• alexandra.king@uwaterloo.ca

Areas of interest

Indigenous wellness; Indigenous research philosophies, methodologies and ethics; Indigenous health training and mentorship; Indigenous women’s health; HIV, HCV and STBBI; heart and heart-brain health; pediatrics; cancer; regenerative medicine; clinical trials; land-based research

Biography

Dr. Alexandra King is a citizen of the Nipissing First Nation (Ontario). She served as the inaugural Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) from 2017 to 2025. She currently co-leads Pewaseskwan (the Indigenous Wellness Research Group) with her husband Professor Malcolm King. She is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Waterloo and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at USask and in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She is focused on improving the health and wellness of First Nations people, Inuit and Métis. Her clinical focus has been HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis. She is a Principal Investigator on various CIHR research grants related to Indigenous people and their wellness and provides Indigenous leadership on several CIHR/TIPS/NFRF/SHHRC grants. She has been a member of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Advisory Board and the President-elect of the Canadian Association for HIV Research, after serving as their Clinical Science Representative followed by Treasurer.