Dr. Sathya Karunananthan

Investigator and Research Chair in Language as a Social Determinant of Health, Institut du Savoir Montfort

Sathya Karunananthan is an Associate Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa and an investigator at the Institut du Savoir Montfort where she holds the Ottawa Academic Health Network Research Chair in Language as a Social Determinant of Health. Her research on health services focuses on improving access to care for older adults with complex health conditions, such as dementia, frailty, chronic pain and Parkinson's disease. She investigates disparities in care access among underserved communities, specifically, linguistic minority and racialized groups and studies the impact of health technologies like electronic consultation and artificial intelligence on inequities in access to care and health outcomes.