Dr. Catherine Jones

Biography

Catherine M Jones is a global health policy researcher specializing in qualitative methodologies and health policy research. Her work primarily focuses on policy governance issues that involve collaboration across various sectors in health. Dr. Jones's research expertise includes employing theories of the policy process to analyze intersectoral communication and collaboration within different levels of policy-making. She earned her PhD from the School of Public Health at the University of Montreal in 2018, where her doctoral research operationalized and synthesized theories to explore structured collaboration and power relations in national policy arenas that coordinate global health strategies across Norway and Switzerland. Since 2018, she has been engaged in collaborative research projects to strengthen health sciences research and health research systems in Africa. This initiative aims to invest in health sciences research by learning from existing systems to foster growth at the national level and understand the roles played by regional organizations in enhancing health research across the continent. Dr. Jones has led knowledge exchange impact projects involving decision-makers and stakeholders to examine the implications of findings and strengthen health research systems in various contexts. She has also worked with international review bodies to identify lessons learned and the relevance of models for regional research funding organizations in Africa. Her research has been published in prominent journals such as Social Science & Medicine and Health Policy Planning.

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