Dr. Laura Rosella

Dr. Laura Rosella

Position: Chief Scientist, Stephen Family Research Chair in Community Health and Scientist

Degrees: HBSc, MHSc, PhD

Keywords: Health services research; Applied biostatistics; Epidemiologic methods; Population health; Research methods

Publications: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Rosella+L*, PubMed

Other: Associate Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics; Holds scientific appointments at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and ICES, including as Site Director for ICES U of T; Member, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, Vulnerable Populations/Population Health

Categories: Leadership, Research Chairs, Science

A globally recognized epidemiologist, Dr. Rosella is the Chief Scientist and Stephen Family Research Chair in Community Health at IBH. She is a Professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), University of Toronto; founder of the Population Health Analytics Lab at DLSPH; and a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics. Dr. Rosella has authored 300 peer-reviewed publications, was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2018, elected into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars and has been awarded more than 25 awards and recognitions for her research. Her work focuses on using data to guide preventative policies and interventions to improve population health and health equity. As a trailblazer in Artificial Intelligence (AI), she co-leads a CIFAR-funded network advancing responsible AI for diabetes prevention, as well as a CIHR-funded national platform (AI4PH) to build AI capacity for transformative change in population and public health.