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The Faculties of Health Professions, Dentistry and Medicine are pleased to announce that HPI Senior Research Scholar, Dr. Sara Kirk, has been appointed Scientific Director.

Dr. Kirk is a Professor of Health Promotion and Canada Research Chair in the School of Health and Human Performance with cross-appointments in Community Health and Epidemiology and at the IWK Health Centre. She is also a senior scientist with the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute. Originally from the UK, she moved to Canada in December 2006, and heads the Applied Research Collaborations for Health (ARCH) research group. Her research program uses a socio-ecological approach to better understand how we can create supportive environments for chronic disease prevention.

Dr. Kirk has been a Senior Research Scholar with the Healthy Populations Institute since 2014 and was previously a Research Associate with the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (AHPRC). She commenced a two-year term as Scientific Director on August 1, 2016.

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