INMD Scientific Director: Dr. Mary Jung

Dr. Mary Jung is a Professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan Campus, in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples. Dr. Jung served as the inaugural director of UBC’s Centre for Health Behaviour Change, and as the equity, diversity, and inclusivity lead for the School of Health and Exercise Sciences as well as for the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology. The central theme of Dr. Jung’s research is implementation science in chronic disease prevention and management, with a commitment towards improving equity, diversity, inclusivity, and decolonization in all research endeavours. Dr. Jung leads national and international efforts to understand how to implement diabetes prevention programs sustainably, optimize inclusive access, and ensure intervention cost-effectiveness without reducing efficacy.

Dr. Mary Jung was appointed as Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes effective January 1, 2026.

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