Research Interests: health systems and policy evaluation, population-based research that evaluates health system programs, mental health and addictions, immigrant and refugee populations
Astrid Guttmann is a Clinician Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in the Division of Paediatric Medicine and a Senior Scientist and Program Leader of the Health System, Planning and Evaluation Program at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Dr. Guttmann received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a second BA from Oxford University where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She earned a medical degree from McGill University and an MSc in Epidemiology from McMaster University. Dr. Guttmann is funded by a CIHR Applied Research Chair in Child Health Services and Policy Research and she holds multiple research grants for research in the area of child health services and policy research. Her research interests include the development and implementation of quality of care measures for children, and the relationship of policies to integrate care across sectors and transition points with child and youth outcomes. She is co-PI of a large evaluation of Ontario’s Mental Health Strategy for Children and Youth which involves the development of a cross-sectoral data repository for the province of Ontario.