Dr. Jenny Auxier PhD, MSN

Dr. Auxier heads the Parent Engagement in Health Research Program at the School of Nursing in UBC. Her research program aims to integrate elements of parent engagement into the development, design, and quality assurance of perinatal digital health services. Families experiencing the perinatal journey require self-assurance, health, and wellness coaching within a supportive and dependable perinatal service. The core aspect of her research program is to meet new and expectant families ‘where they are at’ in exploring together the interplay between the burgeoning digitalization of health services and the important position of families in their adaptation, use and expectations of digital health services. Dr. Auxier lived and worked in The Netherlands and Finland between 2018 and 2024 and brings research experience from diverse cultural and healthcare service contexts, namely related to health professional-to-client coaching, and the digitalization of health care services, including the impacts and implications of the widespread integration of generative AI in health services. Dr. Auxier is partnering with communities whose current priorities are improvement for supporting culturally secure access and navigation experiences of racialized groups in Canada.