Nancy Lightfoot

Associate Professor


705.675.1151 ext. 3972
SE 205-F
Sudbury Campus

Dr. Lightfoot grew up in Toronto and spent many childhood summers with her grandparents in Bruce County. She obtained her degrees at the University of Toronto (B.Sc. (Microbiology) at Trinity College, M.Sc. (Microbiology), and Ph.D (Community Health , Epidemiology)). She was a Resident Junior Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. She was the Epidemiologist and Head of the Cardiac Data Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Her family relocated to Sudbury. In Sudbury, she was the Senior Epidemiologist at the Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Division Head of Human Sciences at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and past-Director and Graduate Coordinator of the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the School of Rural and Northern Health, where the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Rural and Northern Health is offered, and is the instructor for the doctoral students critical appraisal and rural health issues courses, and supervises doctoral students. She also teaches undergraduate research methods in the School of Social Work and a masters course in occupational and environmental epidemiology in Nursing. When not undertaking her professional duties, much time is spent with her family, cats, dog, and her daughter's horse, reading biographies and mysteries, and exploring rural settings. She loves the quality of life and tranquility of northern Ontario.