Cory Neudorf

Advisory Council
Advisory Council

cory.neudorf@usask.ca

About

Dr. Cory Neudorf is a Senior Medical Expert with the Public Health Agency of Canada, and Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan. He is the former Senior Medical Health Officer of the Saskatchewan Health Authority and former Chief Medical Health Officer with the Saskatoon Health Region. He received his medical degree from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Health Science degree (Community Health and Epidemiology) from University of Toronto, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with Certification in the specialty of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. He has held various leadership roles in Public Health at the national level in Canada, including:

· Chair of the Canadian Population Health Initiative Council
· President of the Canadian Public Health Association
· President of the Public Health Physicians of Canada

In 2020, he was awarded the R.D. Defries medal by the Canadian Public Health Association for outstanding contributions in the broad field of public health. He is currently serving on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Public Health and the Strategic Analytic Advisory Committee of the Canadian Institutes for Health Information. He is co-founder and President of the Urban Public Health Network of Canada and is a liaison member with the Regions for Health Network (WHO Europe).

His research interests include: intervention research to improve health equity; public health systems and services research; health status indicators and surveys; and integrating population health into health system performance improvement and strategic planning.

“I have found Upstream lab to be an interesting example of the integration of public health and primary care, where improving health equity is a primary goal, and those who experience inequity have a strong voice in shaping system improvements.”

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