Prof Peter Selby

Giblon Professor and Vice Chair of Research

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Biography

Dr. Peter Selby is a Senior Scientist and Senior Medical Consultant at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He is the Vice-Chair, Research and Giblon Professor in Family Medicine, University of Toronto.  His research focuses on innovative methods to understand and treat addictive behaviours and their comorbidities. He uses technology to combine clinical medicine and public health methods to scale up and test health interventions.  His cohort of >400,000 treated smokers in Ontario is an example of this.  He has received grant funding totaling over 100 million dollars from CIHR, NIH, and Ministry of Health and has published >200 peer reviewed publications.  His most recent programme of research utilizes a Learning Health Systems approach to investigate how technology equitable collaborative care can enhance the delivery of evidence-based interventions to the patient while providing a more satisfying experience of care for patients and providers across systems.