Professional Affiliation

Ph.D., Chair, Odette World Health Innovation Network, University of Windsor

Expert Bio

Dr. Anne Snowdon has dedicated her career to producing research and advancing innovation to improve the health and wellbeing of Canadians. As Professor and academic chair of the World Health Innovation Network, at the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business, Snowdon leads the work of the first Canadian health innovation center with formal ties to the United States. She works to build collaborative partnerships between the two countries to advance the health of populations, accelerate health system innovation in both countries to achieve sustainability, economic value, and productivity by providing support for innovators and entrepreneurs to successfully bring their discoveries to the Canadian, U.S., and world markets.

Currently, Snowdon is leading over 15 innovation research initiatives across seven Canadian provinces that collaborate with government, health professionals, private industry, foundations and families.  She is a member of the Ontario Health Innovation Council and currently the Chair of the Institute Advisory Board for the Institute for Human Development, Child and Youth Health, of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR).

Snowdon has published more than 100 research articles, papers and cases, has received over $15 million in research funding, holds patents, and has commercialized a highly successful booster seat product for children traveling in vehicles.  She holds a PhD in Nursing from the University of Michigan. She is a Fulbright Scholar and was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship for her research.