Dr. Myles Leslie
Affiliations
Full Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Director
School of Public Policy
Contact information
Web presence
Phone number
Office: +1(403)220-5489
For media enquiries, contact
Morten Paulsen
Office: +1.403.399.3377
Email: morten.paulsen2@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @policy_school
Background
Educational Background
Masters of Journalism , University of British Columbia, 2004
Master of Criminology University of Toronto, 2005
Doctor of Philosophy , University of Toronto, 2011
Biography
Myles Leslie, PhD is a Full Professor and health policy researcher in the Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, and serves as the Research Director at the School of Public Policy. His work focuses on the institutions, policies, regulations, and quality improvement programs that shape healthcare delivery. Dr. Leslie’s central substantive interest is in the formation and implementation of policies aimed at delivering primary health care. He brings extensive international experience in ethnography and related qualitative methods to his role as Director of Research at the School of Public Policy, and an interest in the origins and challenges of trust in policy work to his teaching. Dr. Leslie joined the University of Calgary faculty in the autumn of 2016, arriving from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. He was trained at the Universities of Toronto and Leicester where he held Canada Graduate and Trudeau Foundation Scholarships, and a post-doctoral position in patient safety and quality.
Awards
- award, 2017
- award, 2014
- Thesis Writing Scholarship, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. 2011
- University Fellowship, University of Toronto. 2005
Publications
- Doing Primary Care Integration: A qualitative study of meso-level collaborative practices.. BMC Primary Care. (2023)
- Appropriateness of community-based antibiotic prescribing in Alberta, Canada 2017-2020: ICD-9-CM cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open. (2023)
- Building a Data Bridge: Policies, Structures, and Governance Integrating Primary Care Into the Public Health Response to COVID-19. Annals of Family Medicine. (2023)
- Improving Conversations with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant Patients: Action research to support family physicians. Annals of Family Medicine. (2022)
- Considering Context: Scaling A Simulation Program to Improve Primary Care Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Alberta, Canada. American Journal of Infection Control. (2022)
- “Getting test results and clinical guidance to the front lines of primary care in alberta: A qualitative study”. Annals of Family Medicine. (2022)
- A ‘Shock Test’ to Primary Care Integration: COVID-19 Lessons from Alberta, Canada.. Healthcare Policy. (2021)
- Achieving Resilience in Primary Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Competing visions and lessons from Alberta, Canada.. Healthcare Policy. (2021)
In the News
- Podcast Interview (with J. Fast) on 'Goals rather than Needs in Caregiver Support Design'. (2019)
- Three years later: What has COVID-19 taught us and are we ready for the next big threat?”.
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