Who Are We?
Ronald Labonte, Principal Investigator
Canada Research Chair in Globalization/Health Equity at the Institute of Population Health; Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; and Adjunct Professor, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. Professor Labonte holds degrees in English & Creative Writing, Adult Education & Communication Theory, and Sociology.
Globalization and Health Equity Unit
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa,
1 Stewart St,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
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rlabonte@uottawa.ca
Mira Johri,
Principal Investigator
Associate researcher with the Université de Montréal Health Administration Department, and a researcher with the Université de Montréal's Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS). Dr. Johri completed one year of post-doctoral training in economic assessment of health programs at Yale University (1999), and holds a Ph.D. (1997) in Philosophy (Ethics and Distributive Justice) from McGill University, a Master's degree (M.P.H. 1998) in Epidemiology and Public Health (with specialization in Health Policy and Economics) from Yale University, and a Bachelors degree (BA 1990 with joint honours in Economics and Philosophy) from McGill University.
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Assistant Researcher, Department of health administration, Université de Montréal
mira.johri@mail.mcgill.ca
Ted Schrecker, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, and Principal Scientist at the Institute of Population Health, both at University of Ottawa. A political scientist by background, Prof. Schrecker has a special interest in globalization and public policy and in issues at the interface of science, ethics and public policy.
Globalization and Health Equity Unit
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa,
1 Stewart St,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
tschrecker@sympatico.ca
Amir Attaran
Amir Attaran is by training both a biologist and lawyer, and currently Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Institute of Population Health and the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Globalization and Health Equity Unit
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa,
1 Stewart St,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
amir_attaran@uottawa.ca
Colleen O’Manique
Associate Professor of Politics and Women’s Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario Professor O’Manique completed both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at York University.
Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive.
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8
comanique@trentu.ca
Corinne Packer
Corinne Packer (B.A. Applied Population Studies; M.Phil. in International Relations; PhD International Human Rights) is Researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Population Health, working on global health equity matters.
Globalization and Health Equity Unit
Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa,
1 Stewart St,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5 Canada
cpacker@uottawa.ca
Denise Spitzer
Denise Spitzer holds the Canada Research Chair in Gender, Migration and Health at the University of Ottawa where she is affiliated with the Institutes of Women’s Studies and Population Health.
Institute of Women’s Studies, University of Ottawa
211 - 30 Stewart St.
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada
dspitzer@uottawa.ca
James Orbinski
Research Scientist and Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, at St. Michael's Hospital, and the Centre for International Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Orbiniski also practices clinical medicine at Toronto's St. Michaels' Hospital Inner City Health Program.
james.orbinski@utoronto.ca
Jillian Clare Cohen-Kohler
Jillian Clare Cohen-Kohler is an Assistant Professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy where she is focused on research that addresses issues related to the global drug gap. She also provides expertise to international organizations and governments on a wide-range of drug policy issues, including governance issues
Comparative Program on Health and Society
and Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto
jillianclare.cohen@utoronto.ca
Stephanie Nixon
Stephanie Nixon has been an HIV activist, researcher and clinician for 12 years. She is an Assistant Professor in the University of Toronto Department of Physical Therapy, and a researcher with the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Building
256 McCaul Street, Second floor
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1W5 Canada
stephanie.nixon@utoronto.ca
Thomas Pogge
Having received his PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Pogge has published widely on Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including various books on Rawls and global justice. He is Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, Professorial Fellow at the ANU Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE), and Research Director at the Oslo University Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN). He is also editor for social and political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science.
Yale University, MacMillan Center, 344 College St., New Haven, CT 06511-6629
thomas.pogge@yale.edu
Kirsten Stoebenau
Kirsten Stoebenau completed her Ph. D 2006 at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg school of Public Health She is presently completing a CIHR Global Health Initiative postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. Her area of focus is The Social Organization of Women’s Sex Work in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Roxanne Mykitiuk
Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (B.A. University of Alberta; L.L.B. University of Toronto; L.L.M. Columbia University, member of the Alberta Bar). Professor Mykitiuk she teaches in the areas of Bioethics, Health Law, Law and Disability and Family Law.
rmykitiuk@osgoode.yorku.ca
Ryoa Chung
Ryoa Chung completed her PhD in Philosophy at the University of Montreal in 2001 She is presently an aggregate professor associated with the department of philosophy of the University of Montreal. She completed two stays of post-doctoral research in the United States, Columbia University (2002) and Harvard University (2003).
Department of philosophy, University of Montreal C.P. 6128,
Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, Canada
ryoa.chung@umontreal.ca
Shree Mulay
Professor Shree Mulay completed her Ph.D. at McGill University and is currently the Director of McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on Women, and the Assistant Director for the Endocrinology and Clinical Biochemistry Laboratories at the Royal Victoria Hospital. She is recognized as an expert in research on women’s reproductive health, nationally and internationally.
Department of Physiology, McGill University
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler (Formerly Drummond Street)
Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1Y6
shree.mulay@mcgill.ca
Amy Kaler
Assistant Professor, Dept of Sociology, University of Alberta and completed her PhD (Sociology) 1998, University of Minnesota. Professor Amy Kaler is currently teaching
Department of Sociology, 5-21 Tory Building,University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H4
akaler@ualberta.ca