Sarah Dow-Fleisner, PhD MA
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
Contact Info
UBC Okanagan
1147 Research Road ART 360
Kelowna BC V1V 1V7
Tel: 250-807-9685
email: sarah.dow-fleisner@ubc.ca
School of Social Work web: Sarah Dow-Fleisner
X: @ProfDowFleisner
- Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Michael Smith Foundation Health Research Scholar (2021- 2026)
- Director, Centre for the Study of Service to Children and Families
- Development trajectories and outcomes for children in un-supportive and high-risk contexts
- Resilient functioning in vulnerable populations experiencing stigmatized conditions
- Parent-child and sibling relationships in families experiencing parental mental illness and substance use
- Research methods and advanced statistical methodology with social science data
- Human development theory, practice, and policy
- Mental health and illness, including substance use disorders
Rural Health Equity through Social Enterprise and Technology Synergies (RHE-SETS)
Co-Leads: Rush, K., Li, E.
Co-Is: Currie, L., Dow-Fleisner, S., Hasan, K., Jones, C., Kurtz, D.,Oelke, N., Pesut, B., Plamondon, K.
Date: November 2019 – October 2022
Funded by: University of British Columbia Eminence Program
Exploring the Cultural and Creative Dimensions of Health and Well-Being through Arts-Based Transformative Engaged Research
Co-PIs: Virginie Magnat, Karen Ragoonaden
Co-Is: Sarah Dow-Fleisner, Rena Saron, Konstantino Thomaidis, Tania Willard, Vicki Kelly, Evan Adams
Date: 2018 – 2021
Funding: UBC Okanagan Eminence Research Cluster funding
For a full list of Dr. Dow-Fleisner’s publications, please visit her Google Scholar profile https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=5l9ldKQAAAAJ&hl=en