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Congratulations to Dr. OmiSoore Dryden on her appointment to the School of Nursing effective July 1, 2025. Her groundbreaking work in Black health and anti-racism will have a transformative impact on healthcare education and delivery.

Dr. Dryden is an outstanding and innovative researcher with a national and international reputation in interdisciplinary Black health research and scholarship, and anti-racism in health education and practice championing initiatives that confront anti-Black racism and structural white supremacy in healthcare policy, and practice and realize Black health equity in access to and delivery of healthcare.

Dr. Dryden has exceptional leadership skills and will play a key role in collaborative initiatives with community, post-secondary institutions, and provincial health authorities among others, with the goal of impacting delivery of health education and/or healthcare from a Black focused, transformative anti-racist lens.

Dr. Dryden, a Black queer femme, holds a PhD in Social Justice Education (Sociology and Equity Studies in Education) and is currently the Interim Director, Black Studies Research Institute in STEMM and the Co-Lead, Black Health Education Collaborative, and the current James R. Johnston Endowed Research Chair, Black Canadian Studies in the Faculty of Medicine.

We warmly welcome Dr. Dryden to the School of Nursing and look forward to her continued leadership and contributions. The School of Nursing and Faculty of Health are supporting Dr. Dryden to apply for a CIHR Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education and Practice.