Alison Paprica

Senior Fellow

Alison Paprica is Professor (Adjunct) and a Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Separately, she is Principal of the boutique consultancy Research Project Management, a Senior Fellow at Massey College, and a member of the International Advisory Board for Health Data Research UK.

Alison’s previous roles include inaugural Vice President, Health Strategy and Partnerships at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; serving as a founding member of Health Data Research Network Canada’s Executive Team and chairing its Public Engagement Working Group, Director, Strategic Partnerships at ICES. From 2010-2103, she was Director of the Planning, Research & Analysis Branch at the Ontario Ministry of Health where she was responsible for up to $60 million annual applied health research investment and in-house knowledge translation activities to bring research findings into policy and practice. Prior to working in the public sector, she held scientist and R&D management positions at three different international pharmaceutical companies.

Alison holds an Honours Combined BSc in biochemistry and chemistry (McMaster), a PhD in organic chemistry (Western University). Her main research interests are data governance and research data infrastructure, public involvement in data-intensive health R&D, evidence-informed policy, and the leadership and management of research as a topic in its own right.