Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Steven Hoffman

Steven J. Hoffman

BHSc (McMaster), MA (Toronto), JD (Toronto), of the Bars of Ontario and New York

Assistant Professor (Part-time), Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
McMaster University

Adjunct Faculty, McMaster Health Forum

Research Fellow, Global Health Diplomacy Program, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

Knox Fellow, Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy, Harvard University

Instructor, Department of Global Health & Population, Harvard School of Public Health

Fellow, Executive Office of the Secretary-General, United Nations

hoffmans@mcmaster.ca
+1 905-525-9140 ext. 22121
+1 905-521-2721

McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, MML-417
Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8S 4L6

Academic Interests

Steven Hoffman’s research integrates analytical and empirical methods to study global health decision-making and evaluate international strategies for addressing global health threats, inequalities and human rights, particularly in the context of health systems strengthening, access to medicines, health security and knowledge translation. He teaches two fourth-year undergraduate courses that are co-sponsored by the McMaster Health Forum on global health advocacy (HTH SCI 4ZZ3) and global health governance, law and politics (HTH SCI 4LD3) and a graduate course at the Harvard School of Public Health on innovation, access to medicines and global governance (GHP 554). He is licensed to practice law in both Ontario and New York, and previously worked at an elite cross-border law firm specializing in intellectual property litigation, health product regulation and government relations. Building on this experience, he served as a Political Advisor on the executive team of Incentives for Global Health, a Yale University-based NGO devoted to improving global access to medicines, where he was responsible for international advocacy and strategic planning. Steven also previously worked for the Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care’s Health Human Resources Strategies Division and managed the World Health Organization’s Global Programme on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice for three years. He continues to consult on the World Health Organization’s development of a global strategy for health systems research and was lead author on the background paper that provided the strategy's conceptual underpinnings. Steven convenes an academic advisory committee on science reporting for Canada’s only national weekly current affairs magazine, edits the global health section of the Journal of Interprofessional Care, and serves as a Fellow in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon where he offers strategic and technical input on a range of global health issues.

Selected Publications

  1. Hoffman SJ, Røttingen JA. Be Sparing with International Laws. Nature 2012; 483: 275. doi:10.1038/483275e.
  2. Hoffman SJ, Sossin L. Empirically Evaluating the Impact of Adjudicative Tribunals in the Health Sector: Context, Challenges and Opportunities. Health Economics, Policy and Law 2012; 7(2): 147-174. doi:10.1017/S1744133111000156.
  3. Hoffman SJ, Frenk J. Producing and Translating Health System Evidence for Improved Global Health. Journal of Interprofessional Care 2012; 26(1): 4-5. doi:10.3109/13561820.2011.577626.
  4. Hoffman SJ, Guindon GE, Lavis JN, Ndossi GD, Osei EJA, Sidibe MF, Buopha B, for the Research to Policy & Practice Study Team. Assessing Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge and Practices relating to Insecticide-Treated Nets and the Prevention of Malaria in Ghana, Laos, Senegal and Tanzania. Malaria Journal 2011; 10(363): 1-27. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-363.
  5. Hoffman SJ. Ending Medical Complicity in State-Sponsored Torture. The Lancet 2011; 378(9802): 1535-1537. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60816-7.
  6. Hoffman SJ, Pogge T. Revitalizing Pharmaceutical Innovation for Global Health. Health Affairs 2011; 30(2): 367. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0103.
  7. Hoffman SJ. Strengthening Global Health Diplomacy in Canada’s Foreign Policy Architecture: Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 2010; 16(3): 17-41. doi:10.1080/11926422.2010.9687318.
  8. Hoffman SJ. The Evolution, Etiology and Eventualities of the Global Health Security Regime. Health Policy and Planning 2010; 25(6): 510-522. doi:10.1093/heapol/czq037.
  9. Hoffman SJ, Lavis JN, Bennett S. The Use of Research Evidence in Two International Organizations’ Recommendations about Health Systems. Healthcare Policy 2009; 5(1): 66-86.
  10. Hoffman SJ, Rosenfield D, Gilbert JHV, Oandasan IF. Student Leadership in Interprofessional Education: Benefits, Challenges and Implications for Educators, Researchers and Policymakers. Medical Education 2008; 42(7): 654-661. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03042.x.

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