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Andrew Eaton, BSW, MSW, PhD, RSW

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Assistant Professor

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Office: 306-664-7371
CO 111.4
Saskatoon Campus
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Research Interests

Community-Based Participatory Research; HIV/AIDS & Other STBBIs; Aging & the Lifecourse; Sexuality; Harm Reduction

Andrew D. Eaton is an Assistant Professor at the Saskatoon Campus. He completed his PhD and MSW at the University of Toronto, and his BSW at Toronto Metropolitan University. As principal investigator, Dr. Eaton holds grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN), the Saskatchewan Health Research Fund (SHRF), and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN). His research interests centre around the development, testing, and implementation of interventions regarding aging, sexuality, mental health, and addictions. He is specifically focused on addressing complexities of living and aging with HIV/AIDS. Dr. Eaton utilizes community-based participatory research. He also has been involved in research with LGBTQ+ youth and pedagogical social work research. His lab website is www.eaton-lab.com

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Eaton, A. D., Scheadler, T. R., Kon, T., Pang, N., Kwan, S., McDonald, M., Dillon, F. R., McInroy, L. B., Beer, O. W. J., Busch, A., Vandervoort, D., Bradley, C., & Shuper, P. A. (in revision). Identity development, attraction, and behaviour of heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men: A scoping review. Men and Masculinities. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3332350/v1

Eaton, A. D., Pang, N., Varghese, S. M., Reddy, V. D., Ross, S., Novotna, G., Beckwell, E., Medeiros, P., Shuper, P. A., & Ibáñez-Carrasco, F. (in press). ReportNeedles.ca: A real-time needle collection tool to foster community health partnerships. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3332760/v1

Eaton, A. D., Hui, J., Muchenje, M., Kon, T., Murzin, K., Chan Carusone, S., Novik, N., Quigley, A., Kokorelias, K., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F. (2024). Adapting cognitive remediation group therapy online: Focus groups with people aging with HIV. Journal of the International Association of Providers in AIDS Care, 23. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582241242703

Eaton, A. D., Scheadler, T. R., Bradley, C., McInroy, L. B., Beer, O. W. J., Beckwell, E., Busch, A., & Shuper, P. A. (2023). Identity development, attraction, and behaviour of heterosexually identified men who have sex with men: Scoping review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02355-6

Eaton, A. D., Rourke, S. B., Craig, S. L., Fallon, B. A., Emlet, C. A., Katz, E., & Walmsley, S. L. 2023). Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions that address intersecting cognitive and aging needs of older adults. Journal of Social Work, 24(1), 126-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173231207961

Eaton, A. D., Chan Carusone, S., Murzin, K., McCullagh, J. W., & Walmsley, S. L. (2023). Cognitive screening considerations for psychosocial clinical trials in HIV, aging, and cognition. Clinical Trials, 20(2), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.1177/17407745221136970

O’Brien, K. K., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Birtwell, K., Donald, G., Brown, D. A., Eaton, A. D., Kasadha, B., Stanmore, E., St. Clair-Sullivan, N., Townsend, L., Vera, J. H., & Solomon, P. (2023). Research priorities in HIV, aging and rehabilitation: Building on a framework with the Canada-international HIV and rehabilitation research collaborative. AIDS Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-023-00582-4

Craig, S. L., Brooks, A. S., Eaton, A. D., Doll, K., Lozano-Verduzco, I., Pang, N., McInroy, L. B., & McDermott, D. T. (2023). Promoting community and competence: The development and evaluation of an international student training network of sexual and gender diverse (SGD) emerging scholars in SGD research. Higher Education Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2023.2269889

Watts, K., Wagaman, M. A., Eaton, A. D., Leung, V. W. Y., Craig, S. L., & Bates, A. (2023). Examining the role of peer and family belongingness in the mental health of Black LGBTQ+ youth. Child & Youth Services. https://doi.org/10.1080/0145935X.2023.2261364

Kokorelias, K. M., Wasilewski, M. B., Flanagan, A., Zhabokritsky, A., Singh, H., Dove, E., Eaton, A. D., Valentine, D., Sheppard, C. L., Abdelhalim, R., Parpia, R., Zewude, R., Jamieson, L., Grosse, A., Walmsley, S. L., Brown, P., & Sirisegaram, L. (2023). Co-creating socio-culturally-appropriate virtual geriatric care for older adults living with HIV: A community-based participatory, intersectional protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231205189

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., & Leung, V. W. Y. (2023). Capturing resilience: Utilizing brief child and youth resilience measure with sexual and gender minority youth. Social Work Research.https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svad004

McInroy, L. B., Beer, O. W. J., Scheadler, T. R., Craig, S. L., & Eaton, A. D. (2023). Exploring the psychological and physiological impacts of digital microaggressions and hostile online climates on LGBTQ+ youth. Current Psychology.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04435-1

Craig, S. L., Brooks, A. S., Doll, K., Eaton, A. D., McInroy, L. B., & Hui, J. (2023). Processes and manifestations of digital resilience: Video and textual insights from sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221144958

Eaton, A. D., Hui, J., Muchenje, M., Murzin, K., Chan Carusone, S., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Novik, N., McCullagh, J. W., Nicolay, S., & Walmsley, S. L. (2022). Adapting cognitive remediation group therapy as an online or hybrid intervention for people aging with HIV and cognitive concerns: Focus group protocol. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221139014

Eaton, A. D., Fang, L., & Pang, N. (2022). The state of doctoral social work education in Canada. Social Work Education: The International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2022.2096214

Alessi, E. J., Cheung, S., Sarna, V., Dentato, M. P., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2022). Experiences of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress among sexual and gender minority emerging adult migrants in the United States. Stress & Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3198

Zamorano-Martínez, L. A., Lozano-Verduzco, I., Mendoza-Pérez, J. C., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2022). Between the precariousness of rights and the production of political subjectivity in experiences of trans youth in Mexico. Debate Feminista, 65. https://debatefeminista.cieg.unam.mx/publicacion-entre-precarizacion-de-los-derechos.php

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., McInroy, L. B., Lozano-Verduzco, I., Austin, A., Dentato, M. P., Mendoza Pérez, J. C., & McDermott, D. T. (2022). Building bridges and breaking down silos: A framework for developing interdisciplinary academic – community research collaborations for the benefit of sexual and gender minority youth. Psychology& Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2022.2043421

Alessi, E. J., Cheung, S. P., Dentato, M. P., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2022). A qualitative exploration of information and communication technology use among LGBTQ+ emerging adult migrants before and after arrival in the United States. Emerging Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968221087072

Austin, A., Dentato, M. P., Holzworth, J., Ast, R., Verdino, A. P., Alessi, E. J., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2022). Artistic expression as a source of resilience for transgender and gender diverse young people. Journal of LGBT Youth. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2021.2009080

Lozano-Verduzco, I., Zamorano Martínez, L., Mendoza-Pérez, J. C., Craig, S. L., & Eaton, A. D. (2022). Emotions, agency, and materiality: Embodiment of homophobic discrimination against Mexican LGBTQ+ youth. Journal of Homosexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2030614

Eaton, A. D., Craig, S. L., Rourke, S. B., Sota, T., McCullagh, J. W., Fallon, B. A., & Walmsley, S. L. (2021). Cognitive remediation group therapy for people aging with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: Randomized, controlled trial. Social Work with Groups. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2021.1963389

Eaton, A. D., Chan Carusone, S., Ceranto, A., Craig, S. L., Busch, A., & McCullagh, J. W. (2021). Training peers to ease hospital discharge: A community-clinical partnership in complex HIV care. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 15(2), 225-260. muse.jhu.edu/article/797369

Eaton, A. D. (2021). Community engagement in Canadian health and social science research: Field reports on four studies. Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning, 6(2), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v6i2.70165

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A.D., Leung, V. W. Y., Iacono, G., Pang, N., Dillon, F., Austin, A., Pascoe, R., & Dobinson, C. (2021). Efficacy of affirmative cognitive behavioural group therapy for sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults in community settings in Ontario, Canada. BMC Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00595-6

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., Kirkland, A., Egag, E., Pascoe, R., King, K., & Krishnan, S. (2021). Towards an integrative self: A digital photo elicitation study of resilience among key marginalized populations of sexual and gender minority youth. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 16(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2021.1961572

Liboro, R. M., Ranuschio, B., Bell, S., Yates, T. C., Barnes, L., Fehr, C., Da Silva, G., Despres, J., Ibañez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A. D., Sedere, A., Puno, T., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2021). Mitigating risks and building resilience to HIV/AIDS: Perspectives of HIV-negative, middle-aged and older men who have sex with men. Community Psychology in Global Perspective, 7(2), 129-144. http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/cpgp/article/view/23863

McInroy, L. B., Beaujolais, B., Craig, S. L., & Eaton, A. D. (2021). The self-identification, LGBTQ+ identity development, and attraction and behavior of asexual youth: Implications for sexual health and internet-based service provision. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02064-y

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., McInroy, L. B., & Leung, V. W. Y. (2021). Can social media participation enhance LGBTQ+ youth wellbeing? Development of the social media benefits scale. Social Media + Society, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305121988931

Craig, S. L., Gardiner, T., Eaton, A. D., Pang, N., & Kourgiantakis, T. (2021). Practicing Alliance: An experiential model of teaching diversity and inclusion in social work. Social Work Education: The International Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2021.1892054

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., Goulden, A., & Eaton,. A. D. (2021). Engaging the senses in qualitative research via multimodal coding: Triangulating transcript, audio, and video data in a study with sexual and gender minority youth. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20.https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211013659

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., Pascoe, R., Egag, E., McInroy, L. B., Fang, L., Austin, A., & Dentato, M. P. (2020). QueerVIEW: Protocol for a technology-mediated qualitative photo elicitation study with sexual and gender minority youth in Ontario, Canada. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(11). https://www.researchprotocols.org/2020/11/e20547

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., & Eaton, A. D. (2020). Describing a clinical group coding method for identifying competencies in an allied health single session. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2020(13), 1133-1142.https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S266853

Craig, S. L., Iacono, G., Austin, A., Eaton, A. D., Pang, N., Leung, V. W. Y., & Frey, C. J. (2020). The role of facilitator training in intervention delivery: Preparing clinicians to deliver AFFIRMative group cognitive behavioral therapy to sexual and gender minority youth. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 33(1), 56-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538720.2020.1836704

McInroy, L. B., Beaujolais, B., Leung, V. W. Y., Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., & Austin, A. (2020). Comparing asexual and non-asexual sexual minority adolescents and young adults: Stressors, suicidality and mental and behavioural health risk outcomes. Psychology & Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2020.1806103

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., Goulden, A., Eaton, A. D., Kourgiantakis, T., Bogo, M., Adamson, K., Iacono, G., Gagliardi, L., Krasovec, T., & Small, M. (2020). The health social work competency rating scale: Development of a tool for education and practice. Social Work Education: The International Journal.https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2020.1768233

Craig, S. L., Austin, A., Levenson, J., Leung, V. W. Y., Eaton, A. D., & D’Souza, S. (2020). Frequencies and patterns of adverse childhood events in LGBTQ+ youth. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104623

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., Belitzky, M., Kates, L. E., Dimitropoulos, G., & Tobin, J. (2020). Empowering the team: A social work model of interprofessional collaboration in hospitals. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice,19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2020.100327

Wagaman, M. A., Watts, K. J., Lamneck, V., D’Souza, S. A., McInroy, L. B., Eaton, A. D., & Craig, S. L. (2020). Managing stressors online and offline: LGBTQ+ youth in the Southern United States. Children and Youth Services Review, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104799

Eaton, A. D., Walmsley, S. L., Craig, S. L., Rourke, S. B., Sota, T., McCullagh, J. W., & Fallon, B. A. (2019). Protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial evaluating feasibility and acceptability of cognitive remediation group therapy compared with mutual aid group therapy for people ageing with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) in Toronto, Canada. BMJ Open,9.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/10/e033183

Craig, S. L., Eaton, A. D., McInroy, L. B., D’Souza, S. A., Krishnan, S., Wells, G. A., Twum-Siaw, L., & Leung, V. W. Y. (2019). Navigating negativity: A grounded theory and integrative mixed methods investigation of how sexual and gender minority youth cope with negative comments online. Psychology and Sexuality, 11(3), 161-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2019.1665575

Eaton, A. D., Katz, E., McKee, E., & Russell, D. (2019). Connecting MSW students to community-based practicum: Feasibility and acceptability of panel presentations. Journal of Social Work Education, 56(3), 548-559. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2019.1656589

Eaton, A. D. (2019). Filmed simulation to train peer researchers in community-based participatory research. Social Work Research, 43(3), 195-199. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svz011

McInroy, L. B., McCloskey, R. J., Craig, S. L., & Eaton, A. D. (2019). LGBTQ+ youths’ community engagement and resource seeking online versus offline. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 37(4), 315-333.https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2019.1617823

Eaton, A. D., Chan Carusone, S., Craig, S. L., Telegdi, E., McCullagh, J. W., McClure, D., Wilson, W., Zuniga, L., Berney, K., Ginocchio, G. F., Wells, G. A., Montess, M., Busch, A., Boyce, N., Strike, C., & Stewart, A. (2019). The ART of conversation: Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot peer intervention to help complex HIV-positive people transition from hospital to community. BMJ Open, 9(3).https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e026674

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., Eaton, A. D., Iacono, G., Leung, V. W. Y., Austin, A., & Dobinson, C. (2019). An affirmative coping skills intervention to improve the mental and sexual health of sexual and gender minority youth (Project Youth AFFIRM): Protocol for an implementation study. JMIR Research Protocols, 8(6), e13462. https://www.researchprotocols.org/2019/6/e13462/

Liboro, R. M., Rourke, S. B., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Eaton, A. D., Pugh, D., Medina, C., Rae, A., Shuper, P. A., & Ross, L. E. (2019). Strategies employed by community-based service providers to address HIV-associated neurocognitive challenges: A qualitative study. Journal of the International Association of Providers in AIDS Care, 18. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958218822336

Eaton, A. D., Tsang, A. K. T., Craig, S. L., & Ginocchio, G. F. (2018). Peer researchers in post-professional healthcare: A glimpse at motivations and partial objectivity as opportunities for action researchers. Action Research, 17(4), 591-609. https://doi.org/10.1177/1476750318811913

Eaton, A. D., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Craig, S. L., Chan Carusone, S., Montess, M. Wells, G. A., & Ginocchio, G. F. (2018). A blended learning curriculum for training peer researchers to conduct community-based participatory research. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 15(2), 139-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2018.1462143

Liboro, R. M., Ibáñez-Carrasco, F., Rourke, S. B., Eaton, A. D., Medina, C., Pugh, D., Rae, A., Ross, L. E., & Shuper, P. A. (2018). Barriers to addressing HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND): Community-based service provider perspectives. Journal of HIV & Social Services, 17(3), 209-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/15381501.2018.1431168

Eaton, A. D., Cattaneo, J. S., Watchorn, J. M., Bilbao-Joseph, C., Bowler, S., Hazelton, M., Myslik, J., Ross, A., & Chambers, L. (2017). From serodiscordant to magnetic: The feasibility and acceptability of a pilot psychoeducational group intervention designed to improve relationship quality. Social Work with Groups, 41(4), 323-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2017.1369922

Craig, S. L., McInroy, L. B., D’Souza, S., Austin, A., McCready, L. T., Eaton, A. D., Shade, L. R., & Wagaman, M. A. (2017). Project #queery: The influence of information and communication technologies on the resilience and coping of sexual and gender minority youth in the United States and Canada. JMIR Research Protocols, 6(9):e189. https://www.researchprotocols.org/2017/9/e189/

Eaton, A. D., Craig, S. L., & Wallace, R. (2017). The intersecting cognitive and aging needs of HIV-positive older adults: Implications for social work practice. Social Work in Health Care, 56(8), 733-747. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2017.1339759