Josée Lavoie, BSc, MA, PhD

Research summary

Dr. Lavoie’s program of research is uniquely positioned, innovative and conducted in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and other Indigenous groups across Canada, in Alaska, Norway, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand and circumpolar countries.

She has mixed method expertise in public administration, qualitative and health service research (health administrative data). Her research focuses on improved access to primary (ie outpatient) healthcare for underserved and marginalized populations, in rural, remote and inner-city environments; and on shifting health policy. Her program of research demonstrates leadership in engaged scholarship.

Research interests

• Indigenous health
• equity
• anti-Indigenous racism
• health systems and policy research
• primary healthcare
• international comparative health policy
• circumpolar health
• Indigenous knowledge systems

Brief bio

Dr. Josée Lavoie is a professor in Community Health Sciences at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and past director of Ongomiizwin Research Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing. Her research intersects policy and Indigenous health services, focusing on contracting, accountability, and responsiveness. She collaborates with the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, the Manitoba Inuit Association, and partners in Australia, New Zealand, and Circumpolar countries.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Health Policy and Financing), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2005)
• Master of Arts (Medical Anthropology), McGill University (1993)
• Bachelor of Science (Dietetics and Nutrition), McGill University (1986)

Awards

• 2022: Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• 2020: Nominated, College of Medicine Teacher Recognition & MMSA Award, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
• 2018-19: Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Arctic Initiative