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The CVPD membership is comprised of core faculty and affiliates across many disciplines of the University of Toronto, including public health, medicine, pharmacy, biostatistics, nursing, social work, chemistry, bioethics, and the social sciences. The faculty brings together the expertise and engaged partnerships of key partners in Toronto, including Public Health Ontario, ICES, and Toronto Public Health, and globally including the World Health Organization and Gavi.

Please check our page as we update and highlight our expanding faculty membership.

The CVPD Team

Meet the CVPD Director

Shelly Bolotin, MSc PhD MScPH cvpd.director@dlsph@utoronto.ca

Shelly Bolotin is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and a Scientist at Public health Ontario.

Her research program utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate whether our population is adequately protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Applying a public health lens, Prof. Bolotin’s studies combine epidemiological and microbiological methods to answer questions related to population immunity and vaccine effectiveness, and determine our future risk for outbreaks or epidemics.

Bolotin received a BSc in Microbiology and Immunology from McGill University, an MSc and PhD in microbiology at the University of Toronto, and an MSc in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Our team

Dr. Jeff Kwong – Associate Director
Dr. Julie Perry – Research Manager
Dr. Ramandip Grewal, Assistant Professor
Ishani Nath – Communications Officer
Selma Osman – Epidemiologist
Amna Chaudhry – Administrative Assistant

Advisory Committee

The CVPD Advisory Committee advises the Director and Associate Director of the CVPD, in accordance with the CVPD Advisory Committee Terms of Reference. Advisory Committee membership is for a three year duration, on a renewable basis.

Dr. Barbara Fallon, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Dr. Jennifer Gibson, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dr. Allison McGeer, Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dr. Shaun Morris, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Department of Paediatrics; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dr. Barry Pakes, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine: Department of Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Erica Di Ruggiero, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dr. Anna Taddio, Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Dr. Ross Upshur, Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Dr. Tania Watts, Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Immunology
Dr. Aaron Wheeler, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research

CVPD Members

The CVPD is convening the following faculty, from across the University of Toronto, who are working on vaccine preventable diseases-related research.

	Anushka Ataullahjan Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Qualitative research Vaccine hesitancy
	Anna Banerji Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Anita C. Benoit Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough
	Isaac Bogoch Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Vaccine communication
	Sarah Buchan Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Immunization in older individuals Paediatric immunization Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
	Brenda Coleman Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Natasha Crowcroft Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Paediatric immunization Vaccine communication, hesitancy, program design and implementation Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness) Global health
	Natalie Crown Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise: Vaccine communication Vaccine program design and implementation
	Shelley Deeks Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Linda Dresser Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise: Ethics, equity or access of immunization Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation
	Vinita Dubey Adjunct, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Shaza Fadel Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Immunization in pregnancy Paediatric immunization
	Tiffany Fitzpatrick Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Ethics, equity or access of immunization Immunization in pregnancy Paediatric immunization Vaccine program design and implementation Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
	Colin Furness Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Faculty of Information Area of expertise: Ethics, equity or access of immunization Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Physician education Public policy
	Daniel Grace Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Ethics, equity or access of immunization Qualitative research Vaccine communication
	Scott Gray-Owen Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics
	Ramandip Grewal Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Ethics, equity or access of immunization Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
	Jen Gommerman Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Area of expertise: Vaccine development and immunology
	Jonathan Gubbay Assistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
	Sherilyn Houle Adjunct Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Ethics, equity or access of immunization Immunization in immunocompromised groups Immunization in older individuals Immunization in pregnancy Paediatric immunization Qualitative research Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation
	Catherine Ji Lecturer, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine Area of expertise: Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Paediatric immunization Immunization coverage
	Jennie Johnstone Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
	Jean-Philippe Julien Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Department of Biochemistry
	Kevin Kain Professor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
	Rupert Kaul Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Immunology Area of expertise: Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization HIV transmission and susceptibility
	Kamran Khan Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases
	Mona Loutfy Associate Professor, Temerty Department of Medicine, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine
	Arthur Mortha Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology
	Steven Moss Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatric Area of expertise: Paediatric immunization Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy
	Michelle Murti Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Christine Navarro Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Aaron Orkin Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine Area of expertise: Ethics, equity or access of immunization Qualitative research Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation
	Keith Pardee Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
	Pierre Philippe Piché-Renaud Clinical associate and research fellow Area of expertise: Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Immunization in immunocompromised groups Paediatric immunization Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
	Donna Reynolds Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine Area of expertise: Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Immunization in older individuals Paediatric immunization Vaccine communication Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness) Vaccine clinical development, regulation
	Christopher Rutty Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
	Beate Sander Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
	Michelle Science Assistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics
	Gilla Shapiro Assistant Professor Area of expertise: Ethics, equity, or access to immunizations Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation
	Mina Tadrous Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise: Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness) Vaccine access and policy
	Alison Thompson Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
	Nancy Waite Adjunct Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise: Ethics, equity or access of immunization Immunization in immunocompromised groups Immunization in older individuals Vaccine communication Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation Pharmacy and vaccine access
	Xiaolin Wei Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Clinical research Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine program design and implementation Implementation science
	Sarah Wilson Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise: Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization Vaccine program design and implementation Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
	Anne Wormsbecker Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Paediatrics

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