Neeru Gupta
Dr. Neeru Gupta joined the UNB faculty in November 2016. She holds the position of Professor in the Department of Sociology. She has been recognized by UNB as a University Research Scholar.
Dr. Gupta completed doctoral studies in demography from Université de Montréal in 2000. Prior to coming to UNB, she worked in supporting data-driven decisions for population health at the New Brunswick Department of Health, the World Health Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), and ORC Macro International (Washington, USA).
At UNB, Dr. Gupta continues to conduct population health and health services research, and teaches courses in various areas including health care, population studies and social statistics. She is also an adjunct professor with Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, an associate scientist with the Maritime Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research, a lead in the Canadian Health Workforce Network, and an editorial board member for the international journal Human Resources for Health.
Research interests
My research interests are grounded in accelerating gender and social equity toward achieving the Quadruple Aim for healthcare improvement: healthy populations, enhanced patient experience, sustainable healthcare investments and improved work life of providers. This framework for optimizing health systems performance has been adopted by health organizations across Canada and around the world.
My work also aligns with three intersecting themes of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Goal 3: Good health and wellbeing; Goal 5: Gender equality; and Goal 10: Reduced inequalities.
My current research projects prioritize the use of population-based survey and administrative data from official sources, given the evidence that public policymakers tend to prefer or use such sources more often.
Selected publications
Gupta N, Miah P. (2024). Imbalances in the oral health workforce: A Canadian population-based study. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1191).
Gupta N, Balcom SA, Singh P. (2023). Looking beyond parity: Gender wage gaps and the leadership labyrinth in the Canadian healthcare management workforce. Healthcare Management Forum, 36(1), 49-54.
Gupta N, Crouse DL, Miah P, Takaro T. (2022). The role of neighbourhood environments in hospitalization risk for diabetes and related conditions: a population-based cohort analysis by remoteness and deprivation indices. Health Reports, 33(12), 1-13.
Gupta N, Balcom SA, Gulliver A, Witherspoon RL. (2021). Health workforce surge capacity during the COVID‐19 pandemic and other global respiratory disease outbreaks: a systematic review of health system requirements and responses. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(S1), 26-41.
Gupta N, Sheng Z. (2020). Disparities in the hospital cost of cardiometabolic diseases among lesbian, gay, and bisexual Canadians: a population-based cohort study using linked data. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 111(3), 417-425.
Gupta N, Lavallée R, Ayles J. (2019). Gendered effects of pay for performance among family physicians for chronic disease care: an economic evaluation in a context of universal health coverage. Human Resources for Health, 17(40): 1-9.
Gupta N. (2017). Charting the progression of diabetes mellitus in New Brunswick: rates, correlates, and implications for accountability in public policy. Journal of New Brunswick Studies, 8(1):69-86.
Supervision areas
- Population aging and societal change
- Health systems and policy research
- Social determinants of health
- Social epidemiology of diabetes and associated conditions
- Health workforce for health equity
