FNEHIN - First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network

Expertise:

Aboriginal Health Issues, Epidemiology, Indigenous health research

Focus:

Public Health

Affiliations:

Professor, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria; Director, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Academic Supervisor (if Applicable)

Research Area(s)

Food

Geographical Preference(s)

British Columbia

Projects

• The Institute Support Grant for the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal People's Health a constituent Institute of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Research program in Aboriginal health
• The quest to improve Aboriginal health
• Research with Arctic peoples: unique research opportunities in heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders. Working group summary and recommendations
• Implementing empowering health promotion programmes for Aboriginal youth in two distinct communities in British Columbia, Canada
• Tobacco smoking status among Aboriginal youth
• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aboriginal People's Health: a global model and national network for Aboriginal health research excellence
• Improving the health of future generations: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
• An examination of factors contributing to the development of a First Nation controlled health care system in Manitoba