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.
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Anushka AtaullahjanAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Anna BanerjiAssociate Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Anita C. BenoitAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Isaac BogochAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
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Sarah BuchanAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Brenda ColemanAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Natasha CrowcroftAdjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Natalie CrownAssistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise:
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Shelley DeeksAssociate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Linda DresserAssistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Area of expertise:
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Vinita DubeyAdjunct, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Shaza FadelAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Tiffany FitzpatrickAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Colin FurnessAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Faculty of Information Area of expertise:
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Daniel GraceAssociate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Scott Gray-OwenProfessor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics
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Ramandip GrewalAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Jonathan GubbayAssistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
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Catherine JiLecturer, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine Area of expertise:
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Jennie JohnstoneAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
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Jean-Philippe JulienAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Department of Biochemistry |
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Kevin KainProfessor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology |
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Rupert KaulProfessor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Immunology Area of expertise:
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Kamran KhanAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases |
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Mona LoutfyAssociate Professor, Temerty Department of Medicine, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine |
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Arthur MorthaAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology |
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Steven MossAssociate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatric Area of expertise:
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Michelle MurtiAdjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Christine NavarroAssistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Aaron OrkinAssociate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine Area of expertise:
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Keith PardeeAssociate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |
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Pierre Philippe Piché-RenaudClinical associate and research fellow Area of expertise:
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Donna ReynoldsAdjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine Area of expertise:
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Christopher RuttyAdjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health |
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Beate SanderAssociate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation |
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Michelle ScienceAssistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics |
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Gilla ShapiroAssistant Professor Area of expertise:
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Alison ThompsonAssociate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy |
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Xiaolin WeiProfessor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Sarah WilsonAssociate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Area of expertise:
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Anne WormsbeckerAssistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Paediatrics |