Amanda Slaunwhite

Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite is an Assistant Professor (Partner-track) at the UBC School of Population and Public Health, and Scientific Director for Correctional Health Services at BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services. She has expertise in substance use, mental health, and the health of incarcerated people. She has over a decade of experience working with linked administrative health data in BC.

She holds a PhD in human geography from the University of Victoria (2015) and master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Queen’s University (2009). Dr. Slaunwhite completed post-doctoral training in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick (2015-2017). She has worked in applied health research and policy roles at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), and Parliamentary Information and Research Service (Parliament of Canada).  

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