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David Fisman

Professor

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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  • Professor
    Dalla Lana School of Public Health
  • (416) 978-6866 (Work)
  • University of Toronto, Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M7, Canada

BIO

Dr. David Fisman is a physician epidemiologist with research interests that fall at the intersection of applied epidemiology, mathematical modelling, and applied health economics. He is interested in developing and applying novel methodological tools that allow physicians and public health experts to make the best possible decisions around communicable disease control, using the best available data.

Dr. Fisman completed a residency in internal medicine at both McGill and Brown Universities, before completing a fellowship at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Fisman was also an AHRQ fellow in health policy at the Harvard Centre for Risk Analysis from 1998 to 2001.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Scientist
    Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada2006 - 2009

DEGREES

  • MPH
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States2000
  • MD
    Western University, London, Canada1994

LANGUAGES

  • English

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Institute for Pandemics (IfP)
  • EPIC (Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium)
  • Data Sciences Institute (DSI)

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Hospital for Sick Children