Canadian Harkness Fellows
The Canadian Harkness Fellowship is for health policy enthusiasts who want to explore critical policy issues under the mentorship of a U.S. health system expert.
2020-2021
Angel Arnaout
Angel Arnaout, MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA
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Angel Arnaout
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Angel Arnaout, MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA
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Angel Arnaout
Angel Arnaout, MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA
Dr. Arnaout is a Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. As the Regional Director Breast and Quality Lead of the Champlain LHIN Ottawa Region, she oversees the quality of breast cancer care for 9 regional hospitals, focusing on access, efficiency, effectiveness, patient experience, and equity of care. Dr. Arnaout is also an Expert Lead of Knowledge Mobilization and Physician Practice Change at the Cancer Partnership Against Cancer as well as a member of the Cancer Care Ontario Breast Cancer Advisory Board, where she participates in mobilizing high quality cancer care across all hospitals within Ontario and in Canada. She is a recipient of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada Enid Johnson MacLeod Award, Cancer Care Ontario Human Touch Award, Order of Ottawa, and multiple Ottawa Hospital Guardian Angel Awards for her dedication to breast care and women’s health in Canada. She recently completed her Executive MBA program at the University of Toronto.
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Angel Arnaout
Angel Arnaout, MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA
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Dr. Arnaout is a Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. As the Regional Director Breast and Quality Lead of the Champlain LHIN Ottawa Region, she oversees the quality of breast cancer care for 9 regional hospitals, focusing on access, efficiency, effectiveness, patient experience, and equity of care. Dr. Arnaout is also an Expert Lead of Knowledge Mobilization and Physician Practice Change at the Cancer Partnership Against Cancer as well as a member of the Cancer Care Ontario Breast Cancer Advisory Board, where she participates in mobilizing high quality cancer care across all hospitals within Ontario and in Canada. She is a recipient of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada Enid Johnson MacLeod Award, Cancer Care Ontario Human Touch Award, Order of Ottawa, and multiple Ottawa Hospital Guardian Angel Awards for her dedication to breast care and women’s health in Canada. She recently completed her Executive MBA program at the University of Toronto.
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2019-2020
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Mylaine Breton
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MBA, Ph. D.
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Mylaine Breton
Mylaine Breton, PhD is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke (Longueuil). Mylaine has an MBA from Laval University, a doctorate in health service management from the University of Montreal and completed a Post-doctoral appointment at the Université de Sherbrooke/McGill University. Her Harkness research focused on understand promising organizational innovations to improve accessibility and continuity of primary health care, such as the implementation of centralized waiting lists for patients without a primary healthcare provider, as well as advanced access models. Mylaine is a judge for CFHI’s Priority Health Innovation Challenge.
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Mylaine Breton
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Mylaine Breton, PhD is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke (Longueuil). Mylaine has an MBA from Laval University, a doctorate in health service management from the University of Montreal and completed a Post-doctoral appointment at the Université de Sherbrooke/McGill University. Her Harkness research focused on understand promising organizational innovations to improve accessibility and continuity of primary health care, such as the implementation of centralized waiting lists for patients without a primary healthcare provider, as well as advanced access models. Mylaine is a judge for CFHI’s Priority Health Innovation Challenge.
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Fredrika Scarth
Fredrika Scarth, PhD is the Director, Secretariat to the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine. In this role she supports the Council, an advisory body to the Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, with advice, subject matter expertise and operational experience to set the strategic direction for improving the Ontario’s healthcare system. Fredrika was previously the Director of Health Quality Ontario Liaison and Program Development at the Health System Quality and Funding Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Fredrika holds a BA in political science from McGill University, as well as an MA in political science and a PhD in political theory, both from the University of Toronto. Her research project explored interventions in the US which have created and sustained accountable care implementations that are mostly likely to be effective in a single-payer universal health care system, such that in Ontario.
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Fredrika Scarth
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Fredrika Scarth, PhD is the Director, Secretariat to the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare and Ending Hallway Medicine. In this role she supports the Council, an advisory body to the Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, with advice, subject matter expertise and operational experience to set the strategic direction for improving the Ontario’s healthcare system. Fredrika was previously the Director of Health Quality Ontario Liaison and Program Development at the Health System Quality and Funding Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Fredrika holds a BA in political science from McGill University, as well as an MA in political science and a PhD in political theory, both from the University of Toronto. Her research project explored interventions in the US which have created and sustained accountable care implementations that are mostly likely to be effective in a single-payer universal health care system, such that in Ontario.
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2017-2018
Matthew Herder
Matthew Herder is the Director of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and an Associate Professor in the Dalhousie University Faculties of Medicine and Law. Matthew’s research focused on biomedical innovation policy, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property rights and the regulation of biopharmaceutical interventions. His work is often interdisciplinary and policy-oriented, and he has received grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Royal Society of Canada, in addition to appearing as an expert witness before several Parliamentary Committees on pharmaceutical regulation and policy. Matthew was the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Legal Research Fellow at New York University’s School of Law. He was a Law Clerk at the Federal Court of Canada and was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada. He holds a Master’s of the Science of Law degree from Stanford Law School, as well as two law degrees from Dalhousie University.
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Matthew Herder
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Matthew Herder is the Director of the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and an Associate Professor in the Dalhousie University Faculties of Medicine and Law. Matthew’s research focused on biomedical innovation policy, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property rights and the regulation of biopharmaceutical interventions. His work is often interdisciplinary and policy-oriented, and he has received grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Royal Society of Canada, in addition to appearing as an expert witness before several Parliamentary Committees on pharmaceutical regulation and policy. Matthew was the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Legal Research Fellow at New York University’s School of Law. He was a Law Clerk at the Federal Court of Canada and was admitted to the Law Society of Upper Canada. He holds a Master’s of the Science of Law degree from Stanford Law School, as well as two law degrees from Dalhousie University.
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Danielle Rodin
Dr. Danielle Rodin is a radiation oncologist and Director of the Global Cancer Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, as well as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto. Danielle has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers on health technology assessment and global health systems regarding oncology. She was a Commissioner for the Lancet Oncology Commission in 2015 and an Economics Consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2017. Within the agency’s Division of Human Health, her work focused on the implementation and sustainability of radiotherapy programs in low-resource settings. While completing her Master’s of Public Health in Qualitative Methods at Harvard University, she helped launch the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control and developed a scientific framework to establish the impact of enhanced access to radiotherapy on human welfare, labor productivity and national income. She received her medical degree from the University of Toronto. Danielle’s Harkness Fellowship research focused on identifying new opportunities to introduce information about clinical outcomes and costs into cancer care healthcare practice.
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Danielle Rodin
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Dr. Danielle Rodin is a radiation oncologist and Director of the Global Cancer Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, as well as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto. Danielle has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers on health technology assessment and global health systems regarding oncology. She was a Commissioner for the Lancet Oncology Commission in 2015 and an Economics Consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2017. Within the agency’s Division of Human Health, her work focused on the implementation and sustainability of radiotherapy programs in low-resource settings. While completing her Master’s of Public Health in Qualitative Methods at Harvard University, she helped launch the Global Task Force on Radiotherapy for Cancer Control and developed a scientific framework to establish the impact of enhanced access to radiotherapy on human welfare, labor productivity and national income. She received her medical degree from the University of Toronto. Danielle’s Harkness Fellowship research focused on identifying new opportunities to introduce information about clinical outcomes and costs into cancer care healthcare practice.
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2015-2016
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Onil Bhattacharyya
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Onil Bhattacharyya
Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya is the Frigon-Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research, a Clinical Scientist at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine. He has a PhD in health policy management and evaluation from the University in Toronto and completed a fellowship in international health at the Harvard School of Public Health. His Harkness research focused on developing innovative models of care to better meet the needs of complex patients with multiple chronic conditions.
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Onil Bhattacharyya
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Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya is the Frigon-Blau Chair in Family Medicine Research, a Clinical Scientist at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine. He has a PhD in health policy management and evaluation from the University in Toronto and completed a fellowship in international health at the Harvard School of Public Health. His Harkness research focused on developing innovative models of care to better meet the needs of complex patients with multiple chronic conditions.
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Eyal Cohen
Dr. Eyal Cohen is Physician in the Division of Pediatric Medicine, Complex Care Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, also known as SickKids. He is also Program Head and an Associate Scientist of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids’ Research Institute. He has several positions with the University of Toronto: Professor in the Department of Pediatrics; Professor and Faculty Member in the Institute of Health Policy; and Co-Executive Director of the Edwin S.H Leong Centre for Healthy Children. His Harkness research project focused on improving health service delivery for children with complex chronic conditions.
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Eyal Cohen
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Dr. Eyal Cohen is Physician in the Division of Pediatric Medicine, Complex Care Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, also known as SickKids. He is also Program Head and an Associate Scientist of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids’ Research Institute. He has several positions with the University of Toronto: Professor in the Department of Pediatrics; Professor and Faculty Member in the Institute of Health Policy; and Co-Executive Director of the Edwin S.H Leong Centre for Healthy Children. His Harkness research project focused on improving health service delivery for children with complex chronic conditions.
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2014-2015
Scott Robertson
Scott Robertson is an independent consultant helping healthcare organizations and digital health companies achieve outcomes that matter to patients. He has held several positions in the Northwest Territories’ Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), including Senior Project Manager for the Medical Travel, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Nursing Consultant. Scott has extensive operational, policy, and econometric experience to support healthcare improvement in northern and remote areas of Canada. He has a Master’s Degree in Health Economics and Policy from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. His fellowship research study focused on improving health care for isolated populations through better continuity of care.
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Scott Robertson
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Scott Robertson is an independent consultant helping healthcare organizations and digital health companies achieve outcomes that matter to patients. He has held several positions in the Northwest Territories’ Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), including Senior Project Manager for the Medical Travel, Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Nursing Consultant. Scott has extensive operational, policy, and econometric experience to support healthcare improvement in northern and remote areas of Canada. He has a Master’s Degree in Health Economics and Policy from the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. His fellowship research study focused on improving health care for isolated populations through better continuity of care.
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Fiona Clement
Fiona Clement, PhD is an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit within the O’Brien Institute of Public Health at the University of Calgary. She completed her PhD in community health services specializing in health services research and health economics at the University of Calgary. Additionally, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Newcastle (UK), supported by CFHI and Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions. Fiona’s Harkness research focused on approaches to optimize technology. Her interests include health technology assessment, health technology reassessment and drug policy.
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Fiona Clement
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Fiona Clement, PhD is an Associate Professor and Director of the Health Technology Assessment Unit within the O’Brien Institute of Public Health at the University of Calgary. She completed her PhD in community health services specializing in health services research and health economics at the University of Calgary. Additionally, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Newcastle (UK), supported by CFHI and Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions. Fiona’s Harkness research focused on approaches to optimize technology. Her interests include health technology assessment, health technology reassessment and drug policy.
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2013-2014
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Christopher Hayes
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Christopher Hayes
Dr. Christopher Hayes is the Chief Medical Information Officer at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ontario and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. His previous positions include Medical Officer at the Canadian Patient Safety Institute where he led patient safety and quality initiatives. He holds a Master of Science degree from McMaster University in Ontario, as well as Master’s of Education from the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on developing a conceptual model and assessment tool that incorporated ‘workload-capacity balance’ into quality improvement strategies.
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Christopher Hayes
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Dr. Christopher Hayes is the Chief Medical Information Officer at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, Ontario and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. His previous positions include Medical Officer at the Canadian Patient Safety Institute where he led patient safety and quality initiatives. He holds a Master of Science degree from McMaster University in Ontario, as well as Master’s of Education from the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on developing a conceptual model and assessment tool that incorporated ‘workload-capacity balance’ into quality improvement strategies.
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2012-2013
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Jason Sutherland
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Ph.D.
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Jason Sutherland
Jason Sutherland, PhD is a professor in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. His Harkness research looked at the effectiveness of bundled payment projects and other payment reforms.
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Jason Sutherland
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Jason Sutherland, PhD is a professor in the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. His Harkness research looked at the effectiveness of bundled payment projects and other payment reforms.
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Robert Fowler
Dr. Robert Fowler is a physician and Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is also a Professor at the Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, both at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on comparing intensity of care received at the end of life in the US and Canada.
Walter P. Wodchis
Walter Wodchris, PhD is a professor at the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on managing risks among older adults with medical and home care needs.
Sara Kreindler
Sarah Kreindler is the Manitoba Research Chair in Health System Innovation and Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Her Harkness research focused on social processes in implementing accountable care organizations.
Michael Schull
Michael Schull is the CEO and Senior Scientist at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and a Professor at the Department of Medicine, Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on hospitalizations and emergency room use in networked and integrated primary care systems.
Kimberlyn McGrail
Kimberlyn McGrail Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Her Harkness research focused on policies to reduce variations in healthcare service use and outcomes.
Patricia O'Connor
Patricia (Patty) O’Connor is an independent consultant and Assistant Professor at Ingram schoo lof Nursing at McGill in Montreal, Quebec.
Mark Dobrow
Mark Dobrow is the Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
Neil J. MacKinnon
Neil MacKinnon is the Dean and Professor at James L Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Claudia Sanmartin
Claudia Sanmartin is the Chief and Senior Researcher, Health Services Research at Statistics Canada.
Laurel Taylor
Laura Taylor is the Senior Provincial Director, Performance Improvement at Alberta Health Services.
Diane Watson
Diane Watson is the CEO at Bureau of Health Information in Australia.
Julia Abelson
Julie Abelson is a Professor at McMaster University in Ontario.
Denis Roy
Denis Roy is the Vice-President Science and Clinical Governance at Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS).
Jean-Marie Berthelot
Jean-Marie Berthelot is the Senior Researcher Head, Health Analysis and Measurement Group at Statistics Canada.
Richard Scott
Richard Scott is the Director of NT Consulting. He is also a Professor at University of KwaZulu Natal and Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Calgary.
Alexandre Sirois
Alexandre Sirois is an Editorialiste at La Presse in Montreal, Quebec.
Jack Ven Tu
Dr Jack Ven Tu was a cardiologist, researcher and a Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Dr Ven Tu passed away in 2018.
Doreen Neville
Doreen Neville, ScD, is an Expert Committee Member at Newfoundland & Labrador’s Public Post-Secondary Education Review. She is also an Assistant Professor of Health Policy/Care Delivery at the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and former Chief Executive Officer at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information.
Jennifer Zelmer
Jennifer Zelmer, PhD, MA, is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Healthcare Excellence Canada.
John Lavis
John Lavis, MD, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems and Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University.
Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan, PhD, is a Professor at University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health.