Kevin Pottie
MD, MClSc, CCFP
Affiliate Investigator
Ian McWhinney Research Chair in Family Medicine
Western University
Professor of Family Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Western University
Adjunct Professor
University of Ottawa
About:
Dr. Kevin Pottie is a family physician researcher who has led a 20-year research program in health equity and evidence-based guidelines that was recognized with the College of Family Physicians of Canada Researcher of the Year Award and the Springer Nature Inclusive Health Research Award. His systematic reviews and clinical guidelines are transforming the primary care clinical approach to refugee health care, homeless health care and deprescribing in the elderly.
During the European refugee health crisis, he worked at WHO and then led the European Migrant health guidelines (ECDC, 2018). His recent guidelines for homeless health care are providing new evidence informed pathways for prevention and care approaches. He is a convener of the Cochrane Equity Methods and GRADE Working Group and a full professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, and adjunct Professor in Family Medicine at University of Ottawa, Canada.
Research Interests:
Health equity, refugees and other migrants, deprescribing, guidelines.
Select Publications:
Kirmayer LJ, Narasiah L, Munoz M, Rashid M, Ryder AG, Guzder J, Hassan G, Rousseau C, Pottie K; Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health (CCIRH). (2021). Common mental health problems in immigrants and refugees: general approach in primary care. CMAJ.
Andrews JC, Schünemann HJ, Oxman AD, Pottie K, Meerpohl JJ, Coello PA, Rind D, Montori VM, Brito JP, Norris S, Elbarbary M, Post P, Nasser M, Shukla V, Jaeschke R, Brozek J, Djulbegovic B, Guyatt G. (2013). GRADE guidelines: 15. Going from evidence to recommendation-determinants of a recommendation's direction and strength. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
O'Neill J, Tabish H, Welch V, Petticrew M, Pottie K, Clarke M, Evans T, Pardo Pardo J, Waters E, White H, Tugwell P. (2014). Applying an equity lens to interventions: using PROGRESS ensures consideration of socially stratifying factors to illuminate inequities in health. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
Pottie K, Greenaway C, Feightner J, Welch V, Swinkels H, Rashid M, Narasiah L, Kirmayer LJ, Ueffing E, MacDonald NE, Hassan G, McNally M, Khan K, Buhrmann R, Dunn S, Dominic A, McCarthy AE, Gagnon AJ, Rousseau C, Tugwell P; coauthors of the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health. (2011). Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. CMAJ.
Farrell B, Pottie K, Thompson W, Boghossian T, Pizzola L, Rashid FJ, Rojas-Fernandez C, Walsh K, Welch V, Moayyedi P. (2017). Deprescribing proton pump inhibitors: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline. Canadian Family Physician.