Seminar Series: Dr. Lawrence Loh

From academia to application: the many ways public health skill sets drive change

Lawrence Loh

Adjunct Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto

Short Biography:
Dr. Lawrence Loh is a public health physician specialist that has held senior leadership positions at public health agencies at all three levels of government in two provinces, including the Public Health Agency of Canada, Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia, Public Health Ontario, the Ministry of Health in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario, and Peel Public Health, where he is best known for having led one of the worst-hit communities in Canada through the COVID-19 pandemic as Medical Officer of Health.
Loh is a proud alumnus of Western University, where he completed his undergraduate training and medical school training. He completed residency at the University of Toronto, during which he also earned a Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. He holds fellowship certifications in family medicine in Canada and in Public Health and Preventive Medicine in both Canada and the United States. Dr. Loh also holds Adjunct Professor status at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

Abstract:
Drawing on his professional experiences, Dr. Lawrence Loh will outline the various career opportunities for public health graduates both within formal public health agencies and outside of the agency system, as well as in other sectors such as healthcare, global health, and business. He will then describe his own career path, and illustrate the many ways in which public health skill sets can be applied in different contexts and scenarios to drive all facets of policy and programmatic change.

Area of Research:
Public health practice, public health skill sets, core competencies, professional development, career development.

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Date: Friday, January 17
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine)