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Nav Persaud

MD, MSc, BA, BSc

Scientist

Email: nav.persaud@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-864-3011
Twitter: @navpersaud

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Nav Persaud Lab ❯

Biography

Dr. Nav Persaud is the Canada Research Chair in Health Justice, Staff Physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital in Unity Health Toronto, and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

His research focuses on health equity or fairness, especially as it related to medicine access (cleanmeds.ca). He also compares national essential medicines lists in collaboration with the World Health Organization (essentialmeds.org).

Recent Publications

  1. Lemmens, T, Ghimire, KM, Perehudoff, K, Kohler, JC, Low, E, Persaud, N et al.. Pharmaceutical governance system for costly drugs through human rights due diligence. BMJ. 2025;391 :e074982. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-074982. PubMed PMID:41218971 PubMed Central PMC12599527.
  2. Kharono, B, Plotkin, M, Wanduru, P, Togo, E, Tsui, S, Muyumbu, L et al.. A practical approach to measuring MPDSR implementation: findings from a cross-sectional assessment in regional referral hospitals in Uganda. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025;25 (Suppl 1):1102. doi: 10.1186/s12884-025-08184-w. PubMed PMID:41102698 .
  3. Salas-Ortiz, A, Opuni, M, Figueroa, JL, Masankha Banda, L, Olawo, A, Munthali, S et al.. The relationship between management practices and health facility performance: Evidence from low-resource, community-based facilities providing HIV services to key populations. PLoS One. 2025;20 (8):e0330300. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330300. PubMed PMID:40875653 PubMed Central PMC12393696.
  4. Komeiha, M, Artyukh, I, Ogundele, OJ, Zhao, QJ, Massaquoi, N, Straus, S et al.. Unveiling the Impact: A Scoping Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Racialized Populations in Canada. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025;22 (7):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22071054. PubMed PMID:40724121 PubMed Central PMC12296156.
  5. Heredia, C, Ul Haq, MZ, Cappello, B, Malik, F, Penazzato, M, Moja, L et al.. Pediatric formulations in national essential medicines lists: a cross-sectional study. Front Pediatr. 2025;13 :1566841. doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1566841. PubMed PMID:40385993 PubMed Central PMC12081460.
  6. Heredia, C, Workentin, A, Parker, G, Persaud, N. The Potential Role of Ecotoxicological Data in National Essential Medicine Lists: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025;22 (4):. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22040632. PubMed PMID:40283855 PubMed Central PMC12027398.
  7. Heredia, C, Ul Haq, MZ, Buadu, A, Rizvi, A, Workentin, A, Persaud, N et al.. Cardiovascular disease essential medicines listing by countries: changes over time and association with health outcomes. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2025;25 (1):50. doi: 10.1186/s12872-024-04411-y. PubMed PMID:39865241 PubMed Central PMC11771043.
  8. Palumbo, AM, Muraca, GM, Fuller, A, Keown-Stoneman, CDG, Birken, CS, Maguire, JL et al.. The association between self-reported total gestational weight gain by pre-pregnancy body mass index and moderate to late preterm birth. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025;25 (1):27. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-07106-6. PubMed PMID:39799301 PubMed Central PMC11724485.
  9. Li, X, Kahane, A, Keown-Stoneman, CDG, Omand, JA, Borkhoff, CM, Lebovic, G et al.. Early childhood body mass index growth and school readiness: A longitudinal cohort study. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024;38 (8):733-744. doi: 10.1111/ppe.13114. PubMed PMID:39607066 .
  10. Casalini, C, Goggin-Kehm, M, Michel, J, Joseph, R, Diaz, R, Martinez, G et al.. Integration of a social network strategy into index testing to increase HIV case finding among Haitian migrants and their descendants in the Dominican Republic. BMC Infect Dis. 2024;24 (1):1325. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10189-3. PubMed PMID:39574012 PubMed Central PMC11580491.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Staff Physician, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto