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Dr. Amrita Roy

Position(s)

HSPRI Associate Faculty

Contact Info

amrita.roy@queensu.ca

An MD-PhD academic family physician and clinician-scientist, Dr. Amrita Roy joined the Department of Family Medicine, and the staff physician group at Queen’s Family Health Team, in July 2019. She is additionally cross-appointed to the Department of Public Health Sciences at Queen’s. A settler ally with a research focus in Indigenous health, Dr. Roy works in close collaboration with Indigenous peoples in community-engaged research centred on the principles of Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP). Apart from Indigenous health, Dr. Roy’s other areas of research interest include immigrant and refugee health, women’s health, youth health, and global health. Methodologically, Dr. Roy has expertise in quantitative, qualitative, mixed- and multiple-methods approaches to health research, in addition to community-based and participatory research approaches.

In addition to patient care and health research, Dr. Roy enjoys teaching. She supervises both clinical and research trainees across degree programs at Queen's. In 2021, she was recognized as a CFMS Culture Changer Champion by the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, following nomination by Queen's medical trainees.

Research Interests

Indigenous health; health equity and the social determinants of health; women’s health; mental health; immigrant and refugee health; youth health; global health; health promotion; biopsychosocial approaches to health and medicine; stress, trauma, marginalization and health; social exclusion and structural violence; primary care and medical education; health services and policy