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Department of Oncology

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary 

In partnership with Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute

Department of Oncology

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary 

In partnership with Arne Charbonneau Cancer Institute

Allen Scott, Lisa

Preventive Oncology

Adjunct Assistant Professor

EMAIL: lallen@ucalgary.ca
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Healthier Together | Building Healthy Alberta Communities Together

Biography

Dr. Lisa Allen Scott has been working globally and locally in public and population health for over 20 years. She holds a PhD in Community Health Sciences with a specialization in Population and Public Health from the University of Calgary. Dr. Allen Scott spent over 10 years working and teaching with partners in Ethiopia and Tanzania with a focus on capacity building and population health promotion.

In 2015 Dr. Allen Scott joined the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund (ACPLF) as a Scientist and led the development of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach and the Alberta Healthy Workplaces Program. From 2017-2022 Dr. Allen Scott was the Senior Scientist overseeing scientific rigor and strategic planning for the Workplace, Community and Individuals and Families Stream within ACPLF (now known as Cancer Prevention and Screening Innovation). Currently, she is the Director of the Healthy Settings Department within Promoting Health, Partnerships & Innovation, Planning and Quality, Primary Care Alberta (PCA) responsible for the collaborative scale-up of settings-based approaches across Alberta.

Dr. Allen Scott also holds Adjunct Assistant Professor positions at the University of Calgary in the department of Community Health Sciences and is a Scientist with the Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health, University of Alberta.

Area of Focus

Population Health; Social and Structural Determinants of Health; Healthy Settings; Modifiable and Protective Risk Factors; Implementation Science

Summary of Research

Last 10 years:

  1. Gillies, C., Allen-Scott, L. K., Baay, C., Frenette, N., Liu, J. K. K., & Patterson, S. (2025a). Shaping healthier futures: Community-level impact of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice. 2026 Mar;46(3):80-91. DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.46.3.02. PMID: 41811291.
  2. Gillies, C., Liu, J. K. K., Patterson, S., & Scott, L. (2025b). Participatory evaluation of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach (AHCA). International Journal of Integrated Care, 25(S2), doi: 10.5334/ijic.NACIC24126.
  3. Ori, E. M. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Haikal, A., Thomson, H., Tang, T., Boucher, J. C., Hiu, J., Toohey, A., Lockerbie, S., & Allen Scott, L. K. (2025). Investigating social influencers to improve HPV vaccine uptake among emerging adults: A cross-sectional examination of a vaccine intervention at post-secondary schools in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-026-01187-w
  4. Punjani, N., Scott, S., Hussain, A., Lu, T., Bandali, F., McDonald, S., & Scott, L. (2025). Bridging the gap: Canadian parents’ barriers and concerns in delivering sexuality education – A qualitative study. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. 46.
  5. Law, J., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Alberga Machado, A., Xu, L., Chiang B., Yang, H., Allen Scott, L., Shahid, R., Mabilangan, C., Li, A., Adhikari, K., Teare G. (2025). Individual-level characteristics and geospatial factors associated with cervical cancer screening participation in Alberta, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health,25, 2790.
  6. Chaisson, K., Braun, M., T. Hokanson, Y. Rempel, S. Young, S. Patterson, L. Gougeon, and L. K. Allen Scott. (2025). Understanding and building community capacity through conversation: a conversation forward Community Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) to catalyze action. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 20, 1.
  7. Baay, C., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Allen-Scott, L. K. (2024). Multi-component workplace tobacco cessation interventions: a scoping review. Workplace Health and Safety. 73, 1.
  8. Gillies, C., Allen Scott, L.K., Nykiforuk, C., Belon, A.P., Kim, O., Lee, B., Nieuwendyk, L., Adhikari, K., & Ori, E. (2024). Social capital interventions for HPV immunization and cervical cancer screening: A rapid review. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 50-7/8.
  9. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Boucher, J.C., Kim, S.Y., Frenette, N., Badami, A., Smith, H.M., Allen Scott, L.K. (2024). The role of scientific research in human papillomavirus vaccine discussions on Twitter: Social Network Analysis.  JMIR Infodemiology. 4:e50551.
  10. Malkin, J., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Alberga Machado, A., Teare, G., Snider, J., Tirmizi, S.F., Youngson, E., Wang, T., Law, J., Bandara, T., Rathwell, M., Neudorf, C., & Allen Scott, L. (2024). Individual and Geospatial Determinants of Health Associated With School-Based Human Papillomavirus Immunization in Alberta: Population-Based Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 10, doi: 10.2196/45508. PMID: 38536211; PMCID: PMC11007603.
  11. Gillies, C., Frenette, N., Patterson, S., & Allen Scott, L.K. (2024). Healthy community initiatives in rural Alberta, Canada during COVID-19. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 19, 1.
  12. Nykiforuk, C., A. P. Belon, L. K. Allen Scott. (2024). Untangling Concepts of Financial Circumstances:  A Glossary and Concept Map.  American Journal of Public Health. 114, 1.
  13. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Law, J., Adhikari, K., Machado, A. A., Moysey, B., Xu, L., Yang, H., Scott, L. K. A., Teare, G., Li, A. (2023). Geospatial analysis and participant characteristics associated with colorectal cancer screening participation in Alberta, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res, 23(1), 1454. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10486-8. PMID: 38129826; PMCID: PMC10740253.
  14. Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Belon, A.P., de Leeuw, E., Harris, P., Allen Scott, L.K., Atkey, K., Glenn, N.M., Hyshka, E., Jaques, K., Kongats, K., Montesanti, S., Nieuwendyk, L.M., Pabayo, R., Springett, J., Yashadhana, A. (2023). An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, 66.
  15. Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Belon, A.P., de Leeuw, E., Harris, P., Allen Scott, L.K., Atkey, K., Glenn, N.M., Hyshka, E., Jaques, K., Kongats, K., Montesanti, S., Nieuwendyk, L.M., Pabayo, R., Springett, J., Yashadhana, A. (2023). A policy-ready public health guidebook of strategies and indicators to promote financial well-being and address financial strain in response to COVID-19. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20.
  16. Boucher, J.C., Kim, S.Y., Edwards, J., Jessiman-Perreault. G., Frenette, N., Badami, A., Henry, S., Allen Scott, L.K., (2023). HPV Vaccine Narratives on Twitter during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Network, Thematic, and Sentiment Analysis. BMC Public Health. 23, 694.
  17. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Dunn, R., Erza, A., Kratchmer, C., Memon, A., Thomson, H., & Allen Scott, L. (2023). Fact or Fiction? The Development and Evaluation of a Tobacco Virtual Health Tool. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1397. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021397. PMID: 36674153; PMCID: PMC9859121.
  18. Parkinson R, Jessiman-Perreault G., Frenette N., Allen Scott L. (2022). Exploring Multi-Level Workplace Tobacco Control Interventions: A Scoping Review. Workplace Health & Safety. Aug;70(8): 368-382
  19. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Li, A., Frenette, N., Allen Scott, L. (2022). Investigating the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on modifiable risk factors for cancer and chronic disease: A repeated cross-sectional study in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Dec;113(6): 904-917
  20. Malkin, J., L. K. Allen Scott, A. Alberga Machado, G. Teare, J. Snider, S. Ali Timizi, T. Bandara, M. Rathwell and C. Neudorf. (2022). Factors influencing human papillomavirus school-based immunization in Alberta: A mixed-methods study protocol. PLOS ONE. Dec 1;17(12)
  21. Chaisson, K., L. Gougeon, S. Patterson and L. K. Allen Scott. (2022). Multi-sectoral partnerships to tackle complex health issues at the community-level: Lessons from a Healthy Communities Approach in rural Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Oct;113(5):755-763
  22. Adhikari, K., Scott, L. A., Worrell, M., Friesen, B. T., & Teare, G. (2021). A Call to Action: Commercial Tobacco Smoking Cessation Support as a Priority for Health Care Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(6), 1079–1080. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa219. PMID: 33107569; PMCID: PMC7665623.
  23. Glenn, N. M., Allen Scott, L., Hokanson, T., Gustafson, K., Stoops, M. A., Day, B., & Nykiforuk, C. I. J. (2021). Community strategies to reduce the impact of financial strain and promote financial well-being: A comprehensive rapid review Global Health Promotion: 28(1).
  24. Highet, M., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Hilton E., Law G., & Allen-Scott, L. (2021). Understanding the decision to immunize: insights into the information needs and priorities of people who have utilized an online human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine decision aid tool. Can J Public Health, 112(2), 191-198. doi: 10.17269/s41997-020-00425-z. PMID: 33078333; PMCID: PMC7571294.
  25. Jessiman-Perreault, G.; Alberga, A.; Jorge, F.; Makwarimba, E.; Allen Scott, L. (2020). Size Matters: A Latent Class Analysis of Workplace Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Likelihood of Action in Small Workplaces.  J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 1251.
  26. Allen-Scott, L.K., J.M. Hatfield, L. McIntyre and L. McLaren. (2016). Considering unintended consequences of public health intervention using the population health approach and Merton’s framework as a lens: a malaria example. Critical Public Health.

Area Of Focus

Population Health; Social and Structural Determinants of Health; Healthy Settings; Modifiable and Protective Risk Factors; Implementation Science

Summary Of Research

Last 10 years:

  1. Gillies, C., Allen-Scott, L. K., Baay, C., Frenette, N., Liu, J. K. K., & Patterson, S. (2025a). Shaping healthier futures: Community-level impact of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy and Practice. 2026 Mar;46(3):80-91. DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.46.3.02. PMID: 41811291.
  2. Gillies, C., Liu, J. K. K., Patterson, S., & Scott, L. (2025b). Participatory evaluation of the Alberta Healthy Communities Approach (AHCA). International Journal of Integrated Care, 25(S2), doi: 10.5334/ijic.NACIC24126.
  3. Ori, E. M. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Haikal, A., Thomson, H., Tang, T., Boucher, J. C., Hiu, J., Toohey, A., Lockerbie, S., & Allen Scott, L. K. (2025). Investigating social influencers to improve HPV vaccine uptake among emerging adults: A cross-sectional examination of a vaccine intervention at post-secondary schools in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-026-01187-w
  4. Punjani, N., Scott, S., Hussain, A., Lu, T., Bandali, F., McDonald, S., & Scott, L. (2025). Bridging the gap: Canadian parents’ barriers and concerns in delivering sexuality education – A qualitative study. Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare. 46.
  5. Law, J., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Alberga Machado, A., Xu, L., Chiang B., Yang, H., Allen Scott, L., Shahid, R., Mabilangan, C., Li, A., Adhikari, K., Teare G. (2025). Individual-level characteristics and geospatial factors associated with cervical cancer screening participation in Alberta, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health,25, 2790.
  6. Chaisson, K., Braun, M., T. Hokanson, Y. Rempel, S. Young, S. Patterson, L. Gougeon, and L. K. Allen Scott. (2025). Understanding and building community capacity through conversation: a conversation forward Community Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT) to catalyze action. Journal of Rural and Community Development. 20, 1.
  7. Baay, C., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Allen-Scott, L. K. (2024). Multi-component workplace tobacco cessation interventions: a scoping review. Workplace Health and Safety. 73, 1.
  8. Gillies, C., Allen Scott, L.K., Nykiforuk, C., Belon, A.P., Kim, O., Lee, B., Nieuwendyk, L., Adhikari, K., & Ori, E. (2024). Social capital interventions for HPV immunization and cervical cancer screening: A rapid review. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 50-7/8.
  9. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Boucher, J.C., Kim, S.Y., Frenette, N., Badami, A., Smith, H.M., Allen Scott, L.K. (2024). The role of scientific research in human papillomavirus vaccine discussions on Twitter: Social Network Analysis.  JMIR Infodemiology. 4:e50551.
  10. Malkin, J., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Alberga Machado, A., Teare, G., Snider, J., Tirmizi, S.F., Youngson, E., Wang, T., Law, J., Bandara, T., Rathwell, M., Neudorf, C., & Allen Scott, L. (2024). Individual and Geospatial Determinants of Health Associated With School-Based Human Papillomavirus Immunization in Alberta: Population-Based Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health Surveill, 10, doi: 10.2196/45508. PMID: 38536211; PMCID: PMC11007603.
  11. Gillies, C., Frenette, N., Patterson, S., & Allen Scott, L.K. (2024). Healthy community initiatives in rural Alberta, Canada during COVID-19. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 19, 1.
  12. Nykiforuk, C., A. P. Belon, L. K. Allen Scott. (2024). Untangling Concepts of Financial Circumstances:  A Glossary and Concept Map.  American Journal of Public Health. 114, 1.
  13. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Law, J., Adhikari, K., Machado, A. A., Moysey, B., Xu, L., Yang, H., Scott, L. K. A., Teare, G., Li, A. (2023). Geospatial analysis and participant characteristics associated with colorectal cancer screening participation in Alberta, Canada: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res, 23(1), 1454. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10486-8. PMID: 38129826; PMCID: PMC10740253.
  14. Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Belon, A.P., de Leeuw, E., Harris, P., Allen Scott, L.K., Atkey, K., Glenn, N.M., Hyshka, E., Jaques, K., Kongats, K., Montesanti, S., Nieuwendyk, L.M., Pabayo, R., Springett, J., Yashadhana, A. (2023). An action-oriented public health framework to reduce financial strain and promote financial wellbeing in high-income countries. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, 66.
  15. Nykiforuk, C.I.J., Belon, A.P., de Leeuw, E., Harris, P., Allen Scott, L.K., Atkey, K., Glenn, N.M., Hyshka, E., Jaques, K., Kongats, K., Montesanti, S., Nieuwendyk, L.M., Pabayo, R., Springett, J., Yashadhana, A. (2023). A policy-ready public health guidebook of strategies and indicators to promote financial well-being and address financial strain in response to COVID-19. Preventing Chronic Disease, 20.
  16. Boucher, J.C., Kim, S.Y., Edwards, J., Jessiman-Perreault. G., Frenette, N., Badami, A., Henry, S., Allen Scott, L.K., (2023). HPV Vaccine Narratives on Twitter during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Social Network, Thematic, and Sentiment Analysis. BMC Public Health. 23, 694.
  17. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Dunn, R., Erza, A., Kratchmer, C., Memon, A., Thomson, H., & Allen Scott, L. (2023). Fact or Fiction? The Development and Evaluation of a Tobacco Virtual Health Tool. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1397. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20021397. PMID: 36674153; PMCID: PMC9859121.
  18. Parkinson R, Jessiman-Perreault G., Frenette N., Allen Scott L. (2022). Exploring Multi-Level Workplace Tobacco Control Interventions: A Scoping Review. Workplace Health & Safety. Aug;70(8): 368-382
  19. Jessiman-Perreault, G., Li, A., Frenette, N., Allen Scott, L. (2022). Investigating the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on modifiable risk factors for cancer and chronic disease: A repeated cross-sectional study in Alberta. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Dec;113(6): 904-917
  20. Malkin, J., L. K. Allen Scott, A. Alberga Machado, G. Teare, J. Snider, S. Ali Timizi, T. Bandara, M. Rathwell and C. Neudorf. (2022). Factors influencing human papillomavirus school-based immunization in Alberta: A mixed-methods study protocol. PLOS ONE. Dec 1;17(12)
  21. Chaisson, K., L. Gougeon, S. Patterson and L. K. Allen Scott. (2022). Multi-sectoral partnerships to tackle complex health issues at the community-level: Lessons from a Healthy Communities Approach in rural Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Oct;113(5):755-763
  22. Adhikari, K., Scott, L. A., Worrell, M., Friesen, B. T., & Teare, G. (2021). A Call to Action: Commercial Tobacco Smoking Cessation Support as a Priority for Health Care Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 23(6), 1079–1080. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaa219. PMID: 33107569; PMCID: PMC7665623.
  23. Glenn, N. M., Allen Scott, L., Hokanson, T., Gustafson, K., Stoops, M. A., Day, B., & Nykiforuk, C. I. J. (2021). Community strategies to reduce the impact of financial strain and promote financial well-being: A comprehensive rapid review Global Health Promotion: 28(1).
  24. Highet, M., Jessiman-Perreault, G., Hilton E., Law G., & Allen-Scott, L. (2021). Understanding the decision to immunize: insights into the information needs and priorities of people who have utilized an online human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine decision aid tool. Can J Public Health, 112(2), 191-198. doi: 10.17269/s41997-020-00425-z. PMID: 33078333; PMCID: PMC7571294.
  25. Jessiman-Perreault, G.; Alberga, A.; Jorge, F.; Makwarimba, E.; Allen Scott, L. (2020). Size Matters: A Latent Class Analysis of Workplace Health Promotion Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Likelihood of Action in Small Workplaces.  J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 1251.
  26. Allen-Scott, L.K., J.M. Hatfield, L. McIntyre and L. McLaren. (2016). Considering unintended consequences of public health intervention using the population health approach and Merton’s framework as a lens: a malaria example. Critical Public Health.
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