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David Fisman

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David Fisman
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Fisman in 2020
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Western Ontario (M.D.)
Harvard School of Public Health (MPH)
OccupationEpidemiologist
EmployerUniversity of Toronto

David N. Fisman[1] is a University of Toronto professor in the area of epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.[2][3] He also works as an infectious disease specialist and consultant at the University Health Network.[4]

Education

Fisman completed his M.D. at University of Western Ontario and a Masters of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health.[5] Fisman did internal medicine residency training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada and Brown University.[6] He did further training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health.[6] At the latter he received a Masters in Public Health.[6]

COVID-19

Fisman was part of the until his resignation in August 2021, alleging that "grim" COVID-19 projections for the fall of 2021 were being withheld.[7][8][9] In June 2020, he supported the use of masks by school children in Canada, at a time when the Hospital for Sick Kids did not consider them necessary.[10] He has supported airborne spread as an importance mechanism for the disease.[11][12]

Fisman was criticized by the Ontario government for acting as paid consultant for the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO), during which he provided evidence that did not support the governments reopening efforts.[13][14][15] This occurred while he was serving on the Science Advisory Table, whose director stated that his work with the ETFO "didn't violate any policies".[13] A Toronto City Councilor, viewed his efforts as pushing for government accountability.[13] Conversely, Dr. Euzebiusz Jamrozik from the bioethics research centre at the University of Oxford noted that this relationship should have been disclosed as a potential conflict of interest.[14] Fisman noted his relationship as an advisor to the ETFO on a January 26, 2021 disclosure form to the Science Advisory Table, but indicated that this was not related to COVID-19.[16]

Fisman also disclosed receiving honorarium for advisory roles from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and the Ontario Nurses' Association, related to COVID-19.[16]

Personal life

Fisman lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Fisman, David N." Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ "Experts find more evidence COVID-19 is airborne, that we need to rethink indoor spaces". Global News. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Ontario man speaks out after father has severe stroke from rare blood clot following AstraZeneca vaccine". CBC. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ "David Fisman". National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Fisman, David N." Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
  6. ^ a b c d "Dr. David Fisman". www.oma.org. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Ontario government must 'immediately' reopen outdoor spaces: Canadian Paediatric Society". Global News. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Fisman, David". Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Top epidemiologist resigns from Ontario's COVID-19 science table, alleges withholding of 'grim' projections". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Children don't need to wear masks or follow strict social distancing when they return to school: SickKids experts". nationalpost. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  11. ^ "University of Calgary". events.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Canadian WHO adviser under fire after downplaying airborne threat of COVID-19". CBC. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "Province slams doctor on COVID advisory table over paid work for teacher's union". Jan 27, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27.
  14. ^ a b "Science table member paid by teacher union for arguing against school reopenings". torontosun. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  15. ^ Sam, Hammond (January 6, 2021). "Letter to Premier - In Person Learning" (PDF). Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  16. ^ a b David, Fisman (January 26, 2021). "Declaration of Interest" (PDF). Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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