Jennie Haw
PhD
Scientist
Adjunct Research Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
Contact information
jennie.haw@blood.ca | 613-218-8497
Mailing address
Canadian Blood Services
1800 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON K1G 4J5
Dr. Jennie Haw is a sociologist and scientist in the donation policy and studies team at Canadian Blood Services and an adjunct research professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Carleton University. She is a qualitative methodologist with specialization in the sociology of health and donation studies and draws on social theories to examine donation within the context of broader health and social systems.
A key area of focus in her research program is understanding blood donation from the perspectives of historically excluded and under-represented groups, and identifying social and structural barriers and enablers to donation.
Research areas
- sociology of donation
- sociology of health
- qualitative methodologies
Other appointments
- Secretary, Donors and Donation Working Party, ISBT, 2024–2027
- Committee member, AABB DEIA Committee, 2023–2026
- Canadian Blood Services Living Our Values Award, 2024
Research interests
Dr. Jennie Haw’s research interests include the sociology of health, the sociology of donation, health systems, scientific innovation and blood systems (e.g., genomics and blood systems), community-based participatory research approaches, and qualitative methodologies.