Jason Nickerson
RRT, FCSRT, PhD, CHE
Investigator
Adjunct Professor, Common Law
University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics
Humanitarian Representative to Canada
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
About:
Jason Nickerson, PhD is the Humanitarian Representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), based in Ottawa. He leads MSF’s humanitarian diplomacy in Canada and provides advice on humanitarian operations, medical policy and programming, and access to medicines for MSF’s operations in more than 70 countries affected by crises. Nickerson spent more than a decade working clinically as a respiratory therapist in adult critical care and anesthesia and has worked extensively in global public health response in Canada and internationally. He has worked in humanitarian health responses during armed conflicts, disease epidemics, and sudden onset disasters including in Afghanistan, Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic.
In addition to his work with MSF, Nickerson is appointed as an Investigator at the Bruyère Health Research Institute in Ottawa and as an Adjunct Professor of Common Law at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. His research focuses on the intersections of access to medicines, the development of medical countermeasures for emerging infectious diseases, the care of acutely ill older adults particularly during public health emergencies and in humanitarian crises, and the policy and practice of responding to emergencies within disrupted health systems. He holds a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Respiratory Therapy, a Master of Arts in Adult Education, and a PhD in Population Health, and is a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists.
Research Interests:
Public health, population health, long-term care, complex-continuing care, respiratory therapy, health policy.
Select Publications:
Beall RF, Glazer T, Ahmad H, Buell M, Houston AR, Kesselheim AS, Nickerson JW, Kaplan W. (2022). Postoperative outcomes for Nunavut Inuit at a Canadian quaternary care centre: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open.
Welch V, Mathew CM, Babelmorad P, Li Y, Ghogomu ET, Borg J, Conde M, Kristjansson E, Lyddiatt A, Marcus S, Nickerson JW, Pottie K, Rogers M, Sadana R, Saran A, Shea B, Sheehy L, Sveistrup H, Tanuseputro P, Thompson-Coon J, Walker P, Zhang W, Howe TE. (2021). Health, social care and technological interventions to improve functional ability of older adults living at home: An evidence and gap map. Campbell Systematic Reviews.
Bertram JR, Porath A, Seitz D, Kalant H, Krishnamoorthy A, Nickerson J, Sidhu A, Smith A. (2020). Canadian Guidelines on Cannabis Use Disorder Among Older Adults. Canadian Geriatrics Journal.
Kendzerska T, Nickerson JW, Hsu AT, Gershon AS, Talarico R, Mulpuru S, Pakhale S, Tanuseputro P. (2019). End-of-life care in individuals with respiratory diseases: a population study comparing the dying experience between those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Contact:
jason.nickerson@toronto.msf.org