Michel Joffres
- Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Email: mjoffres@sfu.ca
Tel: 778-782-7191
Office: BLU 11026
Education
- BSc, Mathematics, Lycée Gabriel Fauré
- MD, Universite de Toulouse
- MSPH, Epidemiology, University of Hawaii
- PhD,Biomedical Sciences, University of Hawaii
Biography
Dr. Joffres is involved in a broad spectrum of research encompassing clinical as well as public health spheres. He employs epidemiological methods to develop primary prevention projects in regards to chronic and infectious diseases, hypertension, diabetes, and record linkage studies. Research includes community based prevention programs, large-scale clinical trials, policy development and has recently developed a focus in mental health stemming from collaborations with the Centre for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University. In addition, recent projects focus on environmental health and analysis of the Canadian Heart Health Surveys.
Research Interests
Dr. Joffres is concerned with primary prevention, population health, hypertension and cardiovascular disease epidemiology, as well as studying the link between emotions and health.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Joffres is interested in engaging students to think critically about public health issues. Specifically, he looks to teach epidemiology and research methods.
