New QICSS/CADRISQ Labs Launch - Keynote Prof. Quesnel-Vallée
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Prof. Sébastien Breau, Academic Director of the McGill-Concordia Quebec Inter-university Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS) Lab, cordially invites you to attend the launch of the new QICSS Lab and Centre d’accès aux données de recherche de l’Institut de la statistique du Québec (CADRISQ) facilities (at 680 Sherbrooke St. West, Room #650), on Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 (at 4:30 pm).
A talk entitled “Health Inequalities over the Life Course: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys and Linked Administrative Data” will be presented by Prof. Amélie Quesnel-Vallée.
A Wine & Cheese Reception will follow.
Location of event
680 Sherbrooke St. West, Room #650
Speaker
Amélie Quesnel-Vallée holds the Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities at McGill University, where she is a Full Professor with a joint appointment across the Faculties of Arts (Dept. of Sociology) and Medicine and Health Sciences (School of Population and Global Health, Dept. of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health). She is the founding Director of the McGill Observatory on Health and Social Services Reforms and a founding member of the McGill Center on Population Dynamics. She also founded CAnD3, an international consortium of 36 academic, government, private and non-profit organizations delivering training in support of evidence-based decision making.
Quesnel-Vallée’s research examines the contribution of policies to social inequalities in health over the life course and has been recognized through awards from professional associations including the American Sociological Association, the Population Association of America, and the American Public Health Association. She is a two-time Fulbright Foundation awardee, most recently of a Distinguished Chair (2020). She is the President of the Canadian Population Society and a past-President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on the Sociology of Health. She has demonstrated experience and leadership in providing strategic advice to several organizations, notably the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, where she is Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Governing Council. Committed to furthering public understanding of science, Quesnel-Vallée is frequently sought by media outlets such as National Public Radio, the New York Times and Business Week.
