About
Grace is a health researcher and university lecturer with extensive training in rural and northern health, health equity, and the social determinants of health with additional experience in Indigenous health, medical education, and clinical health research. Grace completed her PhD in Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University, where she explored mechanisms for measuring rurality and health equity in the context of Northern Ontario. Grace is passionate about community-driven intersectoral approaches to complex health and social challenges.
As an OHT Fellow with Northumberland County, Grace will aid in developing a population health strategy for the rural and vulnerable residents of Northumberland. She hopes to apply her understanding of geography as a determinant of health to this area.
