Jessica Gaber is a Research/Program Coordinator for projects that focus on promoting healthy individual behaviour change, large-scale systemic change, or both. She is also a Health Policy PhD student in the area of prison health. She is skilled in developing, implementing, and evaluating health interventions, particularly using qualitative methods.
Jessica is a Registered Social Worker with a Master of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University and experience in three sides of social work practice: research, community development, and clinical work. She’s most interested in projects that can bring voices to populations in need and support communities in making change where change is needed. Before joining the Department of Family Medicine, she worked in research at the Offord Centre for Child Studies (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience), as well as in crisis intervention, mental health counselling, and community mental health both at home and in western Africa.
Some of her areas of research interest and experience include prison health, global health, and volunteers in primary care.