Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Joyce I. Bernstein PhD Statistics/ MSc Biometrics/ BA Mathematics

Research Interests

Urban Health, especially disenfranchised populations

Illicit Drug Use, Homelessness, Mental Health

Education & Training History

Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania, 1973

Master Of Science, Biometrics, Temple University Medical School, 1975

Doctor of Philosophy, Statistics, University of Toronto, 1990

Other Affiliations

Member, Toronto Police Services Board, Mental Health SubCommittee

Chair, Toronto Research Group on Drug Use

Member, Death Under Five Committee, Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario

Primary Teaching Responsibilities

Professional Summary & Appointments

Honours & Awards

Current Research Projects

• Overdose Deaths in Toronto
• Surveillance of Births to Underhoused Mothers in Toronto
• Measuring Mental Health in Toronto
• Measuring Injuries Among Older Adults in Toronto
• Regent Park Revitalization Project – Measuring Community Coherence

Representative Publications

• • Fehlner, William R. and J. Bernstein, (1989) “The Use oF SAS/IML in Implementing the Coherence Property for Discriminate Analysis Variables,” Supplementary Procedure Guide, SAS User Group International, March, 1989.
  • Bernstein, J.I., (1990) Bootstrap and Edgeworth Approximation to the Correlation and Multiple Correlation Coefficients in Non-Normal Cases, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics.
  • Leslie, Bruce, Joyce Bernstein, and Michael Fay, (1992) “Crack Use Among Families in Metropolitan Toronto,” in Epidemiological Trends in Drug Abuse, Proceedings, Community Epidemiology Work Group, December, 1992, pp. 373-387, edited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Rockville, Maryland.
  • Bernstein, Joyce, Edward M. Adlaf, Joyce Radford, and Michael Fay (1993), “Drug Use in Metorpolitan Toronto and the Ambassador Dropout Prevention Program,” in Epidemiological Trends in Drug Abuse: Proceedings, Community Epidemiology WEork Group, June, 1993, pp.394-405, edited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland.
  • Bernstein, J.I. (1993), “Community Health Surveys, Who Responds, Who Does Not,” Abstract, Procedings of the First Canadian National Conference of Epidemiologists and Biostatisticians, June, 1993, University of Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Cavalieri, Walter, Carol Polych, and Joyce Bernstein, (1994) “Change Through Support: An Injecting Drug Users’ Group in a Community Health Care Centre,” in Epidemiological Trends in Drug Abuse, Proceedings, Community Epidemiology Work Group, December, 1994, pp. 298-305, edited by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Rockville, Maryland.
  • Bernstein, J.I. and S. Barton, (1995) “Serving the Vulnerable Elderly,” Abstract of presentation in Provincial Conference on Education in Geriatric Needs, sponsored by McMaster University, June, 1995.
  • Bernstein, Joyce (1997), “An Evaluation of the Annex Harm Reduction Shelter,” www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2946823&R=2946823.
  • C. Poulin, P. Fralick, E.M. Whynot, N. el-Guebaly, D. Kennedy, J. Bernstein, D. Boiven, and J. Rinehart (1998) “The Epidemiology of Cocaine and Opiate Abuse in Urban Canada,” Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 89, number 4, pp.234-238.
  • Bernstein, Joyce (1999), “Special Strategies for High-Risk Sub-Groups: Families With Children,” Chapter 3.1 in The Report of the Mayor’s Homelessness Action Task Force, Taking Responsibility for Homelessness, An Action Plan for Toronto, City of Toronto, January 1999.
  • Walker, Laura, Karen Bridgmen-Acker, James Edwards, Joyce Bernstein and Bert Lauwers (2013) “An Analysis of the Behavioural, Social, and Environmental Risk Factors that are Associated with Peridatric Accidetynal Deaths in Children 11 to 15 in Ontario.” Ontario Association of Childrens’ Aid Societies Journal, Vol. 58, Number 1, pp. 28-34.