Noralou Roos, University of Manitoba
Medicine
Professor
Winnipeg, Manitoba
noralou_roos@cpe.umanitoba.ca
Office:
(204) 789-3319
Bio/Research
Noralou P. Roos received her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1968. In 1972 she received the Sears‑Roebuck Foundation Federal Faculty Fellow,
and moved to the University of Manitoba in 1973. She joined the Population Health
Group at the Canadian Ins...
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in 1968. In 1972 she received the Sears‑Roebuck Foundation Federal Faculty Fellow,
and moved to the University of Manitoba in 1973. She joined the Population Health
Group at the Canadian Ins...
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Bio/Research
Noralou P. Roos received her PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1968. In 1972 she received the Sears‑Roebuck Foundation Federal Faculty Fellow,
and moved to the University of Manitoba in 1973. She joined the Population Health
Group at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research in 1988. Noralou was a co-Founder
of the Manitoba Centre for Health policy. She headed the group which received
Canadian Foundation for Innovation funding to create Canada’s first data laboratory,
containing population based data on health, education and social services and
held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Citations to Dr. Roos’ work place her among
the top 100 Canadian scientists according to The Institute of Scientific Information.
She was a member of the Prime Minister’s National Forum on Health, the Interim
Governing Council setting up the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR),
received the Order of Canada in 2005, was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences
of the Royal Society of Canada (2009), and most recently received a Fellowship
in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Noralou led the Canadian Drug Policy
Development Coalition working with Health Canada and the provinces which resulted
in the funding of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN) at CIHR. She
has also been working with community groups, business and government to bring
research on ‘At-Risk’ kids to the policy table; she is a Member of the United
Way of Winnipeg Board of Trustees, the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council (Strengthening
the Core Working Group), and a Member of the Point Douglas/Lord Selkirk Park Project
Advisory Board.
Dr. Roos has been Nominated for the Seventeenth Annual NIHCM Foundation Health
Care Research Award for the article entitled “Enhancing Policymakers’ Understanding
of Disparities: Relevant Data from an Information-Rich Environment.” (co-authors:
Leslie L Roos, Marni Brownell and Emma Fuller, University of Western Australia),
has received the Inaugural Population and Public health Research Milestone Award,
CIHR and CPHA, and in 2010, gave the Emmett Hall Memorial Lecture, one of Canada’s
most prestigious lectureships, which commemorates the father of Canadian Medicare
with an annual address at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy
Research Conference.
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in 1968. In 1972 she received the Sears‑Roebuck Foundation Federal Faculty Fellow,
and moved to the University of Manitoba in 1973. She joined the Population Health
Group at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research in 1988. Noralou was a co-Founder
of the Manitoba Centre for Health policy. She headed the group which received
Canadian Foundation for Innovation funding to create Canada’s first data laboratory,
containing population based data on health, education and social services and
held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Citations to Dr. Roos’ work place her among
the top 100 Canadian scientists according to The Institute of Scientific Information.
She was a member of the Prime Minister’s National Forum on Health, the Interim
Governing Council setting up the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR),
received the Order of Canada in 2005, was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences
of the Royal Society of Canada (2009), and most recently received a Fellowship
in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Noralou led the Canadian Drug Policy
Development Coalition working with Health Canada and the provinces which resulted
in the funding of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN) at CIHR. She
has also been working with community groups, business and government to bring
research on ‘At-Risk’ kids to the policy table; she is a Member of the United
Way of Winnipeg Board of Trustees, the Winnipeg Poverty Reduction Council (Strengthening
the Core Working Group), and a Member of the Point Douglas/Lord Selkirk Park Project
Advisory Board.
Dr. Roos has been Nominated for the Seventeenth Annual NIHCM Foundation Health
Care Research Award for the article entitled “Enhancing Policymakers’ Understanding
of Disparities: Relevant Data from an Information-Rich Environment.” (co-authors:
Leslie L Roos, Marni Brownell and Emma Fuller, University of Western Australia),
has received the Inaugural Population and Public health Research Milestone Award,
CIHR and CPHA, and in 2010, gave the Emmett Hall Memorial Lecture, one of Canada’s
most prestigious lectureships, which commemorates the father of Canadian Medicare
with an annual address at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy
Research Conference.
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