Claire Kendall
MD, PhD, MSc
Senior Investigator
Family Physician
Bruyère Health Academic Family Medicine
Associate Dean of Social Accountability
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Professor
Department of Family Medicine (cross-appointed to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health), University of Ottawa
Clinical Research Chair in Primary and Community Health System Integration
Bruyère Health Research Institute
Clinician-researcher
Institut du Savoir Montfort
Senior Adjunct Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Affiliate Investigator
Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Affiliate Scientist
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
About:
A family physician and epidemiologist, Dr. Claire Kendall leads an internationally recognized research program focused on strengthening primary care and advancing health equity through place-based, community-engaged approaches. As Principal Investigator of the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study and co-founder of CityStudio Ottawa, her research is driving measurable improvements in population health, strengthening local systems of care, and shaping institutional and policy change through evidence-based, community-informed action.
As Associate Dean, Social Accountability, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Kendall advances institutional initiatives that align medical education and research with regional health priorities. She provides substantive health-system leadership as Chair of the City of Ottawa’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Advisory Committee, a member of the Ottawa Ontario Health Team – Équipe Santé Ottawa Primary Care Network Leadership Committee, and an advisor to regional and national efforts to strengthen primary care system design.
Research Interests:
Place-based approaches, health and social services, primary care, community engagement, social accountability, population health.
Select Publications:
Myran D, Gibb M, Premji K, Liddy C, Kendall CE. (2025). Increased proportion of family medicine residents did not want to be family physicians. Canadian Family Physician.
Shoppoff L, Mathew C, Burkolder Harris K, Muldoon L, Persaud S, Kelly-Langer S, Kendall CE. (2025). Teaching compassion through a community-led, experiential learning activity for undergraduate medical students: the Empathy Project. Canadian Medical Education Journal.
Buetti D, Larche C, Fitzgerald M, Bourgeois I, Cameron E, Carr K, Aubry T, Persaud S, Kendall CE. (2025). Evaluating the Impacts of Community-Campus Engagement on Population Health in Ottawa and Thunder Bay, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Contribution Analysis. JMIR Research Protocols.
Wiper-Bergeron N, Adam HL, Eady K, Moreau KA, Kennedy CRJ, Kendall CE. (2024). Extending Social Accountability Mandates to Biomedical Research and Graduate Programs in Canadian Faculties of Medicine. Canadian Medical Education Journal.
Carr K, Batista R, Fitzgerald M, Lamontagne S, Eddeen AB, Timony PE, Kendall CE. (2024). Évaluer le potentiel de soins linguistiquement concordants pour les francophones de l'Ontario : Une étude transversale basée sur la population. Minorités linguistiques et société.