Dr. Jessica Hopkins
Vice President and Chief, Communicable Disease Control
Research Focus
- Public health
- Communicable diseases
- Surveillance and epidemiology
- Public health policy
- Public health workforce burnout and resilience
Publications
- Singh J, Poon D E-O, Alvarez E, Anderson L, Verschoor CP, … Hopkins JP. Burnout among public health workers in Canada: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1):48.
- Chambers A, Cachia MA, Hopkins JP. Opportunities and lessons learned from a retrospective analysis of administrative billing data to understand the language profile of high-risk close contacts of COVID-19 cases in Ontario. Can Communic Dis Rep. 2024;50(10):375-80.
- Hopkins J, Bingham K, Marsilio K, Pedra I, Tibbits M, Fernandes J, et al. Supervised consumption site needs assessment and feasibility study for the Region of Peel. Brampton, ON: Region of Peel – Public Health; 2019.
New Initiatives
- During the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health workforce experienced unprecedented work demands resulting in significant and lasting levels of burnout. My research aims to understand the prevalence and experience of burnout, factors that make it worse or better, and evidence-based strategies public health organizations can implement to build healthy and resilient workforces.
Education
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Western Ontario
- Master of Health Science (Community Health & Epidemiology), University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Science (Honours, Evolutionary Biology), University of Toronto
- Fellow, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Public Health and Preventative Medicine
- Fellow, College of Family Physicians of Canada
Appointments
- Associate Professor (part-time), Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact, McMaster University
- Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Personal statement
"My goal at PHO is to bridge science and evidence with public health policy and practice to improve the health of the population and decrease health inequities."
Updated
6 Jan 2021
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