Emily Crocket (Brownell)

Hi there! My name is Emily Crockett (Brownell), and my preferred pronouns are she/her/hers. I hold both a Bachelor of Health Sciences (2017) and a Master of Health Sciences (2024) from the University of Manitoba. During my graduate studies, Dr. Nathan Nickel served as my advisor. My thesis work utilized Indigenous research methodologies and focused on the perinatal care experiences of First Nations women in Northern Manitoba. 

Throughout my graduate program, I worked as a student research assistant at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and the Children’s Health Research Institute of Manitoba, and as a health system development consultant during a summer placement with the Government of Manitoba. I have been a SPECTRUM Fellow since fall 2019, and I have loved watching the partnership grow and evolve. I have been involved in several working groups and have helped facilitate workshops, write publications, grants, and newsletters, have helped with some behind-the-scenes work, and love connecting with the other Fellows on the team. I feel very fortunate to work with wonderful people on such an exciting project and I’m looking forward to being a part of the important work that SPECTRUM continues to do. 

My research interests include parent-child health, Indigenous health and research methodologies, and substance use and addiction services. Outside of work and school, I love to spend time with my family, take my son on new adventures, and spend as much time as I can at the lake.