About CHRT

Dr. Canady serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI). She previously served as Health Officer and Director of the Ingham County Health Department in Lansing, Michigan, where she developed the Ingham County Health Equity Social Justice program. Additionally, she has held faculty and administrative positions at Michigan State University, with a research focus on maternal health and health inequities.

Nationally, Dr. Canady is past chair of the Board of the Council on Black Health and the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) where she continues to serve on the executive committee. She is also a Board member of the National Public Health Accreditation Board. Within the state of MI, she serves on the executive committee of the Ascension Health System Michigan Market Board of Directors and on the Advisory Council for Birth Detroit. Dr. Canady was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the State of MI Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities, where she chaired the Health Equity workgroup.

She has previously served on numerous advisory boards including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) County Health Rankings Scientific Advisory Group, the National Collaborative for Health Equity Advisory Committee, the Institute for Alternative Futures Public Health 2030 project Advisory Group, and the National 10 Essential Public Health Services Task Force.