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| Dr. **Brian Schwartz** MD, MScCH, is a Canadian emergency and public health physician. He is employed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], [[University of Toronto]]. | Dr. **Brian Schwartz** MD, MScCH, is a Canadian emergency and public health physician. He is employed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine under the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], [[University of Toronto]]. |
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| | He is notable in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] due to his position on the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], and his prior work in pandemic preparedness. |
| ===== Education ===== | ===== Education ===== |
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| He received his certification in emergency medicine from and is a Fellow of the [[College of Family Physicians of Canada]]. | He received his certification in emergency medicine from and is a Fellow of the [[College of Family Physicians of Canada]]. |
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| ==== Group of 8 (G8) ==== | ==== Group of 8 (G8) and 20 (G20) ==== |
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| | Schwartz served as co-Incident Manager for health consequence management for the 2010 G8 Health System Coordination Committee.((//Schwartz, Brian.// Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WhdS0)) ((//2010 G8 Summit SMDHU Preparedness & Response Plan.// (2010, June). Simcoe Muskoka Health. https://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/docs/default-source/topic-emergencyprep/g8_summit_plan)) |
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| Schwartz served as co-Incident Manager for health consequence management for the 2010 G8 Health System Coordination Committee.((//Schwartz, Brian.// Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WhdS0)) | |
| ==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ==== | ==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ==== |
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| Schwartz served as Scientific Advisor to the Emergency Management Branch of the [[Ontario Ministry of Heath and Long Term Care]] from 2004 to 2011. | Schwartz served as Scientific Advisor to the Emergency Management Branch of the [[Ontario Ministry of Heath and Long Term Care]] from 2004 to 2011. |
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| | ==== Public Health Agency of Canada ==== |
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| | Schwartz has attended meetings within Ontario related to pandemic preparedness, for which his expenses have been repaid by the [[public_health_agencies:canada:Public Health Agency of Canada]].((Schwartz, B. (2020). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_Brian-Schwartz.pdf)) |
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| ==== Public Health Ontario ==== | ==== Public Health Ontario ==== |
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| As far back as 2015, Schwartz authored a study that concluded that the "evidence base for public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is weak" alongside [[Bonnie Henry]] and [[Eileen de Villa]].((Khan, Y., Fazli, G., Henry, B., de Villa, E., Tsamis, C., Grant, M., & Schwartz, B. (2015). //The evidence base of primary research in public health emergency preparedness: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation.// BMC Public Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1750-1)) | As far back as 2015, Schwartz authored a study that concluded that the "evidence base for public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) is weak" alongside [[Bonnie Henry]] and [[Eileen de Villa]].((Khan, Y., Fazli, G., Henry, B., de Villa, E., Tsamis, C., Grant, M., & Schwartz, B. (2015). //The evidence base of primary research in public health emergency preparedness: a scoping review and stakeholder consultation.// BMC Public Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1750-1)) |
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| ===== Climate Change ===== | ===== Climate Change ===== |
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| Schwartz has also contributed to research on communications strategies around climate change and extreme weather, funded by [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Public Health Ontario]].((MacIntyre, E., Khanna, S., Darychuk, A., Copes, R., & Schwartz, B. (2019). //Evidence synthesis - Evaluating risk communication during extreme weather and climate change: a scoping review. Synthèse des données probantes - Évaluation de la communication des risques en présence de changements climatiques et de phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes : examen de la portée.// Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 39(4), 142–156. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.39.4.06)) | Schwartz has also contributed to research on communications strategies around climate change and extreme weather, funded by [[public_health_agencies:Canada:Public Health Ontario]].((MacIntyre, E., Khanna, S., Darychuk, A., Copes, R., & Schwartz, B. (2019). //Evidence synthesis - Evaluating risk communication during extreme weather and climate change: a scoping review. Synthèse des données probantes - Évaluation de la communication des risques en présence de changements climatiques et de phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes : examen de la portée.// Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 39(4), 142–156. https://doi.org/10.24095/hpcdp.39.4.06)) |
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| | ===== Research ===== |
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| | Schwartz is a supervisor for a project titled “AI-driven solutions to mitigate the social and psychological impact of COVID-19”, which includes engaging with “vaccine advancement models” to “address the COVID-19 data misinformation.”((//AI-driven solutions to mitigate the social and psychological impact of COVID-19.// (2021, September 1). Canadian Research Information System. https://archive.ph/i2vUW)) |
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| | ===== External links ===== |
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| | * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/brian-schwartz/|White Rose Wiki]] |