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Nancy E. Lightfoot, Ph.D.
Director
School of Rural and Northern Health
Laurentian University
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Dr. Lightfoot has over 20 years of research experience in epidemiology and is currently the Director of the School of Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University. She has a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Toronto. She has experience in questionnaire design, quantitative research methods and analysis, program evaluation, and client satisfaction research.
Her research focuses on cancer surveillance, aetiology, and survival, as well as evaluation of cancer health services. Her current research interests include: mortality and cancer incidence among workers in nickel and copper/zinc mining; risk factors for prostate cancer; predictors of lung cancer survival (particularly in relation to urban and rural residence); personal and economic impact of long distance travels for cancer care; predictors of workplace absenteeism and duration of employment among cancer centre workers; and the impact of determinants of health on prostate cancer progression and survival.
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