Professor, University of Toronto

Raisa B. Deber of the University of Toronto is an internationally recognized expert on Canadian health policy. She is renowned for her ability to analyze major health policy issues at local, provincial, national, and international levels, and to develop novel conceptual frameworks backed by data analysis, which have generated policy-relevant conclusions that have significantly influenced health policy theory and practice. Through scholarship, mentorship, and championing of multidisciplinary teamwork, she has enhanced our knowledge of shared decision making, the public-private mix in financing and delivering health care, health human resources, and home and community care.