Malcolm King
Scientific Director of SCPOR Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research
Malcolm King
Scientific Director of SCPOR, Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research
Areas of interest
Indigenous health research; Chronic disease research; Research ethics
Biography
Professor Malcolm King is a citizen of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation; he lives and works on his home territory at New Credit, Ontario. Prof. King is a health researcher at the University of Saskatchewan, joining the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology in October 2017. There, he serves as the Scientific Director of SCPOR, the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research; he also continues to teach and research in Indigenous health, with a particular focus on wellness and engagement. From 2009 to 2016, Prof. King led the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples鈥� Health as its Scientific Director, spearheading the development of a national health research agenda aimed at improving wellness and achieving health equity for First Nations People, M茅tis and Inuit in Canada. Prof. King was honoured with a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 1999, and in 2016, was named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In November 2021, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in June 2025, he received an honorary doctorate from York University.