The Anita project examines the working conditions and access to health care of women domestic workers (DWs) in Peru as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will ...
About
Dr. Archna Gupta is a Scientist at Upstream Lab. She is a researcher passionate about health equity and global health. Her research focuses on the intersection between public health and primary care, how to best serve vulnerable patients or those who face structural marginalization and how to equitably serve growing populations with expanding health needs locally and globally.
She is also a practicing family physician and family medicine obstetrics provider at St. Michael’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor at Unity Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. She received her PhD in Health Services Research at the Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto (2022), her Master’s in Public Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto (2014) and her Medical Degree from McMaster University (2009).
Projects
Globally, countries are struggling with healthcare workforce shortages, particularly in primary care. Strong primary care promotes health equity by addressing gaps in ...
The project is trying to understand how best to collect important personal information about our hard-to-reach populations, who are those living in low-income neighbou...