Dr. Jasneet Dhaliwal, BHSc, MD
Physician / Research Scholarship Awardee
Dr. Jasneet Dhaliwal joined the Waypoint Centre for Mental
Health Care as a physician hospitalist in July 2022, where she works primarily
in acute mental health units to provide robust care to inpatients. She
completed her Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) at McMaster University
with a specialization in Global Health. She graduated from the Michael G.
DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in 2019 and continued at
McMaster to complete residency training in family medicine.
Dr. Dhaliwal has a strong interest in the overlap between
primary and psychiatric care. She has previously worked in the William Osler
Health System and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to provide care
for the acute and forensic psychiatric populations.
Dr. Dhaliwal’s primary research interests involve the
intersection of primary care and mental health. She hopes to strengthen the
understanding of preventive health care within the psychiatric population, and
to further an integrated approach to care. She has received several research
awards in the past, including the Mach-Gaensslen research award and is the
recipient of the Waypoint Research Institute Research and Scholarship award.
Keywords: preventative health care, family medicine, acute psychiatry.
Research Interests
Primary and preventive health and their integration with psychiatry; addiction medicine; global health.
Publications
Dhaliwal JK, Knifed E. Impact of levonorgestrel intrauterine devices on breastfeeding: a systematic review. Poster presentation at: Family Medicine Forum; 2019 Oct 31; Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Dhaliwal JK, Chaimowitz G. The effectiveness of addictions interventions among the concurrent disorders population within correctional and forensic psychiatry systems. Poster presentation at: Public Health 2018; 2018 May 28-31; Montreal, QC, Canada.
Dhaliwal JK, Chaimowitz G. The effectiveness of addictions interventions among the concurrent disorders population within correctional and forensic psychiatry systems. Oral presentation at: Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Conference 2018; 2018 Mar 4-7; Victoria, BC, Canada.
Rai AS, Khan JS, Dhaliwal JK, Busse JW, Choi S, Devereaux PJ & Clarke H. (2017). Preoperative pregabalin or gabapentin for acute and chronic postoperative pain among patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 70(10), 1317-1328.
Dhaliwal JK. (2015) Global Perspective: The implications of antimalarial overprescription. The Meducator – McMaster’s Undergraduate Health Sciences Publication, 28, 9-11.
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