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Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault Dr. Ronald Labonté Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy


The healthworkermigration.com website is spearheaded by Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, CIHR/Health Canada Research Chair in Health Human Resource Policy at the University of Ottawa [link to my website].  Dr. Bourgeault has directed a research programme focused on the migration of health professionals, largely in destination countries (Canada, the U.S., the U.K., and Australia).

More recently, she and a large international team lead by Dr. Ronald Labonté ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity  and Dr. Gail Tomblin-Murphy ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre Health Workforce Planning and Research are examining the health worker migration issue from a range of source country perspectives, including the Philippines, India, South Africa and the Caribbean community.

A Comparison of Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of their Highly Skilled Health Personnel.

Last Updated on Thursday, 03 February 2011 16:16