Lloy Wylie is an Assistant Professor in the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health, and the Departments of Pathology, Psychiatry, Anthropology and Health Sciences at Western University, in London Ontario, and an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. Her Interdisciplinary PhD from the University of British Columbia is in Population and Public Health, Political Science, and Nursing. Dr. Wylie’s research is on health equity, focusing on health services and health professional education. She has over 15 years experience in working on community based partnership research and education, primarily with Indigenous, immigrant and refugee communities. She has been a  health policy and systems advisor for government, First Nations, and health care organizations, including the BC First Nations Health Authority. She emphasizes the need for a knowledge mobilization approach to ensure that research aims to inform policy and practice change. She teaches in public health, medicine, community and population health, interprofessional education, health services management, and community engaged learning. She has two adult children and enjoys hiking, swimming, painting and cooking.