====== Paula Rochon ======

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Dr. **Paula Rochon** is a Canadian geriatrician. She is notable in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] due to her role on the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].

===== Education =====

In 1983, Rochon completed her MD at [[McMaster University]]. She received her Masters in Public Health from the [[Harvard School of Public Health]] in 1990.((//Paula Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC.// Women’s College Research Institute. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kM2Hx))

===== Affiliations =====

==== American Geriatrics Society ====

Rochon sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the [[American Geriatrics Society]].((//Editorial Board - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - Wiley Online Library.// American Geriatrics Society. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/BKFHm))

==== Baycrest Health Sciences ====

Rochon is an Adjunct Scientist at the Kunin-Lunenfeld Centre for Applied Research and Evaluation in [[Baycrest Health Sciences]].((//Paula Rochon.// ICES. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PtqTD)) ((//Achievements & Accolades.// Baycrest Health Sciences Centre. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/tOJNe))

==== Canadian Academy of Health Sciences ====

Rochon was elected as a fellow of the [[Canadian Academy of Health Sciences]] in 2013.((//CAHS Fellows Director.// Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Goh5d))

==== Canadian Institutes of Health Research ====

Rochon is the Vice-Chair of the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR) Institute of Aging Advisory Board.((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#rochon-paula-2))

==== Government of Canada ====

Rochon is a member of the Long-Term Care and COVID-19 Expert Advisory Panel for the [[Government of Canada]].((//Long-Term Care and COVID-19.// (2020, October 30). Government of Canada. https://archive.ph/HR9XT))

==== Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences ====

Rochon is a Senior Core Scientist at the [[Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences]] (ICES).((//Paula Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC.// Women’s College Research Institute. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kM2Hx)) ((//Paula Rochon.// ICES. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PtqTD))

==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====

Rochon is a member of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]] and Chair of the Congregate Care Setting Working Group.((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#rochon-paula-2))

==== Springer ====

Rochon sits on the Editorial Board for the Drugs & Aging Journal published by [[Springer]].((//Drugs & Aging.// Springer. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://www.springer.com/journal/40266/editors))

==== University Health Network ====

Rochon received an Innovation Grant from the [[Peter Munk Cardiac Center]] at the [[University Health Network]], for a research project called "Analytic approaches to understanding Covid-19 infections and outcomes in the population".((Rochon, P. (2021, May 27). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220108230028/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Declaration-of-Interest_Congregate-Care-Setting-Working-Group_Paula-Rochon_20210527.pdf))

==== University of Toronto ====

Rochon is a professor in the Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation of the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] and is the inaugural Retired Teachers of Ontario Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Paula Rochon.// ICES. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PtqTD)) ((//Paula Rochon | Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.// University of Toronto. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Sv7wq))

==== Women’s College Hospital ====

Rochon is a geriatrician, senior scientist and Vice-President of Research at [[Women’s College Hospital]] in Toronto, Ontario.((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#rochon-paula-2)) ((//Paula Rochon, MD, MPH, FRCPC.// Women’s College Research Institute. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kM2Hx)) ((//Paula Rochon.// ICES. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/PtqTD)) The WCH is funded through the Women's College Hospital Foundation by [[CIBC]], [[KPMG]]. [[RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)]], [[Brookfield]], [[Cadillac Fairview]], [[Scotiabank]], [[TD Bank Group]], [[BMO Financial Group]], [[Deloitte]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], the [[University of Toronto]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Allergan]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Amgen]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bell Canada]], [[Credit Suisse]], [[Fidelity]], [[IBM]], [[Goldman Sachs]], the [[Government of Canada]], [[HSBC]], [[LifeLabs]], [[Pacific Blue Cross]], [[Morgan Stanley]], [[National Bank]], [[Shoppers Drug Mart]], [[Thomson Reuters]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Tribute Pharmaceuticals]], [[BlackRock]], [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]], [[State Street]], [[TELUS]], and others.((//Donor Listings.// Women’s College Hospital Foundation. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/U1euy))

===== Research =====

Dr. Rochon has a strong record of federal funding and has published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Rochon is part of a research group that received $409,179.00 from the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] for a wide-ranging study labelled "Improving Canadian Outcomes Research On the Novel SARS-CoV-2 using Analytics: the CORONA Consortium".((//Improving Canadian Outcomes Research On the Novel SARS-CoV-2 using Analytics: the CORONA Consortium.// Canadian Institutes of Health Research; Government of Canada. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://archive.ph/b8FZM))

She is also participating in a study called "Finding the Right Balance? Implementing family presence policies in Ontario long-term care homes" funded by the CIHR and the [[Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement]].((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved January 27, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/#rochon-paula-2)) ((//Finding the Right Balance: Implementing Family Presence Policies in Ontario LTC Homes.// (2021, March 4). Resources to Support Community and Institutional Long-Term Care Responses to COVID-19. https://archive.ph/BMras))

===== Awards =====

  * Career Award – [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]]
  * Dr. John Meyers Visiting Professor of Geriatric Medicine. [[University of Massachusetts]] Medical School
  * Excellence in Leadership, Baycrest Rewards and Recognition Committee