Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Indigenous Health Researchers Database is a comprehensive listing of researchers who are affiliated with a Canadian university and have a wide range of expertise related to the health of Indigenous peoples. These researchers have undertaken some form of research related to the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis peoples, ranging from one study to a lifetime of work in a particular area.

The names of researchers along with their contact information, university affiliation, focus of Indigenous health research, and a selection of their publications are listed by theme and location. To view the details of a researcher please click on the name shown in the list to expand the information.

Compiled by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), this listing is based on publicly available information on university websites in Canada.

Click on the author's name to reveal a list of publications.

To request edits to an author's entry, or to request to be added to the database, please complete the online form.

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Anna Chiarelli 

Professor, Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto


Maya Gislason

Associate Professor, Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University


Robert Henry

Assistant Professor, Indigenous Studies & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Justice and Wellbeing

University of Saskatchewan


Sean Hillier

First Nations; Associate Professor and York Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy & One Health; Associate Director, Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages 

York University


Kelsey Leonard

Shinnecock Nation; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment

University of Waterloo


Kendra Nixon

Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work; Director, RESOLVE

University of Manitoba


Jacqueline Pei

Professor, Faculty of Education, Educational Psychology Department

University of Alberta


Leslie Tutty

Professor Emerita, Faculty of Social Work

University of Calgary


Merrick Zwarenstein

Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Family Medicine

Western University


Erica (Samms) Hurley

Mi’kmaq; Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing; cross appointed to the School of Arts and Social Sciences in Interdisciplinary Humanities

Memorial University