Dr. Kwong has been a Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) since 2007, and is also a Family Physician at Toronto Western Hospital and an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. After obtaining his Bachelors degree in Microbiology & Immunology at McGill University, he completed his undergraduate medical degree, postgraduate training in Community Medicine, and a Masters degree in Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences, all at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Kwong’s main research interest is in evaluating the impact of public health interventions on health care use, particularly in the area of infectious diseases. Other areas of interest include the epidemiology of infectious diseases and public health performance management.

Key Research Interests:

• Evaluating the population-level impacts of public health interventions for infectious diseases (e.g., immunization programs) on health outcomes and health care use
• Epidemiology of infectious diseases, especially influenza
• Public health performance measurement

•  Identify the barriers that prevent public health authorities from entering individual-level data into their information systems at the point of vaccine delivery in various healthcare settings. 

•  Clarify the data requirements of immunization planners for vaccine coverage;

•  Identify and evaluate approaches to collecting immunization data in the various healthcare settings where vaccines are delivered (e.g., public health mass vaccination clinics, physician offices, institutions); and

• Develop efficient approaches for point-of-care electronic data collection by evaluating innovative technologies.