Dr. Naana Jumah, BASc, DPhil, MD, FRCSC
Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Clinician Researcher
Dr. Jumah is an Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Clinician Researcher in Thunder Bay. She’s also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Science at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Dr. Jumah’s research and clinical practice primarily focuses on Indigenous women’s health and addiction in pregnancy in Northwestern Ontario. She holds an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a DPhil in Medical Engineering from Oxford University, which she completed as a Rhodes Scholar. Following her doctorate, she graduated from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and specialization in Addiction Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Ongoing Research
- Do Dis Seem Way Win: Traditional Birth Knowledge and Experience in the Shibogama First Nations
- Maternal-infant Support Worker Program
- Maternal-infant Support Worker Program Evaluation
- Maternal Addictions Continuum of Care Program
- Cost-Analysis of Patient Health Expenditures for Standard Obstetric Care vs. Telemedicine for Obstetric Care in Rural and Remote Places in Northwestern Ontario
- Hearing Our Voices: An Indigenous Women’s Reproductive Health Curriculum
- Hepatitis C in Maternal/Infant Dyads in the Northwest LHIN
- A Systematic Review of the Lived Experience of 2S-LGBTQ+ Indigenous Youth and Programs that Address Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention
