Adrian Levy, PhD

Education

• BSc (McGill)
• MSc (McGill)
• PhD (McGill)
• PDF (McMaster)

Salus populi suprema lex esto  - The health of the people should be the supreme law

I use inquisitive and directed learning strategies coupled with careful reasoning and analysis to study different facets of health.  Documented contributions include the health of:

Individuals

I provided written testimony as an Expert Witness to assist the British Columbia Supreme Court in assessing cardiovascular risks of contraceptive hormones.  The court found the epidemiologic reasoning in that testimony compelling enough to send the case to trial (see paragraphs 129, 142 and 143 of James v. Johnson & Johnson Inc).

The Canadian Public

I have written a report describing Canada’s pandemic preparedness system and arguing the pressing need for a national biosecurity strategy, published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation and in opinion pieces in national newspapers.

https://www.cigionline.org/static/documents/NSS_Report5_l22U2Xl.pdf

The failure of Canada's pandemic early warning system — and how to fix it. National Post. July 28, 2021.  

A full investigation into Canada’s COVID-19 response is needed now. Globe&Mail November 25, 2021

Our public health agency should be moving at breakneck speed to scale up Canada’s biosecurity capacity. Toronto Star. January 12, 2022  

It’s time for Canadian officials to make public their plans for the next pandemic. Globe&Mail August 29, 2023

Contribution to Wesley Wark’s Substack National Security and Intelligence Newsletter

Populations

I gave a presentation entitled Complexity and Health Research on December 11, 2025.  See link. 

Health systems and services

I have made specific contributions in the peer-reviewed and scientific literature (see Google scholar link and Edited Springer volumes).