Investigating post-COVID condition among people experiencing homelessness: A Ku-gaa-gii Pimitizi-win study cohort analysis
- Granting Agency
- Long COVID Web
- Principal Investigators
- Hwang S
- Grant Type
- Operating Grant
- Grant Amount
- $100,000
Stephen Hwang
Senior Adjunct Scientist (Full Status) ICES Central Populations & Public Health Research Program
Biography
Stephen Hwang is a physician in General Internal Medicine and Scientist at St. Michael’s 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.
Dr. Hwang’s 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.
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.
- MPH, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- BA, Biochemistry, Harvard University
- Social determinants of health
- Access to healthcare
- Equity in healthcare
- Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
- Director, Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital
- Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, St, Michael’s Hospital
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