Gisèle Mandiangu Ntanda
Clinicien affilié

Biography

Dr. Gisèle Mandiangu Ntanda is a professor at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. Through her work, she emphasizes the importance of addressing general social conditions to achieve significant and long-term improvements in population health and offers, among other things, reflections on how health professionals can engage differently with migrants who have a colonial past.

Research interests

  • Mainly focusing on the social determinants of health
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Social normativity
  • Social health inequalities
  • Racial microaggressions
  • Social determinants of food choices
  • Health prevention
  • Health promotion
  • The therapeutic relationship between caregiver and patient and in the context of diversity
  • Dietary norms
  • Physical activity 
  • Body standards
  • Among others