Stephen Hwang is a physician in General Internal Medicine and Scientist at St. Michael\u2019s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. He is Director of the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Homelessness, Housing, and Health.<\/p>\n
Dr. Hwang\u2019s research focuses on health equity, with an emphasis on homelessness, housing, and access to healthcare among people who are unhoused. His work examines housing as a key determinant of health and evaluates interventions and policies to improve health outcomes and reduce chronic homelessness, informing both clinical practice and public policy.<\/p>\n
He is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, with additional appointments at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Dr. Hwang earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Hwang is a practicing physician in general internal medicine at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. He is the director of the Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, and the Chair in Homelessness, Housing, and Health at St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto. Dr. Hwang's research studies have focused on health conditions and access to healthcare among people experiencing homelessness, the connections between housing and health, and interventions to improve the health of people who are homeless. He is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hwang received his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and his master's degree from the Harvard School of Public Health.<\/p>\",\n \"Join Date\": \"20080303T122600\"\n}","previous_url":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/About-ICES\/ICES-Scientists\/H\/Stephen-Hwang"},"yoast_head":"\n