Jan Hux

Jan Hux
Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Her background is as a clinician-scientist, trained as a general internist and health services researcher. For 20 years she held a variety of research and executive roles at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Ontario, where she was responsible for developing and leading the diabetes health services research portfolio. She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Jan joined Diabetes Canada in 2012, and in her roles as Chief Science Officer and, more recently President, she has been a vocal advocate for the diabetes cause. She sees the need to …
Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Her background is as a clinician-scientist, trained as a general internist and health services researcher. For 20 years she held a variety of research and executive roles at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Ontario, where she was responsible for developing and leading the diabetes health services research portfolio. She has over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Jan joined Diabetes Canada in 2012, and in her roles as Chief Science Officer and, more recently President, she has been a vocal advocate for the diabetes cause. She sees the need to create population impact through healthy public policy, evidence-informed healthcare and innovative research.
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Articles: Jan Hux

Collective Impact in the Health Charity Sector

Canada / Diabetes Canada’s Jan Hux outlines how her organization has been able to shift from small, local programs to driving change at a much larger level via a ‘collective impact’ approach.   When I encountered the concept of collective impact in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, I realized the possibilities lay in reaching beyond our walls…

“To Beat Diabetes, Governments Must Prioritise Patient Engagement”

Opinion / Jan Hux, the president and CEO of Diabetes Canada calls for governments to place greater importance on partnerships with patient groups for the making of big decisions in healthcare.    The establishment of a multi-stakeholder group, including patient organizations and patient representatives, could provide feedback and public policy recommendations to government on improving the affordability,…

Tackling the Diabetes Epidemic through a Population Impact Approach

Canada / Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have been at the forefront of tackling diabetes since the discovery of insulin. Now that the disease has become an epidemic, measures must be put in place to tackle it at a population level.   If diabetes prevalence were a swimming pool, we would…

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