Brenda Elias, BA(H), MA, PhD

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Research themes

• FASD and human rights
• gender health
• Indigenous health
• mental health
• social determinants

Research affiliations

• Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences
• Research Affiliate, University of Manitoba, Centre for Human Rights

Research groups

• International Group for Indigenous Health Measurement
• Canadian Indigenous Research Network Against Cancer

Research summary

Dr. Brenda Elias conducts multilevel quantitative and mixed-method studies into the social, cultural, biological, economic, political and historical determinants of health. She leads "Translating to the Community: A social epigenetic study of FASD".

This study, funded by CIHR, Kid’s Brain Network, and Manitoba Liquor, Lotteries and Cannabis, is seeking to develop an early diagnostic biomarker tool for FASD and associated co-morbidities.

Complimenting this study, Dr. Elias is the program director of the SSHRC-Partner funded “Looking after each other: A dignity promotion partnership project.

In addition, Dr. Elias is co-principal applicant of the Wuniska Indigenous Centre on HIV/HCV/STBBI Inequities (Saskatchewan and Manitoba).