Steering Committee Members
Brad MacIntosh, MSc
Brad MacIntosh is currently pursuing his doctorate in the Department of
Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. His PhD thesis
involves using Magnetic Resonance Imaging technology (MRI) to understand
stroke recovery. Brad's interests in health advocacy and activism
generally focus on how biotechnology affects health outcomes. In addition
to his interest in diagnostic imaging, Brad has also been active in
critical analysis of the pharmaceutical industry and relevant Canadian
policies. He has presented work on prescription drugs to the Federal
government and helped to formulate a national pharmacare strategy.
Recently, Brad and other students in health professions
programs founded a Student Medical Reform Group (sMRG) chapter at
the University of Toronto. As Co-Chair for the sMRG, Brad is enthusiastic
to find new ways to improve and extend Canada's public and universal
health care system among a future generation of health care researchers
and professionals.
Dr. Adam Newman
Adam Newman is a family physician in Kingston. He works at a Community Health Centre where he helped to develop Kingston's first integrated primary care nurse practitioner program. After spending two years as a staff physician in Sioux Lookout, working with First Nations people in remote and underserviced communities, he has continued working with marginalized and poorly served populations in Kingston. These include the unemployed, those on social assistance, the disabled, intravenous drug users and street youth. He is also active in the areas of Family Planning and contraception. In all of these areas, he maintains an interest in advocating for patients whose health suffers due to social and economic inequality, and who are threatened by moves to limit universal access to high quality publicly supported health care.
Dr. Rosana Pellizzari MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC
Dr Rosana Pellizzari is the Medical Officer of Health for Perth District
Health Unit, located in Stratford, Ontario. Prior to specializing
in Community Medicine, Dr Pellizzari worked as a Family Physician
in Hamilton and Toronto. As a Community Health Centre physician,
she specialized in the care of immigrant, refugee and HIV infected
populations. She is past president of the Association of Ontario Health
Centres and a former Chair of the City of York Board of Health.
Dr Pellizzari holds academic appointments at the University
of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario. She has worked
internationally and in First Nations communities in Canada. She has
been a health columnist for the Toronto Star and co-hosted a daily
TV health show. She is active in the Medical Reform Group of Ontario,
and in the International Women’s Health Committee of the Society of Obstetrics
and Gynecology of Canada.
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