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Colleen M. Flood is the Dean of
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. Prior to this, Dr. Flood was a Professor in the
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at the
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and University Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. She is also the Director for the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. In addition, Flood served as a Professor at the
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and Scientific Director of the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; ; IRSC) is a federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada. Comprising 13 institutes, it is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. CIHR supports ...
. She is a Fellow of the
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and the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) is one of three national academies that comprise the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), the highest honour granted to scholars in Canada. The two other CCA academies are the Royal Society of Cana ...
. Since 2013, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded a prize in the name of Flood and Morris Barer to recognize a researcher who has made a significant impact on health services and policy research, policy, and/or care delivery.


Education

Flood earned her
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and
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(with honors) at the
University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...
before moving to study at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
where she earned her Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science.


Career

In 1999, she was named the Labelle Lecturer in Health Services Research and was hired by the University of Toronto as a professor with an interest in health law. Later, her work has helped influence government policy making on health care. Her article on the Romanow Commission, co-authored by
Sujit Choudhry Sujit Choudhry is a lawyer, legal scholar, and expert in comparative constitutional law. Choudhry was on the faculty at the University of Toronto and New York University School of Law before being named dean University of California, Berkeley ...
, criticized the Canada Health Act and was cited in the 2002 Canadian Health Care system report by Michael J. L. Kirby. In 2004, Flood was appointed a Senior Fellow of
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. In 2005, Flood and fellow University of Toronto faculty members
Kent Roach Kent Roach is a professor of law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is well known for his expertise and writings on criminal law, the ''Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'', and more recently anti-terrorism law. He is a graduat ...
and
Lorne Sossin Lorne Sossin is a justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Before his appointment to the Court of Appeal, Sossin was a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and a law professor. Sossin has an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and gradua ...
co-edited a book titled "The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada." That same year, she was named an editor of a newly formed quarterly journal, ''Healthcare Policy''. While working as an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Toronto in 2006, Flood was appointed the new Scientific Director of Health Services and Policy Research within
Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR; ; IRSC) is a federal agency responsible for funding health and medical research in Canada. Comprising 13 institutes, it is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. CIHR supports ...
. That same year, she edited a book titled "Just Medicare: What's In, What's Out, How We Decide" which discussed Canadian health law and policy based on conferences held at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. In 2007, Flood was awarded the Jerry Lee Lectureship as part of the 7th Annual International Campbell Collaboration Colloquium. She was the first woman and Canadian to earn this Lectureship. While with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Flood increased funding for health policy and research by creating a program called “Evidence on Tap.” The program, which was piloted in
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,
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, and
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, involved health researchers meeting with government personnel to discuss where they needed research evidence. This led to the creation of the Evidence Informed Healthcare Renewal program. In 2011, Dr. Robyn Tamblyn replaced Flood as Scientific Director. She then took a sabbatical before returning to the University of Toronto. Since 2013, the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research has awarded a prize in the name of Flood and Morris Barer to recognize a researcher who has had a significant impact on health services and policy research, policy, and/or care delivery. That same year, Flood was named an honorary member of the
College of Family Physicians of Canada The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC; , ''CMFC'') is a professional association and the legal certifying body for the practice of family medicine in Canada. This national organization of family physicians was founded in 1954 and incor ...
. In 2014, Flood was hired by the
University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a Official bilingualism in Canada, bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ot ...
for their
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although she maintained her position as Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Law for the University of Toronto until 2015. She also simultaneously served on the board of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and as chair of their Scientific Advisory Committee. In 2016, Flood was named a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...
for her impact on health care and policies. In 2018, while serving as the Director for the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, Flood was elected as a Fellow of the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) is one of three national academies that comprise the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), the highest honour granted to scholars in Canada. The two other CCA academies are the Royal Society of Cana ...
.


Publications

List of publications: *''Accountability of health service purchasers: comparing internal markets & managed competition in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United States'' (1997) *''Advanced health law : public policy and regulation'' (1998) *''Legal constraints on privately-financed health care in Canada : a review of the ten Provinces'' (2000) *''A patients' Bill of Rights: a cure for Canadians' concerns about medicare?'' (2002) *''Prescriptions from down under: can Canada import Australia's pharmaceutical benefits scheme?'' (2002) *''International health care forum: a legal, economic and political analysis'' (2002) *''What is in and out of Medicare?: Who decides?'' (2004) *''The boundaries of Canadian medicare : the role of Ontario's Physician Services Review Committee'' (2004) *''Access to care, access to justice'' (2005) *''Health system law and policy'' (2006) *''Legislating and litigating health care rights'' (2006) *''Data data everywhere: access and accountability?'' (2011) *''The right to health at the public/private divide: a global comparative study'' (2014) *''Law and mind: mental health law and policy in Canada'' (2016) *''Administrative law in context'' (2018) *''Universal pharmacare and federalism: policy options for Canada'' (2018)


References

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