Kerri Z. Delaney, PhD, (They/Them) is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Knowledge Translation at the Dr. Gilles Arcand Centre for Health Equity at NOSM University and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University. Their interdisciplinary research program aims to optimize healthcare systems to improve health equity across the continuum of care, spanning health workforce training, recruitment and retention, perioperative sustainability, obesity care education, and physician mental health and wellbeing. Drawing from basic sceince, clinical and health systems research, their work bridges educational, community and clinical contexts to support more equitable and socially responsive healthcare.

Dr. Delaney’s research is grounded in mixed-methods methodologies, integrating qualitative, quantitative, and implementation-focused approaches to generate actionable and context-sensitive evidence. Their work is strongly informed by knowledge translation and implementation science, with a focus on ensuring research findings move meaningfully into practice, policy, and community settings. They have led and contributed to projects involving community-engaged research, curriculum evaluation, large clinical databases, longitudinal workforce studies and wet lab bench work, while also developing innovative knowledge mobilization tools for diverse audiences.

Guided by the principles of transmodernism, Dr. Delaney approaches research as relational, collaborative, and deeply rooted in genuine, lasting partnerships with communities, patients, learners, and healthcare professionals. Their scholarship is further shaped by patient-oriented and socially accountable research principles, emphasizing co-production, reciprocity, and responsiveness to community-identified priorities. Through this work, they aim to advance healthcare systems to be evidence-informed, equitable, sustainable, and accountable to the populations they serve.

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Centre Projects

HEWIS

NORTHH

OSSU

CREATE

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‍Additional Projects

Perioperative Sustainability - with Dr. Rob Anderson 

Obesity Canada Research Fellow (2024-2025)

Canadian Campus Wellness Survey 

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Education History 

Postdoctoral Fellow in Knowledge Translation, NOSM University - 2024-current 

PhD (Pure Science), Concordia University - 2023

BSc Kinesiology, Minor in Human Nutrition, Co-op, University of Waterloo - 2014