Amanda Sheppard
Senior Scientist, Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Cancer Control & Evidence Integration, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health
Lead Scientist
amanda.sheppard@ontariohealth.ca
Research Interests
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis health
- Cancer surveillance and research
Current Appointments
- Group Manager and Scientist, Indigenous Cancer Care Unit, Prevention and Cancer Control, Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs, Ontario Health
- Director, Collaborative Program in Aboriginal Health, University of Toronto
- Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Selected Past Appointments
- Applied Scientist, AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Education and Credentials
- PhD, Medical Sciences Research, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto
- MSc, Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Toronto
- BSc, Biology and Anthropology, Trent University
Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and their communities, including socio-economic issues, and historical, geographic and cultural perspectives
- Conducting complex analysis of administrative health data for surveillance, research and policy
Selected Publications
Habash M, Sheppard AJ, Steiner R. An evaluation of Indigenous Tobacco Program smoking prevention workshops with First Nations youth in Ontario, Canada. Can J Public Health. 2021 Aug;112(4):697-705. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00493-9. Epub 2021 Apr 8. PMID: 33830477.
Jamal S, Jones C, Walker J, Mazereeuw M, Sheppard AJ, Henry D, Marrett LD. Cancer in First Nations people in Ontario, Canada: Incidence and mortality, 1991 to 2010. Health Rep. 2021 Jun 16;32(6):14-28. doi: 10.25318/82-003-x202100600002-eng. PMID: 34142787.
Jamal S, Sheppard AJ, Cotterchio M, Gallinger S. Association between known risk factors and colorectal cancer risk in Indigenous people participating in the Ontario Familial Colon Cancer Registry. Curr Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(4):e395-e398. doi: 10.3747/co.27.6039. Epub 2020 Aug 1. PMID: 32905327; PMCID: PMC7467780.
Jull J, Sheppard AJ, Hizaka A; Inuit Medical Interpreter Team, Barton G, Doering P, Dorschner D, Edgecombe N, Ellis M, Graham ID, Habash M, Jodouin G, Kilabuk L, Koonoo T, Roberts C; Mamisarvik Healing Centre Team. Experiences of Inuit in Canada who travel from remote settings for cancer care and impacts on decision making. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Apr 13;21(1):328. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06303-9. PMID: 33845810; PMCID: PMC8042963.
Larsen K, Black P, Palmer AL, Sheppard AJ, Jamal S, Plain S, Peters C. Screening-level assessment of cancer risk associated with ambient air exposure in Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Int J Environ Health Res. 2020 Oct 7:1-12. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2020.1827226. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33026840.
Shapiro GD, Sheppard AJ, Mashford-Pringle A, Bushnik T, Kramer MS, Kaufman JS, Yang S. Housing conditions and adverse birth outcomes among Indigenous people in Canada. Can J Public Health. 2021 May 26:1–9. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00527-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34037966; PMCID: PMC8152187.
Sheppard AJ, Chiarelli AM, Hanley AJG, Marrett LD. Influence of Preexisting Diabetes on Survival After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis in First Nations Women in Ontario, Canada. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Feb;6:99-107. doi: 10.1200/JGO.19.00061. PMID: 32031452.
Walker MJ, Meggetto O, Gao J, Espino-Hernández G, Jembere N, Bravo CA, Rey M, Aslam U, Sheppard AJ, Lofters AK, Tammemägi MC, Tinmouth J, Kupets R, Chiarelli AM, Rabeneck L. Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study. Prev Med. 2021 Oct;151:106586. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106586. PMID: 34217413.
For a full list of Amanda Sheppard's journal articles, visit PubMed.