Dr. Colleen Flood; Canada Research Chair, Health Law and Policy, University of Toronto
An Essay by Dr. Colleen Flood

Colleen M. Flood is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and is the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research. She is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and is cross-appointed into the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the School of Public Policy.

Professor Flood obtained her BA and LLB (Honours) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and her LL.M. and SJD from the University of Toronto, Canada. Her primary area of scholarship is in comparative health care policy, public/private financing of health care systems, health care reform, and accountability and governance issues more broadly. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and reports as well as the author and editor of seven books.