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Associate Professor
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics
- Associate ProfessorTemerty 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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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 ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, (Primary), Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Secondary), Toronto, Canada2016 - present
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatrics, Primary, Toronto, Canada2007 - 2016
- Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Secondary, Toronto, Canada2005 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Tropical Disease SpecialistToronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada2017 - present
- Project InvestigatorHospital for Sick Children, Research Institute, Toronto, Canada2010 - present
- Associate Research ScientistSt. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute2009 - present
- Infectious Disease SpecialistHospital for Sick Children, (Cross-Appointment), Toronto, ON, Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease2008 - present
- AssociateUniversity of Toronto, Centre for International Health, Toronto, Canada2007 - present
- AssociateUniversity of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Toronto, Canada2005 - present
DEGREES
- Master of Public Health, International Health, Harvard School of Public HealthHarvard University, Cambridge, United States2003
- Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1989
- Arts and ScienceUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1983 - 1985
CERTIFICATIONS
- PALS, Pediatric Advanced Life Support. American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association, Dallas, United States
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Clinical Research Fellowship, Medical Research Council/Canadian Infectious Disease SocietyMcGill University, Montreal, Canada1998
- Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Gorgas Course in Tropical MedicineUniversity of Lima, Lima, Peru1997
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, Montreal Children’s HospitalMcGill University, Montreal, Canada1995 - 1997
- Pediatric Residency, Children’s Hospital of Eastern OntarioUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada1992 - 1995
- Rotating Internship, Toronto East General HospitalUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada1989
AVAILABILITY
- Media enquiries
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
- Unity Health Toronto