Jerry Spiegel
jerry.spiegel@ubc.ca
Researcher
Professor, School of Population & Public Health, UBC
Areas of Interest:
• Aboriginal Health
• Environmental and Occupational Health
• Food Security
• Health Education and Advocacy
• Health Technology
• Health, Human Rights, and Liberation Medicine
• Global Health
Highlighted work:
Dr. Spiegel is involved in various Global Health Research projects on how critical processes of social determination affect health and wellbeing (e.g. projects on Food sovereignty and health equity in Ecuador and Canada. These research projects are done in collaboration with colleagues in Latin America who have for decades championed “Salud Colectiva” (Collective Health) as a paradigm that is gaining in popularity as “Social Medicine”. Other areas of his research include community-based dengue prevention and control in Ecuador, comprehensive primary health in Cuba, health of health workers in South Africa, and globalization and occupational health and safety. Dr. Spiegel also has a history of collaboration with the Peoples Health Movement.
Opportunities for Involvement:
• Mentorship
• Electives in Cuba, Ecuador and South Africa
• Research opportunities related to global health
• Volunteer opportunities at a WHO Collaborating Centre in Occupational and Environmental Health
• Students interested in these opportunities can contact Dr. Spiegel at jerry.spiegel@ubc.ca