Dr. Shehzad Ali holds a Canada Research Chair in Public Health Economics, and serves as the Associate Chair (Research) at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research at University of York (UK), and Honorary Fellow at Macquarie University (Australia), and Affiliate/Adjunct Scientist at the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) and Bruyère Research Institute. Dr. Ali leads the Economics and Equity sub-group of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and HTA in Health Equity. He holds a PhD in Health Economics (University of York), MSc in Medical Statistics (University of Leicester), Masters in Public Health (University of Leeds) and Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (Dow University of Health Sciences).