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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2
Pamela Orr works with academic and community partners to explore issues of concern to those communities. Her research interests include community wellness, health advocacy, health promotion and disease prevention, housing, nutrition, public health, STBBI, and tuberculosis. Her research themes include health determinants, health systems, infectious diseases, rural, circumpolar, and northern health. Dr. Orr is also a research affiliate at the Centre for Human Rights Research, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba.
Centre for Human Rights Research, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba
Pamela Orr is a professor of internal medicine (infectious diseases), medical microbiology, and community health sciences at the University of Manitoba. She started her career as a general practitioner and was recruited and mentored by Dr. J.A. Hildes to work in northern Manitoba and the Arctic. Her work is focused on community-based partnerships with northern, rural, and inner-city urban peoples to support health and wellness. She is currently the vice-president of the Circumpolar Health Research Network and associate editor of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health.
Dr. Orr has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization, The Albert Schweitzer Foundation for the Humanities, Health Frontiers (Laos), the National Advisory Committee on Immunization and the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee. She is the former medical director of the Manitoba Tuberculosis Program and former head of education for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba.
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (1989-1994)
Specialist Certification in Infectious Diseases, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), University of Manitoba (1987-1989)
Fellow training, Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC) in Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba (1984-1988)
Mixed internship, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto (1978-1979)
Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Toronto, Toronto (1974-1978)
PGME Faculty and Staff Award in Medical Education, University of Manitoba (2021-2022)
Champion Award: Awarded for contributions to creating a positive learning environment in the institution, Canadian Federation of Medical Students (2021)
Professionalism Award, Class of 2020, Manitoba
2018 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation President’s Medal for Housing Research ($15,000) awarded for the team project entitled "Sekuwe (My House): Dene First Nations’ Perspectives on Healthy Homes." Team members: Linda Larcombe, Kathi Avery-Kinew, Lizette Denechezhe, Ivan Yassie, Matthew Singer, Lancelot Coar, and Pamela Orr. (2018)
Internal Medicine
Room GC430, Health Sciences Centre
820 Sherbrook Street
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9 Canada
