Research/QI Summit:
COVID Research Keynote Lecture and Showcase
Join us for this free, accredited educational activity.
Research/QI Summit: COVID Research Keynote Lecture and Showcase
February 25, 2021 from 4:00-5:15pm Eastern Time
PRESENTATIONS
COVID Research Keynote Lecture
Dr. Timothy Evans, McGill University
COVID Research Showcase
Dr. Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Learning Objectives
- Provide a high-level overview of the latest in GIM COVID research in Canada.
- Highlight two exciting interventional trials in COVID research with GIM leadership.
MOC ACCREDITATION
The live session Research/QI Summit: COVID Research Keynote Lecture and Showcase is an educational activity approved as an Accredited Group Learning Activity under Section 1 of the Framework of Continuing Professional Development options as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As an accredited provider, CSIM has approved this program for 1.25 credit hours.
Please note:
- View faculty and planning committee conflict of interest disclosures.
- Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.
- Claim your MOC credits at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Mainport site.
- If you require a personalized certificate of participation, please contact info@csim.ca.
About Dr. Timothy Evans

Tim joined McGill University in September 2019, as the Inaugural Director and Associate Dean of the School of Population and Global Health (SPGH) in the Faculty of Medicine and Associate Vice-Principal (Global Policy and Innovation). He joined McGill after a 6 year tenure as the Senior Director of the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice at the World Bank Group.
From 2010 to 2013, Tim was Dean of the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Senior Advisor to the BRAC Health Program. From 2003 to 2010, he was Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization (WHO). Prior to this, he served as Director of the Health Equity Theme at the Rockefeller Foundation. Earlier in his career, he was an attending physician of internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and was Assistant Professor in International Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Tim has been at the forefront of advancing global health equity and strengthening health systems delivery for more than 20 years. At WHO, he led the Commission on Social Determinants of Health and oversaw the production of the annual World Health Report. He has been a co-founder of many partnerships including the Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) as well as efforts to increase access to HIV treatment for mothers and innovative approaches to training community-based midwives in Bangladesh. Tim received his Medical Degree from McMaster University in Canada and was a Research and Internal Medicine Resident at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He earned a D.Phil. in Agricultural Economics from University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.