Amanda Terry, PhD, MA
Western University (Ontario)
Alumni - 2007
Amanda L. Terry, PhD (Epidemiology), MA (Medical Geography), is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health at Western University. She is the Director of the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine and Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Terry’s program of research is focused on the use of electronic medical records, electronic medical record data quality, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in family medicine and primary health care. Dr. Terry is the co-lead (with Dr. Bridget Ryan) of the Deliver Primary Healthcare Information (DELPHI) project and a study focused on the impacts of the pandemic - COVID-19: The Untold Story. With Dr. Judith Belle Brown, Dr. Terry leads a national interdisciplinary primary health care research training program - Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC). Dr. Terry recently led a team in creating an on-line training program - Patient-Oriented Research Training and Learning in Primary Health Care, that builds capacity among patients, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to engage in patient-oriented research. Dr. Terry teaches qualitative research methods in the Graduate Program in Family Medicine, and a leadership course in the Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health at Western University. Prior to joining Western University, Dr. Terry worked in the Province of Ontario’s former District Health Council system for ten years, liaising with patients and community stakeholders while conducting health system planning and knowledge transfer initiatives.
