qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept
position: Researcher
Canada
Dr. Paul Peters (PhD, U. Texas at Austin) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada. The essence of his research is on the study of small rural places in a context of enduring structural inequities and extensive social inequalities. His rural research funded by SSHRC, CIHR, and other agencies focusses on inequalities in life expectancy, small-area demographic change, frequent hospital users, and accessibility of health services using a patient- and community-engaged approach. He is a Co-Director of the Free Range International Knowledge Partnership and Principal Investigator for the Rural Research: Information, Statistics, and Knowledge (Rural R:ISK) project.
Community water fluoridation and child dental caries in remote NT
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Prevalence and factors associated with sarcopenia in southern Brazil
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Community events to increase uptake of Indigenous-specific health assessments
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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