INSPIRE-PHC 2 Program Co-Lead
Rick Glazier is a family physician and senior scientist and program lead of Primary Care and Population Health at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). He is a staff physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and a scientist in its Centre for Urban Health Solutions.
At the University of Toronto, Dr. Glazier is a professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and cross-appointed at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. His training in medicine took place at the University of Western Ontario, family medicine residency at Queen’s University and public health training at John Hopkins University. Dr. Glazier is president of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research.
His research interests include evaluating health system transformation, primary care health services delivery models, health of disadvantaged populations, management of chronic conditions, and population-based and geographic methods for improving equity in health.