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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 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

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Jeff Kwong
Associate Director

Ramandip Grewal
Assistant Professor

Julie Perry
Research Manager

Tara Martin
Research Analyst
(Epidemiologist)

Gwen Eyre
Research Analyst
(Epidemiologist)

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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Anna Banerji

Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics  Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Isaac Bogoch

Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

  • Clinical research
  • Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization
  • Vaccine communication
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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)
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Brenda Coleman

Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Natasha Crowcroft

Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Area of expertise:

  • Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization
  • Paediatric immunization
  • Vaccine communication,
  • Global health
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Natalie Crown

Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Area of expertise:

  • Vaccine communication
  • Vaccine program design and implementation
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Shelley Deeks

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Linda Dresser

Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Area of expertise:

  • Ethics, equity or access of immunization
  • Vaccine communication
  • Vaccine hesitancy
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Vinita Dubey

Adjunct, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Barbara Fallon

Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Area of expertise:

  • Clinical research

 

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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
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Colin Furness

Associate Professor, Faculty of Information

Area of expertise:

  • Ethics, equity or access of immunization
  • Vaccine hesitancy
  • Physician education
  • Public policy
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Jennifer Gibson

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Daniel Grace

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Area of expertise:

  • Ethics, equity or access of immunization
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Scott Gray-Owen

Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics

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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)
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Jen Gommerman

Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Area of expertise: Vaccine development and immunology

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Sherilyn Houle 

Adjunct Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Area of expertise:

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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
  • Immunization coverage
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Jennie Johnstone 

Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

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Jean-Philippe Julien

Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Department of Biochemistry

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Kevin Kain

Professor of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

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Rupert Kaul

Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Immunology

Area of expertise:

  • Clinical research
  • Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization
  • HIV transmission and susceptibility
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Kamran Khan

Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases

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Mona Loutfy

Associate Professor, Temerty Department of Medicine, Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine

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Allison McGeer

Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:

  • Clinical research
  • Immunization in older individuals
  • Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)

Shaun Morris

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:

  • Clinical research
  • Vaccine communication
  • Vaccine hesitancy
  • Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
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Steven Moss

Associate Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics

Area of expertise:

  • Paediatric immunization
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Michelle Murti

Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Christine Navarro 

Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Aaron Orkin

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Area of expertise:

  • Ethics, equity or access of immunization
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Barry Pakes

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Area of expertise:

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Keith Pardee

Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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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)
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Isabelle Rao

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

Area of expertise:

  • Epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases or immunization
  • Compartmental models, SIR, optimal vaccine allocation
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Donna Reynolds

Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Area of expertise:

  • Immunization in older individuals
  • Paediatric immunization
  • Vaccine communication
  • Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
  • Vaccine clinical development, regulation

Erica Di Ruggiero

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Christopher Rutty

Adjunct Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Beate Sander

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health: Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

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Michelle Science 

Assistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Paediatrics

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Gilla Shapiro

Assistant Professor

Area of expertise:

  • Ethics, equity, or access to immunizations
  • Vaccine communication
  • Vaccine hesitancy
  • Vaccine program design and implementation
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Anna Taddio 

Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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Mina Tadrous

Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Area of expertise:

  • Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
  • Vaccine access and policy
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Alison Thompson 

Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

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Ross Upshur

Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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Nancy Waite

Adjunct Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

Area of expertise:

  • Pharmacy and vaccine access
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Tania Watts

Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Immunology

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Xiaolin Wei

Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Area of expertise:

  • Implementation science
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Aaron Wheeler

Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Donnelly Centre for Cellular & Biomolecular Research

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Sarah Wilson

Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Area of expertise:

  • Vaccine surveillance (safety and/or effectiveness)
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Anne Wormsbecker

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine: Paediatrics

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