====== Rosana Salvaterra ======

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Dr. **Rosana Salvaterra**, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC is a Canadian public health official based in [[canada:alberta:Edmonton]], [[canada:Alberta]].

===== Education =====

Salvaterra holds a master’s degree in Health Research Methodology and a specialty in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. She attended [[McMaster University]] and the [[University of Toronto]].((//Salvaterra, Rosana.// PHESC. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221027190803/http://www.phesc.ca/node/168))

===== Career =====

Salvaterra is an adjunct professor at [[Queen's University]] and Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health at [[Alberta Health Services]].((//Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.// Government of Alberta. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/ZJ6pg)) She is affiliated with the [[Public Health Training for Equitable Systems Change]] (PHESC) program at the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]], funded by the [[Ontario Ministry of Health]].((//Salvaterra, Rosana.// PHESC. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221027190803/http://www.phesc.ca/node/168)) She is a faculty member at the [[University of Alberta]].((//Rosana Salvaterra.// Directory@UAlberta. Retrieved October 27, 2022, from https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/salvater))

She has written for the [[Toronto Star]]. She has served on various committees (including the Board of Directors) for the [[Ontario College of Family Physicians]].((Cadence, B. (2013, December 2). //Medical Officer of Health Receives Award of Excellence from Ontario College of Family Physicians.// Peterborough Public Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20210301011416/https://www.peterboroughpublichealth.ca/medical-officer-of-health-receives-award-of-excellence-from-ontario-college-of-family-physicians/))

She is formerly a member of the [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH) Opioid Internal Network Advisory Group, the [[Peterborough Food Action Network]] (PFAN) and [[Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network]].((//Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, Officer of Health.// (2018). Opioid Help. https://archive.ph/hNCLl))

==== COVID-19 ====

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Salvaterra acted as a representative for the Office of the Medical Officer of Health on the [[AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group]] under [[Alberta Health Services]]. 

After retiring as Medical Officer of Health for [[Peterborough Public Health]], Salvaterra was hired as Deputy CMOH at AHS in September 2021. She began the new position on October 4.((Bui, D. T. (2021, September 9). //Dr. Rosana Salvaterra Becomes New Alberta Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health.// PTBO Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027190435/https://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/dr-rosana-salvaterra-becomes-new-alberta-deputy-chief-medical-officer-of-health))