Jeannie Shoveller

Jeannie Shoveller serves as Vice-President Research at Nova Scotia Health and as Professor at Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine. She served previously as Vice President Research & Innovation at the IWK Health Centre. 

Prior to moving to Nova Scotia in 2020, she served in numerous research leadership roles in British Columbia, including as Professor (UBC’s Faculty of Medicine), Director of Research at the BC Centre on Substance Use as well as Director, BC HIV Drug Treatment Program, BC Centre of Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Shoveller has been the principal investigator of 30+ studies focused on addressing social health inequities. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and supervised more than 80 Doctoral and Masters students as well as Post-Doctoral Fellows.

As Chair of the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), she led the development of CIHR’s Strategic Plan (2021-2031), providing a vision that unites the biomedical, clinical, health system and policy as well as population and public health research communities. She also led CIHR’s first-ever governance review and oversaw its annual operating budget of more than CDN$1 Billion.

Dr. Shoveller was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2015 as an “outstanding public health scholar whose leadership and vision has contributed to system change nationally and internationally”

Dr. Shoveller was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2015 as an “outstanding public health scholar whose leadership and vision has contributed to system change nationally and internationally.” In 2025, she joined the Research Canada Board of Directors. This appointment not only recognizes her outstanding contributions but also amplifies the voice of the Atlantic region in shaping an inclusive and impactful national research landscape.