Dr. Diana Urajnik is Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR-Laurentian), and Assistant Professor and Co-Chair of Social and Population Health in the Human Sciences Division at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (NOSM U). As Director of CRaNHR, Dr. Urajnik provides leadership for the Centre’s Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) portfolio. Her patient-oriented research program focuses on service-equity, enhancing services and improving access to health care for rural and northern populations and communities.