Faculty in the School include: Nancy Lightfoot, PhD, Elizabeth Wenghofer, PhD, and Nancy Young, PhD.  They have backgrounds in the disciplines of: clinical and population-based epidemiology; health administration; health policy; health services; and sociology.  These faculty members conduct well established and highly regarded applied health and academic research of direct benefit for rural and northern communities.  Some of the areas in which they conduct research include:  health services and policy; Aboriginal health; cancer epidemiology; children’s health; chronic and infectious disease; population health; Francophone health; mental health; the health workforce and other aspects of occupational and environmental health; and program evaluation.

Nancy E. Lightfoot  PhD

Associate Professor

Phone: (705) 675-1151 ext. 3972

Fax:        (705) 671-6603

Email:    nlightfoot@laurentian.ca

Elizabeth Wenghofer  PhD

Director, Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor 

Phone: (705) 675-1151 ext: 3925

Fax:        (705) 671-6603

Email:    ewenghofer@laurentian.ca

Nancy L. Young  PhD

Professor and Canada Research Chair

Phone: (705) 675-1151 ext. 4014

Fax:        (705) 671-6603

Email:    nyoung@laurentian.ca