Michael Wolfson, University of Ottawa
Medicine
Professor
Ottawa, Ontario
michael.wolfson@uottawa.ca
Office:
(613) 562-5800 ext. 3284
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Dr. Michael C. Wolfson, B.Sc., (Toronto – mathematics, computer science
and economics 1971), Ph.D. (Cambridge – Economics 1977) recently retired as Assistant
Chief Statistician, Analysis and Development, at Statistics Canada. He was awarded
a Canada Research Chair in P...
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and economics 1971), Ph.D. (Cambridge – Economics 1977) recently retired as Assistant
Chief Statistician, Analysis and Development, at Statistics Canada. He was awarded
a Canada Research Chair in P...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Michael C. Wolfson, B.Sc., (Toronto – mathematics, computer science
and economics 1971), Ph.D. (Cambridge – Economics 1977) recently retired as Assistant
Chief Statistician, Analysis and Development, at Statistics Canada. He was awarded
a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling / Populomics in the Faculty
of Medicine at the University of Ottawa in 2010.
Dr. Wolfson’s areas of expertise include program review and evaluation, tax/transfer
policy, pension policy, income distribution, design of health information systems,
microsimulation modeling of socio-economic policy and health dynamics, and analysis
of the determinants of health.
He held positions in the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Department of Finance,
the Privy Council Office, the House of Commons, and the Deputy Prime Minister’s
Office prior to joining Statistics Canada. He was also a Fellow of the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research Program in Population Health (1988-2003).
His numerous articles have addressed topics such as assessing the inter-generational
equity of Canada’s pension and health care systems, the design of an appropriate
system of health statistics, modeling disease determinants and treatments, income
inequality and polarization trends, and income and income inequality as determinants
of population health.
Dr. Wolfson is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a member
of the International Statistical Institute.
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and economics 1971), Ph.D. (Cambridge – Economics 1977) recently retired as Assistant
Chief Statistician, Analysis and Development, at Statistics Canada. He was awarded
a Canada Research Chair in Population Health Modeling / Populomics in the Faculty
of Medicine at the University of Ottawa in 2010.
Dr. Wolfson’s areas of expertise include program review and evaluation, tax/transfer
policy, pension policy, income distribution, design of health information systems,
microsimulation modeling of socio-economic policy and health dynamics, and analysis
of the determinants of health.
He held positions in the Treasury Board Secretariat, the Department of Finance,
the Privy Council Office, the House of Commons, and the Deputy Prime Minister’s
Office prior to joining Statistics Canada. He was also a Fellow of the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research Program in Population Health (1988-2003).
His numerous articles have addressed topics such as assessing the inter-generational
equity of Canada’s pension and health care systems, the design of an appropriate
system of health statistics, modeling disease determinants and treatments, income
inequality and polarization trends, and income and income inequality as determinants
of population health.
Dr. Wolfson is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a member
of the International Statistical Institute.
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