Stephanie Brooks, PhD, MSc
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Program Officer, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, VPR Research
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Area of Study / Keywords
Equity Diversity Inclusion Learning Health Systems Public Health
About
Stephanie holds a PhD and MSc, both in Public Health (UofA). Since joining the UofA in 2011, she has held various roles applying research evidence to advance EDI, particularly in healthcare settings. Stephanie has extensive experience as a qualitative researcher who collaborates closely with ethno-cultural and equity-denied groups. She is also a certified implementation practitioner with expertise in identifying policies, practices, and infrastructure that contribute to inequities. Stephanie’s skills and experience as both an implementation specialist and a health equity researcher support the UofA's commitment to advancing EDI principles across all research disciplines at the university. She also plays a key role in identifying ways to better support researchers from underrepresented and equity-denied groups.
In her role as Program Officer for EDI in Research, Stephanie will ensure that the Office of the Vice-President (Research) supports equitable and inclusive practices in research, promoting diverse perspectives that enable better research and greater impact.
Featured Publications
Brooks, S., Alba, C., Montesanti, S., Thomson D., Davison, S.N., Graham, K., Storey, K.
Implementation Science Communications. 2025 August; 6 10.1186/s43058-025-00765-2
Brooks, S., Yousefi-Nooarie, R., Mortaz Hejri, S., Thomson, D., Davison S., Storey, K.
Global Implementation Research & Applications. 2025 July; 10.1007/s43477-025-00180-8
Stephanie P. Brooks, Esther Ekpe Adewuyi, Tracy Wasylak, Denise Thomson, Sara N. Davison, Kate Storey
Learning Health Systems. 2024 July; 10.1002/lrh2.10412
Brooks, S., Alba, C., Thomson D., Davison, S.N., Storey, K
Frontiers in Health Services - Implementation Science. 2024 February; 4 10.3389/frhs.2024.1327395
Stephanie P. Brooks, Gabrielle L. Zimmermann, Michael Lang, Shannon D. Scott, Denise Thomson, Gil Wilkes, Lisa Hartling
Implementation Science Communications. 2022 March; 10.1186/s43058-022-00282-6
Nadia A. Charania, Nina Gaze, Janice Y. Kung, Stephanie Brooks
Vaccine. 2020 October; 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.09.054
Health Research Policy and Systems. 2019 December; 10.1186/s12961-019-0437-y
Ophthalmic Genetics. 2019 July; 10.1080/13816810.2019.1630843
Canadian Journal of Bioethics. 2019 May;
Nadia A. Charania, Nina Gaze, Janice Y. Kung, Stephanie Brooks
Vaccine. 2019 May; 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.04.001
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