James Talbot

My interests are in using surveillance and epidemiology to provide evidence needed to guide action to prevent or mitigate disease or injury. The evidence required may be everything from the presence or absence of determinants of health, the nature of vulnerable populations and inequitable distribution of health or illness and injury or the evaluating the effect of novel interventions.

I also have interests in the history of public health as well as public health leadership, advocacy, aboriginal and women's health and wellness, and emergency preparedness and management. These interests are a direct result of my experiences as the Director of the Provincial Laboratory of Public Health for Northern Alberta, Chair of the National Foodborne, Waterborne and Enteric Disease Committee, a Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton in Alberta Health Services, Chief Medial Officer of Health for Nunavut and Alberta and as a founding Member of the SIREVA and ARTSSN surveillance networks.