A., & Fung, K. P. (2022). The Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Mental Health and Resiliency of Migrant Live-in caregivers in Canada: Pilot Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial. (external link)  JMIR Formative Research, 6(1):e32136.