Dr. Jenny Godley
Positions
Professor
Adjunct Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Associate Dean, Transdisciplinary Scholarship
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Academic Co-Lead, Health & Life
Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy Sociology, University of North Carolina, 2003
M.A. Anthropology, University of California, 1994
M.A. Sociology, University of North Carolina, 1998
B.A. Sociology, University of Cambridge, 1990
Biography
Dr. Jenny Godley, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. With extensive training in demography and social network analysis, Dr. Godley has conducted quantitative research on the social determinants of health for over twenty years. Her work explores the mechanisms through which intersecting axes of social inequality such as social class, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, and immigration affect health behaviours, outcomes, and health care utilization. Currently, Dr. Godley is involved in two large community-based health service delivery research projects. One project aims to provide access to Hepatitis C testing and treatment for historically underserved populations in Alberta. The other focuses on improving the delivery of spirometry services to patients in rural and remote areas of British Columbia. Dr. Godley has published extensively, analyzing diverse types of data including population-level survey and Census data from Statistics Canada, administrative data from Alberta Health Services, and survey and interview data collected by her research team from practitioners, patients, students, and academics. In addition to her primary research, Dr. Godley employs social network analysis to study the evolution of collaborative research and practice teams. Dr. Godley is also deeply interested in research ethics in the social sciences, having served as the Chair of the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board for the past five years. She provides specialized training in social science research ethics locally, nationally, and internationally through her work with Academics Without Borders in Africa.
Research
Areas of Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Awards
- Transdisciplinary Scholarship Connector Grant, “Co-designing Health Systems for Equity” (Team Member). PI: Doreen Rabi. 2024
- Academics Without Borders Volunteer Support Grant, “Building Research Ethics Capacity in Kenya” (volunteer expenses covered) (Principal Investigator). Co-PI: Dr. Rita Yembilah. 2024
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant, “A Pan-Canadian Study of Social Workers’ Experiences of Children and their Spirituality in Counselling.” (Co-Applicant). PI: Heather Boynton, University of Calgary. 2024
- Parkland Institute, University of Alberta, “(In)equity among allied healthcare workers: an intersectional $15,000 analysis of workers’ experiences in Alberta.” (Principal Investigator).. 2024
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Planning and Connection Grant, “Community organizing for equitable and empowered involvement of racialized immigrant communities in health research: transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral mobilization.” (Co-Applicant). PI: Turin Chowdhury, University of Calgary. 2023
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant: THINC Implementation Science Team Grants, “SPIRO: SPirometry for Improved Indigenous and Rural Respiratory Outcomes.” (Co-Applicant). PI: Pat Camp, University of British Columbia. 2023
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant – Health Services and Policy Research, “Evaluate, validate and refine the first clinical care pathway to risk-stratify patients with alcohol-related liver disease.” (Co-Investigator). PI: Dr. Abdel-Aziz Shaheen. 2023
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant – Addressing the Wider Health Impacts Of COVID-19, “Understanding and Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic Effect on the Magnitude of Alcohol-Related Liver Disease in Alberta.” (Co-Investigator). PI: Dr. Abdel-Aziz Shaheen. 2022
Publications
- Validating new coding algorithms to improve identification of alcohol-associated and nonalcohol-associated cirrhosis hospitalizations in administrative databases. Swain, L.A., Godley, J., Brahmania, M., Abradldes, J.G., Tang, K.L., Flemming, J., Shaheen A.A.. Hepatology Communications. (2024)
- Use of social network analysis in health research: a scoping review protocol. Grewal, E., Godley, J., Wheeler, J., and Tang, K.L.. BMJ Open. (2024)
- Evaluating research collaboration networks among venous thromboembolism researchers before and during the COVID pandemic. Karsanji, D., King, J.A., Godley, J., Siegal, D.M., Chan, T.M., Le Gal, G., Carrier, M., Kahn, S.R., Tritschler, T., Langlois, N.J., Saunders, C., Saleh, R., Garven, A., MacGillivray, C., Rodger, M.A., Skeith, L. Blood Vessels, Thrombosis, and Hemostasis. (2024)
- “I learned how to think, not what to think:” Student perspectives on an interdisciplinary undergraduate honours programme. Godley, J., Pasaraba, L.J., Teye-Kau, M., Wilson, M., and Migotti, M. Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. (2023)
- “Flawed reports can harm: the case of supervised consumption services in Alberta.”. Salvalaggio, G., Brooks, H., Caine, V., Gagnon, M., Godley, J., Houston, S., Kennedy, M.C., Kosteniuk, B., Livingston, J., Saah, R., Speed, K., Urbanoski, K., Werb, D. and Hyshka, E. Commentary in Canadian Journal of Public Health. (2023)
- The British Columbia Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Reduces Short-Term Household Food Insecurity Among Adults with Low Incomes: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Aktary, M.L., Dunn, S., Sajobi, T., O’Hara, H., Leblanc, P., McCormack, G.R., Caron-Roy, 3 |Godley CV: 1 December 2024 S., Ball, K., Lee, Y.Y., Reimer, R.A., Minaker, L.M., Raine, K.D., Godley, J., Downs, S., Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Olstad, D.L. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (2023)
- Attitudes towards LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Canadian Figure Skating. Schnell, A., Godley, J. and Bridel, W.. The Open Sports Sciences Journal. (2023)
- The contribution of modifiable risk factors to socioeconomic inequities in cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality: A nationally representative population-based cohort study. Nejatinamini, S., Campbell, D., Godley, J., Minaker, L., Sajobi, T.T., McCormack, G., and Olstad, D.. Preventive Medicine. (2023)
- Impact of a farmers’ market healthy food subsidy on the diet quality of adults with low incomes in British Columbia, Canada: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial.. Aktary, M.L., Dunn, S., Sajobi, T., O’Hara, H., Leblanc, P., McCormack, G.R., Caron-Roy, S., Ball, K., Lee, Y.Y., Nejatinamini, S., Reimer, R.A., Pan, B., Minaker, L.M., Raine, K.D., Godley, J., Downs, S., Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Olstad, D.L.. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (2023)
- Variation in Testing for and Incidence of Celiac Autoimmunity in Canada: A Population-Based Study. King, J.A., Bakal, J.A., Li, B., Whitten, T.A., Gidrewicz, D., Turner, J.M., van Zanten, S.V., Huynh, H.Q., Heitman, S.J., Shaheen, A.A., Quan, H., Godley, J., Underwood, F.E., Hracs, L., Bergman, D., Ludvigsson, J.F., Lebwohl, B., Benchimol, E.I., Williamson, T. and Kaplan, G.G.. Gastroenterolog. (2023)
- Income, Education, and Hospitalization in Canada: Results from linked Census and administrative data. Godley, J. and Tang, K.L.. Discover Social Science and Health. (2022)
- Exploring the Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Fitspiration Influencers.. Mehra, M. and Godley, J.. Journal of Undergraduate Research in Alberta. (2022)
- Survey Research on Health Inequalities: Exploring the Availability of Indicators of Multiple Forms of Capital in Canadian Datasets.. Godley, J., Fundytus, F., Stones, C., Peller, P., and McLaren, L.. International Journal of Public Health. (2021)
- Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors to socio-economic inequities in cancer morbidity and mortality: a nationally representative population-based cohort study.. Nejatinamini, S., Godley, J., Minaker, L.M., Sajobi, T.T., McCormack, G.R., Cooke, M.J., Nykiforuk, C.I.J., de Koning, L., and Olstad, D.L.. International Journal of Epidemiology. (2021)
- Embedding Ethics in Institutional SoTL Practices: The Power of Collaboration. In: Fedoruk, L.M. (eds) Ethics and the Scholarship of Teaching and Lear. Fedoruk, L.M., Godley, J., Mueller, R.A., Mikita, K., McDougall, L.. Ethics and Integrity in Educational Contexts. (2022)
- Monday, October 22, 2001-Board 2 Abstract\# 22064 Body image and body management in adolescence: Gender, race, and self-perception. Jenny Godley. (2001)
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