Dr. Alex Mccomber

Biography

Alex McComber is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University, involved in the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project, a long-standing community-based participatory research initiative since 1994 associated with PRAM. His research interests focus on diabetes prevention, Indigenous health promotion, community mobilization, mentorship, personal empowerment, and Indigenous research methodologies. Additionally, Alex serves as the Director of the Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network and the Kahnawake Indigenous Youth Mentorship Project, which are part of a larger national CIHR Pathways 2 project. He is an active participant in the SPOR Diabetes Action Canada project as a patient partner. He is also a co-investigator in a new Network Environment Indigenous Health Research hosted at McGill University and contributes to Indigenous-focused curriculum development for medical residents to enhance cultural safety when working with Indigenous patients and communities, coordinating partnerships with the Family Medicine and the Indigenous Health Centre of Tiohtiake.

Research Interests