Dr. Malcolm King, PhD, FCCP, Professor
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Mail address:

Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
602 8215 - 112 Street NW
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2C8

Telephone: 780-492-1827
Fax: 780-492-6115
Email: king@ualberta.ca

Dr. Malcolm King is a health researcher at the University of Alberta and the founding Principal Investigator of the Alberta ACADRE Network, a training program for Aboriginal health research funded by the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health since 2001. A member of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (Ontario), Dr. King obtained his doctorate in polymer chemistry from McGill University in 1973. After an initial faculty appointment at McGill University, he moved to the University of Alberta in 1985, and was promoted to Professor in the Department of Medicine in 1990. In 2007, he was appointed Adjunct Professor in Public Health, where he co-leads the development of an indigenous public health research training program.

In his career in pulmonary research, Malcolm King has developed new approaches to treat mucus clearance dysfunction in cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive lung disease, and is now working on addressing the issues in disease transmission by bioaerosols. He has served as Chair of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Aboriginal Healthcare Careers Committee since 1993; this training program has graduated more than 70 health professionals. Dr. King served as President of the Canadian Thoracic Society in 1999-2000, and from 2000-2004 was a member of the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He is former Chair of the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health Advisory Board whose term ended in September 2008. He has been recognized for his achievements by the Alberta Lung Association (1999), the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (1999), and the University of Alberta Board of Governors (2003).