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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