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Jillian Halladay (she/her)

@drjillhalladay.bsky.social
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RN, PhD Epidemiologist focusing on youth co-occurring substance use & mental health concerns @ McMaster School of Nursing & Peter Boris Centre for Addictions Research. #CIHR_ImpactECR www.jillianhalladay.com

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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Looking for an accessible resource to help students or health professionals grasp the essentials of reliability & validity? Look no further! Check out our new Research Made Simple article: "Health measurement properties: what you need to know about reliability & validity" doi.org/10.1136/ebnu...
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Health measurement properties: what you need to know about reliability and validity
This paper updates and extends Research Made Simple: Validity and Reliability in Quantitative Studies1 and is a primer to answer: How do we measure health-related concepts and know we are doing it cor...
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Our second multiverse analysis paper is now live! • Co-occurring smoking or vaping and emotional problems were common • Associations were largely explained by behavioural symptoms & other substances • Researcher decisions matter www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exploring a diverse set of specifications related to associations between adolescent smoking, vaping, and emotional problems: a multiverse analysis
The epidemiological landscape of adolescent smoking, vaping, and emotional problems has drastically changed over the past two decades. Whether and why…
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
SO excited to be joining the Offord Centre as a core member!
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Offord Centre for Child Studies @offord-centre.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Meet @drjillhalladay.bsky.social, the newest core member with the Offord Centre. A registered nurse and clinical epidemiologist, Halladay is bringing her experiences researching the connection between substance use and mental health concerns to the centre. offordcentre.com/meet-jillian...
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Are you doing a study exploring longitudinal relationships between substance use and mental health problems among youth? Unsure what covariates to include and how to report on them? Check-out our new meta-epidemiological review! doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...
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Katie Witkiewitz @katiew.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A phenomenal #CPA2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social! Devastating to hear the tremendous damage inflicted by senseless HHS/NIH/FDA cuts to so many in our community, and also so nourishing to be together and support each other during these times. As promised, a new starter pack: go.bsky.app/SnnMai2
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Excited to be attending #CPA2025 @apadivision50.bsky.social looking forward to connecting & reconnecting with addiction psychology researchers and friends here over the next couple days!
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Q: Do school-based prevention programs impact co-occurring alcohol use and psychological distress during adolescence? 🍺😟 A: We found some prevent co-occurring problems, others prevent only alcohol use, & preventing distress alone needs more research. bit.ly/3VR1fEq
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Do school-based prevention programs impact co-occurring alcohol use and psychological distress during adolescence? | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do school-based prevention programs impact co-occurring alcohol use and psychological distress during adolescence?
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Very excited to share our new pub where we ran 7,680 unique models exploring associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems! bit.ly/4gGIP1o
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Across the multiverse: exploring a diverse set of specifications related to cross-sectional and prospective associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems | Psychological Medicine ...
Across the multiverse: exploring a diverse set of specifications related to cross-sectional and prospective associations between adolescent alcohol use and emotional problems
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Jillian Halladay (she/her) @drjillhalladay.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Hello BlueSky folks! Hoping to use this space to compassionately share, connect, & learn together to improve our understanding of and strategies for youth substance use & mental health concerns. 🔆
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