Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto

The Toronto Star has profiled Danielle Martin on her health advocacy work, both a Faculty member and SPPG Alumna here at the School.

Danielle Martin is Vice President, Medical Affairs and Health System Solutions at Women’s College Hospital (WCH) and a family physician in the Family Practice Health Centre at WCH. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, with cross appointments at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the School of Public Policy and Governance.

Dr. Martin’s focus is on improving health at the system level as well as the individual level. In addition to being an active medical educator, her clinical work has involved remote northern medicine as well as a current focus on maternity care.

Dr. Martin’s policy expertise and passion for equity have made her a national leader in the debate over the future of Canada’s health care system. She holds a Masters of Public Policy from the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto. In 2006, her first year in practice, she helped launch Canadian Doctors for Medicare, the voice for Canadian physicians who believe in “a high quality, equitable, sustainable health system built on the best available evidence as the highest expression of Canadians caring for one another”. She chaired the board of CDM until May 2013.

A recipient of the Canadian Medical Association Award for Young Leaders, Dr. Martin sat two terms on the Health Council of Canada from 2005-2011. In 2006 the Ontario College of Family Physicians recognized her as one of three New Family Doctors of the Year.