Jennifer Dimoff
Associate Professor
Kathryn Tremblay Professorship in Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Leadership
Honours Bachelor of Science (Queen's),
Master of Science (Saint Mary's University),
Ph.D. (Saint Mary's University)
- Location
- DMS 5121
- Telephone
- 613-562-5800 x 4774
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Biography
Dr. Dimoff earned a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Saint Mary’s University and holds a B.Sc. from Queen’s University. Dr. Dimoff joined the faculty at Telfer in 2019, after spending three years at Portland State University, where she maintains status as an Affiliate Faculty member. She is also an Affiliate Faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. Her primary area of research focuses on the intersections between leadership, occupational health and safety, and employee training and development. As the youngest recipient of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Scientist-Practitioner Recognition Award, her research reflects her firm endorsement of the scientist-practitioner model. She has worked with local, national, and international organizations to develop, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based solutions to real workplace problems. Most notably, Dr. Dimoff co-developed the Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT)—one of the first scientifically evaluated mental health training programs for workplace leaders to demonstrate ROI. In addition to numerous journal publications and chapters, she has also co-edited a book, Leading to Occupational Health and Safety: How Leadership Behaviours Impact Organizational Safety and Well-Being.
Pillars
Publications during the last 7 years
Papers in Refereed Journals
- Quintal-Curcic, D., Lapierre, L.M., O'Reilly, J., Dimoff, J.K., Bonaccio, S. 2026. Development and Validation of the Mental Health-Responsive Supervision (MHRS) Measure. Journal of Business and Psychology.
- Hildrenbrand, K., Topakas, A., Nielsen, K.M., Dimoff, J.K., Kelloway, E.K. 2026. What factors shape the effectiveness of a leader-focused mental health training? Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 31(2): 115–131.
- Gilbert, S.L., Dimoff, J.K., Mullen, J., Kelloway, E.K., Thibault, T., Jones-Chick, R., Myers, V., Shaw, J., Myrden, S. 2025. The Health and Safety of Retail and Service Workers during COVID-19: The Role of Safety Leadership. Occupational Health Science, 9: 155–179.
- Anger, W.K., Dimoff, J.K., Alley, L. 2024. Addressing Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health through Interventions: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Public Health, 114(S2): S213–S226.
- Hammer, L.B., Dimoff, J.K., Mohr, C.D., Allen, S. 2024. Resilience Training in the Military: Lessons Learned. Occupational Health Science, (Accepted).
- Mohr, C.D., Hammer, L.B., Dimoff, J.K., Allen, S., Lee, J., Arpin, S., McCabe, S., Brockwood, K.J., Bodner, T., Mahoney, L., Dretsch, M., Britt, T. 2024. Supportive-leadership training to improve social connection: A cluster-randomized trial demonstrating efficacy in a high-risk occupational context. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 29(5): 299-316.
- Hammer, L.B., Brockwood, K.J., Dimoff, J.K., Allen, S., Mohr, C.D., Dretsch, M., Lee, J., Britt, T. 2024. The Effects of Platoon Leader Mental Health and Resilience Training on Soldier Problematic Anger. Military Medicine, 189(Suppl 3): 501-509.
- Kelloway, E.K., Dimoff, J.K., Gilbert, S.L. 2023. Mental Health in the Workplace. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 10: 363-387.
- Gilbert, S., Brady, J., Dimoff, J.K., McPhee, T., Macleod, R. 2023. Pregnancy Loss and the Workplace: Qualitative Experiences of Full-time Employees. Journal of Vocational Behavior.
- Hammer, L.B., Allen, S., Dimoff, J.K. 2022. The Missing Link: The Role of the Workplace in Mental Health. Workplace Health & Safety, 70(8): 384-384.
- Gulseren, D., Thibault, T., Kelloway, E.K., Gilbert, S., Mullen, J., Dimoff, J.K., Teed, M. 2021. R.I.G.H.T. Leadership: Scale Development and Validation of a Psychologically Healthy Leadership Model. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
- Gilbert, S.L., Mullen, J., Kelloway, E.K., Dimoff, J.K., Teed, M., McPhee, T. 2021. The C.A.R.E. Model of Employee Bereavement Support. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 26(5): 405–420.
- Dimoff, J.K., Kelloway, E.K. 2019. Mental Health Problems are Management Problems: Exploring the Critical Role of Managers in Supporting Employee Mental Health. Organizational Dynamics, 48(3): 105-112.
- Dimoff, J.K., Kelloway, E.K. 2019. With a Little Help from My Boss: The Impact of Workplace Mental Health Training on Leader Behaviors and Employee Resource Utilization. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24(1): 4-19.
Chapters in Books
- Dimoff, J.K., Gilbert, S.L., Brady, J., Macleod, R.**. Motherhood and mental health: Perinatal mood disorders and work. In Day, A., Cooper, C.L. Mental Health and the Workplace. New York: Routledge, 2023, (In Press).
- Dimoff, J.K., Yoder, O.*, Vogel, W.E.S.**. Mental health in the workplace: Where we’ve been and where we’re going. In Kelloway, E.K., Cooper, C.L. Research Agenda for Workplace Stress and Wellbeing. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- Denning, E., Dimoff, J.K., Mohr, C.D. Mental health in the workplace: Research, interventions, and future directions. In Gurung, R. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World. Abingdon, UK: Informa UK Ltd., 2020, (In Press).
Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports
- Dimoff, J.K., Ortynsky, M.. 2024. "Ricoh Mental Health Climate Report: A Technical Report on Mental Health Climate Benchmarking".
- Anger, W.K., Dimoff, J.K., Alley, L.. 2023. "Mental health Interventions in Healthcare: A Systematic Review".
Funded Research during the last 7 years
| From-To | Source | Title | Purpose | Type | Role | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2031 | SSHRC | Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) and employment: The intersection between work, reproductive mental health, and gender | R | C | PI | $280,814 |
| 2025-2026 | Telfer School of Management | Biological sex differences and safer work systems | R | I | PI | $14,952 |
| 2023-2028 | SSHRC Insight | Mental health training in sport: A partnership with Soccer Canada | R | C | Co-I | $320,000 |
| 2023-2025 | SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant | Pregnancy loss and work, partnership with the PILSC | R | C | PI | $25,000 |
| 2022-2027 | Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) - John R. Evans Leaders Fund | Inclusion, Interaction, and Intervention: The Triple-I Lab | E | F | PI | $519,576 |
| 2022-2027 | Ontario Research Fund (ORF) | Inclusion, Interaction, and Intervention: The Triple-I Lab | E | G | PI | $519,577 |
| 2022-2027 | SSHRC Insight | Bereavement support in the workplace | R | C | Co-I | $147,325 |
| 2022-2027 | CIHR Operating Grant | Addressing the harms of COVID-19 on the health of the Canadian health workforce: Evaluation of an evidence-informed, multi-level intervention strategy | R | C | Collaborator | $249,247 |
| 2022-2023 | Office of the Provost and VP Academic | Perinatal Mental Health and Work | R | I | PI | $9,940 |
| 2021-2026 | SSHRC Insight Grant | Being a manager and a subordinate who foster psychological health at work. A competency-based approach through an organizational intervention | R | C | Co-I | $235,635 |
| 2020-2023 | SSHRC - Insight Development Grants | Mental illness in the workplace: Understanding the impact of mental health climate on employees | R | C | PI | $65,798 |
| 2020-2023 | Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | Bringing high-reliability safety culture decisions into focus: Training with interactive fuzzy cognitive mapping | R | G | Co-I | $212,862 |
| 2020-2022 | New Brunswick Health Research Foundation | Organizational response to disease | R | F | Co-I | $82,000 |
| 2020-2022 | CIHR | Organizational response to disease | R | C | Co-I | $333,300 |
| 2020-2021 | Telfer School of Management | Research Accelerator Grant - COVID-19 Pandemic Special Support | S | I | PI | $10,000 |
| 2020-2021 | Research Nova Scotia | Organizational response to disease | R | G | Co-I | $54,000 |
| 2019-2022 | U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Program, Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program | Behavioral health and resilience training for military leaders | R | G | Co-I | $2,484,900 |
| 2018-2019 | Northwestern Mutual | Occupational health and safety: A needs assessment in a financial firm | S | O | PI | $7,500 |
| 2018-2019 | Portland State University Enhancement Grant | No Health without mental health: The development of a mental health climate scale to advance workplace mental health research | R | O | PI | $14,895 |
| 2018-2019 | Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety at the University of Washington | Mental health training at scale: Developing online tools for evidence-based workplace solutions | R | G | PI | $9,113 |
| 2017-2019 | Ruby | Mental health training in the workplace: A call center evaluation | S | O | PI | $5,000 |
LEGEND:
Purpose
C: Contract (R and D) | E: Equipment Grant | R: Research Grant | S: Support Award | P: Pedagogical Grant | O: Other, U: Unknown
Type
C: Granting Councils | G: Government | F: Foundations | I: UO Internal Funding | O: Other | U: Unknown
Role
PI = Principal Investigator | Co-I = Co-Investigator | Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator
