Program overview :

  • Canadian Harkness Fellowship

Canadian Harkness Fellows

The Canadian Harkness Fellowship is for health policy enthusiasts who want to explore critical policy issues under the mentorship of a U.S. health system expert.

2024-2025

Evan Tlesla Adams

MD, MPH

Evan Tlesla Adams

MD, MPH

2023-2024

Gerald P. McKinley

PhD

Gerald P. McKinley

PhD

2020-2021

Angel Arnaout

MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA

Angel Arnaout

MD, FRCSC, FACS, MSc, MBA

2019-2020

Mylaine Breton

PhD

Mylaine Breton

PhD

Fredrika Scarth
Fredrika Scarth

2017-2018

Matthew Herder
Matthew Herder
Danielle Rodin
Danielle Rodin

2015-2016

Onil Bhattacharyya
Onil Bhattacharyya
Eyal Cohen 
Eyal Cohen 

2014-2015

Scott Robertson 
Scott Robertson 
Fiona Clement 
Fiona Clement 

2013-2014

Christopher Hayes
Christopher Hayes

2012-2013

Jason Sutherland

PhD

Jason Sutherland

PhD

2011-2012

Robert Fowler
Dr. Robert Fowler is a physician and Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He is also a Professor at the Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, both at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on comparing intensity of care received at the end of life in the US and Canada.

Walter P. Wodchis
Walter Wodchris, PhD is a professor at the Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on managing risks among older adults with medical and home care needs.

2010-2011

Sara Kreindler
Sarah Kreindler is the Manitoba Research Chair in Health System Innovation and Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Her Harkness research focused on social processes in implementing accountable care organizations.

Michael Schull
Michael Schull is the CEO and Senior Scientist at Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and a Professor at the Department of Medicine, Institute for Health Policy Management and Evaluation, at the University of Toronto. His Harkness research focused on hospitalizations and emergency room use in networked and integrated primary care systems.

2009-2010

Kimberlyn McGrail
Kimberlyn McGrail Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Her Harkness research focused on policies to reduce variations in healthcare service use and outcomes.

2008-2009
Patricia O'Connor

Patricia (Patty) O’Connor is an independent consultant and Assistant Professor at Ingram schoo lof Nursing at McGill in Montreal, Quebec.

Mark Dobrow
Mark Dobrow is the Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.

2007-2008
Neil J. MacKinnon

Neil MacKinnon is the Dean and Professor at James L Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Claudia Sanmartin
Claudia Sanmartin is the Chief and Senior Researcher, Health Services Research at Statistics Canada.

2006-2007
Laurel Taylor

Laura Taylor is the Senior Provincial Director, Performance Improvement at Alberta Health Services.

Diane Watson
Diane Watson is the CEO at Bureau of Health Information in Australia.

2005-2006
Julia Abelson

Julie Abelson is a Professor at McMaster University in Ontario.

Denis Roy
Denis Roy is the Vice-President Science and Clinical Governance at Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS).

2004-2005
Jean-Marie Berthelot

Jean-Marie Berthelot is the Senior Researcher Head, Health Analysis and Measurement Group at Statistics Canada.

Richard Scott
Richard Scott is the Director of NT Consulting. He is also a Professor at University of KwaZulu Natal and Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Calgary.

2003-2004
Alexandre Sirois

Alexandre Sirois is an Editorialiste at La Presse in Montreal, Quebec.

Jack Ven Tu
Dr Jack Ven Tu was a cardiologist, researcher and a Professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Dr Ven Tu passed away in 2018.

2002-2003
Doreen Neville

Doreen Neville, ScD, is an Expert Committee Member at Newfoundland & Labrador’s Public Post-Secondary Education Review. She is also an Assistant Professor of Health Policy/Care Delivery at the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland and former Chief Executive Officer at the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information.

Jennifer Zelmer
Jennifer Zelmer, PhD, MA, is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Healthcare Excellence Canada.

2001-2002
John Lavis

John Lavis, MD, PhD, is the Canada Research Chair in Evidence-Informed Health Systems and Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University.

Steve Morgan
Steve Morgan, PhD, is a Professor at University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health.