Dr. Gwen Healey Akearok
Executive and Scientific Director
Dr. Gwen Healey Akearok was born and raised in Iqaluit, Nunavut and it is in this community that she continues to live, work and raise her family. Gwen is co-founder and Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (AHRN-NU) in Iqaluit, NU. She holds a Master’s degree in Epidemiology & Community Health Sciences from the University of Calgary and a Ph.D. in Public Health from the University of Toronto. Dr. Healey Akearok co-founded the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre in 2006 with the late Andrew Tagak Sr.
- gwen.healeyakearok@qhrc.ca
- Iqaluit, NU