Robert Strang (physician)
Robert Strang is a Canadian physician and a chief medical officer in the province of Nova Scotia.Education
He received a medical degree from University of British Columbia in 1990 and completed family practice residency in 1992 and community medicine residency in 1997 at UBC. He also received from UBC a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Physical Education.Career
From 1997 to 1999, Strang was an Associate Medical Officer of Health in the Canadian province of British Columbia. In 1999, he relocated to the other side of the country, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became the Medical Officer of Health of Capital District Health Authority, the largest health authority of the province, later merged into the new Nova Scotia Health Authority. He held the position until 2007.In 2007, Strang was appointed Chief Public Health Official of Nova Scotia. He was announced in that newly created role on 23 August 2007. The position was renamed Chief medical officer of Health by the province in late 2016.In that role, Strang has been an anti-smoking advocate and an outspoken critic of pseudoscience and misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.In 2018, he was with Theresa Tam the co-chair of the special advisory committee on the epidemic of opioid overdoses in Canada.Since 15 March 2020, he has provided daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia. Strang became Nova Scotia's public health lead communicator on matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia. In daily press conferences, he provides updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health effort to respond to it.Personal life
A married father of three, Robert Strang has been living in Nova Scotia since 1999 and is a resident of the Halifax Regional Municipality.
