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ATTARAN, Amir »

Amir Attaran

Associate Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2889)
Cell: 613-276-7687
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E-mail

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International development and foreign aid; international human rights law and particularly how it applies to the war in Afghanistan; global public health in the poorer countries.

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CORNEIL, Wayne »

Associate Scientist
Institute of Population Health

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Cell: 613-853-3183
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E-mail, Cell Telephone

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Psychosocial aspects of disasters, terrorism, Traumatic stress, Occupational Health, Executive Health, Organizational stress

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DEONANDAN, Raywat »

Dr.
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8377)
Cell: 613-261-0020
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Trends in the impacts and implications of assisted human reproduction technologies. The ethics of reproductive medical tourism (the phenomenon, mostly, of infertile individuals from wealthy nations traveling to less developed nations to acquire reproductive services, such as surrogate mothers). The addressing of preventable blindness in rural India 4. Health education among Aboriginals in the deep interior of the South American rainforest Science education in poorly resourced areas.

I am an acclaimed fiction author (winner of the national book award of the nation of Guyana), and can speak about Canadian, Caribbean and world literature.

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EDWARDS, Nancy Christine »

Distinguished Professor / Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
Full professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Nursing

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8395)
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Designing and evaluating complex (multi-level, multi-strategy) community health interventions. Substantive areas of interest include fall prevention for seniors, smoking cessation during pregnancy and postpartum, and nurses' involvement in policy in HIV/AIDS programs.

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LABONTÉ, Ronald »

Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2288)
Cell: 613-795-1668
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For the past 15 years, Dr. Labonté’s work has focused on the health equity impacts of contemporary globalization. His current research projects include the health equity impacts of global health worker migration and medical tourism, globalization-related pathways of influence on the health of Canadians, health and human rights, comprehensive primary health care reform, trade and health, and global health diplomacy (how health is positioned in foreign policy).

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LEMAIRE, Edward »

PhD
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development

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Office: 613-737-7350 (75592)
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Technological approaches to improve mobility for people with physical disabilities and the elderly. Computer/Internet applications for physical rehabilitation, assistive devices, prosthetics/orthotics, telehealth, telemedicine, e-learning, motion analysis, and CAD/CAM.

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MUNRO, Lauchlan »

Lauchlan Munro

Director
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1940)
Cell: 613-878-5001
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1) Does aid to developing countries work? Why or why not?

2) How can governments in poor countries provide adequate health care and education to all their citizens, including the poorest and most vulnerable?

3) How should governments around the world cope with economic risk and uncertainty?

4) How can governments in poor countries provide social protection (health insurance, old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, drought relief)?

5) What role does science and technology play in development? What do appropriate science-for-development policies look like?

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NAIR, Rama Chandran »

Assistant Dean, Professional Affairs
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

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Office: (613) 562-5800 (8282
Office: (613) 562-5800 (8604
Cell: (613) 614-1612
Home: 613-833-0287
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E-mail

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Use of epidemiologic and statistical studies in drawing conclusions about health problems in the community.

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English only, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil

NICKERSON, Jason »

PhD Candidate
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2339)
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Humanitarian aid; Health services during humanitarian emergencies; Health response to disasters, conflicts and crises; Foreign medical teams; Surgical care in low- and middle-income countries; Global public health; Coordination of humanitarian aid and assistance.

I study the ways in which health needs are established and prioritized during large humanitarian crises such as natural disasters and wars. I specifically focus on understanding and improving public health statistics and information related to the functioning of health systems/services/resources in crises, and population statistics such as mortality surveys and estimates and malnutrition assessments following disasters and wars.

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SANOU, Dia »

Dia Sanou

Faculty
Assistant professor
Faculty of Health Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (7043)
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Dr Sanou research aims at understanding and improving the nutrition and health of children and youth from disadvantaged communities worldwide including rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Canadian immigrants and Aboriginal people. He is working on determinants of child malnutrition; dietary related acculturation and its impact on Canadian health; nutrition programming of relevance to the agenda of international development and health interventions to prevent dietary related diseases.

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English and French , bambara, dioula, bobo, moore

SCHRECKER, Ted »

Ted Schrecker

Scientist
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562 5800 (2289)
Cell: 613-612-8485
Home: 613-233-6541
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E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

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My current research focuses on the relations between transnational economic integration ("globalization") and social determinants of health: the conditions under which people live and work. How is the emergence of a global marketplace affecting opportunities to lead a healthy life? Who wins, and who loses? How will the worldwide financial crisis we are now experiencing affect health disparities between rich and poor?

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TURNBULL, Jeffrey »

Jeffrey Turnbull

Chief of Staff/Médecin-Chef
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine

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Office: 613-737-8459
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Poverty and health. I have worked in SE Asia (Bangladesh) in settings of poverty and in Eastern Africa.

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