Neil Seeman

Neil Seeman

Senior Fellow

Accepting Students

Neil Seeman is a founder and CEO of companies and nonprofits in the research, Internet, and publishing sectors. He was co-founder and Executive Director of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, which built online tools for patient-centric healthcare organizations to empower patients and caregivers. He is founder and past CEO of technology firm RIWI Corp., which works with NGOs, universities and aid agencies to run surveys and public health digital campaigns in all countries. He is co-founder and CEO of Sutherland House Experts, a non-fiction publishing house. Neil contributes to inter-faculty, interdisciplinary research that leverages his expertise in Big Data and inclusive data. His work aligns with IHPME programs in health administration, health systems leadership and innovation, health policy, and AI. His current projects include: working with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences to assess predictors of behaviour in future public health emergencies; working with the HIVE Lab and the Investigative Journalism Bureau to seek new quality improvement opportunities seen in patient surveys; and examining the hidden reasons that some people express for wanting to be vaccinated. He is the author or co-author of several books on mental health topics, one of which, XXL, was shortlisted for the Donner Book Prize and was selected as an “outstanding” title by the University Press Books Committee. His last book was Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain. Neil is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School (JD) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (MPH). Neil is a columnist for Healthcare Quarterly and is a regular contributor to national and international media. As a mental health advocate, he seeks to destigmatize mental illness through his work as an entrepreneur and researcher at the intersection of industry and academia.