JianLi Wang, McGill University

Research

Healthcare Utilization Linked Administrative Data Mortality Service Use Socioeconomic Outcomes Suicide Youth-Emerging Mental Disorders

Latest papers

Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025
Identifying Strategies for Decreasing Work-Related Stress Among Working Men: An International Delphi Consensus Study.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020 · senior author
Longitudinal relationships between depression and functioning in people with type 2 diabetes.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2014 · senior author

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Leveraging prediction models to optimize mental healthcare service delivery and enhance clinical practice.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$902,700
Youth-emerging mental disorders: comprehensive analysis of long-term health, mortality, and socioeconomic outcomes across 4 Canadian provinces
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$868,276
Depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: role of metabolic factors
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$334,770

All 5 grants and awards

15 publications.

01

Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.

McGrath PJ, Akbari-Fakhrabadi M, Chaplin WF, Saryeddine T, Pawlett G, Laroche E, Petrik J, Irwin I, Caban-Martinez AJ, Hervieux V, Xiong T, McDonald MK, Wang J, Yakovenko I

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2025

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000003515 PMID: 40992385

02

Identifying Strategies for Decreasing Work-Related Stress Among Working Men: An International Delphi Consensus Study.

Eccles H, Nannarone M, Smail-Crevier R, Lashewicz B, Aiken A, Attridge M, Marchand A, Friesen J, Wang J

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000001797 PMID: 31834139

03

Longitudinal relationships between depression and functioning in people with type 2 diabetes.

Schmitz N, Gariépy G, Smith KJ, Malla A, Boyer R, Strychar I, Lesage A, Wang J

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12160-013-9534-2 PMID: 24046149

04

Trajectories of self-rated health in people with diabetes: associations with functioning in a prospective community sample.

Schmitz N, Gariépy G, Smith KJ, Malla A, Boyer R, Strychar I, Lesage A, Wang J

PloS one2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083088 PMID: 24340083

05

Receiving workplace mental health accommodations and the outcome of mental disorders in employees with a depressive and/or anxiety disorder.

Bolo C, Sareen J, Patten S, Schmitz N, Currie S, Wang J

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2013Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e31829fd065 PMID: 24164769

06

Self-rated health: a predictor for the three year incidence of major depression in individuals with Type II diabetes.

Badawi G, Pagé V, Smith KJ, Gariépy G, Malla A, Wang J, Boyer R, Strychar I, Lesage A, Schmitz N

Journal of affective disorders2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.07.018 PMID: 22902269

07

The pattern of depressive symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes: a prospective community study.

Schmitz N, Gariépy G, Smith KJ, Malla A, Wang J, Boyer R, Strychar I, Lesage A

Journal of psychosomatic research2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.09.021 PMID: 23332527

08

Obesity and the risk of disability in a 12-year cohort study: the role of psychological distress.

Gariepy G, Wang J, Lesage A, Schmitz N

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2011

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0284-1 PMID: 20848077

09

Factors associated with disability and depressive symptoms among individuals with diabetes: a community study in Quebec.

Schmitz N, Messier L, Nitka D, Ivanova A, Gariepy G, Wang J, Malla A, Boyer R, Lesage A, Strychar I

Psychosomatics2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2010.11.020 PMID: 21397110

10

The longitudinal association from obesity to depression: results from the 12-year National Population Health Survey.

Gariepy G, Wang J, Lesage AD, Schmitz N

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2010

DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.333 PMID: 19816409

Leveraging prediction models to optimize mental healthcare service delivery and enhance clinical practice.

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Orri, Massimiliano; Buckeridge, David L; Ferrari, Manuela; Guay, Stéphane; Lepage, Martin; Mérette, Chantal

Keywords: Data Science; Healthcare Services; Knowledge Translation; Mental Health; Prediction Modelling; Qualitative Study

$902,700

Youth-emerging mental disorders: comprehensive analysis of long-term health, mortality, and socioeconomic outcomes across 4 Canadian provinces

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Orri, Massimiliano; Anderson, Kelly K; de Oliveira, Claire; Gadermann, Anne M; Wang, JianLi

Keywords: Healthcare Utilization; Linked Administrative Data; Mortality; Service Use; Socioeconomic Outcomes; Suicide; Youth-Emerging Mental Disorders

$868,276

Depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: role of metabolic factors

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Schmitz, Norbert

Keywords: Community Study; Depression; Diabetes; Metabolic Factors; Prospective Study

$334,770

Psychological problems associated with transition to insulin therapy in people with type 2 diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Schmitz, Norbert

Keywords: Anxiety; Community Study; Coping; Depression; Diabetes; Epidemiology

$724,115

Depression and disability in diabetes: a prospective community study

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Schmitz, Norbert

Keywords: Community Sample; Depression; Diabetes; Disability; Longitudinal Relationship

$486,935

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

Frequent collaborators

Psychiatry
Community Health Sciences
Psychiatrie
Centre de recherche
Relations industrielles
Psychology and Neuroscience
Biomedical Sciences
Other

Co-authors at McGill University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Alain Lesage

Psychiatrie

11 shared papers, latest 2014

Geneviève Gariépy

Centre de recherche

5 shared papers, latest 2011

Bonnie Lashewicz

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Scott Patten

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Alain Marchand

Relations industrielles

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jitender Sareen

Internal Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2013

Jim Petrik

Biomedical Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Igor Yakovenko

Psychology and Neuroscience

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Healthcare Utilization Dear Professor Wang, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Youth-emerging mental disorders: comprehensive analysis of long-term health, mortality, and socioeconomic outcomes across 4 Canadian provinces" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

JianLi Wang

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.

Identifying Strategies for Decreasing Work-Related Stress Among Working Men: An International Delphi Consensus Study.

Longitudinal relationships between depression and functioning in people with type 2 diabetes.

Trajectories of self-rated health in people with diabetes: associations with functioning in a prospective community sample.

Receiving workplace mental health accommodations and the outcome of mental disorders in employees with a depressive and/or anxiety disorder.

Self-rated health: a predictor for the three year incidence of major depression in individuals with Type II diabetes.

The pattern of depressive symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes: a prospective community study.

Obesity and the risk of disability in a 12-year cohort study: the role of psychological distress.

Factors associated with disability and depressive symptoms among individuals with diabetes: a community study in Quebec.

The longitudinal association from obesity to depression: results from the 12-year National Population Health Survey.

Leveraging prediction models to optimize mental healthcare service delivery and enhance clinical practice.

Youth-emerging mental disorders: comprehensive analysis of long-term health, mortality, and socioeconomic outcomes across 4 Canadian provinces

Depression as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes: role of metabolic factors

Psychological problems associated with transition to insulin therapy in people with type 2 diabetes

Depression and disability in diabetes: a prospective community study

Frequent collaborators

Norbert Schmitz

Alain Lesage

Ashok Malla

Geneviève Gariépy

JianLi Wang

JianLi Wang

JianLi Wang

Jitender Sareen

Bonnie Lashewicz

Scott Patten

Alain Marchand

Jitender Sareen

Alice Aiken

Jim Petrik

Igor Yakovenko