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Our spokespeople are leading experts on public health issues like immunization, environmental and occupational health, health promotion, infection prevention and control, potential health emergencies, infectious diseases and more. Contact Media Relations to set up an interview or for more information.
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Dr. Shelly Bolotin
Scientist
Areas of expertise:
- vaccine-preventable diseases
- population immunity
- hepatitis C
- sero-epidemiology
- microbiology
Dr. Jonathan Gubbay
Medical Microbiologist
Areas of expertise:
- respiratory viruses
- gastrointestinal viruses
- arboviruses
- viral molecular epidemiology
Dr. Erin Hobin
Scientist
Areas of expertise:
- population-level interventions for obesity prevention
- environmental factors and obesity-related behaviours including healthy eating and physical activity
- school-based policies targeting physical activity and healthy eating
- food and nutrition labels
Dr. Jessica Hopkins
Chief Health Protection and Emergency Preparedness Officer
Areas of expertise:
- public health
- communicable diseases
- surveillance and epidemiology
- public health policy
Dr. JinHee Kim
Public Health Physician
Areas of expertise:
- surveillance of environmental hazards and exposures
- food safety and risk
- primary care medicine
- land use planning policy
- environmental burden of disease
Dr. Elaina MacIntyre
Epidemiologist Specialist
Areas of expertise:
- environmental epidemiology
- environmental hygiene
- cancer clusters
- radon
- air pollution
Dr. Samir Patel
Chief, Microbiology and Laboratory Science
Areas of expertise:
- antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance
- hospital-associated infections
- zoonotic diseases
- Lyme disease
Dr. Curtis Russell
Senior Program Specialist
Areas of expertise:
- vector-borne diseases
- West Nile Virus and Zika Virus
- Lyme disease
- general insect biology
Dr. Brian Schwartz
Vice-President
Areas of expertise:
- pandemic planning and response
- public health and health systems emergency preparedness and response
- emergency medical services
- management of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) injuries
Dr. Kevin Schwartz
Physician
Areas of expertise:
- antimicrobial stewardship
- administrative data
- epidemiology
- vaccines
Dr. Sarah Wilson
Medical Epidemiologist
Areas of expertise:
- immunization coverage assessment
- immunization program evaluation
- vaccine-preventable diseases
- outbreak investigation
Updated
14 Aug 2021
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