Brenda Poon

PhD, MEd

Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

My research focuses on understanding ways that community capacity and cohesion influence health and health inequalities. Through strong community engagement and partnerships, my research prioritizes community-based knowledge creation towards identification of best practices and policy that support healthy communities. My research lab at UBC, the Community Research & Engagement Lab (CoRE-Lab), works closely with collaborators through participatory community-based knowledge-to-action research on community-level determinants of health and inequities to accessing services and supports. My research program focuses on identifying and addressing barriers that make it difficult for children, families, and persons from disability, Deaf, and disconnected communities to reach and use services and supports. Over the past decade, I have partnered extensively with the provincial government, regional health authorities, and diverse community and social service agencies to support provincial and community-based planning, implementation, and evaluation initiatives.