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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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BOURGEAULT, Ivy Lynn »

Ivy Lynn Bourgeault

Professor Health Sciences Program, CIHR/Health Canada Chair in Health Human Resource Policy, Scientific Director of PHIRN & OHHRRN at the University of Ottawa
Full professor
Faculty of Health Sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8614)
Office: 613-562-5800 (8759)
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Dr. Bourgeault has garnered an international reputation for her research on health professions, health policy and women’s health. She has published widely in national and international journals and edited volumes on midwifery and maternity care, the migration and integration of internationally educated health workers, primary care delivery, advanced practice nursing, qualitative health research methods, and on complementary and alternative medicine.

Other areas of expertise : Health care, Health-service providers, Human-resource management

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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 »

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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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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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MERALI, Zul »

President/CEO uOttawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

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Office: 613-722-6521 (6551)
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Our first line of work focuses around the brain circuits involved in Depression.  In particular, Our research focuses on determining how stressors influence brain functioning and behavior. We are attempting to identify factors (genetic, neurochemical & psychosocial) that render individuals vulnerable to mental illness and those factors that impart resiliency. Our second line of research focuses on identifying plant derived medications that may attenuate stress, anxiety and depressive responses.

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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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E-mail, Office Telephone

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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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SWEANOR, David »

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Cell: 613-799-0665
Home: 613-526-2079
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Thirty years of experience doing Canadian and global health policy work, with a particular focus on tobacco and nicotine. This work focuses on all areas of tobacco policy, but with greatest emphasis on the interaction of law and economics as determinants of health. Also has a long standing interest in nicotine harm reduction strategies.

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