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Carles Muntaner

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaSocial & Behavioural Health Sciences DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Carles Muntaner

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
61 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 26 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2012.

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188

Publications

218

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Publications by year

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioural determinants of health Environmental and occupational health and safety Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology)Health equity Global health One Health approach Health care access, privilege or marginalization

Latest papers

Power, Precariousness, and Health Equity: The Contested Terrain of Population Health.
International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2026 · first author
Social participation and memory of aging sexual minority people: the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author
Manufactured ruin: what the World Report on Cuba left unsaid.
Lancet (London, England) · 2026 · senior author

All 188 publications

Latest funding

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$44,380
Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$108,902
COVID-19 and Precarious Employment (COPE)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$302,175

All 14 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 188 publications.

Power, Precariousness, and Health Equity: The Contested Terrain of Population Health.

Muntaner C, Benach J

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938261421775 PMID: 41800867

Social participation and memory of aging sexual minority people: the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Yang W, Craig SL, Muntaner C

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.103819 PMID: 41564821

Manufactured ruin: what the World Report on Cuba left unsaid.

Zakrison TL, Muntaner C

Lancet (London, England)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01286-9 PMID: 42594908

Which Combined Profiles of Physical Activity and Dietary Intake Are Associated with Postpartum Prediabetes Status Among Women with Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Underserved Rural Areas of Central South China?

Li M, Liu Q, Chen Y, Li Y, Rao Z, Wang M, Muntaner C, Guo J

Nutrients2026

DOI: 10.3390/nu18050812 PMID: 41829982

Introduction to issue 56.1: Towards a More Politically Literate and Intersectional Public Health.

Muntaner C, Benach J

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938251394430 PMID: 41223126

Enhancing Learning in Graduate Nursing Education Through a Co-Designed AI Virtual Tutor: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.

Chu CH, Jibb LA, MacInnes N, Shan CC, Mohammed SD, Nanos SM, O'Sullivan M, Muntaner C, Thomson H, Widger K

Journal of clinical nursing2026

DOI: 10.1111/jocn.70376 PMID: 42248818

Cumulative effect of multiple health and social factors on adolescent mental well-being: a cross-sectional study in Catalonia.

Robles-Muñoz M, Bosque-Prous M, Folch C, González-Casals H, Drou-Roget G, Torrado-Cortés C, Muntaner C, Espelt A

Child and adolescent mental health2026

DOI: 10.1111/camh.70070 PMID: 41536022

The need for expanding conceptual and analytical frontiers in the field of SDOHS.

Benach J, Muntaner C

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938261451205 PMID: 42252632

Social Determinants of Health: State of the art, precarious employment and labor markets, racial and ethnic oppression, pharmaceutical industry, war and global health.

Muntaner C, Benach J

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938251346942 PMID: 40495752

Being Called Social Does Not Necessarily Make You Community-Focused.

Espelt A, Borrell C, Sanahuja J, Codinach E, Espelt C, Daban F, Campoy-Vila M, Trapé-Úbeda J, Muntaner C

International journal of social determinants of health and health services2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/27551938251324155 PMID: 40207809

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chum, Antony

Keywords: transgender; self harm; gender identity; gender; society; human rights

$44,380

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnan, André J.R.

Keywords: digitalization; financialization; agriculture; political economy

$108,902

COVID-19 and Precarious Employment (COPE)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: O'Campo, Patricia J

Keywords: Economic Downturn; Employment; Gender; Government Responses; Longitudinal Research; Mixed-Methods Research; Precarious Employment; Public Health Emergency; Racialized Populations; Workplace Support

$302,175

Strengthening the implementation of "Health in All Policies" at the county/municipal level in Ontario and Quebec using realist explanatory case studies and knowledge mobilization

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shankardass, Ketan; Salvaterra, rosana

Keywords: Health Equity; Health In All Policies; Health Policy; Intersectoral Action; Multiple Case Studies; Policy Implementation; Realist Science

$428,400

Effects of the Regent Park Housing Redevelopment on Mental Health: Medium-Term Effects of a Population Health Intervention

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Dunn, James R

Keywords: Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health; Neighbourhood And Health; Population Health Intervention; Social Housing; Social Mix

$148,878

Does receiving subsidized housing improve adult mental health? GTA West Housing and Health Study Renewal

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Dunn, James R

Keywords: Cohort Study; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health; Population Health Intervention; Subsidized Housing

$995,877

Strengthening the Implementation of Health in All Policies

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Shankardass, Ketan

Keywords: Health Equity; Health In All Policies; Health Policy; Intersectoral Action; Key Informant Interviews; Population Health

$260,133

Health Diplomacy at a Crossroads: Social Justice-Oriented South-South Cooperation in a Time of Global Change

Principal investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Ethics

Principal investigators: Birn, Anne-Emanuelle; Forman, Lisa; Muntaner, Carles

Keywords: Access To Essential Medicines; Comprehensive Primary Health Care; Global Health; Global Health Diplomacy; Health Worker Migration; Health Workforce Training; Latin America; Social Determinants Of Health; South-South Cooperation; Southern And East Africa

$275,522

Does subsidized housing improve mental health and healthy child development? GTA West Housing and Health Study Renewal

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Population Health Interventions

Principal investigators: Dunn, James R

Keywords: Cohort Study; Healthy Child Development; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health; Population Health Intervention; Subsidized Housing

$100,000

Competence Development in Nursing Students and Newly Graduated Nurses: A Scoping Review

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Principal investigators: Peterson, Jessica; Blastorah, Margaret; Mcgillis Hall, Linda

Keywords: Competence Development; Knowledge Synthesis; Newly Graduated Nurses; Nursing Students; Scoping Review

$47,705

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Carles Muntaner

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Power, Precariousness, and Health Equity: The Contested Terrain of Population Health.

Social participation and memory of aging sexual minority people: the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Manufactured ruin: what the World Report on Cuba left unsaid.

Which Combined Profiles of Physical Activity and Dietary Intake Are Associated with Postpartum Prediabetes Status Among Women with Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Underserved Rural Areas of Central South China?

Introduction to issue 56.1: Towards a More Politically Literate and Intersectional Public Health.

Enhancing Learning in Graduate Nursing Education Through a Co-Designed AI Virtual Tutor: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation.

Cumulative effect of multiple health and social factors on adolescent mental well-being: a cross-sectional study in Catalonia.

The need for expanding conceptual and analytical frontiers in the field of SDOHS.

Social Determinants of Health: State of the art, precarious employment and labor markets, racial and ethnic oppression, pharmaceutical industry, war and global health.

Being Called Social Does Not Necessarily Make You Community-Focused.

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Frequent collaborators

Patricia O’Campo

Ketan Shankardass

Ketan Shankardass

Arjumand Siddiqi

Wayne Lewchuk

Faraz Vahid Shahidi

Pablo Galvez-Hernandez

Anne-Emanuelle Birn

Rosane Nisenbaum

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Jim Dunn

Susitha Wanigaratne

Ahmed Bayoumi

Christo El Morr

Sioban Nelson

Kimberley Widger

Antony Chum

Salima Meherali

Sonica Singhal

Antony Chum

Bukola Salami

Farihah Ali

Yutaka Yasui

Ian Colman

Laura Duncan

Lisa Forman

Magdalena Janus

Michel Grignon