Femke Hoekstra

Dr. Femke Hoekstra is an Assistant Professor at the UBC’s Department of Medicine, Division of Social Medicine in the area of Implementation Science. She is also Investigator within the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) at the UBC Okanagan and Associate Member of International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). Dr. Hoekstra holds a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, in the areas of implementation science, rehabilitation, and physical activity promotion.
Dr. Hoekstra’s implementation science research program focuses on improving (virtual) health services and care for equity-deserving groups in rural, remote and isolated communities. To maximize the quality and impact of her work, she meaningfully engages research users as partners throughout the research process.