OmiSoore Dryden
Professor/Tier 1, Canada Research Chair (CIHR), Black Health Studies/Director, Black Studies Research Institute (in STEMM)
Related information
Email: OmiSoore.Dryden@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
PO Box 15000
5869 University Avenue
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Office hours: by appointment. Email: crcbkhs@dal.ca
- Black Health Studies
- Black Queer, Trans, and Gender-Diverse Health
- Black Health Justice, Liberation Praxis, and Structural Transformation
- Community-Led Knowledge Production and Governance
- Disrupting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Inequities
- Anti-Racist, Abolitionist Approaches to Health and Medical Education
- Black Feminist, Africentric, and Decolonial Health Epistemologies
- Black Methodologies and Knowledge Production in STEMM
Biography
Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden (she/her) is a Black queer femme and Professor at Dalhousie University, holding the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black Health Studies. Her research centres Black life, Black [Queer] Studies + Health Studies, advancing Black queer, trans, and gender-diverse health through community-led approaches to health, education, data governance, and STEMM.
Education
- PhD Social Justice Education (Sociology and Equity Studies in Education) Ontario Institute for the Study of Education/University of Toronto
- MA, Women’s Studies, York University
- BA, Political Science, York University
Memberships/ Services and Activities
- Co-lead (Co-founder), Black Health Education Collaborative
Publications
- Dryden, OmiSoore H., and Suzanne Lenon. “Introduction: Beyond Homonationalisms: Queer(er) Possibilities of Elsewhere and Imagining Otherwise.” Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 50, June 2025, pp. 1-7
- Owino, Maurice, OmiSoore H. Dryden, David Este, et al. “A Manifesto for Transformative Action on HIV among Black Communities in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 115, 2024, pp. 245–249, doi:10.17269/s41997-024-00856-y
- Dryden, OmiSoore H. Got Blood to Give: Anti‑Black Homophobia in Blood Donation. Fernwood Publishing, 2024.
- Dryden, OmiSoore H. “Foreword.” The Regulation of Desire: Queer Histories, Queer Struggles. 3rd ed., by Gary Kinsman, Concordia University Press, 2024.
- Douglas, Delia, OmiSoore H. Dryden, et al. “Black Health Education Collaborative: The Important Role of Critical Race Theory in Disrupting Anti‑Black Racism in Medical Practice and Education.” CMAJ, vol. 195, no. 4, 2023, pp. E1422–E1424
Employment
- Tier 1, Canada Research Chair (CIHR), Black Health Studies
- Professor, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Research interests
My research advances Black Health Studies by centring Black feminist, Africentric, decolonial, and abolitionist epistemologies. I examine Black queer, trans, and gender-diverse health through community-led knowledge production, disrupting anti-Black racism and structural inequities while advancing justice-oriented methodologies and transformative approaches to health, medical education, and STEMM knowledge production.