Professor

Ann Burchell

DFCM

PhD, MSc

Publications

Location

St. Michael's Hospital

Address

MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital , 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 1W8

Research Interests

Disadvantaged Populations, HIV, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Screening, Administrative Databases, Survey Methods, Quantitative Data Analysis

Accepting

Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Summer Students

Dr. Ann Burchell is the Research Director of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, a Scientist with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, and a Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Division of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Dr. Burchell is also a Canada Research Chair in Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and holds degrees in epidemiology from the University of Toronto (MSc) and McGill University (PhD). She is an Adjunct Professor with the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, McGill University, and Adjunct Scientist with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto. Dr. Burchell is the Co-Lead of the Co-infection and Related Conditions Core of the CIHR-funded Canadian HIV Trials Network, and a member of the Canadian Immunization Research Network.

Research Synopsis

Dr. Burchell is a Canada Research Chair in Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention. She uses epidemiological data to improve prevention and health care services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and minimize the complications of STI-associated diseases. STIs are a major health concern. They can result in compromised sexual/reproductive health, cancers, stigma, worsened quality of life, and mortality. Disadvantaged people are disproportionately affected and may face health access barriers that further concentrate STIs within high-risk networks and amplify transmission. Dr. Burchell’s vision is to end these complications and promote sexual health for all, with aims to inform effective and practical strategies to prevent STI and STI-related cancers in high-risk populations.

Honours and Awards

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Canada Research Chair in Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention

Department of Family and Community Medicine Non-Clinician Research Scientist Award, University of Toronto, 2019-2020.

CAHR-CANFAR Excellence in Research Award (Epidemiology and Public Health Stream), Canadian Association for HIV Research and Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, 2018

DFCM Award of Excellence, Research Excellence (Senior Investigator), Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2017

Grants

Principal Investigator. Effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccine among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Canadian Institute of Health Research. 2020-2024.

Principal Investigator. Effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccine among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Cancer Research Society and CIHR Institute of Cancer Research. 2019-2021.

Principal Investigator. The burden of cancer and the role of engagement in HIV care in mitigating cancer risk in people living with HIV in Ontario. Ontario HIV Treatment Network Endgame Award. 2019-2020.

Co-Investigator. CIHR Clinical Trials Network in HIV/AIDS. 2019-2024.
Principal Investigator. Advancing Evidence-based HPV Vaccination & Screening Delivery for Men who have Sex with Men and People Living with HIV. Canadian Institute for Health Research. 2017-2019.

Co-Principal Investigator. Canadian Immunization Research Network. Canadian Institute for Health Research. 2017-2022.

Program Leader. Vaccination & screening for control sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and STI-related cancers. Canadian Institute for Health Research, Foundation Award. 2016-2021