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Anna Banerji

Associate Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics

  • Associate Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics
  • 416-978-8319 (Work)
  • Faculty Lead, Indigenous and Refugee Health, Post MD Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 500 University Avenue, 6th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5G 1V7, Canada

BIO

Dr. Anna Banerji, the Director of Global and Indigenous Health at Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, is a paediatric infectious, tropical disease specialist and global health specialist. She has trained in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Harvard University, where she completed her MPH in International Health.

Dr. Banerji’s clinical and research focus has been on vulnerable children, especially Indigenous and refugees. In 2007 she created the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic, a clinic for immigrant and refugee children. Currently she is the pediatric consultant at COSTI where she assesses newly arrived Refugee children. In 2009 she created the Canadian Refugee Health Conference which evolved with their American counter parts to become North American Refugee Health Conference in 2012. In 2014 she created the inaugural Indigenous Health Conference: Challenging Health Inequities.

She have been studying lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in Inuit children for almost two decades and the results of her work has led to increased awareness of the public health risks for LRTI and has resulted in changes to the Canadian Pediatrics Society guidelines for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus in the Inuit. She was the Principle Investigator for the largest prospective surveillance of LRTI across the Canadian Arctic based out of nine hospitals. Dr. Banerji uses a human rights framework for her work, research and education and is often an advocate for vulnerable populations. In January 2012, she was inducted into the Order of Ontario.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, (Primary), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Secondary), Toronto, Canada2016 - present
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, Primary, Toronto, Canada2007 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Secondary, Toronto, Canada2005 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Tropical Disease Specialist
    Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada2017 - present
  • Project Investigator
    Hospital for Sick Children, Research Institute, Toronto, Canada2010 - present
  • Associate Research Scientist
    St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute2009 - present
  • Infectious Disease Specialist
    Hospital for Sick Children, (Cross-Appointment), Toronto, ON, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease2008 - present
  • Associate
    University of Toronto, Centre for International Health, Toronto, Canada2007 - present
  • Associate
    University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Toronto, Canada2005 - present

DEGREES

  • Master of Public Health, International Health, Harvard School of Public Health
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States2003
  • Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1989
  • Arts and Science
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1983 - 1985

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PALS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support. American Heart Association
    American Heart Association, Dallas, United States

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Clinical Research Fellowship, Medical Research Council/Canadian Infectious Disease Society
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada1998
  • Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Gorgas Course in Tropical Medicine
    University of Lima, Lima, Peru1997
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, Montreal Children’s Hospital
    McGill University, Montreal, Canada1995 - 1997
  • Pediatric Residency, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
    University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada1992 - 1995
  • Rotating Internship, Toronto East General Hospital
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1989

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS

  • Unity Health Toronto

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