~Sent on behalf of Dr. David Anderson, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Christy Bussey, Central Zone Medical Executive Director, NSH, Dr. Nicole Boutilier, Executive Vice President of Medicine and Clinical Operations, NSH~
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Asbridge has been appointed Head of the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology. This appointment is effective January 1, 2025, for a five-year term.
Dr. Asbridge is a Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University. Prior to joining Dalhousie, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, where he was a recipient of the H. David Archibald Fellowship in Addiction Studies, and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.
Since joining Dalhousie in 2003, his research program has examined the areas of addictions, road safety, injury prevention and emergency medicine, and public policy, with a specific focus alcohol and drug-impaired driving. In addition to his work at Dalhousie, he has served on various boards and advisory committees at the provincial and federal level, as well as with the World Health Organization. He previously held the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving – MADD Canada Professorship in Impaired Driving Research and Prevention, and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Asbridge on this appointment.
Dr. David Anderson
Dean, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Christy Bussey
Medical Executive Director, NSH Central Zone
Dr. Nicole Boutilier
Executive Vice President of Medicine and Clinical Operations, NSH
