William Pickett, PhD

Professor

William Pickett PhD

905 688 5550 x4613

[email protected]

Publications

Dr Pickett is a Professor of Epidemiology and Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences. He is co-principal investigator of the Canadian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. He is trained as an epidemiologist, and has longstanding interests in the health of children, rural and agricultural health, violence and injury prevention, and the determinants of health.  He has supervised approximately 100 students and trainees to the completion of degree requirements and has taught epidemiological methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Pickett holds grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as primary and co-investigator, as well as a major contract from the Public Health Agency of Canada. He is interested in MSc and PhD candidates who wish to receive training in epidemiology and the population health sciences.

Research Interests

  • The health of child populations 
  • The health of rural and agricultural populations 
  • The epidemiology of violence and injury 
  • Determinants of health 

Professional affiliations and accreditation/certification

  • Former Professor and Head of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University 
  • PhD (Toronto) in Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, 1995 

Grants and Publications

Current Grants and Contracts

2025-29            W Craig and W Pickett (co-PIs), F Elgar, I Janssen, C Davison, E Saewyk, G Martin, N Hamammi, M McIsaac, T Christou, K Georgiades, M King. Public Health Agency of Canada. “HBSC Study 2025-2029 (renewal)” (CDN $1,199,500).

2025-27            W Pickett, A Cammer, J Lawson, J Dosman, V Michaelson, K Belton.  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant. “A mixed methods study of farm injuries to children”, (CDN $100,000 Bridge Grant).

2023-27            W Pickett, S Leatherdale, K Patte, V Michaelson, T Wade, A Cole, T Eldon-Marshall.  Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant. “Contemporary risk-taking among young Canadians – Development of an Evidence Base”, (CDN $546,976).

2019-23            W Pickett, V Michaelson, S Phillips, M McIsaac, C Davison, V Steeves. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant, “Gender-based inequalities in adolescent mental health in Canada”, (CDN $497,250).

2024-27            Martin G, Craig W, Gilliland J, Leatherdale S, McBean G, McIsaac M, Pickett W, Voogt J.  CIHR/Sickkids Early Investigator Grant.  Advancing the understanding of how climate change impacts adolescent health through exposure to heat, fire, and flood. (CDN $300,000)

2023-25            Martin G, Craig W, Gilliland J, Leatherdale S, McBean G, McIsaac M, Pickett W, Voogt J.  CIHR Catalyst Grant: Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) Report (2023-03-01).” Climate change and adolescent health and wellbeing: understanding impacts to support long-term monitoring” (CDN $125,000).

Peer-review Publications

For a list of peer-review publications from Dr Pickett and colleagues, please click here:

Reports and Monographs

Craig W, King MA, Pagnotta V, Wadge S, Pickett W (2024). The Health of Young People in Canada: A Focus on Mental Health. Findings from the 2022 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 125p.

Cosma A, Molcho M, Pickett W (2024). A focus on adolescent peer violence and bullying in Europe, central Asia and Canada. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children international report from the 2021/2022 survey. Volume 2. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2024. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Wadge S, Pagnotta V, King M, Craig W, and Pickett W, with Parker I, Steele V. (2024). Health and health-related behaviours among youth in Yukon Territory. Whitehorse: Department of Health Promotion, 187p.

Pagnotta V, Wadge V, King, Craig W, Pickett W. Comparing the Northwest Territories and Canada: Findings from the 2022 Health Behaviour in School Aged Children Study. Kingston: Queen’s University, 155p.

Pickett W, Wong S, King N, King M (2021). Social Media Use, Connections and Relationships in Canadian Adolescents: Findings from the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada. 12p.

Farmer M, Janssen I, Pickett W, (2021). Concussions and their Association with Mental Health Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 12p.

Craig W, Pickett W, King M (2020). The health and wellbeing of Canadian adolescents: findings from the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada, 154p; 2020 (ISBN: 978-0-660-34260-3; Cat no: HP10-35/2020E-PDF, Publication Number:  190630).

Teaching

  • Research Methods in Health 
  • Research Methods in Epidemiology 
  • Modern Epidemiology (Masters of Public Health) 
  • Advanced Quantitative Methods: Theory and Application

Appointments

Professor (Adjunct) of Public Health Sciences, Queen’s University

Professor (Adjunct), College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan