Jennifer Zwicker, PhD, MPP


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Areas of Research

Health and social policy
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker is the Director of Health Policy at the School of Public Policy, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Canada Research Chair (II) in Disability Policy for Children and Youth and the Deputy Scientific Officer for Kids Brain Health Network. With broad interests in the impact of health and social policy on health outcomes, Dr. Zwicker’s research program assesses interventions and informs policy around allocation of funding, services, and supports for youth with disabilities and their families. Strong stakeholder and government collaboration has been critical in the translation of peer-reviewed publications to policy papers, op-eds and briefing notes.

Supervising degrees

Community Health Sciences - Masters: Seeking Students
Community Health Sciences - Doctoral: Seeking Students
Kinesiology - Masters: Seeking Students
Kinesiology - Doctoral: Seeking Students

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Looking for students interested in conducting quantitative analysis of administrative data to inform policy for children and youth with disability and their family. Some background in quantitative analysis and experience with administrative data preferred. 

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