Scientists

Centre for Healthy Communities scientists embrace engaged scholarship by working closely with partners and communities to address applied public health problems and societal questions that impact health, wellbeing, and sustainability. Centre scientists support Canadians in helping their communities achieve their healthiest potential by:

• conducting research and evaluations
• collecting necessary data
• developing and scaling up tools and interventions
• sharing and mobilizing research evidence
• harnessing scientific and experiential (practice and community-based) knowledge through evidence reviews
• capacity building, and
• working collaboratively to achieve collective impact.

Centre for Healthy Communities scientists are formally affiliated with the School of Public Health, University of Alberta in a research capacity (e.g., through a faculty or adjunct position or long-standing collaboration). 

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Name	Interests
Susan Chatwood	Indigenous health and wellness Wellness systems and capacity building
Xinjie Cui	Health and social service use pattern Service use trajectory Information governance and privacy protection
Dean Eurich	Health outcomes Equity Social determinants of health Health care utilization
Christina Gillies	Health equity Supportive environments for health Research & evaluation Knowledge translation
Patrick Hanington	Water Community-based monitoring Molecular biology Collaboration, connection, idea sharing and engagement
Elaine Hyshka	Structurally vulnerable populations Addiction and substance use
Allyson Jones	Healthy environments Health equity Indigenous communities
Anita Kozyrskyj	Nature and natural environments Infant gut microbiome Immune-related disease Neurodevelopment
Stephanie Montesanti	Interventions for Indigenous health (on-reserve/urban) Health equity Community leadership and inclusion in policy/practice Policy development Service design and delivery
Norman Neumann	Healthy environments
Candace Nykiforuk	Built, social, and policy environments to promote health and health equity Healthy public policy, with a special interest in municipal policy Financial wellbeing Chronic disease prevention Cross-sectoral collaboration
Elizabeth Onyango	Food security and nutrition Social equity Health and wellbeing of immigrants Intersections of gender and gender based violence Community engagement Healthy communities
Simon Otto	Antimicrobial resistance One health Antimicrobial stewardship
Roman Pabayo	Social epidemiology Social determinants of health Social inequalities Health inequalities
Mike Paulden	Health economics
Lisa Allen Scott	Chronic disease prevention Health equity Healthy public policy Community capacity Cross-sectoral collaboration
Kate Storey	School health Health promotion Community-based research Implementation science Knowledge translation
Shelby Yamamoto	Air pollution Climate change Health Vulnerable populations Perinatal mental health