qualifications: OD, MSc, MPH
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Assistant Professor
Dr. Benoit Tousignant is an Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal (UM) School of Optometry. He obtained his doctorate of optometry (OD, UM, 2000), followed by a residency in Primary eye care from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (2001), a Master of Science in Visual Science (MSc, UM, 2005) and a Master in Public Health degree from Harvard University (MPH, 2008). He actively practices eye care with Indigenous and carceral populations. He founded Regard collectif, UM’s mobile community eye clinic which delivers eye care to the Montreal homeless, while educating optometry students and conducting public health research on this population. He also has an interest for developing sustainable eye health systems in developing countries and in remote communities. He teaches epidemiology, geriatric optometry and primary eye care.
qualifications: OD, MPH, DrPH
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Optometrist
qualifications: OD, MSc
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Associate Professor
qualifications: MD
contribution: Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Director
qualifications: DOpt, BTh, GCOT, PGDPH
contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision
position: Workforce and Academic Manager
Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Clinical outcomes in patients hospitalised with dysmagnesemia in the NT
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Examining workplace safety for remote area nurses in Australia
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Women's wellbeing and Niska (goose) Harvesting in subarctic Ontario, Canada
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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