Joy Johnson

Joy Johnson is President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University and a distinguished health researcher whose work has focused on improving the quality, relevance, and equity of health research. Prior to joining SFU, she served as Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), where she led national efforts to strengthen the integration of sex and gender considerations across the Canadian health research enterprise.

Throughout her career, Dr. Johnson has championed the view that excellence in research depends on understanding and accounting for differences among people, including those related to sex, gender, and other intersecting factors.