Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College (DVM) and the University of Toronto (MSA), he obtained his Ph.D. in physiology at Queen's University and joined the faculty in 1966 as a Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine.
He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science (1974-83), Vice-Principal (Institutional Relations) (1984-86), and Vice-Principal Services (1986-88). In 1983-84, he was seconded to the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada as Director General of Program Operations, and, in 1989 he was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Sinclair also held positions at Queen's such as Vice-Principal (Health Sciences) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine before retiring in 1996. Still committed to teaching, Dr. Sinclair continues to provide guest lectures for the EPID 803 course.
In recognition of Dr. Sinclair's contribution to the MRC, and reflective of his interest in health policy, Dr. Henry Friesen, President of the Medical Research Council of Canada, announced the establishment of the Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research at Queen's University in 1997. The inaugural lecture, held in 1999, featured guest speaker Dr. David Naylor, Dean of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Naylor spoke on "Canadian Health Care: The Troubled Transition." In recognition of the importance of this realm of health research in Canada, Duncan and Leona Sinclair assured the longevity of the Lectureship by a generous supplement to the capital fund in 2001.
Upcoming Lectures:
Blood, Sweat and Tears: How adversity and disruption are recasting the health care transformation agenda
Sept. 27, 2022
4:30 - 6:00 PM - reception to follow
Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
360 King Street West, Kingston
Lecturer:
Dr. Chris Simpson, Executive Vice-President (Medical), Ontario Health
Dr. Simpson is Executive Vice President (Medical) at Ontario Health. He works clinically as a cardiologist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and holds a GFT faculty position as Professor in the Queen’s University Department of Medicine. He was the 2014-15 President of the Canadian Medical Association and in 2020-21 was President of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
This is a free, public event. This event will also be live-streamed.
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.
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Past Lectures:
2021: Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia
"Balancing vaccine hope with pandemic reality"
2020: Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London; past President of the World Medical Association
”Social Justice, Social Determinants and Health Equity”
2019: Danielle Martin, Vice-President Medical Affairs & Health System Solutions, Women's College Hospital
"Health outside captivity: Redesigning care to keep people out of hospitals"
2017: André Picard, Author, Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail
"The Stumbling Blocks to Health Reform"
2016: Hon. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health Canada
"What I've Learned as a Physician and Minister of Health"
2014: Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network. Hospitals
"Canada's Coming of Age: How Ready Are We to Meet the Needs or Our Aging Population?"
2013: Jeffrey Simpson, National Affairs Columnist, Globe and Mail
"Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century"
2012: Dr. Jeff Turnbull, Ottawa Hospital Chief of Staff, past president of the Canadian Medical Association
"A New Health Care System for all Canadians: From Consensus to Action"
2009: Hon. Elinor Caplan
"Medicare in Canada: What is Wrong, and How to Fix It"
2008: Sister Elizabeth M. Davis
"New Vision, New Journey, New Promise: Interdisciplinary Health Care in a New Time"
Watch videos of past lectures in this series on YouTube.