Jane Philpott

Jane Philpott
Born	(1960-11-23) November 23, 1960 Toronto, Ontario Canada
Residence	Stouffville, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Physician
Known for	Promoting Medical Care in Africa, Fund Raising for AIDS Research, Work on Social Determinants of Health, Founder of TEDxStouffville
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada

Jane Philpott (born on November 23, 1960) is a Canadian academic family physician known for promoting medical education in Africa, advocacy and fundraising related to HIV/AIDS and her work on addressing the social determinants of health. She is the holder of numerous awards in the health care field and is the candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Markham—Stouffville.

Early Life

Philpott was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her childhood was spent in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Princeton, New Jersey; and Hespeler, Ontario. Her father, Rev. Wallace Little, was a Presbyterian minister.^[1] Her mother was a schoolteacher. She is the oldest of four daughters.

Education

Philpott attended high school at Galt Collegiate Institute.^[2] She received her medical training at University of Western Ontario where she was granted an Doctor of Medicine degree, graduating cum laude, Faculty of Medicine in 1984.^[3] She later earned her Masters of Public Health in Global Health Concentration in 2012 from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Philpott also completed a Tropical Medicine fellowship at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario in 1986-87. ^[4] From 1984-86 she earned her Family Medicine Residency in Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa/Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario.^[5] She holds a Certificate from The College of Family Physicians of Canada^[6] and a Certificate in Tropical Medicine from Toronto General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine. She is also a Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.^[7]

Medical Career

Philpott has been a family doctor in Markham-Stouffville since 1998. She served as Chief of the Department of Family Medicine at Markham-Stouffville Hospital from 2008 to 2014. She is an Assistant Professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine.^[5] She is the Lead Physician of the Health For All Family Health Team in Markham, Ontario.^[8] She worked in Niger, West Africa from 1989-1998 with a faith-based non-governmental organization, where she practiced general medicine and developed a training program for village health workers. She returned to Niger in 2005 with Médecins sans Frontières during a food crisis.^{[9] [4]} She was the Family Medicine lead in the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration (TAAAC) from 2008 to 2014. In this capacity she helped colleagues at Addis Ababa University to develop the first training program for Family Medicine in Ethiopia that began in 2013.^[10]

HIV/AIDS Advocacy Work

Coin for Every Country

"A Coin for Every Country" was an educational campaign geared to intermediate level classrooms to raise funds for the Stephen Lewis Foundation in response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Philpott was a founder of this initiative, that was delivered through schools in the York Region District School Board.^[11]

Give a Day to World AIDS

Philpott is the founder of the "Give a Day to World AIDS" movement which started in 2004 as a way to engage Canadians in responding to HIV.^[9] Since 2004, Give a Day has grown in the medical, legal and business communities and has raised over 4 million dollars to date to help those affected by HIV in Africa.^[12]

TEDxStouffville

Philpott is a co-curator of TEDxStouffville founded in 2012 with Dr. Eileen Nicolle. The TEDxStouffville committee, a collaboration between Health for All Family Health Team, Markham Stouffville Hospital, the University of Toronto and residents of the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville, develops its program with live speakers on the theme of Social Determinants of Health. TEDxStouffville videos are posted online.^[13]

Move to Politics

Jane Philpott was acclaimed as the Federal Liberal Candidate in the new riding of Markham—Stouffville in April 2014.^[14]

Awards and Honours

• 2014 Integrated Medical Education Award for Excellence in Community-Based Teaching (Clinic/Office/Practice), Department of Family & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto^[15]
• 2013 May Cohen Equity, Diversity, and Gender Award, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada^[16]
• 2013 Yves Talbot Award for Excellence in Global Health Leadership, University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine. (Distinction) ^[17]
• 2012 Wilfred H. McKinnon Palmer Academic Award, University of Toronto. (Distinction)
• 2011 Community Service Award, University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. (Distinction)^[18]
• 2010 Janus Scholarship for Global Health, College of Family Physicians of Canada^[19]
• 2009 Casey Award, Casey House, Toronto. (Distinction)^{[20] [21]}
• 2009 Honorary Member, Federation of Medical Women of Canada. (Distinction)^[22]
• 2008 Stairway of Excellence Award, Galt Collegiate Institute, Cambridge, Ontario. (Distinction)^[2]
• 2007 Everyday Hero, Global National Television. (Distinction)^[23]

Published Works

• Drennan IR, Dainty KN, Hoogeveen P, Atzema C, Barrette N, Hawker G, Hoch JS, Isaranuwatchai, W, Philpott J, Spearen C, Tavares W, Turner L, Farrell M, Filosa T, Kane J, Kiss A, Morrison LJ. Expanding Paramedicine in the Community (E.P.I.C): Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Trials 2014 Dec; 15:473.
• Anderson K, Raza D, Philpott J Exploring the hidden curriculum of global health. Social Medicine. 2014;11;143-146.
• Philpott J, Cornelson B, Derbew, M, Haq C, Kvach L, Mekashaw A, Rouleau K, Tefera G, Wilson L, Wondimagegn D, Yigeremu M. The dawn of family medicine in Ethiopia. Family Medicine. 2014 Oct;46(9):685-690.
• Philpott J, Shiferaw S, Rouleau K, Cole D, Nicolle E, Bezanson K, Pimlott N, Meaney C, Nasmith G, Abbyad M, Derbew M, Mekasaw A. Family medicine needs assessment: Studying the clinical work of general practitioners in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health and Development. 2013;27(3):134-140. Accepted for joint publication in Canadian Family Physician as well, to appear in 2014.
• Andrew D. Pinto, Donald C. Cole, Aleida ter Kuile, Lisa Forman, Katherine Rouleau, Jane Philpott, Barry Pakes, Suzanne Jackson, Carles Muntaner. Health Action A case study of global health at the university: implications for research and action. Global Health Action. 2014 Aug 27;2014(7):24526.
• Anderson K, Philpott J, Raza D. Hidden curriculum in global health. Social Medicine. 2014;8(3):143-146.
• Kiromera A, Philpott J, Marsh S, Chan AK. Ethics and clinical work in global health. In: Pinto AD, Upshur REG, editor(s). An Introduction to Global Health Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge; 2013. p. 89-102.
• Pakes BN, Philpott J, Redwood-Campbell L, Rouleau K. Toronto’s G20 one year later: Missed opportunity for a Canadian contribution to global health. Can Fam Physician. 2011;57:650-651.
• Philpott J, Derbew M. Use of a CME workshop to introduce and promote the specialty of Family Medicine in Ethiopia. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2010;2(1):Art. #155, 3 pages.
• Philpott J. Applying Themes from Research Ethics to International Education Partnerships. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12:171-178.
• Philpott J. Training for a Global State of Mind. Virtual Mentor. 2010;12:231-236.
• Philpott J, Batty H. Learning best together: Social constructivism and global partnerships in medical education. Medical Education. 2009;43:923–925.

Personal Life

Jane Philpott lives in Stouffville, Ontario. Her husband is Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio journalist, Pep Philpott.^[9] They have four children.

References

External Links

• Markham-Stouffville Federal Liberal Riding Association, official page