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Bruyère Health Research Institute

Janet Hatcher-RobertsKumanan Wilson

BA, RN (former), MSc

 

Investigator

Adjunct Professor

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
Co-Director

WHO Collaborating Centre on Knowledge Translation, Technology Assessment for Health Equity


About:

Janet Hatcher-Roberts has over 30 years’ experience in bridging communities, evidence, and policy both nationally and internationally. Hatcher-Roberts is the Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Knowledge Translation, Technology Assessment for Health Equity hosted at the Bruyère Health Research Institute and The Ottawa Centre for Health Equity.

 

Hatcher-Roberts is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, at the University of Ottawa. Through her work at the WHO Collaborating Centres (WHOCC) and the University of Ottawa, she teaches courses on health systems and global governance, and carries out research focusing on equity, health systems, and global health.

 

From 1998-2013, Hatcher-Roberts was the Executive Director of the Canadian Society for International Health, where she oversaw the design and implementation of global health systems strengthening projects in Africa, Asia, Latin and Central America and Eastern Europe funded by various renowned international agencies.

 

 Throughout Hatcher-Robert’s impressive career, she has been:

  • Chair of the Board | Action Canada for Population Development
  • Board Member & Treasurer | Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
  • Board Member | National Board of Make Poverty History
  • Technical Representative | Pan American Health Organization (1998-2002)
  • Director | Migration Health Department with the International Organization for Migration, now UN Migration (2007-2008)
  • Board Member | US-based Council of Graduate Foreign Nurses (2007- 2016)
  • Board Member | Public Health Ontario (including Strategic Planning Committee and Governance Committee) (2009-2019)
  • Policy Chair (various roles) | Ottawa Centre Liberal EDA (2018-current)
  • Board member | Pegasus (2021-current)

Research Interests:

Health systems, global health, equity-oriented decision making, and resource allocation.


Select Publications:

Cuervo LG, Villamizar CJ, Cuervo D, Zapata P, Ospina MB, Valencia SM, Polo A, Suarez A, Bula MO, Miranda JJ, Millan G, Cuervo DE, Owens NJ, Piquero F, Hatcher-Roberts J, Paredes GD, Navarro MF, Minotta IL, Palta C, Martinez-Herrera E, Jaramillo C; AMORE Project Collaboration. (2024) Correction: Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 2020. International Journal for Equity in Health.

 

Wang X, Dewidar O, Rizvi A, Huang J, Desai P, Doyle R, Ghogomu E, Rader T, Nicholls SG, Antequera A, Krentel A, Shea B, Hardy BJ, Chamberlain C, Wiysonge CS, Feng C, Juando-Prats C, Lawson DO, Obuku EA, Kristjansson E, von Elm E, Wang H, Ellingwood H, Waddington HS, Ramke J, Jull JE, Hatcher-Roberts J, Tufte J, Little J, Mbuagbaw L, Weeks L, Niba LL, Cuervo LG, Wolfenden L, Kasonde M, Avey MT, Sharp MK, Mahande MJ, Nkangu M, Magwood O, Craig P, Tugwell P, Funnell S, Noorduyn SG, Kredo T, Horsley T, Young T, Pantoja T, Bhutta Z, Martel A, Welch VA. (2023). A scoping review establishes need for consensus guidance on reporting health equity in observational studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.


Saluja K, Reddy KS, Wang Q, Zhu Y, Li Y, Chu X, Li R, Hou L, Horsley T, Carden F, Bartolomeos K, Hatcher-Roberts J. (2022). Improving WHO's understanding of WHO guideline uptake and use in Member States: a scoping review. Health Research Policy and Systems.


Simeon R, Dewidar O, Trawin J, Duench S, Manson H, Pardo Pardo J, Petkovic J, Hatcher-Roberts J, Tugwell P, Yoganathan M, Presseau J, Welch V. (2020). Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research.


Cuervo LG, Villamizar CJ, Osorio L, Ospina MB, Cuervo DE, Cuervo D, Bula MO, Zapata P, Owens NJ, Hatcher-Roberts J, Martín EA, Piquero F, Pinilla LF, Martínez-Herrera E, Jaramillo C; AMORE Project Collaboration. (2024). Dynamic measurements of geographical accessibility considering traffic congestion using open data: a cross-sectional assessment for haemodialysis services in Cali, Colombia. Lancet Regional Health Americas.


Contact:

 jhatcherroberts@gmail.com

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