
in Population Health
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
"Population health refers to the health of a population as measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social, economic and physical environments, personal health practices, individual capacity and coping skills, human biology, early childhood development, and health services. As an approach, population health focuses on the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course, identifies systematic variations in their patterns of occurrence, and applies the resulting knowledge to develop and implement policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations.”
- Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health (ACPH), 1997.
The bilingual, PhD in Population Health challenges students to address population health issues, determinants and causes of health, design of multi-level interventions, health systems, and health policy, grounded within interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks. Students integrate and apply knowledge from social, biological, clinical, organizational, and political sciences to generate new knowledge and advance the science of population health. Graduates will develop analytic and research skills to apply rigorous scientific methods to studies of population health, and develop knowledge, skills and experience to function as effective interdisciplinary researchers, health policy makers, health-care providers, legislators, and managers in the health sector.
The program is bilingual, and requires students to have at least a passive knowledge of both French and English.
RESEARCH AREAS
Research Areas of Specialization

- Indigenous health
- Population health intervention
- Environmental, developmental and social factors of youth health
- Prevention, treatment and support of youth health
- Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health
- Environmental determinants of health (including environment-gene interactions)
- Ethical, legal, and social issues in health, health systems and health research
- Aging process and social and biological determinants of aging
- Environmental and occupational health and safety
- Epidemiology
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Health equity
- Sex and gender-based analysis
- Gender and health relationship
- Global health
- Health and gender based violence
- Military and veterans' health
- Etiology of disease and conditions
- Nutritional epidemiology
- One Health approach
- Other population health intervention, n.e.c.
PROFESSORS
Thesis advisory committee members and thesis examiners
Potential supervisors, thesis advisory committee members and thesis examiners
Sexual, Reproductive and Women’s Health
Adamo, Kristi: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/adamo-kristi , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/adamo-kristi
Bainbridge-Whiteside, Shannon: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/bainbridge-shannon, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/bainbridge-shannon
Crighton, Eric: https://www.uottawa.ca/environment/people/crighton-eric https://www.uottawa.ca/environnement/personnes/crighton-eric
Foster, Angel : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/foster-angel-m, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/foster-angel-m
Frigon, Sylvie : https://research.uottawa.ca/people/frigon-sylvie, https://recherche.uottawa.ca/personnes/frigon-sylvie
Hawken, Steven: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/hawken-steven,
Peterson, Wendy: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/peterson-wendy, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/peterson-wendy
Phillips, Karen: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/phillips-karen, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/phillips-karen
Polomeno, Viola : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/polomeno-viola, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/polomeno-viola
Sethna, Christabelle : http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-12744.html
http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-12744.html
Walker, Mark: https://med.uottawa.ca/obs-gyne/people/walker-mark
Nutrition and Community Health
Dubois, Lise : https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/dubois-lise
Fontaine-Bisson , Bénédicte : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fontaine-bisson-benedicte, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fontaine-bisson-benedicte
Giroux, Isabelle : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/giroux-isabelle, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/giroux-isabelle
Hammami, Riadh: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/hammami-riadh, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/hammami-riadh
Potvin-Kent, Monique: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/potvin-kent-monique
Rioux, France : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/rioux-france, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/rioux-france
Udenigwe, Chibuike: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/udenigwe-chibuike, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/udenigwe-chibuike
Global Health
Deonandan, Raywat: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/deonandan-raywat , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/deonandan-raywat
Kulkarni, Manisha : https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/kulkarni-manisha,
Labonté, Ronald : https://research.uottawa.ca/people/labonte-ronald, https://recherche.uottawa.ca/personnes/labonte-ronald
Tugwell, Peter: https://research.uottawa.ca/people/tugwell-peter,
Yaya, Sanni: https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-998315.html
https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-998315.html
Health Economics and Health Law
Attaran, Amir: https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/people/attaran-amir, https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/fr/personnes/attaran-amir
Coyle, Douglas: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/coyle-doug
Devlin, Rose : https://www.canadiancentreforhealtheconomics.ca/directory/rose-ann-devlin/
Giroux, Michelle: https://droitcivil.uottawa.ca/fr/personnes/giroux-michelle
Vanessa Gruben: https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/people/gruben-vanessa
Yaya, Sanni: https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-998315.html
https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-998315.html
Environmental Health, Population Health Risk Assessment
Crighton, Eric: https://www.uottawa.ca/environment/people/crighton-eric, https://www.uottawa.ca/environnement/personnes/crighton-eric
Gomes, James: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/gomes-james, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/gomes-james
Kenny, Glen: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/kenny-glen, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/kenny-glen
Konkle, Anne : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/konkle-anne
https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/konkle-anne
Krewski, Daniel: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/krewski-daniel,
Phillips, Karen: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/phillips-karen, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/phillips-karen
Quality of Life
Egan, Mary: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/egan-mary, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/egan-mary
Garcia, Linda : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/garcia-linda, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/garcia-linda
Marcoux, Isabelle : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/marcoux-isabelle, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/marcoux-isabelle
Community Health
Aubry, Tim: https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1026
Crighton, Eric: https://www.uottawa.ca/environment/people/crighton-eric, https://www.uottawa.ca/environnement/personnes/crighton-eric
Dallaire, Christine : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/dallaire-christine, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/dallaire-christine
Dumas, Alexandre : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/dumas-alex , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/dumas-alex
Edwards, Nancy: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/edwards-nancy , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/edwards-nancy
Laperrière, Hélène : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/laperriere-helene, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/laperriere-helene
Lemyre, Louise : https://research.uottawa.ca/people/lemyre-louise,
Lennox Terrion, Jenepher: https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/experts-details-528.html
https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-528.html
McDowell, Ian: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/mcdowell-ian,
McLean, Linda : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/mclean-linda, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/mclean-linda
Moreau, Nicolas : http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-iframe-967543.html,
O'Sullivan, Tracey : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/osullivan-tracey, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/osullivan-tracey
Pottie, Kevin : https://med.uottawa.ca/family/people/pottie-kevin, https://med.uottawa.ca/familiale/personnes/pottie-kevin
Savard, Sébastien : https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1023
https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/1023/profile
Health Equity
Bouchard, Louise : https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=fr#!uottawa/members/920
https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?#!uottawa/members/920
Holmes, Dave: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/holmes-dave, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/holmes-dave
Kristjansson, Elizabeth: https://research.uottawa.ca/people/kristjansson-elizabeth.
Perron, Amélie : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/perron-amelie, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/perron-amelie
Rippey, Phyllis : https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/984
Welch, Vivian: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/welch-vivian
Health Promotion
Chambers, Larry: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/chambers-larry
Doucet, Éric : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/doucet-eric, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/doucet-eric
Durand-Bush, Natalie : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/durand-bush-natalie, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/durand-bush-natalie
Giles, Audrey : https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-8774.html,
Goldfield, Gary: http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/experts-details-998034.html
Lennox Terrion, Jenepher: https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/experts-details-528.html
https://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/medias/specialistes-details-528.html
Reid, Robert : https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/reid-robert,
Tremblay, Mark: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/tremblay-mark,
Health Interventions
Brunet, Jennifer : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/brunet-jennifer, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/brunet-jennifer
Edwards, Nancy: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/edwards-nancy , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/edwards-nancy
Fallavollita, Pascal: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fallavollita-pascal, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fallavollita-pascal
Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fitzpatrick-elizabeth, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fitzpatrick-elizabeth
Forgeron, Paula : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/forgeron-paula, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/forgeron-paula
Fortier, Michelle : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fortier-michelle, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fortier-michelle
Fraser, Sarah : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fraser-sarah, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fraser-sarah
Garcia, Linda : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/garcia-linda, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/garcia-linda
Guitard, Paulette : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/guitard-paulette, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/guitard-paulette
Hatcher, Simon: https://www.uottawa.ca/brain/people/hatcher-simon, https://www.uottawa.ca/cerveau/personnes/hatcher-simon
Jutai, Jeffrey: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/jutai-jeffrey-w, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/jutai-jeffrey-w
Kenny, Glen: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/kenny-glen, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/kenny-glen
Manuel, Douglas: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/manuel-douglas,
O'Connor, Annette : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/oconnor-annette-m, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/oconnor-annette-m
Pilutti, Lara: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/pilutti-lara, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/pilutti-lara
Poitras, Stéphane : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/poitras-stephane, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/poitras-stephane
Potter, Elizabeth : https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/potter-beth,
Quirion, Bastien : https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/?lang=fr#!uottawa/members/816
Stacey, Dawn C. : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/stacey-dawn
Taler, Vanessa : https://www.uottawa.ca/brain/people/taler-vanessa
Wells, George: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/wells-george,
Population Health Technologies
Fallavollita, Pascal: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fallavollita-pascal, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fallavollita-pascal
Fraser, Sarah : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fraser-sarah, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fraser-sarah
Giguère , Christian : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/giguere-christian, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/giguere-christian
Hawken, Steven: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/hawken-steven,
Jutai, Jeffrey: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/jutai-jeffrey-w, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/jutai-jeffrey-w
Steffener, Jason : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/steffener-jason, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/steffener-jason
Health Policy and Health Care Management
Andrew, Caroline: https://research.uottawa.ca/people/andrew-caroline
https://recherche.uottawa.ca/personnes/andrew-caroline
Barrette, Jacques : https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/professors-emeriti/barrette-jacques, https://telfer.uottawa.ca/fr/repertoire/professeurs-emerites/barrette-jacques
Brand, Kevin : https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/professors/brand-kevin , https://telfer.uottawa.ca/fr/repertoire/professeurs/brand-kevin
Chreim, Samia: https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/professors/chreim-samia, https://telfer.uottawa.ca/fr/repertoire/professeurs/chreim-samia
Dahrouge, Simone: https://med.uottawa.ca/family/people/dahrouge-simone, https://med.uottawa.ca/familiale/personnes/dahrouge-simone
Jaana, Mirou : https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/professors/jaana-mirou, https://telfer.uottawa.ca/fr/repertoire/professeurs/jaana-mirou
Holmes, Dave: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/holmes-dave, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/holmes-dave
Kohen, Dafna: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/kohen-dafna,
Orsini, Michael : http://web5.uottawa.ca/www2/mcs-smc/media/experts-details-583.html,
Wilson, Kumanan: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/wilson-kumanan,
Genetic Epidemiology, Population Health Biostatistics
Baillargeon, Raymond: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/baillargeon-raymond , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/baillargeon-raymond
Chen, Yue : https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/chen-yue,
Little, Julian: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/little-julian,
Moher, David: https://research.uottawa.ca/people/moher-david, https://recherche.uottawa.ca/personnes/moher-david
Tesson, Frédérique: https://health.uottawa.ca/people/tesson-frederique, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/tesson-frederique
Van Walraven, Carl: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/van-walraven-carl
Wells, George: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/wells-george,
Knowledge Translation
Dumas, Alexandre : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/dumas-alex , https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/dumas-alex
Fontaine-Bisson , Bénédicte : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/fontaine-bisson-benedicte, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/fontaine-bisson-benedicte
Graham, Ian: https://med.uottawa.ca/epidemiology/people/graham-ian
Grimshaw, Jeremy: https://research.uottawa.ca/people/grimshaw-jeremy, https://recherche.uottawa.ca/personnes/grimshaw-jeremy
Hogg, William: https://med.uottawa.ca/family/people/hogg-william, https://med.uottawa.ca/familiale/personnes/hogg-william
O'Sullivan, Tracey : https://health.uottawa.ca/people/osullivan-tracey, https://sante.uottawa.ca/personnes/osullivan-tracey



POST-GRADUATION OPPORTUNITIES
The Ph.D. in Population Health prepares students for teaching, administration and research in academic settings and careers in health in the public or private sector.
ADMISSION
Admission requirements
Required documents:
- Letter of intent (2 pages)
- Letters of recommendation
- Transcripts: You must submit official transcripts from every university you attended. This mandatory requirement applies to all courses and programs at any university you have ever attended, including regular programs (completed or not), exchanges, letters of permission, online or correspondence courses, courses taken as a special student or visiting student, etc.
If the transcript and degree certificate are not in English or French, you must submit a translation of the transcript that is signed and sealed by a certified translator. - Resume (CV)
- Evidence of language proficiency: TOEFL 550 / IELTS Overall 6.5 - Individual 5.0 (Paper-based) OR TOEFL 79-80 / IELTS Overall 6.5 - Individual 5.0 (Internet-based)
- Additional information form: Declaration of Language Competency, Letter of support from the proposed supervisor, knowledge assessment
Application deadlines:
for Canadian and International students: February 1st