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Gerald Evans
Dr. Gerald Evans is a Canadian physician and infectious diseases specialist based in Kingston, Ontario.
Career and Affiliations
Queen's University
Evans is the Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Biomedical & Molecular Sciences and Pathology & Molecular Medicine at Queen’s University. He was initially appointed to a faculty position at Queen’s in 1990.1)
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
Evans was the President of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI Canada) from 2009-2011, and is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Official Journal of the Association of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada.
He is also the former Chair of the Guidelines Committee of AMMI Canada.2)
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Evans is an attending physician in Infectious Diseases at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Providence Care Hospital. Dr. Evans has been Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control at the facilities since 2011.
The facilities are funded through the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation by AmerisourceBergen, AstraZeneca, Baxter, Bell, BMO Financial Group, Canadian Cancer Society, CIBC, Corus Entertainment, Covidien, General Electric, Imperial Oil, Janssen, KPMG, LEO Pharma, Novopharm, PepsiCo, RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), RBC Foundation, Rogers Media, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Sanofi, Scotiabank, Shoppers Drug Mart, St. Jude Medical, Sun Life Financial, TC Energy, and TD Bank Group.
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Evans is the immediate past Chair of the Committee to Evaluate Drugs of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the Ministry’s expert advisory committee on optimal drug utilization for the province of Ontario. He also serves as Chair of the Working Group on Drugs for Rare Diseases for the MOHLTC.
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Evans is an Affiliate Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
Public Health Ontario
Evans is an Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) consultant physician with Public Health Ontario.
Ontario Drug Policy Research Network
Evans is a co-investigator with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), hosted at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.3)
Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table
Evans is a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, including as a member of the Behavioural Science Working Group.4)
Relationship with Pharmaceutical Companies
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Evans | Department of Medicine | School of Medicine. (2021, December 24). Wayback Machine; Queen’s University. https://archive.ph/45iGh
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Core Academic Unit Members. Ontario Drug Policy Research Network. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from https://archive.ph/MRjGj
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About Us. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/
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Stiver, H. G., Evans, G. A., Aoki, F. Y., Allen, U. D., & Laverdière, M. (2015). Guidance on The Use of Antiviral Drugs for Influenza in Acute Care Facilities in Canada, 2014-2015. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 26(1), e5–e8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/371840