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FOSTER, Angel »

Echo Endowed Chair in Women’s Health Research
Associate professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Interdisciplinary School of Health sciences

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2316)
Cell: 617-417-9974
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Dr. Angel M. Foster holds a DPhil (doctorate) in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, an MD from Harvard Medical School, and an AM (master's degree) from Stanford University. She has conducted multi-methods research on women’s health in Canada, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, the Thailand/Burma border, Tunisia, and the United States. Her current research focuses on expanding access to emergency contraception, increasing access to safe, high quality, and affordable abortion services improving the reproductive health training of health service professionals, and Identifying and addressing the reproductive health needs of vulnerable populations including young/unmarried women and refugees/displaced women. She has published more than 40 articles, book chapters, and technical reports on women's health and her first book, Emergency contraception: The story of a global reproductive health technology, was published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2012 (co-edited with L.L. Wynn).

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KERR, Ian R. »

Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3281)
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My areas of expertise lie at intersection between applied ethics, law and technology. Much of my work has focussed on anonymity, privacy, biomedical ethics, health policy, internet law, intellectual property, electronic commerce, nanotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence.

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MOORE, Gregory »

Academic Neonatologist
Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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Office: 613-737-8561
Office: 613-737-8909
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Dr. Moore is a Clinical Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute and at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa and an academic neonatologist practicing at the two level 3 neonatal intensive care units in Ottawa. He has a keen interest in post-graduate medical education, quality of care improvement, communication and bioethics. His main clinical interests are the management of infants with Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW), and mechanical ventilation.

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NICKERSON, Jason »

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

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Office: 613-562-6262 (1620)
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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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ORSINI, Michael »

Chair, Institute of Women's Studies
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5791
Cell: 613-218-0819
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I am a political scientist who is interested in health politics and health policy. I have specific interests in how citizens can affect health policy issues. I am especially interested in illnesses that affect marginalized communities, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. I am currently completing a SSHRC-funded project on “contested illnesses”, including autism and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. My non-health related interests include methods of citizen engagement and citizen participation, the role of the voluntary sector, and the influence of interest groups and social movements.

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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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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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