Dr. Jennie Johnstone

Physician
Infection Prevention and Control

ON WHY PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO IS IMPORTANT

"Reducing health care-associated infections is an essential component to improving the health of Ontarians. By working at PHO, I am able to generate new knowledge about health care-associated infections through research and help translate these findings into practice and policy through knowledge to action initiatives."

Areas of Expertise

infectious disease
infection prevention and control
health care-associated infections
immunosenescence
epidemiology

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto

Academic Degrees and Accreditations

Doctor of Philosophy (Health Research Methodology), McMaster University
Doctor of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Fellow, The Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Certifications in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Member, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

PHO Research Interests

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus and vancomycin-variable enterococcus
Clostridium difficile
ventilator-associated pneumonia

PHO Research Activities

Investigating rates and predictors of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia in Ontario.
Investigating whether probiotics reduce ventilator associated pneumonia (the PROSPECT Trial).
Investigating the prevalence of C. difficile colonization among patients admitted to hospital.
Collaborating on a project defining the burden of vancomycin variable enterococcus bacteremia.