Open Pharma – More than Meets the Eye?

November 27th 5:30PM – 7:00PM

SFU Harbour Center – Room 7000

Event Description

Join special keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Boozary, one of Canada’s most influential young physicians and policy leaders.

Speaker Description

ANDREW S. BOOZARY, M.D., M.P.P., S.M., is the founding member of the Open Pharma initiative and is currently a resident physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He previously served as a Special Advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and both his research and policy has centered on the integration of health services with social policy. He is the founding editor of the Harvard Public Health Review and has also been a contributor at the Globe and Mail and Huffington Post. He was recently recognized by STAT (Boston Globe) as a 2017 Wunderkind for his early influence in health policy and efforts to improve health care access for disadvantaged populations in Canada.

Panel Members

Olena Hankivsky (moderator) – Professor, School of Public Policy, SFU

John Calvert (panelist) – Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU

Steve Morgan (panelist) – Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC