Biography

I’m a data scientist, researcher, and policy expert who combines data-driven rigour with qualitative insights. My work and research interests include data science in support of the public good, qualitative investigations into consumers’ and workers’ experiences, and health policy with a focus on digital health and health-system governance.

I have five years’ experience in policy and strategy advisory roles with the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada, and I received my PhD from the University of Toronto in the Philosophy of Modern Physics and an MBA studies from the University of Ottawa. I’m currently doing data science with the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, am Principal Investigator on a uOttawa-based qualitative research study on public servants’ experiences with meaninglessness at work, and am an independent researcher and data science consultant with my company Belanger Analytics Inc.