Christopher Belanger

Christopher Belanger, PhD

Chris is an associate member of HAIL and is a data scientist, researcher, and policy expert who combines data-driven rigour with qualitative insights. His work and research interests include data science in support of the public good, qualitative investigations into consumers’ and workers’ experiences, and health policy with a focus on digital health and health-system governance.

Chris has five years’ experience in policy and strategy advisory roles with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, and he received his PhD from the University of Toronto in the Philosophy of Modern Physics and an MBA studies from the University of Ottawa. Chris is currently doing data science with the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, is an Affiliated Postdoctoral Fellow with the University of Ottawa and the Institut du Savoir Montfort researching access to primary care and digital health, and is the Principal Investigator on a uOttawa-based qualitative research study on public servants’ experiences with meaninglessness at work.

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Selected Publications

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Belanger, C., Chreim, S. & Bonaccio, S. The Experience and Implications of Meaningless Work in the Public Sector. J Bus Ethics 195, 563–578 (2024).
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Belanger, C., Peixoto, C., Francoeur, S. & Bjerre, L. M. Patient and Provider Satisfaction With a Geomapping Tool for Finding Community Family Physicians in Ontario, Canada: Cross-Sectional Online Survey Study. JMIR Formative Research 8, e56716 (2024).
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Fitzsimon, J., Patel, K., Peixoto, C. & Belanger, C. Family physicians’ experiences with an innovative, community-based, hybrid model of in- person and virtual care: a mixed-methods study. BMC Health Services Research 23, 573 (2023).
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Fitzsimon, J. P. et al. Clinical and economic impact of a community-based, hybrid model of in-person and virtual care in a Canadian rural setting: a cross-sectional population-based comparative study. BMJ Open 13, e069699 (2023).
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Buchanan, S. et al. Investigating Patient Experience, Satisfaction, and Trust in an Integrated Virtual Care (IVC) Model: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Ann Fam Med 21, 338–340 (2023).
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Belanger, C., Carr, K., Peixoto, C. & Bjerre, L. M. Distance, access and equity: a cross-sectional geospatial analysis of disparities in access to primary care for French-only speakers in Ottawa, Ontario. CMAJ Open 11, E434–E442 (2023).
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Belanger, C., Chreim, S. & Bonaccio, S. Feeding the Beast: The Experience of Meaninglessness at Work in the Public Sector. Proceedings 2022, 12121 (2022).
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