Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, PhD is the fourth James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies and the first queer person to hold the Chair. Now located in Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine (for the first time), Dr. Dryden is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology. Dr. Dryden engages in interdisciplinary scholarship and research that focuses on Black persons of marginalized genders, and HIV vulnerability within in Black communities (African, Caribbean and Canadian), systemic/structural issues that affect health and well-being, including experiences with blood donation in Canada, medical education, and Black health curricular content development. Dr. Dryden has pioneered research that seeks to identify the barriers Black gay, bisexual, and trans men encounter with donating blood and the blood system in Canada; #GotBlood?2Give. She also conducts community-informed research that investigates culturally sensitive approaches to health promotion for Black communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
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