Medical Director in the Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Department
Brent Moloughney is the Medical Director in the Health Promotion, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Department at Public Health Ontario (PHO) and an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. At PHO, He heads an Applied Public Health Science unit of public health content experts that provide scientific and technical support and advice to public health units, government and others. Prior to joining PHO, Brent was a public health consultant for many years working on several public health workforce development issues and initiatives. These include the development of national competency sets for Medical Officers of Health, as well as Health Promoters; national guidelines for MPH programs; piloting the enumeration of the public health workforces of multiple provinces; and describing system roles for public health continuing education. In addition, Brent has a particular interest in the role of community design in supporting the public’s health.