The Public and Population Health Observatory (PPHO) was established in October 2003 as part of the portfolio of the Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Richard Stanwick.
Its mandate is to ensure that we have appropriate, timely and valid population health information to monitor health status, respond to health problems, and support planning, implementation, and evaluation of health services and programs in VIHA.
The PPHO is comprised of:
- Medical Health Officer for Population Health - Dr. Murray Fyfe
- Population Health Epidemiologist - Michael Pennock
- Christine Bender - Environmental Health Assessment Officer
- Project Coordinator, Epidemiologist - Dana Carr
- Population Health Analyst (Communicable Disease) - Liz Walker
- Population Health Analyst (Environmental Health/Geographical Information Systems) - Fiona Lawson
- Population Health Analyst (Community Health Assessment) - Jani Urquhart
- Population Health Analyst (Aboriginal Health) Kathryn Proudfoot
- Research Assistant - Sandy Gillett
- Administrative Support Clerk - Jeta Rugova-Plakolli