Conor Lavelle

Class of 2018

Originally from Brantford, Ontario, Dr. Conor Lavelle received his BA from McGill University where he majored in World Religions and Cognitive Psychology. After a brief stint as a research assistant in the department of psychology at the University of British Columbia, he then packed his bags to complete medical training at Trinity College Dublin, one of the oldest medical schools in Europe. Lavelle is currently in the midst of specialist training in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto, and will be joining the Global Journalism Program this year with plans to cover issues related to healthcare access and health equity.

Clippings

  • 2018
  • Quartz

As a doctor, I didn’t think much of acupuncture. Then the opioid crisis arrived

  • 2018
  • National Post

What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education

  • 2018
  • National Post

‘Like our gift to the Christians’: Non-Christian doctors volunteer to work Xmas

  • 2018
  • The Walrus

How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Hospitals Save Lives

  • 2018
  • Maclean’s

How Ontario is failing to help stop opioid deaths