Dr. Sara Kirk

The School of Health and Human Performance is pleased to welcome Dr. Sara Kirk who has transferred from her previous appointment in the School of Health Administration.  Sara continues to hold a Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research and has cross-appointments with Community Health and Epidemiology and the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.  She is also a Research Associate with the Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre and a Senior Scientist with the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute.  Sara’s research program uses a social-ecological approach to understand lifestyle factors influencing health status and health services utilization, particularly in relation to excessive weight gain (obesity).