Kevin Shield

Kevin Shield, PhD, serves as Adjunct Associate Professor at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Independent Scientist at CAMH's Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, and Unit Head of the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre. He additionally holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

His research program pioneers public health surveillance methodologies for quantifying alcohol and drug-related harms globally. Core activities include measuring consumption patterns and disorders through the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health, analyzing treatment gaps for substance use disorders, establishing causal links between alcohol and diseases/injuries, estimating attributable mortality/morbidity, and evaluating policy interventions like taxation. These interdisciplinary efforts bridge epidemiology, burden of disease modeling, and health policy to inform clinical practice and international regulations.

Dr. Shield's scientific recognition includes:

• 2018 CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Award in Population and Public Health Research (Early Career)

Funded continuously by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Pan American Health Organization, and World Health Organization, his work directs major collaborative initiatives including the WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre. This unit generates critical evidence for global alcohol policy frameworks while maintaining active surveillance systems that monitor first- and second-hand health impacts across 194 countries.