James Blanchard is an epidemiologist who has contributed to the development of scientific knowledge about what creates epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and in the translation of that knowledge into effective programs and policies to improve health globally. In Canada he has been a leader in developing methods to study the emerging epidemics of diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease. Globally, he has advanced knowledge about the factors that generate HIV epidemics and translated that knowledge into high impact programs to control HIV in south Asia and Africa. He holds a CRC (Tier 1) in Epidemiology and Global Public Health.