Jim Ruderman Lecture on Leadership and Innovation
Channel: Women's Health Matters
Date: 26/04/2022

The Ruderman Lecture is held annually in honor of Dr. Jim Ruderman (1950-2015), a much-loved and respected leader who served as Chief of Staff (2006-2013) and Family Physician in Chief (1992-2014) during his career at Women’s College Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Ruderman was a valued faculty member (1981-2015) with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ruderman is remembered for mentoring generations of physicians in their early careers and inspiring many to champion change across the health care system. 

This year’s lecture was delivered by Professor Trish Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford. The topic of Professor Greenhalgh’s talk was “Science in the public eye: communicating and debating research findings in real time in a global public health crisis.”