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CDA CHAIR IN DIABETES MANAGEMENT

GOALS OF THE CHAIR

In January 2008, Dr. Stewart B. Harris was appointed the inaugural Canadian Diabetes Association Chair (CDA) in Diabetes Management at The University of Western Ontario.

As Canadian Diabetes Association Chair in Diabetes Management, Dr. Harris will play a central and critical leadership role in the development and implementation of the National Diabetes Management Strategy. The broad goals of the National Diabetes Management Strategy are to:

• Enhance the identification of clinical care gaps in the management of patients with diabetes
• Identify strategies to reduce these clinical care gaps
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based models of diabetes care
• Increase adherence to diabetes clinical practice guidelines

An internationally recognized physician and researcher, Dr. Harris received his medical education and family medicine training from the University of Calgary, Alberta. He obtained further training at Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, completing a Masters Degree in Public Health and a Fellowship in Preventive Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.

With over 170 articles in major peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Harris’s major research interest focuses on type 2 diabetes in high-risk populations (including Aboriginal Canadians, new immigrants, and patients with mental health conditions), and the application of clinical practice guidelines in the management of diabetes in primary care. Through his numerous professional and consulting appointments, Dr. Harris has played a pivotal role in the field of diabetes research and clinical practice at the local, provincial, national and international levels.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The University of Western Ontario—Professor at the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine/Department of Family Medicine with cross appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Division of Endocrinology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
• The University of Western Ontario—Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies
• Lawson Health Research Institute—Research scientist
• Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientist
• Canadian Diabetes Association—Chair and Vice-Chair of the Clinical and Scientific Section; Chair, 2003 Canadian Diabetes Association Clinical Practice Guidelines expert committee
• Dr. Gerald S. Wong Service Award (2007) in recognition of significant contribution to the diabetes community (Canadian Diabetes Association)
• Board member of numerous national and provincial diabetes-related committees, including the Northern Ontario Diabetes Network, the National Diabetes Surveillance System, the Ontario Ministry of Health Task Force for Diabetes Management, and the Canadian Diabetes Association
• National Diabetes Surveillance System—Committee member
• New Immigrant Canadians Committee—Committee member
• Health Canada—Consultant to the First Nations Inuit Branch for the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative and the Public Health Agency of Canada/Chronic Disease Centre)
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care—Co-chair, Diabetes Priority Action Team LHIN2 and Steering Committee Executive Member of the Diabetes Expert Panel Committee
• International Diabetes Federation—20th World Diabetes Congress, Executive Scientific Planning Committee member
• International Diabetes Initiative—Executive, Steering Committee

 

• Goals of the Chair
• Research Focus & Funding
• Publications
• Appointments

Stewart B. Harris,
MD, MPH, FCFP, FACPM
CDA Chair in
Diabetes Management