Marcelo Urquia

Dr. Marcelo Urquia is an Associate Professor at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and holds a Canada Research Chair in Applied Population Health. He specializes in epidemiology, focusing on gender, immigration, and health equity with a life-course perspective. His work leverages large population-based databases to study maternal and child health, migration health, and family dynamics. Cross-appointments include the Department of Economics (Faculty of Arts) and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Key affiliations include the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) and ICES (Toronto).

Education: PhD in Epidemiology (University of Toronto, 2009), MSc in Epidemiology (University of Toronto, 2006), and degrees in Anthropology and Public Health from institutions in Argentina. Awards include membership in the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars (2020) and a Canada Research Chair designation (2017).

Research interests span maternal/child health, immigrant health, and social determinants of health. He leads studies on child marriage, family structure measurement, and pandemic impacts on birth outcomes. Collaborations include global networks like the Migration Health and Development Research Initiative (MHADRI) and the Reproductive Outcomes and Migration collaboration.

Dr. Urquia mentors graduate students (Master’s/PhD) and actively publishes on topics like food insecurity, migrant mortality advantage, and child protective services disparities. His work bridges epidemiology with policy, emphasizing data-driven solutions for health equity.