Kieran Michael Moore is a Canadian

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and public servant who serves as the current

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. Prior to his appointment, he served as the medical officer of health for

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, Frontenac,

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from 2017 to 2021.

Education

Moore graduated with a

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from the

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in 1985, specializing in family and emergency medicine. He also holds a

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degree from Queen's University and a

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degree in

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from the University of Brussels, in collaboration with the

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. He holds diplomas in

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, hygiene, and humanitarian assistance, as well as completed a fellowship in Public Health & Preventive Medicine at Queen's University sanctioned by the

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Career

Medical Officer of Health of Kingston

Moore served at Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health as Associate Medical Officer of Health from 2011 to 2017 and as Medical Officer of Health from 2017 to 2021.

Educator and Lyme disease research

Moore is an adjunct professor in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine at Queen's University. He performs research on the prevention, detection and surveillance of

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through the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network. He also served on

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's Lyme Disease Advisory Board. He was formerly program director of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program at Queen's University.

COVID-19 pandemic

As well as serving as Medical Officer of Health for his region, Moore also sat on the

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task-force for the province during the

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and the province's participation in the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. On March 12, 2021, he delivered a presentation to the

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titled "The COVID-19 Vaccine: Newly approved vaccines, public health collaboration, and more” as a part of a series called “Changing the Way We Work” co-sponsored by the

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Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health

On May 30, 2021, Moore replaced David Williams as the chief medical officer of health of Ontario. Moore commissioned the creation of the Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee (OIAC), tasked with advising Public Health Ontario on implementation of immunization programs in the province, including

s. Moore rolled out his vaccine policy in August 2021. The "bare minimum" policy affected hospitals, community-care services and schools. Staff and students were required to have "proof of vaccination.. or agree to be tested at least once a week".

References

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