Biography - Dr. David Butler-Jones

Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's first Chief Public Health Officer, heads the Public Health Agency of Canada, providing leadership on the government's efforts to protect and promote the health and safety of Canadians.

He has worked in many parts of Canada in both Public Health and Clinical Medicine, as well as consulting in a number of other countries.

He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He has also been involved as a researcher in a broad range of public health issues.

From 1995 to 2002, Dr. Butler-Jones was Chief Medical Health Officer for the Province of Saskatchewan and Executive Director of the Population Health and Primary Health Services Branches for the province.

Dr. Butler-Jones has served with a number of organizations including as: President of the Canadian Public Health Association; Vice President of the American Public Health Association; Chair of the Canadian Roundtable on Health and Climate Change; International Regent on the board of the American College of Preventive Medicine; Member of the Governing Council for the Canadian Population Health Initiative; Chair of the National Coalition on Enhancing Preventive Practices of Health Professionals; and Co-Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Public Health in the 21st Century.

He is married to a United Church Minister and they have three children.