Emily Groot

DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care

Thesis

Teaching and entrusting evidence-informed decision-making to public health and preventive medicine residents

Supervisor(s)

Dr. David Nunan and Dr. Anne-Marie Boylan

Biography

Dr. Emily Groot is a public health physician, born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario on the territory of Garden River and Batchewana First Nations. She now lives with her family in Sudbury, Ontario. She started her DPhil in October 2024. She completed medical school at McMaster University, residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Queen’s University, and a Master in Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is currently the program director of the NOSM University PHPM Program and the medical director of Réseau ACCESS Network’s Treatment and Prevention (TAP) Clinic. She has previously worked as an associate medical officer of health with both Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Niagara Region, as well as the Regional Supervising Coroner for Northeastern Ontario.

Publications

Groot E, Kouyoumdjian FG, Kiefer L, Madadi P, Gross J, Prevost B, Jhirad R, Huyer D, Snowdon V, Persaud N. Drug toxicity deaths after release from incarceration in Ontario, 2006-2013: Review of coroner’s cases. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7): e0157512.

Bogoch I, Brady OJ, Kraemer M, German M, Creatore MI, Kulkarni MA, Brownstein JS, Mekaru SR, Hay SI, Groot E, Watts A, Khan K. Anticipating the international  spread of Zika virus from Brazil. Lancet. 2016 Jan 23;387(10016):335-6.

Groot E. Use of evidence in WHO health promotion declarations: Overview, critical analysis, and personal reflection. Reflective Practice. 2011 Aug 1;12(4):507-513.

Papers and lectures

Gamage K, Groot E, Odia B, Okechukwu C. Applying an EDI Lens to IMG Experiences. Presentation at Northern Constellations, NOSM University; 2024 May 3; Toronto, ON.

Jamieson F, Rea E, Spatz D, Gowanlock D, Groot E. Great expectorations – learnings from the OUT-TB genotyping program in Ontario. Presentation at: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association’s Annual Tuberculosis Genotyping Update; 2018 Nov 5; New York, NY.

Groot E. Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Public Health Nightmares: On-call primer course for PHPM residents. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2017.

Research interests

Dr. Groot's medical education interests include competency-based public health training and social accountability in medicine. Her clinical interests include harm reduction and communicable disease control with a focus on syndemics, especially in northern, rural, and remote communities.