Applied Public Health Chairs
The objectives of this initiative are to:
- Support high quality and focused programs of policy and program intervention research of national relevance to public health
- Foster formal linkages with the public health system to support the timely and effective application of research into policies, programs and practice.
- Support Canadian universities to develop graduate and continuous education programs in public health
- Stimulate innovative approaches in public health intervention research, mentorship, education and knowledge translation
- Educate and mentor the current and next generation of public health researchers (trainees, post-graduate students and junior faculty), practitioners and policy makers.
Learn more about the 15 Chairs and their research
Carolyn S. Dewa - Developing Effective Interventions for Mental Illness and Mental Health in the Working Population
Center for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto)
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James R. Dunn - Interventions in Residential Neighborhoods and Population Health: a Program of Research, Training, Mentoring and Knowledge Translation
McMaster University
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Benedikt Fischer - Infectious Diseases, Substance Use, Marginalized Populations and Public Health
Simon Fraser University
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Louise Fournier - Projet Dialogue: A Population Approach to Mental Health
Institut national de santé publique du Québec
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Lise Gauvin - The Montréal Lifestyle and Neighborhood
Université de Montréal
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Marjorie A. MacDonald - Public Health Education and Population Health Interventions
University of Victoria
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Douglas G. Manuel - Population Health Impact Intervention Assessment Tools (PHIIAT)
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
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Patricia Martens - What Works at the Population Level? Program of Research Focusing
University of Manitoba
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Gilles Paradis - Chronic Disease Prevention
McGill University
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Ronald C. Plotnikoff - Physical Activity for Public Health
University of Alberta
Kim D. Raine - Environmental and Population-based Strategies for Chronic Disease Prevention and the Promotion of Healthy Weights
University of Alberta
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Elizabeth M. Saewyc - Building Capacity for Population-level Monitoring and Interventions for Healthy Youth
University of British Columbia
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Janice M. Sargeant - Meeting the Zoonotic Disease Public Health Challenge: Integrated Methodologies for Research and Application
University of Guelph
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Alan Shiell - The Economics of Population Health Interventions
University of Calgary
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Jean A. Shoveller - Public Health Chair in Improving Youth Sexual Health
University of British Columbia
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