Akm Alamgir has earned a Ph.D. degree in evaluation research, a Master’s degree in epidemiology, and a Bachelor’s degree in medicine. He is the Director of Knowledge and Learning at Access Alliance (Toronto). He teaches at York University (Toronto) as an Adjunct Professor and as a guest teacher at the University of Toronto. He is an Academic Editor of the journal PLOS One. He is a mixed-method (quantitative, qualitative, and art-based) community-based researcher on the social determinants of health, intersecting with health, diseases, and the well-being of refugees and other equity-deserving populations in Canada. His area of research and advocacy focuses on developing a resilience model and a population-based Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Framework for residents made vulnerable by the system and poverty. He generates evidence, creates KMb materials in a co-design lab, and builds the capacity of peers to utilize synthesized proof to make a change. His collaborative research with academics and community partners is funded by PHAC, CIHR, SSHRC, and other funders, amounting to nearly $2 million. He reviews peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of International Migration and Integration, PLOS One, and Health Promotion International. He has written three post-secondary textbooks on public health and has over 50 peer-reviewed publications.
