Research Chairs Named To UNBC
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PRINCE GEORGE – It’s a big day for UNBC, which welcomes a new Research Chair and the renewal of two existing Chairs.
Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, an associate professor in Geography and the Northern Medical Program (NMP) has been named as the new Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities. Dr. Sarah Gray, an associate professor in the NMP, has been reappointed as CRC of Integrative Physiology of Diabetes, and Dr. Brian Menounos, professor in Geography, will continue his work as CRC in Glacier Change.
Dr. de Leeuw, a social scientist whose areas of interest include the medical humanities and determinants of marginalized peoples’ health, will investigate how the arts and humanities can help address health inequities and encourage medical professionals to go into different geographies of practice such as rural areas and working with Indigenous people.
“I would like to explore whether the influence of the humanities can increase levels of empathy in health professionals and thus increase response to complex health issues,” says Dr. de Leeuw.
