Dr. Emily Groot (she/her) was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie on the territory of Garden River and Batchewana First Nations. She completed medical school at McMaster University, residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) at Queen’s University, and a Master of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is currently completing a PhD in Evidence-Based Healthcare at the University of Oxford. She lives with her family in Sudbury, Ontario, where she serves as the Associate Medical Officer of Health at Public Health Sudbury & Districts and the Medical Director of Réseau ACCESS Network’s Treatment and Prevention (TAP) Clinic.

In addition to her clinical work, Emily is an associate professor and director of the PHPM residency program at NOSM University, with a cross-appointment as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Global Health Equity in Butaro, Rwanda.

Her medical education interests include competency-based public health training and social accountability in medicine. Her clinical interests include harm reduction and communicable disease control with a focus on syndemics, especially in northern, rural, and remote communities.