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Valerie Palda
Growing Sustainable Physicians- Creating an ongoing Community of Practice (CoP) of health care providers who are engaged in climate action in the healthcare sector.
Date and time
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 (12-1 p.m. ET)
Session Description:
Funded by an Innovation Grant from the University of Toronto Department of Medicine, we developed a program designed to create a community of practice of health care providers trained to engage in climate action using QI principles and focusing on health outcomes related to food systems or diet.
Speaker Biography:
Dr. Palda is a General Internist at St Michael’s Hospital and Clinical Epidemiologist with an interest in Clinical Practice Guideline Methodology and planetary health.
Dr. Palda is a member of the Canadian Association of Physician’s for the Environment’s Ontario Agrifood Working Group which is currently focused on educating health professionals on the benefits of healthy plant-rich diets while helping them to integrate this information into their practices.
