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Emeritus professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (8285)
Office: 613-562-5410
Home: 613-233-4859
E-mail: jmlast@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Health impacts of global environmental changes and the ethical and policy implications. Ethical, moral and philosophical aspects and implications of global change including climate change, resource depletion, loss of sustainability.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Climate change
• Epidemiology and community medicine
• Ethics
• Preventive medicine

Language preference:

English only

Chair
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Family Medicine

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-6335 (1339)
E-mail: jlemelin@ottawahospital.on.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Family medicine
• Preventive medicine

Language preference:

English and French

Canada Research Chair in Human Genome Epidemiology, and Department Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (8159)
E-mail: jlittle@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

My current research includes empirical work on potential biases in genetic association studies, harmonization of biobanks, the potential value of germline genetic profiling in prediction of risk for chronic disease, the potential value of information on family history in predicting risk for chronic disease, potential value of information on HPV and other factors in management of women with low-grade cervical abnormalities.

I am engaged in collaborations on enhancing surveillance of congenital anomalies in Canada, on long term health outcomes in people with congenital anomalies and on the etiology and management of cleft lip and palate.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Cancer
• Congenital anomalies
• Epidemiology
• Epidemiology and community medicine
• Genetics
• Health
• Health research
• Population health
• Preventive medicine

Language preference:

English and French , italien (limité) / limited Italian

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Cell: 613-799-0665
Home: 613-526-2079
E-mail: dsweanor@uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

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.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Health economics
• Health policy
• International health
• Population health
• Preventive medicine

Language preference:

English only