Steven Hoffman

York University

Professor

Global Strategy Lab

4700 Keele Street

Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3

Canada

http://www.globalstrategylab.org/people/steven-hoffman

Harvard University

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Health & Population

665 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, Room 1104

Boston, MA 02115

United States

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/steven-hoffman/

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1.

Legalizing Cannabis Violates the UN Drug Control Treaties, But Progressive Countries Like Canada Have Options

Ottawa Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Mar 2018
Roojin Habibi and Steven Hoffman
University of Ottawa and York University
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The Elusive Search for Accountability: Evaluating Adjudicative Tribunals

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The Elusive Search for Accountability: Evaluating Adjudicative Tribunals

Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 343-360, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 20 Aug 2011
Lorne Sossin and Steven Hoffman
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and York University
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The Elusive Search for Accountability: Evaluating Adjudicative Tribunals

Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Aug 2011
Lorne Sossin and Steven Hoffman
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and York University
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The Elusive Search for Accountability: Evaluating Adjudicative Tribunals

Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol. 28, 2010
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Dec 2015
Lorne Sossin and Steven Hoffman
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and York University
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adjudicative, tribunals, legislatures, health, policy, partisan, accountability, evaluation, boards, national, jursidcitional, comparative, Canadian, administrative, epirical, law, justice

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Empirical Impact Evaluation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel (2010) on Government, Civil Society and Private Sectors in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States of America

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2011
Jennifer Edge and Steven Hoffman
Oxford Department for International Development, University of Oxford and York University
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Health worker recruitment, migration, health systems, international law, impact evaluation, World Health Organization

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Towards an International Treaty on Antimicrobial Resistance

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 31 Oct 2017
Steven Hoffman and Asha Behdinan
York University and University of Toronto - Department of Medicine
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What Will It Take to Address the Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance?

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Summer 2015, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-31
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 09 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2015
Steven Hoffman and Kevin Outterson
York University and Boston University School of Law
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antibiotic resistance, innovation, prize, delinkage

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Making the International Health Regulations Matter: Promoting Compliance Through Effective Dispute Resolution

Routledge Handbook of Global Health Security, ed. Simon Rushton and Jeremy Youde, September 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Steven Hoffman
York University
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International Health Regulations, IHR, World Health Organization, WHO, international law, global health, dispute resolution, pandemics, universal enforcement, health crises, health security

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An International Legal Framework to Address Antimicrobial Resistance

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An International Legal Framework to Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015;93:66, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 15-33, Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-33
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 11 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2016
Steven Hoffman, Kevin Outterson, John-Arne Røttingen, Otto Cars, Charles Clift, Fiona Rotberg, Göran Tomson and Anna Zorzet
York University, Boston University School of Law, Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services, ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Centre on Global Health Security - Chatham House, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Karolinska Institutet and ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance
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antiobiotic resistance, collection action, innovation, delinkage

An International Legal Framework to Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015, 93:66
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 05 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman, Kevin Outterson, John-Arne Røttingen, Otto Cars, Charles Clift, Zain Rizvi, Fiona Rotberg, Göran Tomson and Anna Zorzet
York University, Boston University School of Law, Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services, ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Centre on Global Health Security - Chatham House, Yale University, Law School, Students, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, Karolinska Institutet and ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance
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antimicrobial, resistance, global, health, threat, access, conservation, innovation, coordnation, mechanism

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Ending Medical Complicity in State-Sponsored Torture

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Ending Medical Complicity in State-Sponsored Torture

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2011
Steven Hoffman
York University
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Torture, international humanitarian law, medicine, litigation

Ending Medical Complicity in State-Sponsored Torture

The Lancet, October 2011, Vol. 378
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman
York University
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torture, doctor, complicit, controversial, illegal, deterring, deterrance, physician, legitimatize, illegitimate, state-sponsored

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International Cooperation to Improve Access to and Sustain Effectiveness of Antimicrobials

The Lancet, Volume 387, No. 10015, pp. 296-307, 2016, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-16, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2016-22
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 May 2016 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2016
Christine Årdal, Kevin Outterson, Steven Hoffman, Abdul Ghafur, Mike Sharland, Nisha Ranganathan, Richard Smith, Anna Zorzet, Jennifer Cohn, Didier Pittet, Nils Daulaire, Chantal Morel, Zain Rizvi, Manica Balasegaram, Osman Dar, David L. Heymann, Alison Holmes, Luke Moore, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Marc Mendelson and John-Arne Røttingen
University of Oslo, Boston University School of Law, York University, Apollo Hospital, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Georgetown University Law Center, McGill University, Yale University, Law School, Students, Independent, Chatham House - Centre on Global Health Security, World Health Organization - Communicable Diseases, McGill University, Imperial College London, The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), University of Cape Town (UCT) and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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antibiotic resistance, patents, intellectual property, health law, pandemics

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'To Save Humanity' - Introduction

'To Save Humanity': What matters most for a healthy future, ed. Julio Frenk and Steven J Hoffman (2015)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Steven Hoffman and Julio Frenk
York University and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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pandemics, global health, climate change, antibiotics, resistance, health security, opportunity

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Strengthening Global Health Diplomacy in Canada's Foreign Policy Architecture: Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews

Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, 2010, 16(3)
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman
York University
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global, health, security, prosperity, diplomacy, mitigate, leadership, foreign, policy, scarce, resource, investment, Canada, collaboration

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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Impact on Mental Health Law and Policy in Canada

Law and Mind: Mental Health Law and Policy in Canada (May 2016)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Steven Hoffman, Lathika Sritharan and Ali Tejpar
York University, University of Ottawa - Global Strategy Lab and University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Students
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Global health; International Law; Canada; Mental Health; Disability Rights

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International Law Has a Role to Play in Addressing Antibiotic Resistance

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman, John-Arne Røttingen and Julio Frenk
York University, Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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international, legal, framework, global, heath, strategy, antibiotic, resistance, agreement, transnational, coercive, mechanism, collective, action

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Student Leadership in Interprofessional Education: Benefits, Challenges and Implications for Educators, Researchers and Policymakers

Medical Education (2008)
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
Steven Hoffman, Daniel Rosenfield, John Gilbert and Ivy Oandasan
York University, University of Toronto - Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia (UBC) - College of Health Disciplines and University of Toronto
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interprofessional education, advantages, collaboration, collaborative, health profession, patient care, efficiency, student leadership, sustainability

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A Science of Global Strategy

'To Save Humanity': What Matters Most for a Healthy Future, ed. Julio Frenk and Steven J Hoffman, Oxford University Press, (2015).
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Steven Hoffman
York University
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global health, global governance, health gap, global collectiveaction, transnational threats, health security, global government, global strategy

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Evaluating the Impact of Remedial Authority: Adjudicative Tribunals in the Health Sector

Taking Remedies Seriously, ed. K Roach and RJ Sharpe (2010), Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18/2016
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2016
Steven Hoffman and Lorne Sossin
York University and York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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Health, adjudicative tribunals, adjudicative bodies, health systems, societal impact, health reform, health systems, empirical evaluation, accountability, independence

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Dark Sides of the Proposed Framework Convention on Global Health's Many Virtues: A Systematic Review and Critical Analysis

Health and Human Rights, June 2013, Vol. 15 No. 1
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen
York University and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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international, law, global, health, world, organization, WHO, framework, convention, FCGH, political, foreign, policy, constitution, reform

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Much Can Be Learned About Addressing Antibiotic Resistance from Multilateral Environmental Agreements

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 43, No. 2, Summer 2015, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2016-01
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 13 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 11 May 2016
Steinar Andresen and Steven Hoffman
Fridtjof Nansen Institute and York University
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global, health, security, antibiotic, resistance, ABR, environment, environmental, multilateral, agreements, MEA, governance, institutional, design

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The Evolution, Etiology and Eventualities of the Global Health Security Regime

Health Policy and Planning, 2010, Vol. 25
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman
York University
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globalized, globalization, global, health, public, emergency, system, governance, security, class, race, gender

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Empirically Evaluating the Impact of Adjudicative Tribunals in the Health Sector: Context, Challenges and Opportunities

Health Economics, Policy and Law (2012), 7: pp 147-174
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Dec 2015
Steven Hoffman and Lorne Sossin
York University and York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
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adjudicative, tribunals, empircal, health, system, governance, practical, indicators, performance, system-level, policy, data-driven, specialist, courts

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WHO's Undermining Tobacco Control

The Lancet, August 2012, Vol. 380
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 05 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and Zain Rizvi
York University and Yale University, Law School, Students
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World, health, organization, WHO, Tobacco, framework, convention, control, FCTC, natonal, system, database

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Assessing Proposals for New Global Health Treaties: An Analytic Framework

American Journal of Public Health, 105:8 (August 2015), Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2016-08
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 04 May 2016
Steven Hoffman, John-Arne Røttingen and Julio Frenk
York University, Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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world, interconnected, globalization, health, international, security, treaty, treaties, transnational, dimension, framework, instruments

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Canada's Violation of International Law During the 2014-16 Ebola Outbreak

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law: 2016/Annuaire canadien de droit international: 2016, Vol. 54, October 2017
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Ali Tejpar and Steven Hoffman
University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Students and York University
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International health law, global health governance, Ebola, infectious diseases, pandemic responses, International Health Regulations, World Health Organization

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Student Perspectives on Legal Education: A Longitudinal Empirical Evaluation

Journal of Legal Education, 62:1 (August 2010).
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Cassandra Florio and Steven Hoffman
Independent and York University
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student, experience, law, school, legal, education, University of Toronto, empirical, decision-making, perspectives, quantitative, qualitiative, predictors, happiness, commuity, qualiy, income, transition

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Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions: An Evidence-Based Framework for Responding to Peer-Review Feedback

Canadian Medical Association Journal, December 2009, 181:12.
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Nov 2015
Daniel Rosenfield and Steven Hoffman
University of Toronto - Department of Medicine and York University
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peer review, silly feedback, emerging academics, early career

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Empirical Impact Evaluation of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel in Australia, Canada, UK and USA

Globalization and Health, 2013, 9:60
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Jennifer Edge and Steven Hoffman
Oxford Department for International Development, University of Oxford and York University
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global, health, workers, recruitment, developed, developing, countries, world, organization, WHO, awareness, stakeholders, forums, actors, sub-national, national

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Effective Global Action on Antibiotic Resistance Requires Careful Consideration of Convening Forums

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2015, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2016-09
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 01 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 11 May 2016
Zain Rizvi and Steven Hoffman
Yale University, Law School, Students and York University
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policy, policymakers, global, collective, action, antibiotic, resistance, ABR, international, law, forum, political, multi-sectoral, advantages, drawbacks

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Why Mentorship Matters: Students, Staff and Sustainability in Interprofessional Education

Journal of Interprofessional Care, January 2008, 22(1).
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
Steven Hoffman, Alexandra Harris and Daniel Rosenfield
York University, University of Toronto - Department of Medicine and University of Toronto - Department of Medicine
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interprofessional education, student, leadership, mentor, mentorship, role models, student leaders, self-discovery, self-directed learning

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Bridging the Gaps between Research, Policy and Practice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Survey of Health Care Providers

Canadian Medical Association Journal, June 2010, 182:9.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
G. Emmanuel Guindon, John Norman Lavis, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Hossein Malek-Afzali, Shi Guang, Ashok Yesudian and Steven Hoffman
McMaster University - Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Pan American Health Organization, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and York University
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global health, research-based, evidence-based, Millennium Development Goals, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mexico, Pakistan, Senega, Tanania, clinical practice, low-income, middle-income

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Is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Impacting Mental Health Laws and Policies in High-Income Countries? A Case Study of Implementation in Canada

BMC International Health and Human Rights (2016) 16:28
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Nov 2017
Steven Hoffman, Lathika Sritharan and Ali Tejpar
York University, University of Ottawa - Global Strategy Lab and University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Students
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Psychosocial Disabilities, Human Rights, International Law, Mental Health Law

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Correspondence: Global Health Governance after 2015

The Lancet, September 2013, Vol. 382
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen
York University and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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global, health, architecture, core, functions, system, monitoring, negotiations, advocacy, accountability

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The Use of Research Evidence in Two International Organizations' Recommendations About Health Systems

Healthcare Policy, 5:1, 2009
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Dec 2015
Steven Hoffman, John Norman Lavis and Sara Bennett
York University, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto and Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
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World Health Organization, WHO, World Bank, contracting, healthcare, financing, human resources, tuberculosis, tobacco, evidence, recommendatios, systematic reviews, policy, international, orgaizations

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What Attracts Students to Interprofessional Education and Other Health Care Reform Initiatives?

Journal of Allied Health, Fall 2009, 38:3
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
Steven Hoffman, Daniel Rosenfield and Louise Nasmith
York University, University of Toronto - Department of Medicine and University of British Columbia (UBC) - College of Health Disciplines
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interprofessional education, consensus, students, reform, health care, barriers, patient needs, leadership

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Split WHO in Two: Strengthening Political Decision-Making and Securing Independent Scientific Advice

Public Health, 2014, Vol. 128
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen
York University and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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world, health, organization, WHO, public, global, intergovernmental, negotiations, secretariat, technical, institutional, political, collaboration, assembly, governance, reform, progress

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Mitigating Inequalities of Influence Among States in Global Decision Making

Global Policy, 2012, Vol. 3 Issue 4
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman
York University
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international, health, system, governance, egalitarian, authority, equality, institution, parity, United, Nations

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Assessing Implementation Mechanisms for an International Agreement on Research and Development for Health Products

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012, 90:854-863
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen
York University and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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World, Health, Organization, WHO, research, development, R&D, legal, political, agreement, mechanism, complaince, binding, coordinate, coordination, consensus, sustainable

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Collaborative Practice in a Global Health Context: Common Themes from Developed and Developing Countries

Journal of Interprofessional Care, September 2010, 24(5)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Sharon Mickan, Steven Hoffman and Louise Nasmith
Oxford Brookes University, York University and University of British Columbia (UBC) - College of Health Disciplines
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world, health, organization, WHO, collaboration, collaborative, global, team, framework, interprofessional, educatio, governance

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Correspondence: Alcohol Control: Be Sparing with International Laws

Nature, Vol. 483, p. 275, 2012
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 03 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman and John-Arne Røttingen
York University and Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services
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international, health, law, evidence, outcomes, paradigm, alcohol, control, state, national

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Towards a Systematic Understanding of How to Institutionally Design Scientific Advisory Committees

Global Challenges, Volume 2, Issue 9, September 2018
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 22 Oct 2018
Steven Hoffman, Trygve Ottersen, Ali Tejpar and Patrick Fafard
York University, University of Bergen - Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Ottawa, Common Law Section, Students and University of Ottawa - Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Expert Panels; Scientific Advisory Committees; Policy; Evidence; Decision-Making

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Strengthening National Health Systems' Capacity to Respond to Future Global Pandemics

McMaster Health Forum: Hamilton, Ontario, November 2013.
Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Steven Hoffman, Francois-Pierre Gauvin, John Norman Lavis and Jennifer Edge
York University, Independent, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto and Independent

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pandemic, global, globalization, urbanization, international, trade, goverance, pathogen, coordination, public, health