CIHR Strategic Training Program in

Public Health Policy


Mentors

Name and Contact Information Expertise
Joanna Cohen Joanna Cohen, PhD
410-614-5378
jocohen@jhsph.edu
Principal Investigator
Public health policy, tobacco control policy, public health ethics, population surveys, policy evaluation, political ideology, tobacco industry, epidemiology
Robert Schwartz Robert Schwartz, PhD
416.978.3901
Robert.Schwartz@utoronto.ca
Principal Investigator
Public health policy, public policy, public administration, accountability, evaluation and monitoring, policy change
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Adalsteinn Brown

Adalsteinn Brown (Steini), PhD
416-946-0911

adalsteinn.brown@utoronto.ca
Public health policy making in government and non-government settings
Ray Copes

Ray Copes, MD
647-260-7100
ray.copes@oahpp.ca

Development of policies, strategies and services in environmental and occupational health
Raisa Deber Raisa Deber, PhD
416.978.8366
raisa.deber@utoronto.ca
Health policy, document analysis, health services research, health economics, decision making, technology assessment, survey methods, policy analysis, public-private mix, health human resources
Guy Faulkner

Guy Faulkner, PhD
416-946-7949
guy.faulkner@utoronto.ca

Physical activity and public health; national physical activity plans and policies; economic instruments and obesity
Roberta Ferrence Roberta Ferrence, PhD
416.535.8501 x4482
roberta_ferrence@camh.net
Tobacco policy, tobacco epidemiology, second hand smoke, population surveys
John Garcia John Garcia, PhD
519.888.4567 x35516
jmgarcia@uwaterloo.ca
Chronic disease prevention, tobacco control, health policy, health behaviour, multiple risk factor, health promotion, community organization
Vivek Goel Vivek Goel, MD
647.260.7100
president@oahpp.ca
Clinical effectiveness, medical decision-making, health informatics and e-health, health policy, knowledge transfer, health research capacity-building, public and population health, women's health
Michael Goodstadt Michael Goodstadt, PhD
416.978.1785
m.goodstadt@utoronto.ca
Best practices, health promotion, public health, disease prevention, addictions, evaluation
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Bartholomew Harvey Bartholomew Harvey, MD, PhD
416.946.5793
bart.harvey@utoronto.ca
Epidemiology, cancer screening, chronic diseases, public health practice, public health human resources, survey methods, recall bias, education research
Suzanne Jackson Suzanne Jackson, PhD
416.978.1100
suzanne.jackson@utoronto.ca
Health promotion, healthy public policy, evaluation, community-based research, qualitative research, participatory research
Prabhat Jha Prabhat Jha, MD, DPhil
416.864.6042
Prabhat.jha@utoronto.ca
Global health, HIV/AIDS, tobacco, epidemiology
Ian Johnson Ian Johnson, MD
416.978.8649
ian.johnson@utoronto.ca
Epidemiology, education of health professionals, public health, preventive medicine, health promotion, community health status assessment
Paula Kaufman Pamela Kaufman, PhD
416.535.8501 x 6029
p.kaufman@utoronto.ca
Environmental design and behaviour, tobacco control, qualitative research, observation methods
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Jennifer Keelan Jennifer Keelan, PhD
416.978.4904
jenn.keelan@utoronto.ca
Public health policy, history of medicine, immunization, public understanding of science
David Korn David Korn, MD
416.978.8498
david.korn@utoronto.ca
Public health policy and research, international, provincial and local practice, addictions, gambling
Mary L'Abbe

Mary L’Abbe, PhD
416-978-7235

mary.labbe@utoronto.ca
Food and nutrition policy, assessing and modelling nutrition policies and population intakes using national food consumption survey data
Trudo Lemmens Trudo Lemmens, PhD
416.978.4201
trudo.lemmens@utoronto.ca
Health law, bioethics, research regulation and research ethics, public health law
Catherine Mah

Catherine Mah, MD, PhD
416-535-8501 x 4665

catherine.mah@utoronto.ca

Food policy and food systems, public health policy and governance, population health interventions, qualitative methods, public health ethics, healthy urban environments, immunization policy

Heather Manson

Heather Manson, MD
647-260-7301

heather.manson@oahpp.ca
Policy interventions to address risk factors for chronic disease, health equity
David McKeown

David, McKeown, MD
416-338-7820

dmmckeown@toronto.ca
Public health services and organizations, environmental health policy, food policy, health inequalities and social determinants of health, HIV/AIDS policy
John McLaughlin John McLaughlin, PhD
416.217.1234
john.mclaughlin@cancercare.on.ca
Cancer epidemiology, prevention & screening, population health, molecular & genetic epi, environmental risk factor, surveillance systems, genetic risk, gene-environment interaction
Fiona Miller Fiona Miller, PhD
416.978.3703
fiona.miller@utoronto.ca
Health policy, health technology policy, public health ethics, newborn screening
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Cameron Mustard Cameron Mustard, ScD
416.927.2027
cam.mustard@utoronto.ca
Epidemiology, population health, occupational health
Ted Myers Ted Myers, PhD
416.978.8979
ted.myers@utoronto.ca
Survey methods, program planning and evaluation, ethics, substance use, harm reduction, injection drug use, marginalized populations, health services planning, HIV prevention and policy
Blake Poland Blake Poland, PhD
416.978.7542
blake.poland@utoronto.ca
Health promotion, community development, qualitative methods, social theory, hospital-community collaboration
Carlos Quiñonez, DMD, PhD

Carlos Quiñonez, DMD, PhD
416-979-4908 X 4491
carlos.quinonez@utoronto.ca

Dental care, public policy, health equity, access to care, social sciences and health, history of healthcare
Juergen Rehm Juergen Rehm, PhD
416.535.8501 ext. 6907
Jtrehm@aol.com
Alcohol and drug epidemiology, alcohol policy, economic evaluation, treatment evaluation
Fran Scott Fran Scott, MD
416.978.7489
fran.scott@utoronto.ca
Community medicine specialist, local public health practice in planning and policy, public health education
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Mark Stabile Mark Stabile, PhD
416-978-5120
Mark.stabile@utoronto.ca
Health care financing, child health, socioeconomic status and health, economics of smoking
Terrence Sullivan Terrence Sullivan, PhD
416.217.1244
terry.sullivan@cancercare.on.ca
Public health policy, cooperative performance
Valerie Tarasuk Valerie Tarasuk,  PhD
416.978.0618
valerie.tarasuk@utoronto.ca
Dietary assessment, food policy, food insecurity, poverty, community-based research
Gregory Taylor Gregory Taylor, MD
613.946.5072
gregory_taylor@phac-aspc.gc.ca
Public health, community medicine
Ross Upshur Ross Upshur, MD
416.978.4756
ross.upshur@sunnybrook.ca
Concept of evidence in health care, medical epistemology, clinical reasoning, public health ethics, ethics and health information, empirical approaches in bioethics, primary care research methods

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