About Us

 

 The Department of Community Health Sciences is committed to enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities through education, research and service.

We engage in educational, service, and research activities related to community health, epidemiology, health care and biostatistics. The multidisciplinary faculty include representation from the University, the community and health agencies.

Welcome to the Department of Community Health Sciences and the Centre for Health and Policy Studies.

We are a department and research centre within the Faculty of Medicine. Our department consists of 40 primary, 60 joint and 98 adjunct/clinical faculty and 132 graduate students. We offer postgraduate medical education in community medicine, accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Community Health Sciences provides academic support for Undergraduate Medical Education and the Bachelor of Health Sciences, Health and Society Stream. Our research programs span a wide range of health services and population/public health research and are fully integrated with our training programs.