Emerson, Scott D.

MSc

Dr. Scott D. Emerson

Senior Epidemiologist, BC-CfE

Other

Research centre

BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Department

Epidemiology and Population Health

Primary research interests

Health Services

Validation

Biography

Scott Emerson is the Senior Epidemiologist within the Epidemiology and Population Health Program of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), an HIV focused research and treatment centre that also conducts research in areas such as Hepatitis C, substance use, and mental illness. The BC-CfE additionally operates a primary care clinic serving equity-seeking populations in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Scott leads and supports capacity-building efforts to better inform the repurposing and use of routinely collected health data for research. He completed an MSc from UBC’s School of Population & Public Health, and previously was an Epidemiologist at ICES (the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) in Toronto.