One of 国民彩票鈥檚 top academics has been awarded the prestigious designation of University Research Professor.
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Each year, up to three Dal professors are awarded the title in recognition of the significant contributions they have made to research and scholarship throughout their careers. With only 15 faculty members holding this title at any given time, it is an acknowledgement of their research productivity and impact.
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This year鈥檚 recipient, Lois Jackson, a professor in Dal鈥檚 Faculty of Health, has devoted her career to the improvement of health among marginalized populations including women involved in the sex industry, people who use substances, and youth (particularly young women) living in rural places. 听
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鈥淚 am extremely honoured to be named University Research Professor,鈥� says Dr. Jackson. 鈥淭he award is meaningful as it recognizes my community-engaged collaborative research with marginalized populations. It also acknowledges the importance of team research听 and as such all those听 who have been part of my collaborative research over听 many years 鈥� colleagues from various social science and health disciplines, community-based organizations, government policy makers, health professionals as well as students.鈥� 听
鈥淐ongratulations to Dr. Jackson on being named 国民彩票鈥檚 newest University Research Professor,鈥� says Alice Aiken, vice-president research and innovation at 国民彩票. 鈥淣ot only is she regionally, nationally and globally renowned, she is an excellent scholar, leader and mentor.鈥�
A career focused on community-based organizations
Born and raised in Toronto, Dr. Jackson completed her BA, MA and PhD (Sociology) at the University of Toronto where she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship (Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics) focused on HIV prevention research. Following her post-doctoral fellowship, she worked in the City of Toronto Department of Public Health as a research program consultant, after which she began a tenure-track position at 国民彩票. 听
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鈥淚t was when I was a post-doctoral fellow that I became involved in community-based research working with a small non-governmental organization providing HIV prevention education for women involved in the sex industry,鈥� says Dr. Jackson. 鈥淭his research, and my work with the City of Toronto Department of Public Health, made me realize how important social conditions are to shaping a population鈥檚 health.鈥�
She was able to bring her academic training to her community-based health research. That began a career of working with different community-based organizations and people with lived experience, to examine and highlight how various structural forces such as poverty and stigma negatively impact the h