Susan Chatwood

Visiting Faculty Fellow, University of Alberta

Faculty Fellow

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Dr. Susan Chatwood (B.Sc. Nursing, University of British Columbia; Masters Epidemiology, McGill University; PhD Medical Science, University of Toronto) is the Scientific Director of the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research and is a Professor at the University of Alberta, School of Public Health. She also holds affiliations as an Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Chatwood has spent most of her career in remote and northern communities, working in clinical settings, public health and research. She has played a number of leadership roles in the north, which have promoted northern-based research, partnerships, training, and capacity building. She is the past Chair of the Social and Human Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee. She was a scholar in the Fulbright Arctic Initiative and was President of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health. Her research interests include supporting the training of northern scholars with a focus on community-based work, health systems improvements, and the synthesis of knowledge across sectors that promote broader understandings of health systems and wellness in the Arctic.

Research keywords:

Health and Wellness Systems; Circumpolar

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