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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Centre Scientists

Centre Scientists

Name	Interests
Funto Adewusi	One Health Implementation science Policy Lived and living experiences Multiculturalism
Lisa Allen Scott	Collective impact Multi-sectoral collaboration Healthy social, physical, economic and policy environments
Claire Benny	Safe communities Injury prevention Social determinants of health Health equity Epidemiology
Susan Chatwood	Indigenous health and wellness Wellness systems and capacity building
Xinjie Cui	Healthy workforce Data analytics Equity
Dean Eurich	First Nations Equity
Alexa Ferdinands	Food environments Youth participatory action research Qualitative methods Relationships with food
Christina Gillies	Community health promotion Health equity Social determinants of health Participatory approaches Qualitative methods
Patrick Hanington	Safe water and water reuse Environmental health
Elaine Hyshka	Substance use Houselessness Health systems and services Policy and politics
Allyson Jones	Older adults Aging in place Mobility
Stephanie Montesanti	Indigenous healthy communities Health equity Health systems strengthening Community governance
Norman Neumann	Environmental health Water sustainability Water reuse Pollution Risk assessment
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 Migration Gender issues Health and wellbeing Social justice
Simon Otto	Antimicrobial resistance One health Epidemiology
Roman Pabayo	Income inequality Structural racism Public health funding, programming and policies
Mike Paulden	Health economics
Kate Storey	Health promotion Child and youth health School and community health
Shelby Yamamoto	Climate change Air pollution Social determinants of health Health equity