Summer Institute in
Infectious Diseases 2005
IMPACTS OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ON LOCAL + GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
Monday, May 30 – Friday, June 3, 2005
Biography:
John O'Neil is a Professor and Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba (Faculty of Medicine).
O'Neil received his PhD in 1983 from the University of California (San Francisco-Berkeley) in medical anthropology. He is currently a Professor and Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research in the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and chairs the Advisory Board of the Institute for Aboriginal People's Health at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. O’Neil is also a CIHR Senior Investigator.
From 1993-1996, O’Neil was the Research Advisor to the Health and Social Policy Team for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He has published over seventy-five papers and several monographs on a variety of Aboriginal health issues including self-government and health services, perceptions of environmental health risks, birthing options in remote communities, and health communication.