Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Honoree
2017
Staff Physician and Assistant Professor
St. Michael's Hospital
Dr. Nav Persaud is a staff physician and scientist at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Nav’s research focuses on enhancing the ability of primary care to address health inequities through the development and application of high quality evidence. He is currently leading practice-based randomized controlled trials including one to explore the impacts of offering primary care patients free and convenient access to essential medications. Nav’s trials are developed with ongoing input from community members and patients and he engages with decision makers to ensure research findings are translated into policy improvements.
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