Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite
Investigator, BCMHSUS Research Institute
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Primary research areas
- Correctional health services
- Linked administrative health data
- Social determinants of health
- Mental health
- Substance use
About Amanda Slaunwhite, PhD
- Scientific Director, Correctional Health Services, BCMHSUS
- Assistant Professor (Partner), School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
- Director, Canadian Collaboration for Prison Health and Education, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Dr. Slaunwhite is a population health researcher who has significant expertise in prison health, substance use and mental health. She has more than a decade of experience working with administrative health data in North America and has co-led research projects with people with lived experience of substance use, incarceration, and overdose.
Dr. Slaunwhite holds a PhD in human geography from the University of Victoria (2015) and a master's degree in urban and regional planning from Queen's University (2009). She completed post-doctoral training in child and youth mental health in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick (2015-2017). She was a senior scientist and scientific lead of the BC Provincial Overdose Cohort at the BC Centre for Disease Control from 2018-2024. She previously worked in applied health research and policy roles at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, and the Parliamentary Information and Research Service.
Dr. Slaunwhite is dedicated to developing applied health research projects that have a positive impact on the health of incarcerated people and strengthen correctional health services. She is committed to working with people with lived/living experiences of substance use, mental health, and incarceration to co-develop and co-lead applied health research projects.
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