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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]].
  
 +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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 +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))
  
-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))
  
 ==== 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 =====
  
 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]]
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