Deborah Kopansky-Giles

Dr. Deborah Kopansky-Giles, BPHE, DC, FCCS, FICC, MSc, is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and a Professor at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Department of Research.

Dr. Kopansky-Giles is actively engaged in collaborative, primary care health service delivery research with a focused area related to integrative models of health care, competency-based education, and interprofessional education of health professional trainees. Deborah sits on the Research Committee of World Spine Care and on the Scientific Secretariat of the Global Spine Care Initiative.

Dr. Kopansky-Giles is an Executive Committee member of the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health International Coordinating Council, sits on the WHO Health Workforce Education Hub, and is a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Toronto and has been involved in WHO work on Integrated, People-Centred Care, Healthy Ageing and Global Health Workforce programs.