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Dr. Valerie Percival

Professor, Barton Chair

Health and Conflict, Gender Analysis, Post Conflict Health Reconstruction, Health Systems, Conflict Analysis

Valerie Percival is a Professor and the Barton Chair In International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) at Carleton University. Her research is interdisciplinary in scope, focusing on the impact of violent conflict on civilians, the backlash against gender equality, resilient health systems, and health in fragile and conflict affected contexts. She served as a Commissioner and led the research team for The Lancet Commission on “Peaceful Societies through Health Equity and Gender Equality,” authoring the final report published in The Lancet. In partnership with the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada, she was the Principal Investigator for “GenLab” – a Community of Practice in Mozambique that examined how gender norms influence access to and delivery of healthcare services. Working across the research-policy divide, she also served as a senior fellow with the Wilson Center in Washington DC, worked with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, directed the Kosovo office of the International Crisis Group, and was a field officer for UNHCR in Guinea, West Africa. As well as The Lancet, she has published in The BMJ, Globalization and Health, Conflict and Health, International Studies Review, and the Journal of Peace Research, and authored popular pieces in OpenCanada, the Globe and Mail, and The Guardian.  Her research has been funded by SSHRC, IDRC, and the New Frontiers in Research Fund. She holds a DrPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, an MA from Carleton University (NPSIA) and an honours BA from the University of Toronto. 

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