Jennifer Salerno

Dr. Jennifer Salerno, PhD is a Research Associate in the Research Division and InQuiry Curriculum Site Lead within the Postgraduate Medical Education Program in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University (Canada), as well as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact. She completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto and fellowship training at both the U.S. National Cancer Institute and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. An epidemiologist with expertise in chronic disease epidemiology, aging, clinical trials, comparative effectiveness research, implementation and evaluation, and research ethics, she provides methodological leadership and mentorship to family physicians conducting practice-based research through consultations, collaborative research teams, and communities of practice. Prior to joining McMaster, she supported health policy decision-making as a clinical epidemiologist with the Ontario Ministr