Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, PhD MSc

I am a Professor at McGill University, where I hold the Canada Research Chair in Policies and Health Inequalities. In May 2023, I became the Inaugural Chair of the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, one of three departments in the School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. I am also still jointly appointed in Sociology (Faculty of Arts), where I lead the Consortium on Analytics for Data-Driven Decision making (CAnD3).

My research examines the contribution of policies to social inequalities in health over the life course. It appeared in journals such as The Lancet, the International Journal of Epidemiology, and Social Science & Medicine and was recognized through several international professional associations’ awards, including from the American Sociological Association, the Population Association of America, and the American Public Health Association, as well as from the Fulbright Canada Foundation.

I am committed to furthering public understanding of science, and I am frequently sought by the media such as National Public Radio, the New York Times, and Business Week. I am a Past-President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Health and of the Canadian Population Society.

I have served on several scientific advisory councils, including as co-Chair of Statistics Canada’s Expert Advisory Committee on Population Health Statistics, and I served on the Governing Council (Board of Directors) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research from 2018 to 2024 as Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance, Inaugural Chair of the Standing Committee on Science, and as a member of the Executive Committee (2021-2024).