Professional Affiliation

MDCM, MSc, Chief Science Officer, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ontario

Expert Bio

Dr. Guttmann is Chief Science Officer and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Canada’s largest health services and policy research institute.  She is a Staff Physician in the Division of Paediatric Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children and an Associate Professor of Paediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, a second BA at Oxford University where she was a Rhodes Scholar, her medical degree from McGill University and an MSc in Epidemiology from McMaster University. She holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Applied Chair in Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Services Research. Guttmann sits on a number of policy advisory committees, including the Ontario Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health, and she is a member of the Advisory Board for CIHR’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health.

Key Research Interests:
• Access to and quality of care for children
• Performance measurement for child health services
• System integration for children with chronic medical and mental health conditions
• Linked, cross-sectoral administrative data for improved child health policy and research