Navindra Persaud

Dr. Nav Persaud is the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice, Staff Physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

His research focuses on health equity or fairness, especially as it related to medicine access (cleanmeds.ca). He also compares national essential medicines lists in collaboration with the World Health Organization (essentialmeds.org).

Other Appointments & Affiliations

• Staff Physician, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto