Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

Josephine Pui-Hing Wong is Professor and Research Chair in Urban Health at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has extensive experience in critical public health and urban health, including the development of access and equity policies and inclusive public health practice frameworks. Her research is underpinned by the principles of social justice and equity. 

Josephine is well recognized for her demonstrated commitment in doing research “with” and not “for” the affected communities. She works closely with racialized, immigrant and refugee communities to co-develop innovative solutions that promote health equity and positive social change. 

Supported by CIHR, SSHRC, OHTN and PHAC, her research focuses on gender identities and health practices, social determinants of mental health, and HIV/STBBI vulnerabilities in diasporic and transnational communities. She leads intervention studies on stigma reduction and collective resilience in the Asian, Black and Latinx communities in Canada, as well as among university students in China.