Bio

David Hammond is a Professor (tenured) and University Research Chair in Public Health in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo.

Professor Hammond’s research focuses on population-level interventions to reduce chronic disease, primarily in the areas of tobacco control,  obesity prevention, and substance use policy.

Professor Hammond has served as an Advisor to the World Health Organization, as well as regulatory agencies and governments around the world on tobacco control policy. He has also served as an Expert Witness on behalf of governments around the world in litigation in the areas of tobacco, nutrition, and cannabis. 

Professor Hammond’s work has been recognized by awards from the World Health Organization, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Royal Statistical Society of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Governor General of Canada.