Members
Professor
School of Nursing
Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
University of Ottawa
Dr. Nancy Edwards is a professor in the School of Nursing and Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and Director of the Community Health Research Unit, and Academic Consultant for the City of Ottawa (Public Health Services.) Dr. Edwards obtained her nursing degree from the University of Windsor and completed her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in epidemiology. She has contributed to over 90 scientific and technical publications. Dr. Edwards has held research fellowships, a career scientist award and is a Visiting Professor at Tianjin Medical University, China, and at Guerrero University, Mexico. Over the past five years she has directed three international projects in China. She has been elected to a variety of board positions; invited to sit on regional, provincial and national advisory and expert panels; and consulted on community health program design and research initiatives in Canada and internationally. Dr. Edwards is also one of five national nursing research chairs funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation and CIHR. Until her appointment to CIHR's Governing Council, Dr. Edwards was a member of the Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health.
