Christine Till, PhD, C.Psych

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, YORK UNIVERSITY

Dr. Till obtained her B.Sc. from the University of Waterloo (1997) and her MA (2000) and PhD (2004) in Psychology from the University of Toronto. After completing her doctoral training (with a specialization in clinical neuropsychology, neuroscience, and toxicology), she pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute where she completed her clinical training in psychology (2006). She is a registered psychologist in Ontario with expertise in clinical neuropsychology in both children and adults. She joined the Faculty of Health at York University in 2007. In 2019, she received the York University President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award.”

Publications

Research Interests

Current areas of research interest include children’s environmental health, child neuropsychology, and neurodegenerative disease in children. Related to environmental health, Dr. Till is specifically interested in the impact of prenatal and childhood exposure to fluoride on child behaviour where much controversy exists and high-quality research is urgently needed. With her team, she has been building upon this area of high public health relevance by conducting a follow-up study of a large Canadian birth cohort (MIREC) to better understand how environmental chemicals are implicated as underlying risk factors for many emerging morbidities in childhood, including intellectual impairments, behavioural problems, and other health-related outcomes.

Dr. Till's research program also involves the study of childhood-onset neurologic disease on psychosocial and cognitive function. This research is focused on understanding modifiable factors, such as physical activity, that may contribute to the health and well-being of children diagnosed with chronic, neurodegenerative disease.

The lab's research program combines clinical, experimental, and neuroimaging methodologies to examine the neural basis of cognitive dysfunction in children and adolescents with acquired neurologic disorders and neurotoxic exposures.

Other Interests

I love sports that make me run, including squash, tennis, and ultimate frisbee. I also enjoy cycling and exploring new places (on a bike preferably). I like coffee and dark chocolate.

York University