Professor, School of Population and Public Health
PhD, University of Manitoba (2000)
MSc, University of Toronto (1986)
MA, McGill University (1976)
Dr. Spiegel’s academic training is in economics and sociology (McGill, MA); environmental health and health administration (U of Toronto, MSc); and Community Health Sciences (Manitoba, PhD). Dr. Spiegel was founding chairperson of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research and received the Canadian Public Health Association’s 2011 International Award. His research interests include the effects of globalization on health equity; understanding and addressing influences of physical and social environments on health through an ecosystem approach; and the economic evaluation of interventions. He has led a range of research and capacity-building projects in Cuba, Ecuador and South Africa. Dr. Spiegel has also been affiliated with the Liu Institute for Global Issues, where he was Director of Global Health; and was director of the Centre for International Health from 2003 to 2010; and was founding chairperson of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research and a founding member of the Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health. Prior to joining UBC, he had 15 years of experience as a senior policy official with the Manitoba Department of Environment.
Dr. Spiegel’s research interests include the effects of globalization on health, ecosystem approaches to human health, understanding and addressing influences of physical and social environments on health, global health and human security, the economic evaluation of interventions, and health and equity in Latin America.
Research Interests
- Global health especially focusing on South Africa and Latin America;
- The effects of globalization on health equity;
- Understanding and addressing influences of physical and social environments on health through an ecosystem approach;
- The economic evaluation of interventions.