Sangita Sharma

Dr. Sangita Sharma is the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Population Health, Professor in Indigenous and Global Health Research in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences at the University of Alberta and has over 30 years of experience working with Indigenous (Inuit, Inuvialuit and First Nations in Alberta, Ontario, Northwest Territories (NT) and Nunavut (NU) and Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian Apache, Navajo, Pima, and Zuni in the USA) and multiethnic populations focusing on chronic disease, diabetes, and cancer prevention research and health and wellness program development, delivery, and evaluation.