Anita Benoit

Biography

Anita is Mi’kmaw and French Acadian with family living in Esgenoopetitj First Nation and Brantville, New Brunswick. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Ottawa and her M.Sc. from Dalhousie University, both in Microbiology and Immunology. Anita also obtained a M.Sc. from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in Health Services Research at the University of Toronto while conducting her postdoctoral fellowship.

Anita is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Health & Society (Scarborough Campus) and is cross-appointed at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (St. George Campus) in the Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division. She is an Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital. Her research interests include Indigenous women’s health, HIV pathogenesis, intervention research, health service outcomes and evaluation, chronic stress and mental health, harm reduction and determinants of health.