Email: dkgiles@cmcc.ca Deborah.Kopansky@unityhealth.to
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Dr. Deborah Kopansky-Giles, BPHE, DC, FCCS, FICC, MSc, is a Professor at CMCC, Department of Research and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is actively engaged in collaborative, primary care health service delivery research (locally and internationally) with a focused area related to integrative models of health care, competency-based education, and interprofessional education. Deborah sits on the Research Committee of World Spine Care and the secretariat of the Global Spine Care Initiative. She is an Executive Committee member of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health International Coordinating Council, sits on the WHO Health Workforce Education Hub and is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Toronto. She has been actively involved in WHO work on Integrated, People-Centred Care, Healthy Ageing and Global Health Workforce programs over the past 15 years. For 20 years, Deborah has been on staff at the Unity Health Toronto (St. Michael’s Hospital) in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. She has been a board member for the OCA, the CCA and represented Canada as a WFC Executive Council member for 15 years.
Role: Level: Student Name: Institution: Thesis/Project Title:
Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Asst. Professor
University of Toronto, Dept. Family & Community Medicine
University of Manitoba (Steven Passmore)
Memorial University (Diana De Carvalho)
University of British Columbia (Christie Newton, Robert Patrella)
University of Quebec at Trois Rivieres (Andre Bussieres)
Curtain University (Andrew Briggs)
University of Sydney (Lyn March, Marita Cross)
University of Adelaide (Mellick Chehade)
Truro University (Anthony Woolf)
Teesside University (Daniel Moore, Faye Deane)
Unity Health Toronto (St. Michaels’ Hospital)
Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health
World Spine Care (Scott Haldeman, Jean Moss et al)
Newfoundland & Labrador Chiropractic Association (Darrell Wade)
British Columbia Chiropractic Association (Liza Kallstrom, Moe Baloo, Kyle Stunden)
Agency/Organizations: Employment & Social Development Canada, Canadian Chiropractic Association, British Columbia Chiropractic Association
Title: All hands-on deck! Enhancing comprehensive primary care by integrating musculoskeletal care on interprofessional teams – supporting education, competency attainment and optimizing integration
Role: PI
Agency/Organization: Employment & Social Development Canada, St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation
Title: Transforming support for isolated older adults through social prescribing within team-based primary care in Toronto, Ontario
Role: Co-I
Agency/Organization: Healthcare Excellence Canada
Title: Strengthening primary care: Implementation and Evaluation Plan Review
Role: Co-I
Agency/Organization: University of Toronto, AoP Grant
Title: Design, development and advancement of a community of practice for Health Professional Educators: Exploring an innovative approach to supporting HPEs in family medicine at the University of Toronto
Role: Co-PI
Agency/Organization: St. Michael’s Hospital DFCM Research Fund
Title: Perspectives of learners and facilitators on in-person versus virtual inter-professional education (IPE) learning: A mixed methods study
Role: Co-PI
