Dr. Sophie Roher (she/her) is a health policy researcher and CIHR SPOR-funded Research Scientist at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research.

Sophie believes in the power of relationships and storytelling. Her research uses participatory and narrative methods to foster dialogue and co-learning between communities and health system stakeholders, with the goal of addressing inequities in care and supporting patient-centred health policies and programs.

She completed her MSc in Health Policy and Bioethics and her PhD in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Sophie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health and an Assistant Professor (status-only) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She also serves as a Board Member with the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health and as a Research Fellow with the International Arctic Science Committee’s Social and Human Working Group.

Her research interests include: cultural safety in health services, collaborative research partnerships, capacity-building initiatives, northern health policy, health equity, food security, maternal health, and creative strategies for knowledge mobilization.