Dr. Colleen Fuller

Biography

Colleen Fuller is a specialist in public health and preventative medicine with a strong focus on Indigenous health and community health initiatives. She has worked extensively in the Mohawk community of Kahnawà:ke, serving as a Preventive Medicine Specialist with Onkwata'karitáhtshera, Kahnawà:ke’s Health Agency since 2016. Fuller also served as a Family Physician at the Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre in 2013. Her work emphasizes health surveillance, health promotion, and non-communicable disease prevention, where she utilizes the OCAP principles to aid the community in accessing and interpreting their health data, thereby fostering awareness and program development. Fuller coordinates with various public health agencies to build and enhance the health capacity of local organizations and has been instrumental in achieving health equity within Indigenous communities. She possesses degrees in Medicine from the University of Toronto and residencies in Public Health/Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine from McGill University, as well as a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from McGill University. Her research interests lie in public health, health promotion, surveillance, and Indigenous health.

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