Fionnuala Braun is a public health researcher and historian currently completing her Master of Arts at Carleton University. Her public health work focuses primarily on intersections of trust and misinformation, with a particular lens on equity-seeking populations. Her historical work aims to better understand the underpinnings of pragmatism in queer community and activist spaces in 20th-century Paris. This holistic approach and diversity of expertise allows her to bring past, present, and future perspectives to her work.
Currently, Fionnuala is working to create meaningful and actionable recommendations for policymakers, educators, and community leaders on the subject of misinformation. She is also an appointed member of the Library and Archives of Canada Youth Advisory Council, and a researcher with the International COVID-19 Awareness and Responses Evaluation (iCARE) Study at the Montréal Behavioural Medicine Centre.