Deena Hinshaw
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MD, MA Public Health (MPH) 2008 University of Alberta
Deena Hinshaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada |
| Education | Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta MD, MA Public Health (MPH) 2008 University of Alberta |
| Occupations | Deputy Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia |
| Known for | CMO during COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Medical doctor |
| Institutions | Ministry of Health (Alberta) Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta |
| Sub-specialties | Public health Family medicine Community medicine |
Deena Hinshaw is a Canadian doctor who serves as a Deputy Provincial Health Officer for British Columbia and served as Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Alberta from January 28, 2019, to November 14, 2022, before being removed by Danielle Smith. She provided daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta to the public throughout most of 2020 and into 2021, though she stopped holding regular briefings in at the end of June 2021.[1] She also provided recommendations to Jason Kenney, the former Premier of Alberta and the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee.[2][3][4][5]
Hinshaw was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and grew up in Sylvan Lake, Alberta. She graduated from H.J. Cody High School in 1993 and was class valedictorian. Hinshaw received her undergraduate degree at the Augustana University College in Camrose, Alberta in 1997.[6] She completed her medical degree (2004)[6] and residencies in family medicine and community medicine (2006)[6] at the University of Alberta.[7] In 2008, she received her Master of Public Health degree at the University of Alberta, while completing her public health and preventive medicine residency.[8]
